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1938 Born in Middlesbrough, North Yorksh., Engl. (UK) 1956 - 1959 Studied painting at Middlesbrough college of Art 1958 First visit to Paris for the opening of the Unesco Building and the Inaugural exhibition 1960 - 1962 Studied painting under William Coldstream and etching under Anthony Gross at the Slade School, London 1962 Made first woodcut prints in Edinburgh. Awarded French Government Scholarship to study gravure Under William Hayter at Atelier 17,Paris 1963 Returned to London and married Judith Jackson. Started part-time work at Chelsea School of Art, London (until 1970). Taught etching at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (until 1972) 1964 Travelled in Italy visiting Florence, Ravenna and Mantua 1966 Moved to Parsons Green studio. Built an etching press and made first series of coloured prints and constructed paintings 1967 Daughter Kim Tillyer born 1968 Son York Tillyer born 1970 - 1973 Worked in the foundation department of Watford School of Art 1973 Stopped regular art schoolteaching 1974 First visit to New York for the opening of his first one-man exhibition there. Also visited Los Angeles. Started work on illustrations for ‘A Rebours’ by JK Huysman. Moved to London Bridge Studio. Spent the summer in Verona working on his first ‘Hotel Room’ watercolours 1975 Travelled to Utrecht for his first Dutch exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art 1975 - 1976 Moved to Providence Rhode Island, USA as visiting professor at Brown University 1977 Spent time working in Sweden prior to his Gothenburg exhibition 1978 Moved to Wiltshire and started to work on the first mesh paintings 1980 Returned to live and work in North Yorkshire 1981 - 1982 Appointed artist-in-residence at Melbourne University, Australia. Travelled to the Simpson Desert. Painted the Open Mesh canvases. Travelled through France, Switzerland and Italy, ‘The First Grand Tour’ working in watercolours 1984 Travelled extensively throughout South Western America making watercolours. Worked on the Bridge Mesh paintings and the Esk Bridge series of etchings 1987 Moved to Westwood Studios in North Yorkshire 1989 Showed the first Westwood Paintings. Began to work on ceramic project at Fulham Pottery 1990 Invited by Mixographia to work in Los Angeles on large scale relief prints. Travelled through California and Arizona 1992 Trip to Ireland to make watercolours of the Lake Isle of Innisfree 1993 Visited Pennsylvania to make a series of watercolours based on the Frank Lloyd Wright house “Falling Water”. Also visited Cooperstown, Lake Otsego and the James Fenimore Cooper collection of Native American artifacts 1994 Travelled in Italy visiting Florence, Ravenna and Mantua. Worked on the “Blackhaven Variations.” 1995 - 1996 Worked on the “Fluxion Paintings.” 1997 Spent six months living and working in Paris 1998 Short-listed for the Jerwood Prize 1999 Paris Paintings exhibited at Bernard Jacobson Gallery. London 2000 William Tillyer by Norbert Lynton, published Autumn 2000 by 21 Publishing | Public exhibitions 17 Solo shows 92008
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