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Richard Hamilton (London, 24 February 1922 – London, 13 September 2011) was an English painter. He studied at the Royal academy schools, then at the Slade School. Read the full biography

Richard Hamilton (London, 24 February 1922 – London, 13 September 2011) was an English painter. He studied at the Royal academy schools, then at the Slade School. In 1952 he was a founding member of the Independent Group. Friend and student of Duchamp, he played an original role in pop art. His works, based on the photographic transfer technique, depict enlarged details of objects, or news and advertising photos, with effects of ironic estrangement (Just what it is that makes homes so different, so appealing?, 1956, London, Whitechapel art gallery) accentuated in later works by livid and metallic colours. Among the numerous retrospectives of which he was the protagonist, we remember the one at the Tate Gallery in London in 1992, with the first complete exhibition of his work, the Introspectiva at the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona (2003), and the exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery of London (2010). In 1993 he was awarded the Golden Lion for painting at the Venice Biennale.