Peter Blake
Peter Blake · WikiArt
- Medium
- Painting
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
Peter Blake is a British artist whose painting, collage, printmaking and sculpture draw on popular culture and collected imagery. Born in Dartford, he studied at Gravesend School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Full biography
Artist interviewsPeter Blake: Collecting, the circus and Pop art
Biography
Peter Blake is a British artist whose painting, collage, printmaking and sculpture draw on popular culture and collected imagery. Born in Dartford, he studied at Gravesend School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
Music, advertising, circus performers and everyday objects recur throughout his work. With Jann Haworth, he designed the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. His collages bring familiar figures into imagined encounters, connecting popular entertainment with art history.