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Richard Hamilton Art

British, 1922-2011

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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(Biography provided by Shapero Modern)

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Artist: Richard Hamilton
Bronze by gold Richard Hamilton from James Joyce Ulysses barmaids
Bronze by gold Richard Hamilton from James Joyce Ulysses barmaids

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. ...

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1980s Pop Art Richard Hamilton Art

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Vintage Richard Hamilton Five Tyres portfolio cover poster
Vintage Richard Hamilton Five Tyres portfolio cover poster

Vintage Richard Hamilton Five Tyres portfolio cover poster

By Richard Hamilton

Located in New York, NY

Print with schematics and text from Richard Hamilton's Five Tyres Remoulded portfolio, featuring imagery from the portfolio. 5 color collotype sheet printed on card from Five Tyres ...

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1970s Abstract Richard Hamilton Art

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Toaster
Toaster

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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...

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Richard Hamilton – Putting on the Stijl – hand-signed Collotype and Screenprint
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Richard Hamilton – Putting on the Stijl – hand-signed Collotype and Screenprint

By Richard Hamilton

Located in Varese, IT

Collotype and Screenprint on Ivorex paper, edited in 1979 Limited edition of 90 copies Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner and numbered: 30/90 paper size: : 50.2 × 66 cm ( 19 3/4 × 26 in ) framed size: 55,5 x 71 cm Publisher: Waddington Graphics good conditions, with deep, bright colors , slight defects A copy of publication and a regular certificate of authenticity is provided I offer professional packaging and tracked and insured shipping with DHL courier This striking composition seamlessly merges two Gerrit Rietveld chairs...

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Guggenheim (White)

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By Richard Hamilton

Located in New York, NY

Vacuum-formed acrylic and cellulose multiple from an edition of 117, enclosed in a plexiglass case. Signed and numbered "30" in felt-tip pen and black ink on the verso. Produced by t...

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1970s Contemporary Richard Hamilton Art

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Guggenheim (Black)
Guggenheim (Black)

Guggenheim (Black)

By Richard Hamilton

Located in London, GB

Perspex form, vacuum formed acrylic and spray painted black, 1970, signed and dated verso, from the edition of 106, although an edition of 750 was planned it was not fully executed, published by xartcollection, Zurich, 59 x 59 x 9.8 cm. (23.2 x 23.2 x 3.9 in.) In 1970 British-Pop artist Richard Hamilton was invited to produce an edition of 750 small-scale multiples of the Guggenheim. The intention was to produce vacuum-form reliefs in Perspex and offset the costs of expensive molds by creating a large edition. In the end, the project proved more technically difficult than anticipated. Of the three colours (black, white and chrome), only a total of 271 were realised, 117 in white. The xartcollection was created in 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland by Sandro Bocola...

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Dedicated Follower of Fashion
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By Richard Hamilton

Located in London, GB

Etching and aquatint, 1980, on Rives BFK, signed and numbered from the edition of 100, printed at Studio Crommelynck, Paris, published by Waddington Graphics, London, 58.4 × 38.1 cm. (23 x 15 in.) The title is from a song of the 1960s by The Kinks...

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1980s Pop Art Richard Hamilton Art

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Picasso's Meninas - Richard Hamilton, Aquatint, Pop Art, Contemporary Art, Print
Picasso's Meninas - Richard Hamilton, Aquatint, Pop Art, Contemporary Art, Print

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...

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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...

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1960s Pop Art Richard Hamilton Art

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2007 Richard Hamilton 'Toaster II' Pop Art Black & White Offset Lithograph Frame
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