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Stanley William Hayter

Stanley William Hayter (1901 - 1988) was active/lived in New York / United Kingdom, France.  Stanley Hayter is known for Printmaking, teaching, camouflage design.

Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he established his own studio, the Atelier 17.

At this time he became interested in Surrealism, and opposing Fascism, actively supported the Republican government of the Spanish Civil War.

During World War II, Hayter co-founded the Industrial Camouflage Research Unit in London, and with his associates produced camouflage designs for factories. The squiggly green pattern designs of camouflage was something he had observed in Spain, and he worked creatively on improving this method.

Source:
Roy R. Behrens, Camoupedia, p. 184   ...  [Displaying 857 of 1985 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Stanley William Hayter

   Stanley William Hayter  Born:  1901 - London, England
Died:   1988
Known for:  Printmaking, teaching, camouflage design
Name variants:  William Hayter

Biography from the Archives of askART

Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he established his own studio, the Atelier 17.

At this time he became interested in Surrealism, and opposing Fascism, actively supported the Republican government of the Spanish Civil War.

During World War II, Hayter co-founded the Industrial Camouflage Research Unit in London, and with his associates produced camouflage designs for factories. The squiggly green pattern designs of camouflage was something he had observed in Spain, and he worked creatively on improving this method.

Source:
Roy R. Behrens, Camoupedia, p. 184


Biography from Annex Galleries

Stanley William Hayter, a chemist by training from Britain, spent most of his life in Paris, where in 1927 he founded an experimental workshop for the graphic arts -- Atelier 17 -- that played a central role in the 20th century revival of the print as an independent art form. (The name was adopted in 1933 when Hayter moved his establishment from its original home to 17 Rue Campagne-Premiène).


In 1940-50 he lived in New York, taking Atelier 17 with him.  Hayter returned to Paris in 1950 and re-established Atelier 17, attracting artists from around the world, many now coming from Asia.

Hayter had an un-rivalled knowledge of the technicalities of printmaking, on which he wrote two major books, New Ways of Gravure'(1949) and About Prints'(1962).

His historical importance has long been acknowledged, and his own work has won him recognition as one of the outstanding graphic artists of his time. His prints are varied in technique and style, but most characteristically are influenced by the abstract vein of Surrealism and are notable for their experiments with texture and color.


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