Photographs from the Frank Hampson exhibition (UK) 0

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Paid a visit to the UK's Atkinson Gallery in Southport yesterday to view the exhibition of Frank Hampson artworks currently being staged up until March 2019.  Hampson created 'Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future' for EAGLE magazine back in 1950 (which some American collectors will be aware of).  He mostly produced fully-painted artwork, with the 1955 - 1960 period showcasing his best work (the earlier strips are very good also).  Here's a selection of photographs I took from my visit.  Excuse the odd camera angles . . . all the artworks are behind glass and it was difficult trying to get compositions that eliminated flash reflection . . .

Atkinson Gallery exterior . . .

Edited September 30, 2018 by The Voord

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Late 1940s drawings pre-dating Hampson's EAGLE artwork . . .

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Road of Courage - episode 6

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Road of Courage - episode 8

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Road of Courage - episode 12, prelim and finished art (which sadly has lost most of its colour through fading)

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Road of Courage - episode 14

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Road of Courage - episode 34

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Road of Courage - episode 45

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Road of Courage - episode 54

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Dan Dare, 'The Man From Nowhere', episode 1 page 1 (1955)

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Dan Dare, 'The Man From Nowhere', episode 8 page 2,  (1955).  Interesting original, this one.  For a very short period, Hampson tried experimenting with production methods.  Instead of painting this particular page in full, he created a pen & ink original, from which he printed a copy to be coloured separately.  He didn't like the results so quickly reverted back to full-painted original art.

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Dan Dare, 'Rogue Planet' episode 3 pages 1 & 2 (1955), a combination of Frank Hampson and Don Harley finished art.  The original artworks were re-structured for a 1960s reprint, eliminating parts of the art used for the first printing.

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Dan Dare, 'Rogue Planet' episode 62 page 2 (1957), mostly Frank Hampson finished art, with assists by Eric Eden.  The original artworks were re-structured for a 1960s reprint, eliminating parts of the art used for the first printing.

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Peter Rock, episodes 1 and 2.  This was a proposed newspaper strip by Hampson (early 1960s) that was never picked-up for publication.

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Piece of merchandising artwork by Hampson (probably late 1950s) that went unused.

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Selection of 1960s book illustrations.

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1960s magazine strip for 'The Crime Museum' . . .

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1980 specialty drawing of Digby and Stripey (from Dan Dare).

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Selection of 1950/51 artworks from the very first Dan Dare story.  The work, although good, had not yet hit its stride and the results can be variable in quality.  Hampson had a studio of assistants, so the work showcased here will feature various artistic contributions. . .

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Lovely stuff! Thanks for sharing.