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Sep 13, 2011 · View all 65 artworks. Richard Hamilton lived in the XX – XXI cent., a remarkable figure of British Pop Art. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- British
- February 24, 1922
- London, United Kingdom
- September 13, 2011
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Aug 24, 2015 · Their ringleader was the cerebral artist Richard Hamilton, now known as the progenitor of British Pop, who made collages and paintings inspired by glossy printed ads.
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- The Legacy of Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton was born into a working class family in Pimlico, London, where his father was a driver at a car dealership. As a child, Hamilton later recalled, "I suppose I was a misfit. I decided I was interested in drawing when I was 10. I saw a notice in the library advertising art classes. The teacher told me that he couldn't take me - these ...
In 1946 the school reopened, and Hamilton returned to the Royal Academy. He recalls, however, that by that time "it was run by a complete mad man, Sir Alfred Munnings, who used to walk about the place with a whip and jodhpurs. It was scary." Before long he was expelled for failing to comply with the school's regulations and for "not profiting from ...
In the 1950s Hamilton was a particularly important member of the Independent Group who met at the ICA in the 1950s. He took on a number of teaching posts, including at Central Saint Martins, London, and Kings College, Newcastle. In 1956, he was instrumental in defining the aims of "This is Tomorrow", the seminal exhibition at the Whitechapel Galler...
In the 1970s, Hamilton started a relationship with Rita Donagh, a painter whom he had taught in Newcastle. He later described her as "a favorite student of mine." His work began to focus on print-making processes and he also worked in collaboration with other artists, creating, for example, a series of works with the German artist Dieter Roth. He a...
Nearly every artist involved in the first wave of British Pop was shaped meaningfully by Hamilton's vision for the future of the movement. His impact on his British pupils Peter Blake and David Hockney is especially evident, but he also left his mark on the American Pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, whom he got to know and occas...
- British
- February 24, 1922
- London, England
- September 13, 2011
Jan 25, 2021 · Swingeing London '67 1967–1968. Richard Hamilton (1922–2011) Pallant House Gallery. Hamilton took as source material a photograph of the accused handcuffed together as they arrived at court in a police van, creating a series of works that transposed the image across a variety of media.
Richard William Hamilton (24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011) was an English painter and collage artist.
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