Roger Hilton

(British, 1911–1975)

Roger Hilton was a British abstract painter. Influenced by the work of Piet Mondrian after a trip to the Netherlands, he began painting in controlled whites, reds, and blacks within a shallow pictorial space, using color as formal building blocks for balanced compositions. Describing his own improvisational practice, Hilton said that an artist was “a man swinging out into the void.” His later work returned back to figuration, especially simplified nudes. By the mid-1950s, he opened up the restrained elements of his work and began to identify with the Abstract Expressionists, engaging with more gestural and lively brushwork. Born Roger Hildesheim on April 30, 1911 in London, England, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under the painter Henry Tonks. During Hilton’s World War II service, he was captured and subsequently imprisoned for three years after an air raid on Dieppe. Returning to a prolific career after the end of the war, he would go on to exhibit at the Tate St. Ives, Kettles Yard, and the St. Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, among others. The artist died on February 23, 1975 in Botallack, England.

Roger Hilton Artworks

Roger Hilton (839 results)
GOUACHE, CIRCA 1959, 1959

Roger Hilton

GOUACHE, CIRCA 1959, 1959

Sale Date: June 29, 2017

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DEC 61

Roger Hilton

DEC 61

Sale Date: June 13, 2017

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SEATED FIGURE, 1945–1949

Roger Hilton

SEATED FIGURE, 1945–1949

Sale Date: June 13, 2017

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GOUACHE: 'NUDE CRICKET BOWLER'

Roger Hilton

GOUACHE: 'NUDE CRICKET BOWLER'

Sale Date: June 13, 2017

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ABSTRACT WITH TARGET

Roger Hilton

ABSTRACT WITH TARGET

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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UNTITLED, 1961

Roger Hilton

UNTITLED, 1961

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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UNTITLED, 1973

Roger Hilton

UNTITLED, 1973

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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Untitled 67, 1967

Roger Hilton

Untitled 67, 1967

Sale Date: March 23, 2017

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Untitled, 1973

Roger Hilton

Untitled, 1973

Sale Date: March 28, 2017

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Nude

Roger Hilton

Nude

Sale Date: December 8, 2016

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Seated figure II S, 1967

Roger Hilton

Seated figure II S, 1967

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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Seated figures, 1969

Roger Hilton

Seated figures, 1969

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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MAY 1960, 1960

Roger Hilton

MAY 1960, 1960

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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MARCH 1961

Roger Hilton

MARCH 1961

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Untitled, 1969

Roger Hilton

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Untitled 67, 1967

Roger Hilton

Untitled 67, 1967

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Nude study in black and red

Roger Hilton

Nude study in black and red

Sale Date: October 6, 2016

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UNTITLED, 1968

Roger Hilton

UNTITLED, 1968

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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UNTITLED

Roger Hilton

UNTITLED

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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UNTITLED (MAY '64), 1964

Roger Hilton

UNTITLED (MAY '64), 1964

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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BATEAU IVRE

Roger Hilton

BATEAU IVRE

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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Untitled 67, 1967

Roger Hilton

Untitled 67, 1967

Sale Date: July 14, 2016

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Head, 1935

Roger Hilton

Head, 1935

Sale Date: July 14, 2016

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Abstract (B), 1963

Roger Hilton

Abstract (B), 1963

Sale Date: July 14, 2016

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