Richard Hamilton, Father of British Pop Art, Dies at Age 89

Richard Hamilton, an artist known as the father of British Pop Art, died early this morning at age 89. The cause of death was not given.

Hamilton had worked until a few days before his death on a retrospective of his work scheduled to travel to Los Angeles, Philadelphia, London and Madrid in 2013-14, the Gagosian Gallery said in a statement e-mailed by publicists Bolton & Quinn.