Richard Hamilton - prints

Richard Hamilton is known as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.  He is best known for his pop art in the 1960s but also created some incredible prints. One of his first screenprints was created while teaching at a university in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he had been teaching since 1953. The print was called,  My Marilyn,  1965.
After finding an interest in screenprinting,  Hamilton decided to translate most of his important pop art work into screenprints.  This inspired others to follow in his footsteps to do the same. By discovering screenprinting,  Hamilton was able to reinterpret themes and images he was investigating in his paintings. He also began exploring printmaking and collage. A good example of this would be Interior (1964) this was inspired by the film Shockproof (1949). Hamilton focused on a still from the film, which contained a girl wearing a "new look"  coat. Hamilton paid close attention to the lighting on the still,  discovering that the light was artificial due to the various directions.  He also looked at the composition within the image. This was an increasing interest of Hamilton and he repeated this process with other works such as,  "im dreaming of a black Christmas 1971"  and "my Marilyn 1956"
I found Richard Hamilton to have an interesting use of collage and screen print. By using colour and line carefully he is able to produce such interesting images.

A still from the film, Shockproof 1949

Interior 1- inspired by the still from the film Shockproof 1949

My Marilyn 1965

Im dreaming of a black Christmas 1971