Damien Hirst is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on June 7, 1965 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The work of his was often compared with the work from His work was compared to that of Donald Judd..
He went to an exhibition of work by Francis Davison, staged by Julian Spalding at the Hayward Gallery in 1983. Davison created abstract collages from torn and cut coloured paper which, Hirst said, “blew me away”, and which he modelled his own work on for the next two years.
He worked for two years on London building sites, then studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London (1986–89), although again he was refused a place the first time he applied. In 2007, Hirst was quoted as saying of An Oak Tree by Goldsmiths’ senior tutor, Michael Craig-Martin: “That piece is, I think, the greatest piece of conceptual sculpture. I still can’t get it out of my head.” While a student, Hirst had a placement at a mortuary, an experience that influenced his later themes and materials.
He was the son of an auto mechanic who left his family at the age of 12. Damien was twelve years old. The mother of Damien, Mary Brennan, struggled to raise her son as a single mom as she worked for his employer, the Citizens Advice Bureau. He was married Maia Norman in 1992 and the couple Maia are blessed with three children with the names of Connor, Cyrus and Cassius.
He designed an British Union flag that was used during the closing ceremony during the London Summer Olympics in 2012. London Summer Olympics.
Damien Steven Hirst (/h ɜːr s t / ; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs), who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom’s richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.
