Who was Maggi Hambling?
Maggi Hambling (born 23 October 1945) an English painter and sculptor. Perhaps her best known public works are a memorial to Oscar Wilde in central London and Scallop, a 4 metre high steel sculpture of two interlocking scallop shells on Aldeburgh beach, dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Both works have proved controversial. Hambling studied at the East Anglian School of Painting from 1960 under Cedric Morris, then at Ipswich School of Art (1962–4), Camberwell (1964-7), and finally the Slade School of Art graduating in 1969.[1] In 1980, Hambling became the first Artist in Residence at the National Gallery, London, during which she produced a series of portraits of the comedian Max Wall. Wall responded to Hambling’s request to paint him with a note saying: “Re: painting little me, I am flattered indeed – what colour?”[2] Hambling is well known as a portraitist with several works in the National Portrait Gallery, London [3]. Her style tends towards the expressionistic, with some portraits co
