Bill Jacklin RA (b. 1943)
Bill Jacklin studied graphics at Walthamstow School of Art, London from 1960 to 1961 before working as a graphic designer at Studio Seven, London from 1961 to 1962. In 1962 he returned to Walthamstow to study painting and subsequently studied at the Royal College of Art, London from 1964 to 1967. Between 1967 and 1975, Jacklin taught at Chelsea School of Art, Hornsey and Royal Colleges of Art and at schools in Kent and Surrey.
Jacklin was awarded an Arts Council Bursary in 1975, the year that marked his first two solo exhibitions at the Upper Gallery and at Nigel Greenwood Inc., London. His work continued to be exhibited in solo shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s with Marlborough Fine Art, London and Marlborough Gallery, New York. He also participated in numerous group exhibitions internationally from the early 1970s. Jacklin has undertaken many commissions, notably from the Bank of England, the Ivy Restaurant, De Beers and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for the North Terminal of Washington National Airport.
Bill Jacklin moved to New York in 1985. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and in 1993 was Official Artist-in-Residence for the British Council in Hong Kong. Jacklin lives and works in New York, USA.
Profile
Born: 1943 in London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 1 June 1989
Elected RA: 26 June 1991
Elected Senior RA: 1 October 2018
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Painting and Printmaking
Works by Bill Jacklin in the RA Collection
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Bill Jacklin RA
Snake Shop, Hong Kong, 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Man with a Bib, 1980
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Bill Jacklin RA
The Bather, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
Bathers II, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
Coney Island Incident, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
Girl in Deck Chair, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
The Bar, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
Two Men Talking, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
Bathers I, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
The Benches, 1992
Etching
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Bill Jacklin RA
9pm, Kowloon from Hong Kong Harbour, 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Chinese Chess, H. K., 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Temple I - H. K., 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Wanchai and Johnson, H. K., 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Queensway looking East, H. K., 1994
Etching and aquatint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones VII, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones VI, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones V, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones IV, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones II, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones III, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
Anemones I, 1977
Etching, aquatint and drypoint
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Bill Jacklin RA
The Rink, 3pm, 1992
Oil on canvas
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Gallery
Bill Jacklin RA, Stars and Sea at Night XIII, 2016.
Bill Jacklin RA, Anemones IV, 1977.
Bill Jacklin RA, Coney Island, 1993.
Bill Jacklin RA, Rink II, 1995.
Bill Jacklin RA, Ice Rink, 3pm, 1992.
Bill Jacklin RA, Sheep Meadow NYC 2, 2013.
Bill Jacklin RA, Sheep Meadow NYC I.
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Bill Jacklin RA - Selected CV
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Recent Solo Exhibitions
2013 Marlborough Fine Art, London
2012 Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
Marlborough Gallery, New York
2011 Brook Gallery, Devon
2009 Marlborough, Monaco
2008 University of Northumbria Gallery, Newcastle
2007 Marlborough Fine Art, London
Marlborough Gallery, New York
2005 Marlborough Fine Art, London
2004 Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain
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Selected Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
British Council, London
British Museum, London
Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA
Contemporary Art Society, London
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Veranneman Foundation, Belgium
Government Art Collection
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
Irish Art Council, Dublin
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers,
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tampa Museum of Art, Florida
Tate Gallery, London
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Art Sales at the RA
Sheep Meadow NYC I
Sheep Meadow is a large lawn in Central Park, New York. Bill Jacklin RA says it is invariably inhabited with a motley group of individuals going about their business or relaxing in the sun. This work is one of two etchings drawn from various sketches Jacklin made over the years while observing Sheep Meadow. Sheep Meadow NYCI explores the relationship between the figures in the park, their shadows and the patterns that are created. The print is available to buy through Art Sales at the RA.
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Bill Jacklin: Graphics
Graphics has been printed to accompany Bill Jacklin’s first ever retrospective, held at the Royal Academy.
The book examines Jacklin’s primary focus on the themes of light, people and movement through varying subject matters, and presents etchings from the 1960’s alongside newly created monotypes.
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