Experience Howard Hodgkin's vivid world of colour in this exhibition of prints spanning five decades. 

Howard Hodgkin: In a Public Garden brings together more than thirty richly coloured prints by one of Britain's most distinctive modern artists. 

Spanning five decades, from 1966 to 2016, the exhibition offers an engaging introduction to Hodgkin's printmaking. It shows how he used colour, shape and texture to turn memories, places and personal encounters into vivid visual experiences. 

Hodgkin is best known as a painter, but he was also one of Britain's most important printmakers. Born in London in 1932, he developed a language of bold marks, layered surfaces and intense colour. Many of the prints in this exhibition are hand-coloured, giving them a physical presence and emotional depth that reward close looking. 

The works range from lyrical city scenes to images inspired by Hodgkin's long connection with India, as well as prints created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Although they can appear spontaneous, they were often made through a slow and highly considered process. Hodgkin experimented with techniques including etching and aquatint, combining them with hand-painting to create images of remarkable richness. 

Hodgkin's significance was recognised internationally during his lifetime. He won the Turner Prize in 1985, represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, and his work has been shown in major museums including Tate Britain, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Reina Sofía in Madrid. Howard Hodgkin: In a Public Garden invites visitors to experience an artist whose colour, feeling and imagination continue to resonate today. 

Howard Hodgkin: In a Public Garden, a Pitzhanger Manor & Garden Touring Exhibition.