Gerald Laing
United Kingdom (UK), 1936 - 2011
Person TypeIndividual
United States of America (USA), 1926
BiographyAs one of the original wave of pop, artist Gerald Laing produced some of the most significant works of the British Pop movement, and today continues to hold his rightful place as one of the most important artists of his generation. Laing first came to prominence in London in the early 60s, where he pioneered the painting of enormous canvases based on newspaper photographs of models, astronauts and film stars.