Friday, April 15, 2011

Peter Blake (June 25, 1932)

                                                                                                            
ABC Minors
1955

Blake is one of the most recognized Pop Artists in the UK. His recognition stems largely from the work he did with the Beatles (he created, with his former wife Jann Haworth, the cover art for the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). And his work has many characteristics borrowed from former styles, most obviously New Objectivity, but also, often in a more muted fashion, Color Field. He's a very synthetic and talented artist, and I hope you like him. 

Tarzan and his Family at the Roxy Cinema, New York
1965-1966


Bo Diddley
1963

Tuesday
1961

Bedouin
1964-1965

Self-Portrait
1949

6 comments:

  1. Great artwork, I love the Tarzan one.

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  2. OJ, thanks for the comment. I think the Tarzan piece is wonderfully raw.

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  3. This is the first I have ever heard of Peter Blake. Very interesting.... I like the things I see here & wish now to learn more. Thanks!

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  4. Sally, glad you want to know more about Blake. And thanks for the comment!

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  5. I am doing some homework for art and I was wondering wat style u would call it ?????

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  6. Anonymous, this answer is coming very late, as I assume your homework was long due, but for the edification of your teacher's future students I would call this art, if I had to choose one style, Expressionist, though it has overtones of Pop Art, Color Field and is specifically influenced by the New Objectivist version of Expressionism.

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