Bridget Riley
Artist of the 1960's
Growing Up
Bridget Riley's Works
Some of Bridget Riley's famous works:
"No painter, dead or alive, has ever made us more aware of our eyes than Bridget Riley"- Robert Melville, 1971
Timeline
April 14, 1931 Born: South London (her father relocated to Lincolnshire and the family moved too)
1949-1952 Studied at Goldsmith's College (studied at Cheltenham Ladies College 1996-1999)
1965 her paintings came to international notice at the Modern Museum of Art in New York
1969 Riley was the first woman ever to win the International Prize for Painting at the 34th Venice Biennale
1976 Received honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester, Ulster
1994 Received honorary doctorate from Oxford
1995 Received honorary doctorate from Cambridge University
1996 Received honorary doctorate from Montfort
1999 was appointed the Companion of Honor from the Commonwealth Realm
2003 Received the Praemium Imperiale - the International Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts from the Japan Art Association