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b. 1929, United Kingdom

Peter Joseph Biography

Peter Joseph has, over the course of decades, dedicated his practice to seeking the potential in constraint. He rose to critical acclaim in the 1970s for his meditative, two-colour paintings, which set one rectangle within a frame of a darker shade. These early works are characterized by perfect symmetry, where every decision about colour and proportion can be seen to be redolent of time, mood or place. While comparable to the work of Mark Rothko and Barnet Newman, Joseph’s is an anomalous strain of Minimalism: his allegiance lies as much with Renaissance masters as with his contemporaries, he says. More recently his format has departed from his established 'architecture' to divide the canvas into two planes, horizontally or vertically, wherein loose brushwork, natural tones and patches of exposed canvas tap into new feeling. As Joseph says: ‘A painting must generate feeling otherwise it is dead’.

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Peter Joseph was born in London in 1929 and self-taught, he came to painting from beginnings in advertising. He lives and works in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. He has had solo exhibitions at Unité d’habitation Le Corbusier, Briey-en-fôret, 1998; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1994, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1983, and has been included in major group exhibitions at Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, 2010; MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, 2007; Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, 1997; Kunstmuseum-Wolfsburg, Germany, 1991; Stadtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany, 1984, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1977. He won the John Player Painting Competition in 1968.

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Yellow and Red Diamond by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Yellow and Red Diamond, 1972 Acrylic on cotton duck
58.4 x 35.6 x 3 cm
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Cream with Dark Blue by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Cream with Dark Blue, 1978 Acrylic on cotton duck
155 x 206 x 3.5 cm
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Brown with Black by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Brown with Black, 1978 Acrylic on cotton duck
157.3 x 205.6 x 3.7 cm
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Yellow Over Blue by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Yellow Over Blue, 1971 Acrylic on canvas
48 x 40.5 x 2 cm
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Muted Green with Dark Brown (September, 2000) by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Muted Green with Dark Brown (September, 2000), 2000 Acrylic on cotton duck
150 x 165 cm
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Blue and ochre by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Blue and ochre, 2012 Acrylic on cotton duck
172.5 x 138.5 cm
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Light Brown with Green (Aug, 1992) by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Light Brown with Green (Aug, 1992), 1992 Acrylic on cotton duck
157 x 174 cm
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Dull Orange with Brown (Aug, 1999) by Peter Joseph contemporary artwork painting
Peter Joseph Dull Orange with Brown (Aug, 1999), 1999 Acrylic on cotton duck
151 x 166.5 cm
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