Peter Blake

(British, born 1932)

krankie the klown by peter blake

Peter Blake

Krankie the Klown, 2017

750 GBP

a rose, is a rose, is a rose by peter blake

Peter Blake

A Rose, is a Rose, is a Rose, 2017

2,950 GBP

ghost 1 - graham sutherland by peter blake

Peter Blake

Ghost 1 - Graham Sutherland, 2018

2,000 GBP

ghost 2 - barnett freedman by peter blake

Peter Blake

Ghost 2 - Barnett Freedman, 2018

2,000 GBP

bbc1 - rupert the bear & friends by peter blake

Peter Blake

BBC1 - Rupert the Bear & Friends, 2018

2,200 GBP

bbc2 - remembering pauline boty by peter blake

Peter Blake

BBC2 - Remembering Pauline Boty, 2018

1,900 GBP

bbc3 - tightrope walker by peter blake

Peter Blake

BBC3 - Tightrope Walker, 2018

1,900 GBP

bbc4 - noddy arriving by peter blake

Peter Blake

BBC4 - Noddy Arriving, 2018

2,200 GBP

tattooed ladies by peter blake

Peter Blake

Tattooed Ladies, 2018

1,250 GBP

nhs 70 by peter blake

Peter Blake

NHS 70, 2018

770 GBP

reclaimed icons: clown by peter blake

Peter Blake

Reclaimed Icons: Clown, 2018

1,495 GBP

reclaimed icons: pin up by peter blake

Peter Blake

Reclaimed Icons: Pin Up, printed: 2018

1,695 GBP

Biography

Timeline

1932
Born on June 25 in Dartford, Kent, England
1946 - 1951
Studied at Gravesend Technical College & School of Art, London, England
1953 - 1956
Studied at Royal College of Art, London, England
1964 - 1967
Taught at Royal College of Art, London, England
1967
Made cover design for Beatles’ "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
1970
Used watercolour to illustrate Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass"
1975
Founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists
1981
Becomes a Royal Academician
1983
Major retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery
1994
Third Associate of the National Gallery

Exhibitions

2013
The House of Fairy Tales Cartographic Portfolio, London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2012
Peter Blake and Pop Music, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Sir Peter Blake, CCA at the Mall Galleries, London (solo)
Sir Peter Blake at 80, CCA at the Royal Albert Hall, London (solo)
Sir Peter Blake – new and vintage works, Railings Gallery, London
Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
2010
25th London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London, England
AAFNYC, TAG Fine Arts, New York City, NY
2007
Peter Blake: A Retrospective, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom

Literature

2006
‘September’, DACS 2006 calender
2005
Grimwood, Brian: ‘Waxworks to Cossacks’, The Journal of the Associations of Illustrators, February/March, pp. 14-21
2004
Bennett, Oliver: ‘Post-war excitement: the attraction of collecting Pop Art’, The Independent, 20 March, pp. 10-11
2003
Harrison, David: ‘Getting back to nature’, Bristol Evening Post, 11 February,
2002
Roberts, Eric: ‘An old master’s pick of the pops’, Yorkshire Post, 28 August, p.13
2001
Lacey, Hester (interview): 'How we met: Peter Blake & Rick Stein', The Independent on Sunday, 4 March, p.62
2000
Johnson, Holly: 'Meeting the Magician', Modern Painters, Spring, pp.90-94
1999
Dutt, Robin: 'Custodian of curiosities', Evening Standard, 8 October, p.33
1998
Lyttelton, Celia: 'My greatest work of art', High Life (British Airways), May
1997
The 20th-Century Art Book, Phaidon Press, London