Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton (1922, London – 2011, London) was a pioneering British artist known for his role in the development of Pop Art. Educated at the Royal Academy Schools and the Slade School of Art, Hamilton's early work was influenced by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's text On Growth and Form. His significant exhibitions include Growth and Form at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1951 and Man, Machine and Motion at the Hatton Gallery and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1955. Hamilton is renowned for his 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?, which defined the Pop Art movement. 

A member of the Independent Group, Hamilton contributed to the emergence of Pop Art in Britain and explored the concept of a 'fine/pop art continuum,' emphasizing that all art holds equal value. Throughout his career, he taught at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and was involved in reconstructing Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass). Hamilton began creating computer-generated works in the 1980s and received the World Print Council Award in 1983. He married artist Rita Donagh in 1991 and was Britain's representative at the 1993 Venice Biennale.

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