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| Born | 1968 Walsall, England |
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Andrew Tift (born 1968) is a British realist portraitist.
Andrew Tift | |
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| Born | 1968 Walsall, England |
| Occupation | Painter |
Andrew Tift (born 1968) is a British realist portraitist.
Andrew Tift was born in 1968 in Walsall, England. [1] [2] He was educated at the Stafford College of Art. [2] [3] He then graduated from the University of Central England. [2]
He is a realist portraitist. [3] In 1998, he did a portrait of Tony Benn, a Labour Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001. [4] He also did a portrait of Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, who served as a Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2009. [3] His portrait of Ken Livingstone, who served as the Labour Mayor of London from 2000 to 2008, has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery since 2014. [5] He was also commissioned by the House of Lords to do a portrait of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington.
He was the recipient of the BP Travel Award in 1995 for Sayonara Pet. [3] In 2006, he received the BP Portrait Award for his triptych of Kitty Garman, Lucian Freud's first wife, entitled Kitty. [3] [6] The triptych is now at the New Art Gallery in Walsall. [6]
He resides in the West Midlands. [3]
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