Presentation

Born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1945, British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling CBE first studied locally at Cedric Morris' and Lett Haines' East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, before going to the Ipswich (1962-64), Camberwell (1964-67) and Slade (1967-69) Schools of Art. In 1980 she was appointed as the first contemporary artist in residence at the National Gallery and in 1995 awarded (jointly with Patrick Caulfield) the Jerwood Prize for Painting.

Hambling has had numerous solo museum exhibitions since 1980, and besides those at the National Gallery (1981 & 2014) and the National Portrait Gallery (1983 & 2009), others have included, Serpentine Gallery (1987), Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA (1991), Yorkshire Sculpture park (1997), Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (2007), The Lowry, Salford (2009), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2009), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2010), The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (2013), Somerset House (2015), The British Museum, London (2016) Jerwood Gallery (2018) and, most recently, two important retrospectives at both CAFA Art Museum, Beijing and Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2019).

Public sculpture includes A conversation with Oscar Wilde, unveiled Adelaide Street, London, facing Charing Cross Station (1998), Scallop, a sculpture to celebrate the composer Benjamin Britten, unveiled Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk (2003), The Brixton Heron, unveiled Brixton, London (2010) and, most recently, A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft, unveiled Newington Green, London (2020).


Read more
All artworks of Maggi Hambling

                    
                        No artworks by Maggi Hambling are currently available.
                        To receive the latest information about their new pieces for sale, you can follow the artist or contact our Customer Service directly through the provided link.

No artworks by Maggi Hambling are currently available. To receive the latest information about their new pieces for sale, you can follow the artist or contact our Customer Service directly through the provided link.

Discover our selections of works by artists

Need help finding your favorite? Consult our selection pages made for you.
Need to know more?

Who is the artist?

Born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1945, British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling CBE first studied locally at Cedric Morris' and Lett Haines' East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, before going to the Ipswich (1962-64), Camberwell (1964-67) and Slade (1967-69) Schools of Art. In 1980 she was appointed as the first contemporary artist in residence at the National Gallery and in 1995 awarded (jointly with Patrick Caulfield) the Jerwood Prize for Painting.

Hambling has had numerous solo museum exhibitions since 1980, and besides those at the National Gallery (1981 & 2014) and the National Portrait Gallery (1983 & 2009), others have included, Serpentine Gallery (1987), Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA (1991), Yorkshire Sculpture park (1997), Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (2007), The Lowry, Salford (2009), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2009), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2010), The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (2013), Somerset House (2015), The British Museum, London (2016) Jerwood Gallery (2018) and, most recently, two important retrospectives at both CAFA Art Museum, Beijing and Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2019).

Public sculpture includes A conversation with Oscar Wilde, unveiled Adelaide Street, London, facing Charing Cross Station (1998), Scallop, a sculpture to celebrate the composer Benjamin Britten, unveiled Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk (2003), The Brixton Heron, unveiled Brixton, London (2010) and, most recently, A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft, unveiled Newington Green, London (2020).

What are their 3 main works?

What is Maggi Hambling’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Spontaneous Lines

When was Maggi Hambling born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1945