Tristram Paul Hillier was an English surrealist painter.
10 Facts About Tristram Hillier
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Tristram Hillier was a member of the Unit One group led by Paul Nash.
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Tristram Hillier was born on 11 April 1905 in Beijing, China, the youngest of the four children of Edward Guy Hillier, a banker and diplomat, and Ada Everett.
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Tristram Hillier went to the Slade in 1926, where he studied under Henry Tonks, and then to Paris where he studied for two years under Andre Lhote, and at the Atelier Colarossi.
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Tristram Hillier lived in France until 1940, but travelled extensively; he remained a surrealist painter throughout his life.
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Tristram Hillier was made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1957, and a Royal Academician in 1967.
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Tristram Hillier was a strict and aloof parent, and was given to darkening moods.
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Tristram Hillier died in Bristol, England, on 18 January 1983.
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Tristram Hillier was buried at Glanvilles Wootton Church, five miles south of Sherborne, Dorset on 22 January 1983.
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Works by Tristram Hillier are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery and many other public and private collections.