Julian Hatton

Julian Hatton studied at Harvard University and Phillips Academy. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo is recorded as an influence. Work by Julian Hatton is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Name — Julian Hatton • Birth Name — Julian Hatton • Born — 19 December 1956 • Birthplace — Grand Haven, Michigan, United States • Field — Painting • Training — NY Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture 1980–1982 • Movement — Fauvism Abstract Expressionism American modernism • Works — "Tamaracks in December" • Patrons — Steve Wynn • Website — www.julianhatton.net • Awards — MacDowell Residency Fellowship (1992) NEA (1993) N.Y.F.A. (1998) Fellowship in Painting Pollock-Krasner Foundation(2001) American Academy of Arts and Letters (2007) Academy Awards in Art

• Illustration — Slow Curve by Julian Hatton. Hatton was born in Grand Haven, Michigan. The cold Michigan climate and cold flat landscape influenced his sense of color. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1974. Hatton then graduated from Harvard University in 1979 with a major in art history. Painting in the North of France helped him develop his understanding of color and landscape. His first application to the Studio School in New York was rejected since he lacked a portfolio. He studied with painter Fernando Zobel in Spain, returned with a portfolio, and was accepted. He enrolled at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from 1980 to 1982. Hatton worked at the Water Club restaurant in Manhattan for eight years. Later, he worked with decorative painters, painting interiors of apartments and restaurants, while living in SoHo. • Illustration — Close to the Wizard of Oz by Julian Hatton.

Hatton exhibited at Manhattan galleries, including Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Frank Mario Gallery, Jon Leon Gallery, Eighth Floor Gallery, Lohin Geduld Gallery and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibit. He has exhibited his artwork in Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, Charlotte, La Jolla, and Southwest Harbor and Belfast in Maine. His work was shown internationally at the Museum at Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France. ArtInfo described his paintings as "boldly integrating invented and observed shapes and colors" with his "own lexicon of shapes and lines which he arranges in innovative ways" using a "homemade visual syntax", yielding a "feast of contradictions." During these years he taught at the Rhode Island School of Design as well as Swarthmore College and the Vermont Studio Center.