Gary Hume

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gary Hume
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	May 9, 1962(1962-05-09)
Age	62
Birthplace	Tenterden
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Gary Hume Biography

Gary Hume is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on May 9, 1962 in Tenterden, England, United Kingdom.

Gary Stewart Hume RA (born 9 May 1962) is an English artist. Hume’s work is strongly identified with the YBA who came to prominence in the early 1990s. Hume lives and works in London and Accord, New York.

Hume abandoned doors in the mid-1990s, turning to paintings in household gloss paint on aluminium panel, for these often used appropriated images, including pictures of celebrities (e.g. DJ Tony Blackburn) and animals. Their forms and colours are dramatically simplified, with people being reduced to just two or three colours. Snowman (1996), for example, is made up of three shades of red, showing a circle on top of a larger circle against a lighter background. At first, Hume used mainly bright colours, but later pieces have used more muted tones.

Gary Hume Net Worth

Gary Hume is one of the richest Painter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gary Hume 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hume was born in 1962 in Tenterden, Kent. He attended Homewood School. He graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1988. His work was included in both Freeze, an exhibition organised by Damien Hirst in 1988, and East Country Yard, a warehouse exhibition organised by Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas in 1990.

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Who is Gary Hume Dating?

According to our records, Gary Hume married to Georgie Hopton. As of December 1, 2023, Gary Hume’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2012, Hume made an exhibition titled ‘Indifferent Owl’. Speaking about his work in 2011, Hume had stated, ‘Where I live in New York, there’s a wood. I heard an owl in the night. Next day I found one of those “Happy Birthday” balloons caught in the trees. It had almost deflated. I imagined the owl, utterly indifferent, watching the balloon float by as it slowly collapsed. That’s how I see life. I’m the owl, totally disengaged as the balloon bobs by…’

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Genki Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Gary Hume celebrates birthday on May 9 of every year.

What is Gary Hume known for?

Gary Hume is a contemporary English artist best known for his stylized depictions of everyday objects using high-gloss industrial paint. “The edge is the only thing that matters,” he explained of his paintings.

What inspired Gary Hume?

As a young artist Hume was influenced by the geometric language of Minimalism , and even more so by Color Field Painting, but he was searching for a way to bring conceptual meaning back to this abstraction.

Where did Gary Hume study?

Hume was born in 1962 in Tenterden, Kent. He attended Homewood School. He graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1988. His work was included in both Freeze, an exhibition organised by Damien Hirst in 1988, and East Country Yard, a warehouse exhibition organised by Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas in 1990.

How does Gary Hume paint?

Gary Hume is best known for his figurative and abstract paintings on aluminum panels , which often feature startling color combinations made with a high-gloss household enamel paint. He develops his imagery from both personal memory and found images.