Richard Long (artist) - Early Life and Education

Early Life and Education

Born in Bristol, England; Long studied at the University of the West of England's College of Art during the years of 1962-5, then to St Martin’s School of Art and Design, London during 1966-68. At St Martin's, he studied under Anthony Caro and Phillip King, and he became closely associated with fellow student Hamish Fulton. Within a year after he graduated from St Martin’s, the artist became closely associated with the emergence of Land Art; he also participated in the first international manifestations of both Arte Povera, in Amalfi, Italy in 1968, and Earth Art, at Cornell University, New York in 1969.

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