Artists

Work

Study 2, 2008
  • Study 2, 2008 Study 2, 2008
    Acrylic on linen
    101.5 x 126.5 cm / 40 x 50 in
    AFG 45219
  • Study 1, 2008 Study 1, 2008
    Acrylic on linen
    101.5 x 126.5 cm / 40 x 50 in
    AFG 45218
  • Zany at Home, 2007 Zany at Home, 2007
    Acrylic on linen
    137 x 167.5 cm / 54 x 66 in
    AFG 42995
  • Prospect, 1966-2006 Prospect, 1966-2006
    Acrylic on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 x 4 cm / 36 x 36 x 1¾ in
    AFG 40308
  • One, Two, Three, Four - 4, 2004 One, Two, Three, Four - 4, 2004
    Acrylic on linen
    61 x 61 cm / 24 x 24 in
    AFG 36861
  • Reflexus I, 2002 Reflexus I, 2002
    Acrylic on linen
    102 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 in
    AFG 34192
  • Red Centre, 1999 Red Centre, 1999
    Acrylic on linen
    183 x 244 cm / 72 x 96 in
    AFG 30589
  • A Further Place, 1994 A Further Place, 1994
    Acrylic on linen
    183 x 183 cm / 72 x 72 in
    AFG 26561
  • Painting on a Domestic Theme, 1977-78 Painting on a Domestic Theme, 1977-78
    Acrylic on linen
    183 x 183 cm / 72 x 72 in
    AFG 44850
  • Resting Place, 1974-75 Resting Place, 1974-75
    Acrylic on linen
    213.5 x 213.5 cm / 84 x 84 in
    AFG 39315
  • Untitled #3, 1963 Untitled #3, 1963
    Acrylic on canvas
    91.44 x 91.44 cm / 36 x 36 in
    AFG 43977
  • Matter of Identity II, 1963 Matter of Identity II, 1963
    Oil and egg tempera on canvas
    244 x 244 cm / 96 x 96 in
    AFG 38231
  • Performance, 1962 Performance, 1962
    Oil on canvas
    244 x 244 cm / 96¼ x 96¼ in
    AFG 44468
  • White Painting, 1959 White Painting, 1959
    Oil on canvas
    213 x 183 cm / 84 x 72¼ in
    AFG 43964
  • Things Seen II, 2005 Things Seen II, 2005
    Etching and aquatint
    Edition 30
    78.5 x 92.5 cm / 31 x 36½ in
    FG 5913
  • Things Seen V, 2005 Things Seen V, 2005
    Etching and aquatint
    Edition 30
    78.5 x 92.5 cm / 31 x 36½ in
    FG 5916
  • Untitled, 2005 Untitled, 2005
    Lithograph
    Edition 30
    23 x 30.5 cm / 9¼ x 12 in
    FG 5962
  • About Now IV, 2006 About Now IV, 2006
    Lithograph
    Edition 30
    54.6 x 69.2 cm / 21½ x 27¼ in
    FG 6389
  • About Now VI, 2006 About Now VI, 2006
    Lithograph
    Edition 30
    54.6 x 69.2 cm / 21½ x 27¼ in
    FG 6391
  • Untitled, 2006 Untitled, 2006
    Lithograph
    Edition 15
    76.2 x 113.03 cm / 30 x 44½ in
    FG 6392
  • Mirror x 6 (3), 2008 Mirror x 6 (3), 2008
    Lithograph
    Edition 25
    23 x 31 cm / 9¼ x 12¼ in
    FG 6868
  • Mirror x 6 (2), 2008 Mirror x 6 (2), 2008
    Lithograph
    Edition 25
    23 x 31 cm / 9¼ x 12¼ in
    FG 6873
  • Mirror x 4 (3), 2008 Mirror x 4 (3), 2008
    Lithograph
    Edition 25
    81 x 121 cm / 32 x 47¾ in
    FG 6874
  • Mirror x 4 (2), 2008 Mirror x 4 (2), 2008
    Lithograph
    Edition 25
    81 x 121 cm / 32 x 47¾ in
    FG 6875
 

Biography

Bernard Cohen has described himself as "A storyteller and a creator of pictorial theatre". His tensely wrought and unpredictably complex pictures hold a unique position within the canon of contemporary art.

Born in London in 1933, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1951-1954. In 1988 he was appointed Professor and Director of the Slade.

Cohen came to prominence during the 1960s and has since exhibited widely. Ten of Cohen’s paintings are in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery. His first solo exhibition with Flowers was in 1998, and in 2007 the gallery hosted ‘Bernard Cohen: Paintings from the Sixties’, focusing on an important period in Cohen’s artistic development. In 2009 Work of Six Decades celebrated his career by bringing together a selection of key works. A comprehensive book accompanied this exhibition.

Other important shows include Artist in Focus, six paintings from the Tate Gallery Collection, The Tate Gallery, London in 1996 and Stroll on! Aspects of British Abstract Art in the Sixties, Mamco, Geneva in 2006. He is currently showing as a part of Abstraction and the Human Figure in CAMs British Art Collection, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.

The artist is currently living and working in London.

Bernard Cohen CV

 

Links

Gulbenkian As Dreamers Do

Tate Interview with Andrew Wilson

The Bernardo Collection

The Venice Biennale 1966

Art Council Collection

 

Bernard Cohen

London

82 Kingsland Road
London E2 8DP
T +44 (0)20 7920 7777
F +44 (0)20 7920 7770

21 Cork Street
London W1S 3LZ
T +44 (0)20 7439 7766
F +44 (0)20 7439 7733

New York

529 West 20th Street
New York NY 10011
T +(1) 212 439 1700
F +(1) 212 439 1525

info@flowersgalleries.com