Biography Maggi Hambling
Maggi Hambling
Photograph of Maggi Hambling courtesy of and available from British photographer Lucinda Douglas Menzies.
Maggi Hambling is a household name in British art. She was the First Artist in Residence at the National Gallery in 1981, and among other of her works, her portarits of George Melly and Max Wall hang in the National Portrait Gallery.
In London, Hambling’s work is represented in the following public collections: The TATE, The British Museum, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and the V&A. She is one of Britain's best-known and controversial living artists. Her sculpture ‘Scallop’ (for Benjamin Britten) on Aldeburgh beach in Suffolk aroused both praise and criticism nationwide.
In rave reviews for her recent sell-out exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art and the monograph MAGGI HAMBLING THE WORKS and Conversations with Andrew Lambirth (published January 2006, Unicorn Press), Maggi Hambling was said to have “succeeded where Leonardo failed” (Brian Sewell, Evening Standard) and was referred to as “the female Bacon” (The Art Newspaper). Further information can be found on the Maggi Hambling website.
Since 1998, IAP Fine Art has worked with Maggi Hambling, publishing editions of etchings and silk-screen prints. The works featured below (click on images to enlarge) are available from IAP Fine Art, at 65, Roman Rd, London E2. Open Saturdays only 11-3pm, or by appointment. For further details, please contact us.
George Melly Singing by Maggi Hambling
In summer 2006, IAP Fine Art worked with Maggi Hambling and master printmaker Ian Wilkinson to produce two new editions of silk-screen prints. Both are paper size: 24.5” x 20” (62 x 51 cms) and image size: 20” x 15.5” (51 x 39.5cms), and editions of only 100 on on Moulin de Gué 270g fine art paper, each signed by Maggi Hambling. The first, George Melly Singing derives from the central image of the performer in Hambling’s celebrated triple portrait 'George Melly', which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. The artist has hand-touched the silk-screens and set George in a silver space to create a new and unique image, only existing in this edition of signed silk-screen prints. The edition was made by Maggi Hambling partly to celebrate her friend George's 80th birthday year. Launched with Stephen Fry, George and Maggi present, the edition is selling well, and £75 from each sale goes to the Terrence Higgins Trust, helping people with HIV and AIDS. Following George Melly's death, a further £75 from each sale is donated to the British charity For Dementia. Price: £675 unframed + £10p&p, or £750 framed (excl. delivery). Contact us for further details, or visit our Exhibitions.
Stephen Fry Musing by Maggi Hambling
Stephen Fry Musing is an original portrait, and derives from a full-length, life-size painting now in a private collection. Fry posed for the artist in the early 1990s before playing Oscar Wilde in the film ‘Wilde’, and before Hambling created her sculpture of Wilde now opposite Charing Cross Station. £75 from each sale goes to the Terrence Higgins Trust, helping people with HIV and AIDS. Price: £585 unframed + £10p&p, or £670 framed (excl. delivery). Contact us for further details, or visit our Exhibitions.
Portrait of Derek Jarman by Maggi Hambling
Portrait of Derek Jarman.Paper size: 28.75” x 19.7” (73 x 50 cms). The paper size is also the image size, since the black border is both printed and part of Maggi Hambling's design. Edition of 250 on 300gm Vellum Arches fine art paper, each signed by Maggi Hambling. This edition, published by IAP Fine Art in 1998, was produced by the artist in collaboration with printmaker Charles Hines from Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen.
Hambling first met Derek Jarman when both were at art school in the 1960s, and they became close friends. Film maker Derek Jarman achieved great acclaim for films such as Carravagio and Blue; but he was also a champion of gay rights, as well as being an accomplished painter, writer and garden designer. Although Derek Jarman had been suffering from AIDS for some time, his actual death in 1994 came as a shock. Remarkably, Maggi Hambling painted his portrait from memory three weeks after his death. The painting sold immediately into a private collection, although it was recently loaned to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Hambling hand-touched the screens to ensure the graphic and 3-D quality of her brushwork and the balance of colours were maintained. This edition not only enables more people to see and own one of her greatest portraits; but also raises much-needed funds for Terrence Higgins Trust, helping people with HIV and AIDS. £75 from each is donated to THT.
Price (unframed): £495 + £10 p&p (within UK, £20 p&p to Europe or USA). Price (framed), as shown here in stained ash to museum standard and to the artist's own design: £590 (excluding delivery). To purchase or for further information, contact us; or visit our Exhibitions.
Floating Laugh by Maggi Hambling
Floating Laugh by Maggi Hambling, watercolour, from the Towards Laughter series 1991 shown at Barbican and then toured. 35" x 26" on 300g Arches paper, framed: £3,500. SOLD.
Jemma Seated by Maggi Hambling
Jemma Seated by Maggi Hambling. Monotype, 28" x 22" from 1990 Jemma series. Framed: £2,800.
For further information, and an archive of her work, please go to www.maggihambling.com
