Damien Hirst family

Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883–1930), British entomologist; Ben Hirst, English footballer; Christopher Hirst (born 1947), British cricketer and educator; Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), American painter; Damien Hirst (born 1965), English artist; David Hirst.

Previously she has worked in both curatorial and educational roles, discovering how stories and history can really enrich our experience of art. Growing up in Leeds, Hirst’s mother tried to raise him as a Catholic, but he was a rebellious child with a morbid streak.

There he took the infamous portrait, With Dead Head, 1991, a photograph which would precede the gory material in much of his later work.Hirst was a wild teenager who often got into trouble, and was caught shoplifting a few times.

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A self-confessed wild child, British artist Damien Hirst shocked the world with his dead animals in formaldehyde, and continues to raise eyebrows today with lavish, ostentatious projects that push the boundaries of good taste.A notorious member of the Young British Artists Movement, Damien Hirst is world-renowned for stirring up shock and provocation. As he was becoming famous, Bradley was working in a Leeds chip shop.

Damien Hirst’s art is wide-ranging, including installation, sculpture, painting and drawing.

There he took the infamous portrait, With Dead Head, 1991, a photograph which would precede the gory material in much of his later work.Hirst was a wild teenager who often got into trouble, and was caught shoplifting a few times.

'Y'all didn't prepare us for that!' She holds an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art. His 'dot' paintings have also made him millions - though Swiss artist John Armleder complains he was doing them a decade before Hirst took up the idea. His stepfather left the family when Hirst was just 12, leaving him alone with his mother. Mr Bound, who lives near Marlborough, Wiltshire, used to be employed in one of Damien's 'art factories' where he helped produce some of the work that made Hirst famous.Right-hand man: Bradley Hirst with his controversial artist brother Damien, leftDuring his time there he was involved in helping Hirst create his 'pigment plosion' pictures, which involved throwing paint on the centre of a spinning canvas. Titling the auction Beautiful Inside my Head, sales totaled an astonishing £111 million, a record for an auction of works by a single artist.The market value of Hirst’s artworks has been dropping since then; the 2008 auction is now seen as Hirst’s economic peak.Hirst’s net worth is still £215 million, making him one of the richest artists of all time, a fact that has attracted both criticism and praise in his much-publicized career.Rosie is a contributing writer and artist based in Scotland. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, Featuring work by him and his fellow Goldsmith’s contemporaries including Sarah Lucas, Mat Collishaw, Fiona Rae and Gary Hume, the show presented a series of deliberately provocative, sensationalist artworks, causing an art world and media frenzy, and is now seen as the launchpad for the notoriousHirst’s practice throughout the 1990s explored themes of life, death, science and religion.

When Damien Hirst bought Toddington Manor, it was hoped that British art’s enfant terrible would restore the dilapidated Cotswolds estate to its former glory.

In spite of this, he gained a place to study art at Goldsmith’s College in London.

He made his name in the 1990s with theatrical displays of rotting meat, dead animals in formaldehyde and cabinets stuffed with medication, earning him a reputation as the art world’s enfant terrible. Though conflicting in content, they share the same clean, minimalist, medical displays as his Natural History works.

As an adolescent Hirst was fascinated by pathology books containing images of disease and injury; this interest prompted him to take on a work placement at a mortuary.

But when Hirst found out, he reported Cartrain for copyright and seized the collages and profits.In retaliation, Cartrain stole some pencils from Hirst’s installation Pharmacy. Two weeks ago Damien made £111million at an auction of his work - selling collages of dead butterflies, stubbed-out cigarettes, fish skeletons and a tiger shark in formaldehyde.

The artist's younger brother Bradley is at the centre of a police investigation following claims that he sent abusive text messages and made irate phone calls to another artist. Throughout this time Hirst’s lifestyle was as reckless as his art, as he partied hard with his fellow YBA contemporaries.As a colourful counterpoint to his animal carcasses, Hirst has also continued with various recurring series’, including spot paintings, butterfly arrangements, spin paintings and various pharmacy displays featuring medicine cabinets and medical paraphernalia.

Throughout this time Hirst’s lifestyle was as reckless as his art, as he partied hard with his fellow YBA contemporaries.As a colourful counterpoint to his animal carcasses, Hirst has also continued with various recurring series’, including spot paintings, butterfly arrangements, spin paintings and various pharmacy displays featuring medicine cabinets and medical paraphernalia.