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Richard Hamilton

1922 - 2011

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Richard William Hamilton (24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011) was an English painter and collage artist. His 1955 exhibition Man, Machine and Motion (Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne) and his 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?, produced for the This Is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independent Group in London, are considered by critics and historians to be among the earliest works of pop art. A major retrospective of his work was at Tate Modern in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hamilton is the 532nd most popular painter (down from 493rd in 2019), the 1,261st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 996th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Painter.

Richard Hamilton is most famous for his 1956 collage The Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Hamilton ranks 532 out of 2,023. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu, Isaac Levitan, Fernand Khnopff, Carlo Maratta, André Lhote, and Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. After him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Hugo Simberg, Constantin Meunier, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Andrea Solari, and Narcisse Virgilio Díaz.

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Among people born in 1922, Richard Hamilton ranks 83. Before him are María Casares, John B. Goodenough, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Gianna Beretta Molla, Jake LaMotta, and Denholm Elliott. After him are Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, Sven Nykvist, Karl-Otto Apel, Carl Reiner, and Dana Zátopková. Among people deceased in 2011, Richard Hamilton ranks 75. Before him are Joe Simon, Michael Gough, Michael Cacoyannis, Pete Postlethwaite, Johannes Heesters, and Ferenc Mádl. After him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Madame Nhu, Gunter Sachs, Valentin Ivanov, Jimmy Savile, and Jesús María Pereda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Hamilton ranks 1,261 out of 8,785. Before him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Leopold Stokowski (1882), Lady Byron (1792), Denholm Elliott (1922), P. D. James (1920), and E. L. James (1963). After him are Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ally McCoist (1962), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), John Langdon Down (1828), and Margaret Bondfield (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Richard Hamilton ranks 15. Before him are Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), William Holman Hunt (1827), Leonora Carrington (1917), and John Tenniel (1820). After him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Edmund Leighton (1852), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), and Thomas Cole (1801).

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