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I thought you might comment Alan as I know you are a great fan of his work , what a lovely opportunity to have spent time with him . Sadly like a lot of artists of his era they seem now to have been assigned to the past but still so much to learn from him and is contemporary’s , well I certainty learn from them every time I look at their artwork .
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Ah, the great man himself! It's always a treat to see his work - and Alan is one of the very few of us who has ever got near to equalling it (he'd probably deny that he has, but modesty is one of his features). Hilder was just wonderful - and when he wrote, he got THAT right, too: every word and explanation was clear: I wish I still had his books in my little library, but I sold them nearly 25 years ago to help finance a move; it's really gone time that I sought them out again, and forced my protesting bookcases to accept more books.
Hilder lived to be somewhere in the region of 91, I think - I envy Alan for having met him.
By the way, learning new things all the time department: I love that Cézanne portrait up above, which I'd never seen before, and the acrylic with the naughty Nuns.
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It was a great honour, and I learned so much. He was 80 when I met him, a tall 6foot figure , slightly hunched over, and he worked tirelessly. Sadly he died at the age of 88.
I’ve quite recently acquired two original framed watercolours for my personal collection, both showcasing his trademark oast houses, they’re absolutely stunning… but they didn’t come cheap!