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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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
$1,900
H 7.75 in W 9.5 in D 3.25 in
Henge, sculpture by Kerry Green, copper, bronze, abstract, figures, metal sculpt
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
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Bronze, Copper
$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
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Bronze
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H 11.42 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
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By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
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Bronze
$3,220
H 49 in W 50 in D 0.75 in
Abstract Hanging Sculpture - Two Triangles by Mickey "Kano" Kane
By Mickey “Kano” Kane
Located in Soquel, CA
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Plywood, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
$4,356
H 11.82 in W 4.34 in
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Located in Utrecht, NL
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Stone, Bronze
$9,000
H 23 in W 5 in D 3 in
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Located in New York, NY
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Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$4,120
H 12.21 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
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Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
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Bronze
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Bronze
$45,000
H 78 in W 23 in D 6 in
Linda Stein Bold Quest- Contemporary Mixed Media Colorful Wonder Woman Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
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H 9.5 in W 4 in D 4 in
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Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
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Bronze
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Bronze
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H 37 in W 60 in D 24 in
Twin Bird V Resin Sculpture, Contemporary 21st Century, 37x60 in.
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Located in Miami, FL
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Resin