1980
Richard Hamilton was born in Pimlico, London on February 24, 1922. He did an apprenticeship for an electrical components firm, during which time he began to take evening classes at Saint Martin’s School of Art and the Westminster School of Art.
In 1938, Hamilton enrolled in the Royal Academy of Arts. His studies here were unfortunately cut short the following year as he joined the army as a technical draughtsman for the duration of World War II. Following the war, Hamilton spent two years at the Slade School of Art, University College, London.
Hamilton began to exhibit his art at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), and taught at the Central School of Art and Design from 1952. The first major exhibition of Hamilton’s paintings was shown at the Hanover Gallery, London in 1955. In 1993, Hamilton represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale and was awarded the Golden Lion. He has been the subject of several major exhibitions at Tate in London, notably in 1970 and 1992. Other retrospectives include at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1973, MACBA in Barcelona, Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
In 2010, the Serpentine Gallery presented Hamilton’s work “Modern Moral Matters,” an exhibition which largely focused on Hamilton’s political and protest works. Hamilton has been showcased in the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s “Richard Hamilton: Pop Art Pioneer 1922-2011,” and the National Gallery’s “Richard Hamilton: The Late Works” opened in 2012.
Hamilton has been awarded with the John Moores Painting Prize (1969), the Talens Prize International (1970), the Leone d’Oro (1993), the Arnold Bode Prize (1997) and has been made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2010. The Tate gallery in London has the largest repository of Hamilton’s work, but he is collected worldwide including at the Alan Cristea Gallery and the Museo Ncional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
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Fashion-plate
By Richard Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Photo-offset lithograph, collage, screenprint from two stencils, and pochoir, retouched with cosmetics by the artist. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 70. On Fabrian...
Price Upon Request
H 31.7 in W 24.89 in
Picasso's Meninas - Richard Hamilton, Aquatint, Pop Art, Contemporary Art, Print
By Richard Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint, roulette, and drypoint, 1973. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 120. From: Homage to Picasso. Printed on Rives paper by Aldo Crommelynck, Pa...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
$100Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.25 in W 27.5 in
Richard Hamilton 'Thorden Wetterling Galleries'- Poster
By Richard Hamilton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The poster "Prints to Date at Wetterling Gallery" features Hamilton's interpretation of Marilyn Monroe, based on famous media images of her, including photo shoots and film stills. I...
Offset
$5,000
H 29.92 in W 21.85 in D 0.5 in
Bronze by gold Richard Hamilton from James Joyce Ulysses barmaids
By Richard Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
"The two flirtatious Dublin barmaids are the 'Sirens' in the eleventh episode of Ulysses. They pull beer for their male clients in the bar of the Ormond Hotel late in the afternoon. ...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Toaster
By Richard Hamilton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of Pop Art. Inspired by common domestic or industrial objects and the visual language of mass producti...
Polyester, Lithograph, Screen
Costume Life Drawing 1972 Signed Limited Edition
By Peter Blake
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Sir Peter Thomas Blake Title: Costume Life Drawing Year: 1972 Print - Lithograph Heavy Paper Size: 30'' x 22 5/8'' Edition: Signed and Numbered 116/125 Kelpra stamp on v...
Lithograph
$10,000
H 31.75 in W 20.25 in
Jim Dine The Robert Fraser Gallery Print famous Deluxe Signed/N British Pop art
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Robert Fraser Gallery Print, 1965 Silkscreen and Lithograph on wove paper (Deluxe hand signed limited edition) Hand signed and numbered 75/100 in graphite by Jim Dine lo...
Lithograph
$450
H 23 in W 26.5 in
The Association, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Anderson
By Robert Anderson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Anderson, American (1945 - 2010) - The Association, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP, Image Size: 18 x 22.5 inches, Si...
Lithograph
$165
H 23 in W 16 in
Vintage Richard Hamilton Poster Davison Art Center 1973 (The Critic Laughs 1973)
By Richard Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
This poster was produced in 1973 to promote a Richard Hamilton exhibition at the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. The poster reproduces The cri...
Offset
$354
H 25.2 in W 16.93 in D 0.04 in
Portrait - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Sarnari - 1970s
By Franco Sarnari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a vintage offset print realized by Franco Sarnari. Hand-signed in pencil. Good conditions. Realized with precise strokes, the work represents a Portrait and fragment ...
Offset
