Richard Caton Woodville
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| - | '''Jamie Christopher Hewlett''' (born 3 April 1968) is an [[England|English]] [[comic book artist]] and designer. He is best known for being the co-creator of the [[comic]] ''[[Tank Girl]]'' and co-creator of the [[virtual band]] [[Gorillaz]]. | + | '''Richard Caton Woodville''' (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from [[Baltimore]] who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in [[Düsseldorf]] under the direction of [[Karl Ferdinand Sohn]]. |
| - | ==Influences== | + | He died of an overdose of [[morphine]] in London at the age of 30. He was the father of [[Richard Caton Woodville Jr.]], also a noted artist. He had a short but intense career, which he produced fewer than 20 paintings; they were well known in their time through exhibition and prints and have remained prominent in the canon of American painters. |
| - | Throughout his career as a designer and a comic book artist, Hewlett's works have contained a diverse selection of influences from a variety of many different artists. | + | |
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| - | In a 2013 interview with [[Consequence of Sound]], Hewlett stated that his primary influences were the works of cartoonists such as [[Mort Drucker]], [[Carl Giles]], [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]], and [[Ronald Lowe]]. | + | |
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| - | In a 2012 interview for [[Absolut Vodka]], Hewlett also listed [[Harvey Kurtzman]]'s American satirical magazine [[MAD Magazine]] as a leading influence of his art. | + | |
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| - | Hewlett has mentioned that he is largely influenced by the works of American animator [[Chuck Jones]] of [[Warner Bros. Animation]], and cites the works of British comic book artists [[Ronald Searle]] and [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]] as influences on his artwork. In fact, Hewlett has even stated that the entirety of Chuck Jones' filmography and Mad Magazine as a whole are the biggest overall influences on his work. | + | |
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| - | Hewlett was influenced by not only the works of Chuck Jones, but also various [[UPA (animation studio)|UPA]] cartoons. Hewlett's Absolut London web profile also revealed that along with Chuck Jones, American filmmaker [[Stanley Kubrick]] and American author [[Hunter S. Thompson]] were big influences on his artwork as well. Hewlett has also admitted to being heavily inspired by the likes of artists such as [[Robert Crumb]], [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[Martin Kippenberger]], and [[Richard Caton Woodville]], acknowledging the impact their art has on his own work. | + | |
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| - | During a 2012 Interview with Alfred Dunhill, he also lists the [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|first film]] of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series as another main influence on his artwork. | + | |
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| - | Hewlett has admitted to being a big fan of [[Brendan McCarthy]]'s works, more specifically his work on his comic book [[Strange Days (comics)|Strange Days]]. Hewlett has said that French comic book artist [[Jean Giraud|Moebius]] is a big influence on his art, calling him 'unbelievably inspiring' and saying that he considers him to be 'one of the greatest'. In addition to Moebius, Hewlett has been heavily influenced by the works of artists like [[Tony Hart]] and [[Tanino Liberatore]] as well. In an interview with [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]], Hewlett also mentioned being a fan of American animator [[Brad Bird]] and his work on Family Dog, as well as American cartoonist [[Charles Schulz]]' [[Peanuts]] comic strips. | + | |
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| - | In a conversation with Mark Kermode, Hewlett said that the 1973 French [[stop motion]] [[animation|animated film]] ''[[Fantastic Planet]]'' was the very first animated film that showed him animation is also a medium for adults. | + | |
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Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of morphine in London at the age of 30. He was the father of Richard Caton Woodville Jr., also a noted artist. He had a short but intense career, which he produced fewer than 20 paintings; they were well known in their time through exhibition and prints and have remained prominent in the canon of American painters.
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