Richard Hamilton - Artist Info

About Richard Hamilton

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    Following is The New York Times Obituary of the Artist:

    "Richard Hamilton, British Painter and a Creator of Pop Art, Dies at 89"
    By WILLIAM GRIMES
    Published: September 13, 2011

    Richard Hamilton, a British painter and printmaker whose sly, trenchant take on consumer culture and advertising made him a pioneering figure in Pop Art, and who designed the cover of the Beatles' "White Album," died on Tuesday at his home near Oxford. He was 89.

    His death was confirmed by the Gagosian Gallery, which represents his work.

    In the grim, rationed Britain of the early 1950s, Mr. Hamilton joined a circle of fellow artists, critics and architects at the Institute of Contemporary Arts to discuss the place of new techn...

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