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Richard Hamilton
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British
, 1922–2011)
Richard Hamilton
Un des Effets des Eaux de Miers,
1973
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1922
Born in London, UK
1934
Attended evening classes in art at local LCC adult education centres in Pimlico and Southwark, though under age, with the generous encouragement of the teacher Mr. Smith, London, UK
1936
Attended evening classes in art at Westminter School of Art, Vincent Square (teachers included Mark Gertler and Bernard Meninsky) and St Martins' s School of Art (teachers included William Roberts), London, UK
1938
Started studying painting at the Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
1948 - 1951
Continued studying at the Royal Academy Schools and the Slade School of Art, London, UK
1952
Instructor, Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, UK
Founded the Independent Group with Paolozzi
1953 - 1966
Lecturer, Fine Art Department, King' s College, University of Durham (later University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1957 - 1961
Instructor of Interior Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1960
Recipient, William and Noma Copley Award
1962
Interviewed Marcel Duchamp for BBC TV, Monitor programme
First showed Pop paintings, with Hockney, Kitaj and Peter Blake
1966
Finished reconstruction of the Large Glass and presented it with all the studies in the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1969
Recipient, joint first prize (with Mary Martin) in John Moores exhibition, Liverpool, UK
1970
Recipient, Talens Prize International
1991
Delivered the William Townsend Memorial Lecture on The Hard Copy Problem at University College, London, UK
2011
Died in Oxfordshire, UK
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Exhibitions
2008
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican, London, UK
For the Spirit: From the UBS Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007
The Secret Public, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Rock 'N' Roll Vol I, Sorlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway
2006
Sound Zero, Kunst Meran, Meran, Italy
2005
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Summer of Love Art of the Psychedelic Era, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2004
Funny Cuts: Cartoons and Comics in der zeitgenossische Kunst, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Multiple Strategies, Cincinnati Contempoerary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2003
In Perspective: Retrospective of Drawings and Paintings, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2002
Imaging Ulysses, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland and The British Museum, London, UK (solo)
Print Retrospective, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
2001
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Prints 1968-1998, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1998
New technology and Printmaking, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1992
A Print Retrospective, Waddington Graphics, London, UK (solo)
1990
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo)
1989
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986
National Gallery of Canada, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1985
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (solo)
1984
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1983
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1982 - 1984
Waddington Graphics, London, UK (solo)
1978
The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
1977
The Tate Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1974
Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
1972
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo)
1971
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo)
Castelli Graphics, New York, NY (solo)
1970
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (solo)
1950
Gimpel Fils, London, UK
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Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA