Peter blake cbe rdi ra is a contemporary british artist known for his association with the pop art movement.
Pop art peter blake artwork.
His work crosses all generational divides and inspires great respect from younger artists such as damien hirst gavin turk pure evil and tracey emin.
Important art artworks analysis by peter blake including.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band.
Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt.
Alongside david hockney patrick caulfield and richard hamilton blake sourced imagery from popular culture to produce colorful and distinctly graphic works.
On the balcony girlie door self portrait with badges sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band album puck more in pop art.
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.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band standing with a group of life sized cardboard cut outs of famous people including actors sportsmen scientists and gurus.
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.
Sir peter thomas blake cbe rdi ra born 25 june 1932 is an english pop artist best known for co creating the sleeve design for the beatles album sgt.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band and for two of the who s albums.
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.
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.
A leading figure in the art world often titled the godfather of british pop art sir peter blake is best known for producing the beatles sergeant pepper s lonely hearts club band album cover.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre.
He is perhaps best known for creating the album cover for the beatles s sgt pepper s lonely hearts club band in 1967.
Godfather of british pop art peter blake has been collaborating with cca since 2003 producing spectacular original prints.
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Pepper s sleeve has become an iconic work of pop art much imitated and blake s best known work.
