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)

Interior with monochromes, 1979

Richard Hamilton

Interior with monochromes, 1979

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Sunset (F), 1975

Richard Hamilton

Sunset (F), 1975

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Flower piece A (+ another; 2 works), 1974–1975

Richard Hamilton

Flower piece A (+ another; 2 works), 1974–1975

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Toaster, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Toaster, 1970

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Vignette, 1969

Richard Hamilton

Vignette, 1969

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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The critic laughs, 1968

Richard Hamilton

The critic laughs, 1968

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Marcel Duchamp, 1967

Richard Hamilton

Marcel Duchamp, 1967

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Whitley Bay, 1966

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1966

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Whitley Bay, 1966

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1966

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Reaper A, 1949

Richard Hamilton

Reaper A, 1949

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Five tyres remoulded, 1972

Richard Hamilton

Five tyres remoulded, 1972

Sale Date: November 18, 2006

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Chromatic Flower-Piece, 1973–1974

Richard Hamilton

Chromatic Flower-Piece, 1973–1974

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Whitley Bay, 1965

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1965

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Kent State, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Kent State, 1970

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Reminder (2 works), 1972

Richard Hamilton

Reminder (2 works), 1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Five tyres remoulded (portfolio of 7 + 1..., 1971

Richard Hamilton

Five tyres remoulded (portfolio of 7 + 1..., 1971

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Whitley Bay, 1966

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1966

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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James Joyce (exhibition poster), 1950

Richard Hamilton

James Joyce (exhibition poster), 1950

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Of the Tribe of Finn, 1982

Richard Hamilton

Of the Tribe of Finn, 1982

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Pool, 1978

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Pin-up, 1961

Richard Hamilton

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Ahh! - in perspective, 1963

Richard Hamilton

Ahh! - in perspective, 1963

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Towards a definitive statement on the coming...

Richard Hamilton

Towards a definitive statement on the coming...

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Kent State, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Kent State, 1970

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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