About the work

Maggi Hambling is best known for her expressive portraits and sublime depictions of landscapes and seascapes. Working in the tradition of John Constable and J.M.W. Turner, Hambling’s close-up paintings of waves also call to mind the suspended, detailed prints of Hokusai Katsushika. Aside from painting, the artist has made a number of public sculptures, including a tribute to Oscar Wilde in the center of London, and Scallop on Aldeburgh beach.

Date and country of birth

1945, GB

Career Highlights

Hambling is a prominent and controversial figure who has been at the forefront of the British art scene for the past 50 years. She studied at Ipswich School of Art, Camberwell School of Art and the Slade. Over last decade Hambling has staged major solo museum exhibitions at CAFA Art Museum Beijing (2019), The British Museum, London (2016), the National Gallery , London (2014) and State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2013). She has achieved renown and controversy for her various public art commissions, including Scallop (2003) on Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk, and a sculpture of Mary Wollstonecraft, London (2020).