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Maggi Hambling

(1945-), Painter

Sitter in 15 portraits
Artist of 13 portraits
Born in Suffolk, Hambling studied with Lett Haines and Cedric Morris at Hadleigh before graduating from the Slade School of Art in 1969. She began painting portraits in 1973. She was the first artist in residence at the National Gallery, London (1980-81), and her 'Max Wall' series was showcased at the National Portrait Gallery in 1983. Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection include Dorothy Hodgkin and George Melly. In 1995 she won the Jerwood Prize for Painting jointly with Patrick Caulfield. She is known both for her bold handling of paint and public sculptures including Oscar Wilde (1998) on nearby Adelaide Street and Scallop (for Benajmin Britten), 2003 on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk.

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Maggi Hambling, by Maggi Hambling - NPG 6562

Maggi Hambling

by Maggi Hambling
oil on canvas, 1977-1978
NPG 6562

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126498

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126498

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126499

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126499

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126500

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126500

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126701

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126701

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126702

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126702

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126703

Max Wall; Maggi Hambling

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126703

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126704

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126704

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall, by Prudence Cuming - NPG x126705

Maggi Hambling; Max Wall

by Prudence Cuming
bromide fibre print, 21 December 1982
NPG x126705

Maggi Hambling, by David Gwinnutt - NPG x199664

Maggi Hambling

by David Gwinnutt
modern bromide print from original negative, 1984
NPG x199664

Maggi Hambling, by Liam Woon - NPG x126761

Maggi Hambling

by Liam Woon
bromide print, 9 August 1988
NPG x126761

Maggi Hambling, by George Newson - NPG x35732

Maggi Hambling

by George Newson
bromide print, 20 June 1989
NPG x35732

Maggi Hambling, by Tim MacPherson - NPG x68298

Maggi Hambling

by Tim MacPherson
gelatin silver print, 1994
NPG x68298

Maggi Hambling, by Eamonn McCabe - NPG x131769

Maggi Hambling

by Eamonn McCabe
C-type colour print, 2003
NPG x131769

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Maggi Hambling

by Harry Cory Wright
pigment print, September 2016
NPG x200152

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