Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, regarded as the founder of the British pop art movement, died today aged 81. Paolozzi engaged with the non-gallery-visiting British public in a way that few of his peers managed. Tens of thousands of Londoners view his work every day at Tottenham Court Road tube station, where he designed the mural.
He also had an influence on pop music; so-called fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe was one of his students.
