Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton was an English artist known for producing some of the earliest works of Pop Art. Though he used a wide variety of techniques during his career, his most recognizable works, such as Study for a Fashion Plate (1969), were done in collage. “It's not so easy to create a memorable image,” he once reflected. “Art is made through the sensibilities of an artist, and the kind of ambitions and intelligence, curiosity and inner direction that role requires.” Born on February 24, 1922 in London, United Kingdom, Hamilton was working as an apprentice at an electrical components firm when he began taking art classes in the evenings at Saint Martin’s School of Art. Entering the Royal Academy at the age of 16, Hamilton was later expelled for not following the school’s regulations. In 1956, he completed his first major collage work, Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, a seminal image in Pop Art history. Accepting an offer to teach at his old alma mater, Hamilton mentored a number of students during the late 1950s, including Peter Blake and David Hockney. During the mid-1960s, the artist became increasingly interested in the work of Marcel Duchamp, and reflected his interests by attempting to proliferate his own art in various forms of media. Through mutual friends, Hamilton was introduced to Paul McCartney, and subsequently produced the cover art for The Beatles’ White Album (1968). Over the following decades, Hamilton focused on producing prints as well as incorporating new technologies, such as computer software, into his practice. The artist died on September 13, 2011 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, among others.

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Richard Hamilton Drawings, Forgotten in an Attic for Decades, Go to Frieze Masters

by Henri Neuendorf

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Richard Hamilton Artworks

Richard Hamilton (2,596 results)

Guggenheim (a) - black, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Guggenheim (a) - black, 1970

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, 1967

Richard Hamilton

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, 1967

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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Collected Works, 1977

Richard Hamilton

Collected Works, 1977

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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Mirror image, 1974

Richard Hamilton

Mirror image, 1974

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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Guggenheim (Black), 1970

Richard Hamilton

Guggenheim (Black), 1970

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Polaroid Portrait, Hermann Nitsch 21.10.76, 2010

Richard Hamilton

Polaroid Portrait, Hermann Nitsch 21.10.76, 2010

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Patricia Knight I; II; and III, 1982

Richard Hamilton

Patricia Knight I; II; and III, 1982

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Patricia Knight III (coloured), 1982

Richard Hamilton

Patricia Knight III (coloured), 1982

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Patricia Knight I (coloured), 1982

Richard Hamilton

Patricia Knight I (coloured), 1982

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Flower-Piece Progressives, 1974

Richard Hamilton

Flower-Piece Progressives, 1974

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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I´m dreaming of a black Christmas, 1971

Richard Hamilton

I´m dreaming of a black Christmas, 1971

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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He Foresaw His Pale Body (L. 173), 1990

Richard Hamilton

He Foresaw His Pale Body (L. 173), 1990

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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Composer (3)

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: May 9, 2017

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Buntes Blumenstück, 1974

Richard Hamilton

Buntes Blumenstück, 1974

Sale Date: June 25, 2016

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Bathers (a)

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: May 6, 2017

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Un des effects des eaux de Miers

Richard Hamilton

Un des effects des eaux de Miers

Sale Date: May 6, 2017

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The Oculist Witness (Marcel Duchamp), 1967

Richard Hamilton

The Oculist Witness (Marcel Duchamp), 1967

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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Five Tyres Remoulded, 1972

Richard Hamilton

Five Tyres Remoulded, 1972

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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Patricia Knight II, 1982

Richard Hamilton

Patricia Knight II, 1982

Sale Date: April 18, 2017

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Berlin Interior, 1979

Richard Hamilton

Berlin Interior, 1979

Sale Date: April 18, 2017

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Multi-coloured flower-piece, 1974

Richard Hamilton

Multi-coloured flower-piece, 1974

Sale Date: April 18, 2017

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Trichromatic flower-piece, 1973–1974

Richard Hamilton

Trichromatic flower-piece, 1973–1974

Sale Date: April 18, 2017

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Picasso's meninas: three impressions, 1973

Richard Hamilton

Picasso's meninas: three impressions, 1973

Sale Date: April 18, 2017

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A portrait of the artist by Francis Bacon, 1970–1971

Richard Hamilton

A portrait of the artist by Francis Bacon, 1970–1971

Sale Date: April 4, 2017

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