Monday, 5 November 2012

Bullet Points

Here are some bullet points on Hamilton, I said I wouldn't bore you with aload of spiel about him.

  • 24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011
  • British painter and collage artist
  • St Martins Art College-(first formal class)/Royal Academy Schools/Slade School of Art
  • 1940-45 (technical draughts man) learned engineering and tool design
  •  Early work was much influenced by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
  • Member of the Independent Group of Artists
  • Pop Art
  • Designed the sleeve of the Beatles "White" Album
  • Important quote "Pop Art is popular (designed for a mass audience) transient-(short term solution), expenable (easily forgotten), low cost, mass produced, young (aimed at the youth), witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamourous, big business."
  • Before he passed away he was working on an exhibition for the National Gallery.

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