Richard Hamilton

(British, 1922–2011)

un des effets des eaux de miers by richard hamilton

Richard Hamilton

Un des Effets des Eaux de Miers, 1973

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Biography

Timeline

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

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)

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