Peter Blake

Sir Peter Thomas Blake was born on the 25th June 1932. He is an English pop artist and was also knighted three years ago. He has produced collage, sculpture, engraving and printmaking, commercial art and various album covers, i.e. The Beatles. Blake studied at Gravesend School of Art before being accepted into the Royal College of Art in London. He was influenced by American realist artists.
‘On the Balcony ‘ is an early work and still stands as one of the iconic pieces of British Pop Art, showing Blake's interest in images from pop culture with fine art. It appears to be a collage but is in fact painted. It is inspired by other paintings and features other artists work.

I think that Blake’s work is bright and eye catching which helps the viewer to recognise his work. It is simplistic yet unique as it has little detail however a lot of his pieces relate to music and have a vintage feel to them which makes each piece more intriguing.