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Bridget Riley



 

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley was born in 1931 at Norwood, London, the daughter of a businessman. Her childhood was spent in Cornwall and Lincolnshire. She studied at Goldsmiths College from 1949 to 1952, and at the Royal College of Art from 1952 to 1955. Riley has exhibited widely since her first solo show in 1962. Among numerous exhibitions, she was included in the 1968 Venice Biennial where she won the International Prize for painting.

 

Untitled


 

Movement in Squares
1961


 

Chicago Seven


 

January 29


 

Painting with Verticals 2


 

Kiss
1961


 

Blaze 1
1962


 

Fall
1963


 

Descending
1965


 

Arrest 1
1965


 

Breathe
1966


 

Cataract 3
1967


 

Orient 4
1970

 

Red with Red 2


 

Through
1988


 

Fragment 5
1965


 

Fragment 3
1965


 

Fragment 6
1965


 

Fragment 1
1965


 

Painting with Two Verticals 3


 

Early Light
1987


 

Elapse
1982


 

Edge of Light
1981


 

Bassacs
1987


 

Rothko Portfolio
1973


 

Silver Panting 


 

Parallels
1962


 

Displaced Vertical Collage


 

Twisted Curve, Horizontal Colour Movement
1977