Peter Edwards (artist)

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Peter Douglas Edwards, (born 20 November 1955), is a British painter. He won the 1994 BP Portrait Award.

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Early career

In 1980 he exhibited a small self-portrait in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The painting was bought by the art collector, Sir Brinsley Ford. [1]

In 1986 his portrait of The Liverpool Poets was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery. His continuing involvement with the gallery and Robin Gibson [2] then 20th Century Curator (later Chief Curator) led to a major one-man exhibition and tour in the Gallery in April 1990 "Contemporary Poets", which consisted of 17 large canvasses of 20 poets, alongside a poem from each poet, numerous studies, and a series of Saturday morning readings from Seamus Heaney, Douglas Dunn, Charles Causley, Wendy Cope, and Craig Raine. [3]

On 30 July 1991, Bobby Moore unveiled Edwards' portrait of Bobby Charlton [4] in the National Portrait Gallery, Sponsored by British Gas plc, it marked the 25th anniversary of England winning the FIFA World Cup. [5] He later painted Ryan Giggs for the National Library of Wales.

In 1993 he exhibited in The Portrait Now show. In 1994 he won the BP Portrait Award [6] with Portrait of an Artist's Model (of Marguerite Kelsey). [7] She had been the model of choice, in the inter-war years, for many leading artists, including Meredith Frampton. [8] This award led to his commission to paint Kazuo Ishiguro, which was unveiled the following summer in the National Portrait Gallery by Ismail Merchant.

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References

  1. ↑ Ireland, George (8 May 1999). "Obituary: Sir Brinsley Ford". The Independent. London.
  2. ↑ Charles Saumarez Smith (16 August 2010). "Robin Gibson obituary | Art and design". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery Archive Catalogue". Archivecatalogue.npg.org.uk. 24 June 1990. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ MacPherson, Andrew (12 September 1999). "THE SITTER'S TALE: Sir Bobby Charlton". The Independent. London.
  5. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG 6140; Sir Robert ('Bobby') Charlton". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG 6332; Kazuo Ishiguro". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Ormond, Richard (10 March 1995). "OBITUARIES Marguerite Kelsey". The Independent. London.
  8. ↑ "Website undergoing maintenance". Tate Etc. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Peter Edwards". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Work in Regress | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Art Collections Online | National Museum Wales". Museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "National Museums Northern Ireland". Nmni.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Portrait of Principal Struther Arnott (1934–)". Scran. 5 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  14. ↑ "History of the Collections". Rcc.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "University of Warwick Art Collection – Artists – Peter Edwards". .warwick.ac.uk. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "Portrait of Douglas Dunn – Hull Museums Collections". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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