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
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
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...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 6.5 in
After Fernando Botero Standing Woman Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50
By Fernando Botero
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – STANDING WOMAN Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage to th...
Marble, Bronze
$1,000
H 35 in W 5 in D 5 in
Chinatown Portfolio II Plate Three Signed Silkscreen Large 40 x 38" Greek artist
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in New York, NY
Chryssa Chinatown Portfolio II, Plate Three, ca. 1978 Silkscreen on thick wove paper 40 × 30 1/2 inches (Ships rolled in a tube measuring 35 x 5 x 5) Pencil signed and numbered 36/150 on the front; bears printers stamp on the back Unframed from the Chinatown Portfolio Printed by Atelier Arco in Paris (with stamp on the back of the print) from the Chinatown Portfolio Renowned Greek-American artist Chryssa was preoccupied with the concept of Chinese letters as art forms, which she explores in her Chinatown silkscreen series. Her deliberate experimentations yield an elegant and compelling result. Chryssa Biography Chryssa Vardea...
Screen, Pencil, Graphite
Starry Night Party - Original Wall Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Uri Dushy's pop art piece stands out as a testament to his decades-long exploration of art's origins, blending artistic genres to forge provocative and captivating creations. This pi...
Metal
$2,328
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
$1,705
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.97 in
Pastel Candy Mosaic Contemporary Clay Relief Wall Sculpture
By Elizabeth Art Candy
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Pastel candy mosaic wall sculpture composed of hand modeled clay forms arranged in a dense contemporary relief with playful sculptural texture. This contemporary clay relief transfo...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
$4,118
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Large Abstract Bubble Wall Sculpture in Hand Molded Clay 3D Mosaic Panel
By Elizabeth Art Candy
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Large abstract bubble wall sculpture in hand molded clay forming a multicolor 3D mosaic panel with high relief surface. This large-scale wall sculpture is composed of individually h...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
$1,360Sale Price|60% Off
H 31 in W 17 in D 15.5 in
CHROMA "Mouse in the House" ( DELUXE! ) from Huichol ALTERATIONS
By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
MOUSE IN THE HOUSE (DELUXE!) — Huichol Beaded Sculpture 31 inches height A commanding and playful presence, Mouse in the House (Deluxe!) transforms an iconic cultural silhouette in...
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
$1,176
H 11.62 in W 11.62 in D 1.97 in
Blue Floral Bubble Clay Wall Relief 3D Mosaic Panel in Hand Molded Texture
By Elizabeth Art Candy
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Blue floral bubble clay wall relief in hand molded ceramic forming a 3D mosaic panel with layered texture and multicolor composition. This wall-mount...
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
Mother & Child
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
The sculpture titled "Mother & Child" by Bettina Seitz beautifully captures the intimate bond between a caregiver and an infant through its elegant form. Crafted from a unique white ...
Stone
$2,500
H 24.5 in W 40 in
Peter Phillips - Custom Print from 11 Pop Artists Vol III Silkscreen on foil S/N
By Peter Phillips
Located in New York, NY
Dazzling colorful silkscreen on foil geometric abstraction from the fabulous 1960s Hand signed and numbered 192/200 British Pop artist Peter Phillips contribution to the iconic, infl...
Foil
BlaBlaBla (Gold)
By Nayla Saroufim
Located in New York, NY
Nayla Kai Saroufim is a Lebanese artist based in Los Angeles and Beirut. She earned a degree in Illustration and Art Direction from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. She had wor...
Steel
$1,495
H 14.88 in W 14.88 in
Josef Albers, Color Abstract Screenprint, Homage to the Square, 1977, Framed
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Josef Albers Title: Homage to the Square Medium: Screenprint Date: 1977 Edition: 1500 Image Size: 8 1/4" x 8 1/4" Sheet Size: 9" x 9 1/2" Frame Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signat...
Screen