Richard Hamilton
Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Created in 1956
Kunsthalle Tübingen
Famous artist Richard Hamilton dies at 89 years old British painter Richard Hamilton, often called ‘the father of Pop art’, has died at 89 years old.]]>
September 13, 2011, source: theartwolf.com
Born in London in 1922, Hamilton studied at the Royal Academy Schools, although he was later expelled. In the late 1950s and 1960s, Hamilton created his first famous collages, most notably the “Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?“. In 1968, he designed the cover design for the Beatles’ White Album
Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Hamilton’s most famous work is “Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?“, a collage created in 1956. Made of images taken mainly from American magazines, the 26 cm × 24.8 cm (10.25 in × 9.75 in) collage was the first icon of Pop Art, although other artists -such as Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi- had already created Pop Art works years before.
The title of the work -and the main template- is taken from an advertisement in Ladies Home Journal. The strongman is is Irwin Koszewski, while Josephine Jo Baer -a minimalist artist- has claimed to be the woman in the couch.
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