Bridget Riley facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Bridget Riley
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Their Excellencies, Jenny Harper and a Bridget Riley work
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Bridget Louise Riley
24 April 1931 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Goldsmiths College, Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Painting and drawing |
| Movement | Op art |
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter, and op artist. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.
Images for kids
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Shadow Play, 1990, oil on canvas
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Georges Seurat's 1886–1887 The Bridge at Courbevoie, copied and enlarged by Riley, had a powerful influence on her approach to painting.
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The Courtauld Gallery's 2015–2016 exhibition "Bridget Riley: Learning from Seurat", including her 1960 painting Pink Landscape (seen here in the poster) showed how Riley's style was influenced by Georges Seurat's pointillism and pleasure in seeing.
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Bolt of Colour, 2017–2019. Installation view, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
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Movement in Squares, 1961, was the subject of a 2013 plagiarism debate between Riley and Tobias Rehberger.
