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