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.

Richard Hamilton News

Artangel’s Exhibition in Notorious Victorian Prison is Inspired, Powerful, and Respectful

by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso

Artangel’s Exhibition in Notorious Victorian Prison is Inspired, Powerful, and Respectful

Art & Exhibitions

Ai Weiwei and Patti Smith Respond to Oscar Wilde in the Prison Where He Was Incarcerated

Ai Weiwei and Patti Smith Respond to Oscar Wilde in the Prison Where He Was Incarcerated

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

by Henri Neuendorf

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

Richard Hamilton Artworks

Richard Hamilton (2,596 results)

Release, 1972

Richard Hamilton

Release, 1972

Sale Date: April 14, 2014

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Putting on de Stijl, 1979

Richard Hamilton

Putting on de Stijl, 1979

Sale Date: April 16, 2014

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Whitley Bay (10 works), 1965

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay (10 works), 1965

Sale Date: April 16, 2014

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Kent State, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Kent State, 1970

Sale Date: March 18, 2014

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Fashion-Plate, 1969–1970

Richard Hamilton

Fashion-Plate, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Of the Tribe of Finn, 1982

Richard Hamilton

Of the Tribe of Finn, 1982

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Trichromatic Flower-Piece, 1973–1974

Richard Hamilton

Trichromatic Flower-Piece, 1973–1974

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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My Marilyn, 1965

Richard Hamilton

My Marilyn, 1965

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Lobby, 1984

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Berlin interior, 1979

Richard Hamilton

Berlin interior, 1979

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Interior with monochromes, 1979

Richard Hamilton

Interior with monochromes, 1979

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Release, 1972

Richard Hamilton

Release, 1972

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Swinging London 67, 1968

Richard Hamilton

Swinging London 67, 1968

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Bathroom - Fig. 1, 1997

Richard Hamilton

Bathroom - Fig. 1, 1997

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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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 1, 2014

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La Scala Milano, 1968

Richard Hamilton

La Scala Milano, 1968

Sale Date: March 19, 2014

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Untitled (Panel from Man, Machine and Motion), 1955

Richard Hamilton

Untitled (Panel from Man, Machine and Motion), 1955

Sale Date: February 14, 2014

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Untitled (Panel from Man, Machine and Motion), 1955

Richard Hamilton

Untitled (Panel from Man, Machine and Motion), 1955

Sale Date: February 14, 2014

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Readymade Shadows, 2005–2006

Richard Hamilton

Readymade Shadows, 2005–2006

Sale Date: February 19, 2014

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Free the South Kensington Three, 1998

Richard Hamilton

Free the South Kensington Three, 1998

Sale Date: February 19, 2014

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Five Tyres abandoned, 1963

Richard Hamilton

Five Tyres abandoned, 1963

Sale Date: February 19, 2014

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L is for... elle, 1967

Richard Hamilton

L is for... elle, 1967

Sale Date: February 13, 2014

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Polaroid Portraits (12 works), 2010

Richard Hamilton

Polaroid Portraits (12 works), 2010

Sale Date: December 11, 2013

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Polaroid Portraits, Vol 2, 1981

Richard Hamilton

Polaroid Portraits, Vol 2, 1981

Sale Date: December 11, 2013

Auction Closed

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