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Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton (1922 - 2011) was active/lived in England.  Richard Hamilton is known for Pop art painting, assemblage, printmaking, camouflage.

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 technology, advertising and mass culture in modern art.

When the Independent Group, as it was known, organized the groundbreaking exhibition "This Is Tomorrow" at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, Mr. Hamilton contributed a 10-inch-by-9-inch collage   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8854 characters.]  Artist bio

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