Sep 13, 2023
Barry Flanagan Artist Bio Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) was one of Britain’s most important and beloved sculptors. He initially studied architecture at Birmingham College of Art and Crafts before enrolling in the Vocational Diploma in Sculpture at St. Martin’s School of...
Sep 12, 2023
Bridget Riley CBE Artist Bio Bridget Riley was born in London in 1931 and spent much of her childhood in Cornwall, near Padstow, living with her mother, aunt, and sister while her father served in the armed forces during World War II. From 1946 to 1948, she attended...
Sep 12, 2023
Pablo Picasso Artist Bio School of Paris painter, sculptor, etcher, lithographer, ceramist and designer, who has had enormous influence on 20th century art and worked in an unprecedented variety of styles. Born at Malaga, Spain, son of an art teacher. His family moved...
Sep 12, 2023
Damien Hirst Artist Bio Born in Bristol Damien Hirst is the most prominent of the Young British Artists (YBAs) that emerged in the 1990s. This group first gained notoriety when British advertising magnate and collector Charles Saatchi began buying and showing their...
Sep 12, 2023
David Hockney Artist Bio David Hockney studied at Bradford College of Art from 1953 to 1957, and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. The 1960 exhibition, ‘Picasso’, at the Tate Gallery, London made a deep impression on him, and the... 
