A life in pop: the art of Richard Hamilton – in pictures

Richard Hamilton, photographed at the Serpentine Gallery in London last year Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer

Swingeing London 67 (1968-69) – a painting of the arrest of Mick Jagger Photograph: © The estate of Richard Hamilton

Epiphany (1964) Photograph: © Richard Hamilton

My Marilyn (1965) Photograph: © The estate of Richard Hamilton

Hamilton circa 1970 Photograph: Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Hamilton's Four Self Portraits – 05.3.81 (1990). This work will soon go on display at Tate Britain in tribute to the artist Photograph: © The estate of Richard Hamilton

Hamilton's Just What Was It That Made Yesterday's Homes So Different, So Appealing? (1992) Photograph: © The estate of Richard Hamilton

Hamilton in a field near his Henley home with a painting from his 1992 Tate show
Photograph: John Reardon/The Guardian

Hamilton in his Virtual Rooms exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, in 2008 Photograph: Oliver Krato/AFP

The Citizen (1985) in the 2010 Modern Moral Matters exhibition at the Serpentine Photograph: Alex Lentati/Evening Standard /Rex Features

Another shot from the Modern Moral Matters exhibition Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

Hamilton stands beside Shock & Awe (2007-8) at press night for the same exhibition Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

The artist with drawings based on Picasso's Las Meninas. Hamilton presented his Homage to Picasso exhibition at Madrid's Museo Del Prado in March 2010 Photograph: Agencia EFE/Rex Features