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Michael Bennallack Hart's work is prized
by collectors for its evocation of atmosphere, mastery of composition and strong feelings of romanticism. He follows in the tradition of the Romantic landscape painters of the nineteenth century, but with a contemporary and original sense of arrangement, quality and approach. Michael began his career designing and illustrating film posters and record sleeves, and painting landscapes and sports scenes. In the '70s and '80s he worked as an advertising art director and illustrator, whilst continuing to paint and exhibited in New York. His work is held in private, public and corporate collections around the world.
"Michael Bennallack Hart has a particular
feeling for the solidity of landscape: the white mass of a chalk cliff, the solid shapes of clipped hedges, heavy dark blocks of foliage. It lends an impressive and individual quality of weight and calm to his work, and an elegiac serenity."
Jane Ross, "The Week"
Selected Exhibitions
2010
- Medici Gallery, London
- Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond
- Galerie Carla Magna, Paris
- Mall Galleries, London
- Gloss Gallery, Exeter
2009
2008
- Medici Gallery, London
- Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond
2007
- Medici Gallery, London
- Mall Galleries, London
2006
2005
- Medici Gallery, London
- Royal Academy Of Arts, London
- Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford
2004
- Medici Gallery, London
- Collins & Hastie, London
2003
- Medici Gallery, London
- Walton Gallery, London
- Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex
2002
- Mall Galleries, London
- Chelsea Arts Club, London
- The Walton Gallery, London
- Pierrepoint Fine Art Gallery, Oxford
2001
- Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco
- Henry Boxer Gallery, London
- Pierrepoint Fine Art Gallery, Oxford
- John Mitchell & Son, London
2000
- John Mitchell & Son, London
- Island Gallery, Oxford
- Stacy-Marks Gallery, Perth
1999
- John Mitchell & Son, London
1998
- John Mitchell & Son, London
1996
- Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
- Royal College of Art, London
1995
1978-82
- The Spectrum Gallery, New York
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