Patrick Caulfield, CBE, RA, was a noted British artist whose work is closely identified with Pop art, though the artist did not like to be considered part of that movement.
He was a resident of London's Belsize Park and, not surprisingly, is buried in nearby Highgate Cemetery's East section, directly opposite the grave of Sir Ralph Richardson.
Visitors are often surprised, some dismayed, by his monument’s unique design. Visitors are reminded that the monument is Caulfield’s own design.
According to legend, when someone once asked him what epitaph he would put on his tombstone, Caulfield is said to have dryly replied, “Dead, of course.”
A large number of his works are in the private collections of Charles Saatchi and David Bowie. His work continues to be shown in exhibitions, most recently in 2014 at Cumbria's Abbot Hall Art Gallery and in 2013 at London's Tate Modern.
For further reading:
Obituary:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/03/
guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
Art Fund 2014 Cumbria Exhibition
http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/exhibitions/
2014/01/17/patrick-caulfield-exhibition
Tate Modern 2013 Exhibition:
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition
/patrick-caulfield
Tate Exhibition Review:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/
10096998/Patrick-Caulfield-Tate-Britain-review.html
Article by playwright David Hare
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/
may/25/david-hare-friendship-patrick-caulfield
Patrick Caulfield, CBE, RA, was a noted British artist whose work is closely identified with Pop art, though the artist did not like to be considered part of that movement.
He was a resident of London's Belsize Park and, not surprisingly, is buried in nearby Highgate Cemetery's East section, directly opposite the grave of Sir Ralph Richardson.
Visitors are often surprised, some dismayed, by his monument’s unique design. Visitors are reminded that the monument is Caulfield’s own design.
According to legend, when someone once asked him what epitaph he would put on his tombstone, Caulfield is said to have dryly replied, “Dead, of course.”
A large number of his works are in the private collections of Charles Saatchi and David Bowie. His work continues to be shown in exhibitions, most recently in 2014 at Cumbria's Abbot Hall Art Gallery and in 2013 at London's Tate Modern.
For further reading:
Obituary:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/03/
guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
Art Fund 2014 Cumbria Exhibition
http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/exhibitions/
2014/01/17/patrick-caulfield-exhibition
Tate Modern 2013 Exhibition:
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition
/patrick-caulfield
Tate Exhibition Review:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/
10096998/Patrick-Caulfield-Tate-Britain-review.html
Article by playwright David Hare
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/
may/25/david-hare-friendship-patrick-caulfield
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