Theo Ramos

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Theodore Sanchez de Pina Ramos (17 October 1928 - 11 April 2018) was a Spanish portrait painter who became a naturalised British subject and painted Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Duke of Edinburgh. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Theo Ramos obituary". The Times. 5 June 2018. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2018-06-11 via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. Obituaries, Telegraph (7 May 2018). "Theo Ramos, Spanish portrait painter, Anglophile and bon vivant – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2018-06-11 via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. "Theodore Ramos (1928–2018)". www.artuk.org. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  4. "Theodore Ramos - Person - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-11.