His celebrated oeuvre includes collages infused with images from popular culture often merging ads comic books and mundane mass produced cultural phenomena as well as his distinctly fantastical paintings.
Collage peter blake artist.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band and for two of the who s albums.
Sir peter thomas blake born 25 june 1932 is an english pop artist best known for co creating the sleeve design for the beatles album sgt.
Blake began the work after he and hodgkin had visited hockney in his los angeles home in 1979 attesting to a friendship between the artists.
Blake also designed the 2012 brit award statuette.
Peter blake is often called the godfather of british pop art like many artists of his time he came of age in a country recovering from the war so much of his interests were drawn toward the bright and happy lifestyle that was being touted in america via a booming advertising industry utilizing groundbreaking new methods such as screen printing to create optimistic and bold renditions of life in magazines on posters and on billboards.
Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band standing with a group of life sized cardboard cut outs of famous people including actors sportsmen.
At the time already a renowned pop artist peter blake designed the front of the lp which included a colorful collage featuring the beatles in costume as the sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre.
This painting depicts a meeting between three men.
He produced paintings with the feel of a collage.
During the late 1950s blake became one of the best known british pop artists.
Arguably the most famous collage ever created by sir peter blake was the sleeve he created for sgt.
Peter blake himself middle and british painters howard hodgkin and david hockney left and right respectively.
Sir peter thomas blake cbe rdi ra is an english pop artist best known for co creating the sleeve design for the beatles album sgt.
Blake often painted wrestlers and some of his pieces resemble advertisements or posters.
Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band the eighth studio album by the beatles released in 1967.
His other best known works include the cover of the band aid single do they know it s christmas and the live aid concert poster.
Widely regarded as the godfather of british pop art and the young british artists movement peter blake creates paintings collages and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia.
His other best known works include the cover of the band aid single do they know it s christmas and the live aid concert poster.
Widely regarded as the godfather of british pop art and the young british artists movement peter blake creates paintings collages and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia.
One of the best known british pop artists blake is considered to be a prominent figure in the pop art movement.
Sir peter blake cbe rdi ra born 1932 was one of the key members of the british pop art movement in the 1950s and 60s.
The artist s biography ansd pieces include images from published works news and advertisements and music hall entertainment.
