b. 1945
British artist Maggi Hambling was born in Suffolk, UK. Hambling studied at the Amberfield School in Nacton, then at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, then at Ipswich School of Art (1962–64), Camberwell (1964–67), and finally the Slade School of Art at UCL, graduating in 1969. She became the first Artist in Residence at the National Gallery in 1980-81. She received an OBE in 1995 and a CBE in 2010. She currently lives and works in London.
Hambling is best known for her expressive portraits and intricate land and seascapes, including a celebrated series of North Sea paintings. Although primarily working in painting, Hambling has also created several well-known public sculptures, including A Conversation with Oscar Wilde and A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft in London, and Scallop on Aldeburgh beach.
Her works are housed in public collections at the British Museum, Tate, the V&A, the National Gallery and the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art among others.
Maggi Hambling’s Rejection Letter: “The other girls called the studies a mess and laughed at them”
