Stephen Finer

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Stephen Finer is a London based artist who has been in commercial and public exhibitions since about 1980.

Contents 1 Work 2 Subjects 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Work

Finer was in 'British Art from the Arts Council Collection 1940-80' at the Hayward Gallery, 'Collazione Inglese ll' at the Venice Biennale and was in the touring exhibition, 'Men on Women', 'The Portrait Now' at the National Portrait Gallery and 'Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000' held to celebrate the millennium also at the National Portrait Gallery, where his portrait of David Bowie is in the permanent collection. There have been many solo exhibitions.

Paintings are in the public collections of the Arts Council, British Council, Contemporary Art Society, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery and the Pallant House Gallery.

[edit] Subjects

Many of Stephen Finer's heads and figures are not identified but sometimes he has painted the same subjects several times. There are a number of paintings of Gill Bastedo, David Bowie, Iman, Hartley Shawcross, Yehudi Menuhin and others.

[edit] References

• The Portrait Now published by the National Portrait Gallery ISBN 1-85514-098-5.

• 'Intimacy and Mortality Finer's People' by Robin Gibson, published by the Charleston Trust & later adapted as ISBN 0-9528502-7-3.

• 'Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity', by Martin Golding, Modern Painters Magazine ISSN 0953-

• details in British Library

[edit] External links

• Stephen Finer's David Bowie in National Portrait Gallery

• Bridgeman Art Library - copyright protected images

• Sandra Fisher, Arts Council Collection

• "Woman of Thirty seven", British Council Collection

• Painting The Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces ISBN 1-85514-289-9hbk; ISBN 1-85514-313-5pbk