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Anastasia Pollard is an American-born English painter.
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Anastasia Pollard is an American-born English painter.
Pollard was raised in Virginia and educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She then attended the Florence Academy of Art before apprenticing from 1993 to 1995. Pollard has lived in London since 2006.
Pollard won the Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition for 2009. [1]
Pollard is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, a founder of the London Atelier for Representational Art (LARA).
Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje, Earl of Rothes is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian–English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada. Ondaatje is the older brother of the author Michael Ondaatje and lives in both Chester, Nova Scotia, and the United Kingdom. He was recognised by the Lord Lyon in 2004 as the Earl of Rothes, Baron and Lord of Leslie, and Sheriff of Fife in the Baronage of Scotland.
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Sir John Campbell Longstaff was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Longstaff was one of the most prolific portraitists of the Edwardian period, painting many high society figures in both Australia and Britain.
George Washington Thomas Lambert was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War.
Brenda Pye, also known as Brenda Landon or Brenda Capron, was an English portrait painter and landscape artist. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Paris Salon, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Association of Women Artists; she was also a member of the Association of Sussex Artists.
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Sara Shamma is a UK-based Syrian artist whose paintings are figurative in style. The importance of storytelling and narrative is paramount in her work. Shamma has a long-standing interest in the psychology associated with the suffering of individuals and has made work on the subject of war, modern slavery and human trafficking. Her works can be divided into series that reflect prolonged periods of research.
Vincent Michael Brown is an English artist and portrait painter, composer and musician, and co-founder of Browns' Arts Centre, an art school and studio located at The Clock Tower Association in Warmley, Bristol.
Peter Kuhfeld is an English figurative painter. He was born in Cheltenham and is married to the English figurative painter Cathryn Kuhfeld, née Showan. They have two daughters who have often appeared in their paintings.
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Robin-Lee Hall is a Surrey-based English fine artist and former President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Martin Yeoman is an English painter and draughtsman who drew members of the British Royal Family. He was commissioned to draw the Queen's grandchildren and accompanied Charles, Prince of Wales, on overseas tours as tour artist. He is described as one of the finest draughtsmen working today and is a member of Senior Faculty at the Royal Drawing School.
Jan Mikulka is a Czech painter. He is known for his still-life painting and figurative and portrait work. In 2011 he won the Visitors's Choice BP Portrait Award in the National Portrait Gallery competition. He has twice succeeded in the international competition announced by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London, a showcase of contemporary portraiture. In 2013, he won the first prize for a self-portrait, and in 2016 The Changing Faces Prize, also awarded by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Richard Peter Cook is an English portrait and landscape artist working predominantly in oils and watercolour. Graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 1975, he was elected an associate of the Royal Society of British Artists the same year, becoming a full member in 1976.
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