Sir Peter Blake (1932 − )

Highlights

Peter Blake was born in Dartford, Kent and studied at Gravesend Technical College and Art School. After National Service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) he studied painting at the Royal College of Art in London.

He was awarded a travelling scholarship to study popular art and visited Holland, Spain, Belgium, France and Italy.
Blake had his first solo exhibition in 1962 at the Portal Gallery in London. A meeting with The Beatles led to a commission to design the album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967; he later designed the poster for the Live Aid concert, the world's largest ever multi-national pop event held in aid of African famine relief, and in 1995 designed the cover for Paul Weller's Stanley Road album.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art, elected a Royal Academician in 1981 and knighted in 2002.

Further reading: Natalie Rudd, Peter Blake, Tate Publishing 2003

www.royalacademy.org.uk

Glossary (2)

  • Design

    The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.

Work Themes (14)

Portfolios (7)

Past exhibitions

11 ENGLISCHE ZEICHNER

  • 1973
    • Belgium, Antwerp, KONINKLIJK MUSEUM VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN
    • Germany, Bremen, KUNSTHALLE
    • Germany, Baden Baden, KUNSTHALLE

3 ARTISTS: FILMS & GRAPHICS: BLAKE, SMITH, TILSON

  • 1982
    • Bangladesh
    • Bahrain, Bahrain, NATIONAL MUSEUM
  • 1980
    • India
    • Korea, Seoul
    • Thailand
  • 1979
    • Singapore
    • India

ARTISTS' CHOICE

  • 1996
    • Albania, Tirana, NATIONAL GALLERY
    • Croatia, Osijek, GALERIJA LIKOVBIH UMJETNOSTI
    • Croatia, Zagreb
  • 1993
    • Jamaica, Kingston, NATIONAL GALLERY OF JAMAICA
  • 1992
    • Barbados, St Michael, BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    • Barbados, St Michael, CENTRAL BANK GALLERY
  • 1990
    • Colombia, Bogota
    • Ecuador, Quito
  • 1989
    • Brazil, Brasilia

AS IS WHEN (LUBECK ONLY)

  • 2003
    • Germany, Lubeck, ST PETRI KIRCHE

AS IS WHEN A BOOM IN BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1961-1972

  • 2007
    • Ireland, Letterkenny, CHURCHILL, GLEBE HOUSE AND GALLERY
    • China, Chongqing, TANK LOFT
  • 2006
    • Taiwan, Taipei, KUNDU MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Taiwan, Taichung, NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Poland, Krakow, MANGGHA CENTRE
  • 2005
    • Lithuania, Kaunas, CIURLIONIS MUSEUM
    • Lithuania, Siauliai, DAILES GALERIJA
    • Portugal, Porto, CULTURGEST
  • 2004
    • Italy, Rome, ISTITUZIONE NAZIONALE PER LA GRAFICA
    • Romania, Cluj, BIBLIOTECA JUDETEANA OCTAVIAN GOGA
    • Romania, Timisoara, FACULTY OF FINE ART
    • Romania, Iasi, PALACE OF CULTURE
    • Romania, Bucharest, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
    • Romania, Constanta, MUSEUM OF ART
    • Kazakhstan, Almaty, CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL
    • Armenia, Yerevan, NATIONAL GALLERY
  • 2003
    • Estonia, Tallinn, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

BRITISH ARTISTS PRINTS 1961-1970

  • 1979
    • Finland, Helsinki
  • 1977
    • Nigeria, Lagos
  • 1975
    • Australia, Brisbane, QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY
    • Mauritius, Port Louis
  • 1973
    • Malta, Valetta, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MALTA
  • 1972
    • Greece, Athens, ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERY
  • 1970
    • Iceland, Reykjavik, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS 1961-1975

  • 1989
    • Thailand, Chiang Mai, CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY GALLERY
    • Thailand, Bangkok, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY ART CENTRE
  • 1988
    • Singapore, Singapore, NATIONAL ART GALLERY
  • 1983
    • Australia, Canberra
  • 1978
    • West Germany
  • 1976
    • Colombia, Bogota
    • Argentina, Buenos Aires
  • 1975
    • Brazil, Brasilia

DRAWING DISTINCTIONS

  • 2003
    • Poland, Lodz, MUSEUM SZTUKI-REZYDENCJA 'KSIEZY MLYN'
  • 2001
    • UK, Nottingham, CASTLE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
    • UK, Milton Keynes, MILTON KEYNES GALLERY
    • Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Russia, Moscow, PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
  • 2000
    • Russia, St Petersburg, THE HERMITAGE
    • Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, YUKON ART GALLERY
    • Canada, Grand Prairie, Alberta, PRAIRIE ART GALLERY
    • Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
  • 1999
    • Canada, Toronto, Ontario, TIMMINS MUSEUM AND N E C
    • Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, ARCADIA UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
  • 1998
    • Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, NATIONAL ART GALLERY
    • Malaysia, Penang, PENANG MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
  • 1997
    • USA, Phoenix, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
    • USA, Berkeley, UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

FIGURATION AND FANTASY

  • 1980
    • Cyprus, Nicosia
  • 1978
    • West Germany
  • 1977
    • Netherlands, Rotterdam
  • 1974
    • France, Paris

METAMORPHOSIS: BRITISH ARTS OF THE SIXTIES

  • 2005
    • Greece, Andros, BASIL AND ELISE GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

OUT OF PRINT

  • 2001
    • Germany, Hildesheim, ROEMER- UND PELIZAEUE MUSEUM
  • 1999
    • Poland, Bytom, MUSEUM GORNOSLASKIE
    • Poland, Lodz, MUSEUM SZTUKI
    • Poland, Warsaw, MUSEUM NARODWE WARSZAWIE
    • USA, Fredericksburg, MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE GALLERIES
  • 1998
    • USA, Springfield, SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART
    • USA, New Jersey, STEDMAN ART GALLERY, RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
  • 1997
    • USA, Provo, MUSEUM OF ART BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
  • 1996
    • Spain, La Coruna, FONDACION BARRIE DE LA MAZA
    • Spain, Seville, MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES
    • Spain, Bilbao, MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO
  • 1995
    • Cyprus, Nicosia, NICOSIA MUNICIPAL ARTS CENTRE
    • Egypt, Cairo
    • Egypt, Alexandria, ALEXANDRIA
    • Italy, Naples
    • Italy, Cagliari, ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ITALIA INGHILTERRA
  • 1994
    • Belgium, Antwerp, LUCHTBAL ART CENTRE
    • France, Gravelines, MUSEE DU DESSIN ET D'ESTAMPLE ORIGINALE

PETER BLAKE ALPHABET PRINTS

  • 2000
    • Russia, Moscow, OLD ENGLISH COURTYARD MUSEUM
    • Russia, Tomsk, FINE ART MUSEUM
  • 1997
    • Armenia, Yerevan, NATIONAL GALLERY
    • Georgia, Tbilisi, MODERN ART GALLERY
    • Russia, Ekaterinburg, FINE ART MUSEUM
    • Russia, Minsk, NATIONAL FINE ART MUSEUM OF BELARUS
    • Russia, St Petersburg, ST PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
  • 1996
    • Hungary, Pecs, GALLERY PECS
    • Hungary, Szeged, MUSEUM MORA FERENC
    • Hungary, Budapest, ERNST MUSEUM
    • Hungary, Szeged, MUSEUM MORA FERENC
    • Hungary, Dunaujvaros, GALLERY DUNAUJVAROS
    • Germany, Dusseldorf, BRITISH CONSULATE
  • 1995
    • Romania, Craiova, CRAIOVA ART GALLERY
    • Romania, Sibiu, MUZEUL NATIONAL BRUCKENTHAL
    • Romania, Bucharest, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
  • 1994
    • Slovakia, Bratislava, MIRBACH GALLERY
    • Slovakia, Kosize, GALERIA JULUISA JAKOBYHO
    • Morocco, Casablanca, COMPLEXE CULTUREL MOULAY RACHID
  • 1993
    • Egypt, Cairo
    • Singapore, Singapore, BRITISH COUNCIL
  • 1992
    • Philippines, Manila, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
    • Malaysia, Penang, UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
    • Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, UK ARTS FESTIVAL
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