Derek Boshier, Bender, 2009
£ 400
Biography
DEREK BOSHIER (1937 - 2024)
Born in Portsmouth, Derek Boshier first came to prominence with his paintings as a student at the Royal College of Art in London where he studied alongside David Hockney, Allen Jones and R.B. Kitaj. Embracing the iconography of British and American mass culture, his paintings earned him recognition as one of the pioneers of British Pop Art. In 1962, he was featured with Peter Blake, Pauline Boty and Peter Phillips in Ken Russell's BBC documentary Pop Goes The Easel.
Subsequently he worked across drawing, printmaking, film, books, three dimensional objects, installations, and photography. His graphic work with music groups such as The Clash and with David Bowie brought his work to a wider audience. Based in Los Angeles in his final decades, Boshier was also an accomplished teacher, becoming an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art in 2016.
Works by Derek Boshier are in public collections including Tate, The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Brooklyn Museum, New York; and Centre Pompidou, Paris.
