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Howard Hodgkin in 2010, in front of a detail from his painting “Where the Deer and the Antelope Play” (2001-2007).
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Howard Hodgkin
Died on March 9, 2017 at age 84
Mr. Hodgkins was a British artist whose lush, semiabstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar period.
Notable Deaths 2017
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