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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Oculist witnesses (après Marcel Duchamp) glass sculpture with silver screenprint
By Richard Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
"The Arts Council of Great Britain asked Richard Hamilton to organise a Duchamp retrospective at the Tate Gallery in 1966. The almost complete works of Marcel Duchamp opened on 18 Ju...
Metal
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 ...
Lithograph, Color
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
Guggenheim (White)
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...
Acrylic Polymer
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
Price Upon Request
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
Price Upon Request
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...
$2,300
H 26.8 in W 33.3 in
Conceptual art photo engraving and screenprint 2005 27x33in hrs min kcal fat
Located in Miami, FL
Raul Cordero (Cuba, 1971) '32 hrs 53 min kcal: 783 fat: 35%', 2005 photo engraving and screenprint on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 26.8 x 33.3 in. (68 x 84.5...
Screen, Engraving, Aquatint
$2,698
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Le Singe - 1940s Cubist Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint, Unframed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Not Signed and not Numbered as issued. Edition of 226 pieces. Belongs to the Suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon" (plate p. 86). Printed by Lacourièr...
Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint, Paper
$40,000
H 11.42 in W 15.36 in D 3 in
Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
About In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition #41 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and aquatint...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
$2,226
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in
Untitled from "Kinderstern" - Max Bill, Hard Edge, Color Field, Bright Colors
By Max Bill
Located in Köln, DE
Screenprint by Max Bill. From the portfolio "Kinderstern". No Title, 1989 76 x 58 cm Copy 61/100 Edition of 100 (approx.)
Screen
Color Squares 1
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Color Squares 1 2011 Five color lithograph 21 x 77 inches; 53 x 196 cm Edition of 35 Signed and numbered in graphite (lower right recto) Frame available upon request...
Lithograph
The Basque Suite: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 150 104.1 x 71.7 cms (41 x 28 1/4 ins)
Screen
Patitcha
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Henri Matisse Patitcha 1947 Aquatint on BFK Rives paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 55.5 x 38 cms (22 x 15 ins) Image size: 34.9 x 27.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 ins) HM15405 Selected Coll...
Aquatint
$1,589
H 24 in W 35.75 in D 0.3 in
Original 1988 Keith Haring American Music Festival NYC Ballet Serigraph Mint
By Keith Haring
Located in Spokane, WA
Original pop art poster: American Music Festival, New York City Ballet – 1988 by Keith Haring This New York City Ballet serigraph poster from 1988 / Keith Haring features the Ameri...
Screen
$3,995
H 19.25 in W 19.38 in
Pistol Screenprint by Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art, Unsigned, 1969
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Pistol (from Banner, Multiples Calendar) Medium: Screenprint in colors Date: 1969 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 1/4" x 19 3/8" Sheet Size: 15 3/...
Screen
Dusk in August
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) Dusk in August (1967) Lithograph with embossing Size: 17 x 22.25 in (43 x 56.4 cm) Frame size: 21.75 x 26.75 in (55.25 x 67.95 cm) Edition of 100, this i...
Lithograph
$61,842
H 16.93 in W 16.93 in
"Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers" - Abstract, Set, Square
By Josef Albers
Located in Köln, DE
Set of 10 colour screenprints by Josef Albers. Edition of 250 copies on Mohawk Superfine Bristol. Sheet dimensions each: 43 x 43 cm Illustrations each: 28 x 28 cm All works labell...
Screen
Sinjerli Variation Ia
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
From the artist's Sinjerli Variations series created in 1977, Frank Stella created this original print as a lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arches paper. Hand-signed in penci...
Lithograph, Screen
$2,350
H 12 in Dm 4 in
David Hostetler Bronze Sculpture Figurative Green Full FigureSmall By Commission
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
The Classic Lady bronze was cast from a wood carving. She is David's most petite sculpture. Movement and grace with the twist at the waist and tilt of the head. She can add beauty to...
Bronze
$7,083
H 19.69 in W 8.27 in D 11.82 in
Lotte- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a sitting Young Girl
By Wim van der Kraan
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Lotte 50 x 21 x 30 cm Bronze The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. Like this girl watching ...
Bronze
Sonata
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this color screenprint on Japon nacré. The deluxe, Roman numeral edition of 60 on Japon nacré, aside from the regular edition of 100. Signed a...
Color, Screen
Sold
H 26.75 in W 26.75 in D 0.1 in
2007 Richard Hamilton 'Toaster II' Pop Art Black & White Offset Lithograph Frame
By Richard Hamilton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 26.75 x 26.75 inches ( 67.945 x 67.945 cm ) Image Size: 26 x 26 inches ( 66.04 x 66.04 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addit...
Offset
Sold
H 39.5 in W 27 in
Richard Hamilton-Toaster II-39.5" x 27"-Poster-2007-Pop Art-Gray-dada
By Richard Hamilton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
2007 offset lithograph from the Gagosian Gallery in London's "Pop Art Is" series. Large sheet, heavy stock, great printing and small edition. This image will not be reused nor reprin...
Offset
Release
By Richard Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 150. Printed on Hodgkinson mould-made paper by Kelpra Studios, London. Published by Petersburg Press for the National Council of Civil...
Screen
Swingeing London 67-Poster
By Richard Hamilton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and numbered 21/50 in pencil, lower left Edition: From the deluxe edition Provenance: Pace Gallery, NY (art transport sticker verso of backing board) Edition: ...
Lithograph