A study of a painter of the post-war generation, Howard Hodgkin. He emerged in the 1970's and is known as a brilliant colourist, whose paintings are based on remembered experiences. Spanning his entire career, this book reviews Hodgkin's early and formative experiences, tracing his development from these beginnings. It also offers an exchange between the artist and the author, John Elderfield, exploring ideas and topics illuminating Hodgkin's work. The book also includes a catalogue raisonne of all Hodgkin's oil paintings to date, examining the artist's historical development, the full range of his achievement and the critical reaction to his work.