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Sep 13, 2011 · Richard Hamilton was the founder of Pop art and a visionary who outlined its aims and ideals. A lollipop from one of his early collages furnished the movement with its title.
- British
- February 24, 1922
- London, England
- September 13, 2011
Richard William Hamilton CH (24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011) was an English painter and collage artist.
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.
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
Richard William Hamilton (24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011) was an English painter and collage artist.
Perhaps best-known for his 1956 collage 'Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?', often referred to as the first example of Pop art. Hamilton also acted as curator of a major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp's work at the Tate Gallery in 1966, and edited a typographic version of that artist's "Green Box."
One of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, Richard Hamilton (1922–2011) is widely regarded as a founding figure of pop art, who continued to experiment and innovate over a career of 60 years.
