How to Pronounce J. P. Hodin
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Aug 17, 1905 Died on 06 Dec 1995 (aged 90)
Czech art historian
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About J. P. Hodin
- Josef Paul Hodin (Prague, 1905 - London, 1995) was a Czechoslovak art historian who in 1954 won the first international prize for art criticism at the Venice Biennale for his work on Surrealism and Francis Bacon.
- Hodin obtained his Doctorate at Charles University in Prague and moved to London during World War II to work as a press attaché to the Norwegian government-in-exile.
- His work was characterised by strong psychological analysis of the artist's character and an interest in geistesgeschichte and the zeitgeist.
- Hodin was a specialist in modern art and this is reflected in his published works.
- His papers are in the archive of the Tate Gallery.
