Artist: Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798)
Nationality: British
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Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Domenico Cunego, Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector, after the painting by Gavin Hamilton, 1764
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Multiple Artists, Schola italica picturae (Rome: Gavin Hamilton, 1773), 1773
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Multiple Artists, Schola italica picturae (Rome: Gavin Hamilton, 1773), 1773
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Gavin Hamilton - Cleopatra 1767-69 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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George Romney - Sir William Hamilton 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - Lady Anne Hamilton c. 1777-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - Lady Elizabeth Hamilton 1758 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Lady Hamilton as 'Nature' 1782 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Hamilton J Hay, The Encased Statue, 1913
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Alfred T. Agate - John Church Hamilton c. 1840 watercolor on ivory Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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Richard Hamilton, Kent State, 1970
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Percy Thomas, La Belle Hamilton, 1827
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Henry Wolf, Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, 1898
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Henry Wolf, Alexander Hamilton, 1898
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Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1775
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Alice Child Hamilton, Silkscreen Study IV, 1972
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Alice Child Hamilton, Silkscreen Study I, 1972
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George Cattermole, Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, 19th century
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William Seltzer Rice, Ancient Oak (Mt. Hamilton), circa 1935
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William Seltzer Rice, The Ancient Oak (Mt. Hamilton), circa 1935
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Hamilton J Hay, The New Lion, British Musuem, London, 1913
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Benjamin West - Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. Willam Beckford) 1799 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Meyer, Lady Hamilton with Her Dog, 18th - 19th century
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James Hamilton, Sailing Ships in San Francisco Harbor, 1877
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J. Hamilton Mackenzie, Old Cottages by the River, 19th - 20th century
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T.A. Dean, James, Marquis of Hamilton, 19th century
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William Hamilton, Shakespeare - Coriolanus - Act V, Scene III., 18th - 19th century
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Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., Goblet with Hamilton pattern, circa 1860
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Timothy Cole , Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, 19th - 20th century
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Jacobus Houbraken, Portrait of George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, 1742
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John Collier, T. Hamilton Crawford, 19th - 20th century
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Roger Fenton, Lady Harriet Hamilton as Lady Jane Grey, 1854
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William Hamilton, Shakespeare - Twelfth Night - Act V , Scene I., 18th - 19th century
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William Hamilton, Shakespeare - Winter"s Tale - Act V, Scene III., 18th - 19th century
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Duchess of Argyll and Hamilton (sketch for painting), 18th century
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mary Hamilton from the portfolio Le CafÈ Concert, 1893
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John Samuel Agar, Lady Dalrymple Hamilton, 18th - 19th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist, Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Art Gallery of Hamilton: Atelier: Christianne L'Esperance
Rich patterning and exquisite forms that resonate with qualities of transformation and metamorphosis are a constant in her work. The Atelier Series is an ongoing programme at the Gallery that features recent work by Canadian artists from Hami...
BANG the Gallery: Alex Hamilton: Mandals at AZARA
AZARA - the restaurant, is located in the same rooms where Hamilton first opened his own BANG the Gallery four years ago. AZARA has built a fantastic reputation for exquisite food and a striking contemporary interior and is an ideal location and b...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Contemporary Art Project Series: Millie Chen
In this project, conceived for the exhibition space at the Art Gallery of Hamilton , Chen explores the relationship between seeing and hearing, the shifting from one sense to another. Through hand constructed instrument-like ...
Art Ireland: Hamilton Sloan
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Art Gallery of Hamilton: Atelier: Carolyn Samkova, Tree of Life
Carolyn Samkova can easily be considered one of Canada's most innovative young artists, says AGH Senior Curator Shirley Madill. With an acute understanding of history and its ramifications, Samkova consciously pushes painting beyond traditional b...
Portland Museum of Art: Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection
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Art Gallery of Hamilton: Contemporary Art Project: Martin Creed
Creed is invited to produce an installation in residency for the AGH that will resonate in a space of his choosing. He will also be asked to talk about his musical compositions as expressed in his band Owanda. ...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: California Pottery: From Mission to Modernism
Drawn exclusively from California collections, the approximately 180 pieces in the exhibition are a selection from producers throughout the state. IMAGE:
May Hamilton de Causse and Geneviève Hamilton
Platter, Rippled...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Jade, The Ultimate Treasure of Ancient China
Bringing together over 120 individual pieces and sets of jade, the exhibition - presented by JNE Consulting Limited and Turkstra Lumber -- is a rare opportunity to experience firsthand the stone that has played such a central and revered role i...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Marian Dale Scott, 1906 - 1993: Pioneer of Modern Art
This retrospective exhibition brings together over sixty paintings and works from experiments in a figurative modern language to pure abstraction. Particular attention is paid to Scott's work from the thirties and ...
VISUAL BUILDING: BRIDGING THE GAP
Christian art, painted in a contemporary expressionist/realist style is sometimes difficult to comprehend for both the religious and secular minds. The painter tries by expressing his faith in composition and colour, to bridge the gap between a...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: Horrible Imaginings of John Hamilton Mortimer
Mortimer depicted monsters, Shakespearean subjects, and picturesque banditti. He also produced imaginary portraits of famous artists and more conventional images, such as seascapes. Mortimer's interest in emotionally charged subjects, such as Deat...
McMaster Museum of Art: LANDeSCAPES: Simon Frank and Reinhard Reitzenstein
Simon Frank b. 1968, Glasgow, Scotland Frank is a self-taught artist, poet and rustic furniture maker. He obtained his Honours BA in English from the University of Guelph in 1991. Recent exhibitions include Future Cities (2004 Art Gallery o...
Cambridge Galleries: Natural Constructions
Kevin Fraser is a native of Oakville, Ontario. He received his BFA from McMaster University in 1997. Most recently Fraser's work has been featured in a solo exhibition at the Dofasco Gallery at the Dundas Valley School of Art. This past spri...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Humanity Refigured: Henry Moore and Postwar British Sculpture
Dubbed Britain's New Iron Age, the group - which included Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick, Reg Butler, Bernard Meadows and Eduardo Paolozzi - created expressions of anxiety and disquietude that stood in stark ...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Avant-garde, 1910 - 1935
Between 1937-39, some 2,000 works were confiscated by the Soviet government and placed in the secret underground vaults of the Spetsfond (special collection) created especially for works of art deemed harmful and ideologically hostile. Countle...
Waikato Society of Arts: Waikato National Art Award, Summer 2005
Clay Bodvin's work was initially composed and rendered digitally for a limited-edition of inkjet prints and was the first of Bodvin’s work in 2004 to undergo a Maroflage-type process that transfers the digital image onto prepared panels. The proce...
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Surface Invention: Post-1945 Graphic Art
Visitors will be able to make connections with artists such as Joe Tilson, Richard Hamilton, Henry Moore and John Salt who are exhibiting in both these events. Tilson's Transparency, The Five Senses ? Taste, a stylised version of Marilyn Mon...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video
Many of the tapes are very challenging, says AGH curatorial intern and independent video producer Steve Loft. They tell stories: some are very funny, others are hard-hitting and compelling. All are in a format that’s very accessible. Acco...
Cambridge Galleries: Tom Bendtsen: Argument No.6 (b)
Initially, his book works may seem to be simply a pile of books, skilfully arranged to create a sculptural, architectural form. Upon closer inspection, however, one identifies the titles of the books, the different types of books, the relations...
BANG the gallery: Words of Art
His first show, Indirect Confessions, was staged at The Coffee Lounge in early 1998 and he was then granted a sponsorship to perform the same show at the Grahamstown Arts Festival the same year. Indirect Confessions was voted one of the top ten sh...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Trevor Gould: Posing for the Public
The next time you enter a natural history museum, after experiencing Gould's work, you may view it with a different perspective, a critical eye perhaps and an acute understanding of the extent of post-colonialist attitudes in these spaces, says...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Ann Hamilton at hand
The exhibition encompasses installation, video and photography, creating emotive spaces through a combination of sight, sound and touch and spanning her practice f...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Modern Woman: Women Artists between the Wars
Recently discovered but in serious need of repair, a stunning painting has been restored to its former glory and added to the Art Gallery of Hamilton's permanent collection.  A Northern Railway Town, Lake Superior c. 1935 by Rody Kenny Courtice (C...
City Gallery Wellington: HOME AND AWAY: CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ART FROM THE CHARTWELL COLLECTION
The exhibition has been drawn from the Chartwell Collection, started in the 1970s by Hamilton businessman R B K Gardiner as a way of bringing contemporary art to Hamilton at a time when the city was without an art gallery. Now numbering aroun...
Detroit Institute of Art: POP ART: PRINTS AND MULTIPLES FROM THE DIA COLLECTION
By relying on humor, audacity, color and several new technologies, these artists redefined and broadened the spectrum of art. This exhibition surveys the accomplishments...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Reverence: Concepts of the Sacred in Contemporary Art
Included in Reverence are off-site installations: * St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, located at 70 James Street South, will host an installation by Christianne LEspérance. Members of the public are welcome to view her work from 9 am - 4 pm on...
MASS MoCA: Largest Gallery to Re-Open with an Installation by Ann Hamilton
“Ann is probably the best known maker of site-specific installations in this country, if not the world,” said Joseph Thompson, Director of MASS MoCA. “Being in one of her evocative installations engages all the senses: they are experiential, immer...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Out of Senses: Seven Exhibitions where Artists Use the Museum as a Laboratory
Maurizio Cattelan

This enigmatic artist places a sculpture, which stands in direct confrontation with the permanent collection of 19th century art. Cattelan was recently present at the Venice Biennial with the pope knocked down by a stone and ...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Audubon's Wilderness Palette: The Birds of Canada
Audubons Wilderness Palette presents an impressive and engaging cross section of prints from the folio that focus for the first time on the artists Canadian excu...

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