Peter Blake
Peter Blake was born in Dartford, England, United Kingdom on June 25th, 1932 and is the Pop Artist. At the age of 91, Peter Blake biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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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.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and for two of the Who's albums.
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.
Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette.One of the best known British pop artists, Blake is considered to be a prominent figure in the pop art movement.
Central to his paintings are his interest in images from popular culture which have infused his collages.
In 2002 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to art.
Early life
Peter Blake was born in Dartford, Kent, on 25 June 1932. He was educated at the Gravesend Technical College school of art, and the Royal College of Art.
Personal life
Blake was married to the American-born artist Jann Haworth from 1963 to 1979, and they had two daughters together, Liberty and Daisy. In 1980, Blake met fellow artist Chrissy Wilson, they married in 1987, and have a daughter, Rose.
Blake has lived in Chiswick, London, since 1967. His "vast" studio there is a former ironmonger's warehouse.
Career
Blake's paintings, which often included collaged elements, were from advertisements, music hall entertainment, and wrestlers from the late 1950s. Blake was included in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He first appeared in the 1961 "Young Contemporaries" exhibition, in which he was also shown alongside David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, as he was first identified with the emerging British Pop Art movement. Blake received the Self Portrait with Badges award from John Moores (1961) on Saturday. He first came to public attention in 1962, when he, along with Pauline Boty, Derek Boshier, and Peter Phillips appeared in Ken Russell's Monitor film on pop art, Pop Goes the Easel, which was broadcast on BBC television. Blake was introduced by Robert Fraser, placing him in the center of Swing London and bringing him into contact with leading figures of popular culture from 1963. Blake had his first solo exhibition with Robert Fraser Gallery in 1965 and was on the front page of LIFE International in a photograph by Lord Snowdon. Blake was included in the last exhibition at Robert Fraser Gallery, which closed in 1969. Blake's first exhibition with Leslie Waddington, who became his lifelong supporter and representative, took place the same year.
In 1987, Blake appeared in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament.