Peter Blake Art
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.
Peter blake art. Pepper s lonely hearts club band and for two of the who s albums. Signed prints by peter blake available to buy from dominic guerrini london uk. Peter blake born 1932 we are pleased to offer a number of peter blake limited edition signed prints for. He took inspiration from the landscape and from an old fashioned way of life rather than focusing on the bright colors and consumer goods of pop art.
Home available prints other prints biography other artists art fairs subscribe contact us. He is perhaps best known for creating the album cover for the beatles s sgt pepper s lonely hearts club band 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. Alongside david hockney patrick caulfield and richard hamilton blake sourced imagery from popular culture to produce colorful and distinctly graphic works.
Martin for the knights chapel in st paul s cathedral the first new artist to be included for several hundred years sir peter blake truly is a grandee of british art. Pepper s lonely hearts club band. 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. Fine art design exhibitions art fairs press 25 years contact events year in review current exhibit hadi tabatabai black white sometimes blue.
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. Tel 07836 538 000 skype dominicguerrini sales peterblakeprints info. Pepper s lonely hearts club band he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre. Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt.
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. When peter blake left london at the end of the 1960s he moved to the countryside and started painting in a very different style. Peter blake cbe rdi ra is a contemporary british artist known for his association with the pop art movement. Having been commissioned to paint a canvas of st.
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.