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

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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)

A portrait of the artist by Francis Bacon, 1970

Richard Hamilton

A portrait of the artist by Francis Bacon, 1970

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Stereo card

Richard Hamilton

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Sunset (F), 1975

Richard Hamilton

Sunset (F), 1975

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Un des effets des eaux de Miers, 1973

Richard Hamilton

Un des effets des eaux de Miers, 1973

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Vignette, 1969

Richard Hamilton

Vignette, 1969

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Mirror image, 1974

Richard Hamilton

Mirror image, 1974

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Marcel Duchamp, 1970

Richard Hamilton

Marcel Duchamp, 1970

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The critic laughs, 1968

Richard Hamilton

The critic laughs, 1968

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Swingeing London 67, 1968

Richard Hamilton

Swingeing London 67, 1968

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Self-portrait, 1967

Richard Hamilton

Self-portrait, 1967

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To mother, 1968

Richard Hamilton

To mother, 1968

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Whitley Bay, 1966

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1966

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Reaper A, 1949

Richard Hamilton

Reaper A, 1949

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Reaper A, 1949

Richard Hamilton

Reaper A, 1949

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By the waters of Miers, 1972

Richard Hamilton

By the waters of Miers, 1972

Sale Date: June 28, 2006

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Un des effets des eaux de Miers (from Small..., 1973

Richard Hamilton

Un des effets des eaux de Miers (from Small..., 1973

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Trichromatic flower-piece, 1973–1974

Richard Hamilton

Trichromatic flower-piece, 1973–1974

Sale Date: May 31, 2006

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Whitley Bay, 1966

Richard Hamilton

Whitley Bay, 1966

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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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

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Toaster, 1967

Richard Hamilton

Toaster, 1967

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Zahnbürste

Richard Hamilton

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La Scala Milano, 1968

Richard Hamilton

La Scala Milano, 1968

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Her's is a lush situation, 1957

Richard Hamilton

Her's is a lush situation, 1957

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Sunset(F)-lithograph, 1975

Richard Hamilton

Sunset(F)-lithograph, 1975

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