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

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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)

Oculist Witnesses (Marcel Duchamp), 1966

Richard Hamilton

Oculist Witnesses (Marcel Duchamp), 1966

Sale Date: June 20, 2023

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Whitley Bay

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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The Beatles, 2007

Richard Hamilton

The Beatles, 2007

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Picasso’s Meninas, from Hommage à Picasso..., 1973

Richard Hamilton

Picasso’s Meninas, from Hommage à Picasso..., 1973

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Reaper (d) (from the Reaper series), 1949

Richard Hamilton

Reaper (d) (from the Reaper series), 1949

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Collected Works, 1977

Richard Hamilton

Collected Works, 1977

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Collected Works

Richard Hamilton

Collected Works

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Collected works, 1977

Richard Hamilton

Collected works, 1977

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Guggenheim Museum

Richard Hamilton

Guggenheim Museum

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Self-Portrait, 1967

Richard Hamilton

Self-Portrait, 1967

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Archive 1, 1981

Richard Hamilton

Archive 1, 1981

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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Fashion-plate, 1969–1970

Richard Hamilton

Fashion-plate, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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1 First Typosophic Circuit In The Infinitive, 1998

Richard Hamilton

1 First Typosophic Circuit In The Infinitive, 1998

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors,..., 1966

Richard Hamilton and Marcel Duchamp

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors,..., 1966

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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A Little Bit of Roy Lichtenstein, 1964

Richard Hamilton

A Little Bit of Roy Lichtenstein, 1964

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Towards a definitive statement... from..., 1982

Richard Hamilton

Towards a definitive statement... from..., 1982

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1965

Richard Hamilton

The Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1965

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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My Marilyn: 2 Prints, 1965

Richard Hamilton

My Marilyn: 2 Prints, 1965

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Swingeing London 67 - Poster, 1968

Richard Hamilton

Swingeing London 67 - Poster, 1968

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Fives Tyres Abandoned, 1964

Richard Hamilton

Fives Tyres Abandoned, 1964

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Chiara and Chair, 2004

Richard Hamilton

Chiara and Chair, 2004

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes so..., 1992

Richard Hamilton

Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes so..., 1992

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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I'm dreaming of a black Christmas (L. 82), 1971

Richard Hamilton

I'm dreaming of a black Christmas (L. 82), 1971

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Sieves, 1971

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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