/Biog./
Sir Peter Blake (Artist)
- Date of birth: June 25, 1932
- Birth name: Peter Thomas Blake
- Place of birth: Dartford, Kent, UK
- Awards: Royal Academician, 1981; CBE, 1983; knighted, 2002
Studied at Gravesend School of Art, and from 1953 to 1956
at the Royal College of Art.
Best known for his work from the mid-1960s to the end of the decade where he became one of the best known British pop artists.
His most famous creation was the album cover of the
Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Other celebrated abum
covers are the Band Aid single,
Do They Know It's Christmas?
(1984), and Paul Weller's
Stanley Road (1995).
In 1975, he was a founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists.
Resides in Chiswick, London.
/Address/
Sir Peter Blake
- Sir Peter Blake, RA
c/o Royal Academy Of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BD
United Kingdom
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Sir Peter Blake
