About the Artist

Education and Professional Experience

 

James A. Hamilton III

 

 

Personal:                                          

                                                Born August 8, 1931, Buffalo, NY

                                                Married to Laura M. Rizio, Esq.

                                                Two children: John and Alexandra

 

Education:                            Art Institute of Buffalo, 1949-1950

                                                Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1952-1955; 1959-1960.

                                                Philadelphia College of Art,

University of the Arts, 1972-1974, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1974,

                                                Temple Law School, 1974-1978, Juris Doctor, 1978

 

Positions Held:                     Full time fine artist. 2015 to present.

 

                                                Attorney, private practice with Rizio and Hamilton, P.C., 1978- 2015.

 

                                                Art Director and Direct Mail Manager, TV Guide, Radnor, PA, 1974-1980.

 

                                                Self employed as a printmaker, concentrating in woodcuts, commissions, etc., 1972-1974

 

                                                Art Director, Joint Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the American Law Institute and the American                                            Bar Association, 1965-1970.

 

                                                Art director, Wm. Schurr Co., advertising agency, 1961-1965.

 

                                                Commercial Artist, Advertising Specialties Institute, 1960-1961.

 

                                                Commercial Artist, Evening Bulletin, 1959-1960.

 

                                                Window decorator, Wanamaker’s, Lit Brothers, Snellenberg’s, (department stores) Philadelphia, 1956-1959.

 

                                                U.S. Army: Combat infantry, 31^stRCT, 7^thDivision, United States and Korea, 1950-1952

 

 

Biographical Narrative

Jim Hamilton was born in 1931 in Buffalo, New York. He attended George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania, (class of ‘49) and attended the Art Institute of Buffalo for one semester before enlisting in the United States Army in 1950. He saw combat in the Korean Conflict and received the Purple Heart for wounds received in the battle of Heartbreak Ridge.

Returning from the service he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1952 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1960. In 1955 he was awarded the Louis S. Ware Memorial Scholarship by the Academy and the Sonnenschein Fund purchased one of his paintings for the Academy’s collection.

Mr. Hamilton continued to paint and make prints until the early 1970's while working in the advertising and commercial art fields. His work was exhibited locally in Philadelphia, including juried shows at the Pennsylvania Academy and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

In 1972, Mr. Hamilton entered the Philadelphia College of Art, (now the University of the Arts) to complete work on a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree which he was awarded in 1974.In 1978 he received a law degree (Juris Doctor) while working full time as the art director and direct mail marketing manager for TV Guide’ subscription department.

In 1978 Mr. Hamilton and his wife, Laura M. Rizio, Esq., started the law firm of Rizio and Hamilton, PC which specialized in personal injury law. For thirty-seven years, Mr. Hamilton was the chief litigator for the firm. Mr. Hamilton took a two year sabbatical 2003-2005 from his law practice and resumed printmaking and painting. Initially he concentrated on post impressionistic landscapes of the New Hope School of impressionism. Dissatisfied with the style, he moved away from impressionistic work and started experimenting with abstract expressionism, exploring cultural themes.   

     In 2008 he turned to color field paintings incorporating landscape elements and cubist interior and still life paintings. Currently he has turned to geometric abstractions.

 

Exhibitions, Awards and Associations

Associations, Organizations (past*/present)

                 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

                 Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

                 Philadelphia Museum of Art

                 Artists’ Association of Nantucket, Artist Member

                 Hunterdon Museum of Art*

                 James A. Michener Art Museum*

                 Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks

                 New Hope Historical Society

                 Print Centre*

     Shows and Awards:

                 1955, Ware Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,

                 1955, Sonnenschein Purchase Prize, , Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,                             

1955, Philadelphia Print Center (formerly Print Club), juried show,

                 1959, Philadelphia Museum of Art, juried show,

                 2002, Honorable Mention,Lambertville Historical Society Juried Exhibition,

                 2002, 73^rdAnnual Fall Exhibition, Phillip’s Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania,

                 2003, Annual Artsbridge Members Show,

                 2003 Anne K. Allison Prize,Woodmere Art Museum, 63^rdAnnual Juried Show,

                 2003,140^thAnnual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club,

2003, Fifth Place Award, Lycoming/Williamsport Arts Council (2 paintings accepted), Susquehanna Valley Festival Of the Arts, Regional Juried Exhibition,

                 2003, Under Pressure, juried print exhibition, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia,

                 2003, Springfield Museum, annual exhibition,

                 2004, Lambertville Historical Society Juried Exhibition,

                 2004, Northern Arizona University Second Biennial Print Exhibition,

                 2004, New Visions Culture and Agriculture,

2004, Side by Side, National Water Color Society and the Philadelphia Water Color Society,

                 2004, Artsbridge National Juried Show at Prallsville Mills, N.J.,

                 2004, Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival,

2004, 48^thNational Juried Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton,      NJ, 

                 2004, Williamsport-Lycoming, Bald eagle Art League Arts Festival,

mages 2004, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Robeson Gallery, State College, Pennsylvania

                 2004, Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, N.J.

                 2005, Members show, American Color Print Society, Philadelphia, PA

2005,Lambertville Historical Society AwardLambertville Historical Society Annual, Lambertville, NJ,

                 5,200, Intolerance, Juried show, Printmaking Council of New Jersey,

                 2005, Works on Paper, Artsbridge Juried Show, Lambertville, NJ

2006, Honorable Mention,Lambertville Historical Society Annual, Lambertville, NJ,

                 2006, Ellarslie Open, Trenton City Museum

                 2007, Phillip’s Mill Annual Art Show, New Hope, Pa.

                 2008, Summer/Winter, Juried Group Shows, Gallery 125 Trenton, NJ

                 2009, Twisted, Invitational Group Show, RiverRun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ,

                 2010, Expressions, Juried Group Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2010, INAUGURAL SHOW, Alumni Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts,   Philadelphia PA,

                 2012,OPEN 3, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, Juried Show, Brooklyn,                           NY

                 2013, MULTIPLESPennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA,

2014 TWELVE x TWELVE, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art Philadelphia, PA

OPEN 5, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, Juried Show, Brooklyn, NY,Curated by Paulina Pobocha, Curator, MOMA, NY, 2014, Annual Auction and Gala, Artist’s Association of Nantucket, Juried Show

2014, Summer Small Works (5pieces), Artists’ Association of Artists’          Association of Nantucket,

2014, Featured Artist,sailor Take Warning Show, Artists’ Association of             Nantucket

2014, Patrons’ Award, Artist Patron Show, Artists’ Association of Nantucket

2015, Lucy Glick Award of Excellence, 116^thFellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts annual Juried Exhibition

2015, Various Group show, Artists’ Association of Nantucket

2016, Annual Auction and Gala, Artist’s Association of Nantucket, Juried Show

          5 Group Shows, Artists’ Association of Nantucket

2016, Juried Group Show, Nantucket Arts Festival, 3 paintings accepted

2017 to present, Annual Auction and Gala, Artist’s Association of Nantucket:     Juried Show, Various Group shows, Two man Show, Robert Foster Fine Art, Gallery, Nantucket

2022 Julia Spedding Award for Best Abstract Painting, Phillips Mill Annual

 

Mr. Hamilton is listed in the on line data banks of the Michener Museum in Doylestown and Moore College of Art, Philadelphia.Examples of his work can be found at both sites and at jamesahamiltoniii.com

Currently his work is available through Robert Foster Fine Art Gallery,Nantucket Massachusetts.Collections:

 

Collections:

                 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

                 Pennsylvania State University, Williamsport, PA

                 Central Bucks School District, Bucks County, PA