Tate Gallery director Nicholas Serota said Hamilton was “one of the most influential and distinctive artists of the postwar period.” “Greatly admired by his peers, including [Andy] Warhol and [Joseph] Beuys, Hamilton produced a series of exquisite paintings, drawings, prints and multiples dealing with themes of glamour, consumption, commodity and popular culture,” Serota said. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-hamilton-20110915,0,7110176.story