Peter Edwards (artist)

Peter Douglas Edwards, born 20 November 1955, British painter. Winner of the 1994 BP Portrait Award.

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.

Public collections

Bibliography

References

  1. Ireland, George (1999-05-08). "Obituary: Sir Brinsley Ford". The Independent (London).
  2. Charles Saumarez Smith (2010-08-16). "Robin Gibson obituary | Art and design". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  3. "National Portrait Gallery Archive Catalogue". Archivecatalogue.npg.org.uk. 1990-06-24. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  4. MacPherson, Andrew (1999-09-12). "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 2011-01-18.
  6. "National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG 6332; Kazuo Ishiguro". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  7. Ormond, Richard (1995-03-10). "OBITUARIES Marguerite Kelsey". The Independent (London).
  8. "Website undergoing maintenance". Tate. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  9. "National Portrait Gallery - Person - Peter Edwards". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  10. "Work in Regress | Peter Edwards | Collection Database | Works of Art | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  11. "Art Collections Online | National Museum Wales". Museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  12. "National Museums Northern Ireland". Nmni.com. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  13. "Portrait of Principal Struther Arnott (1934–)". Scran. 1998-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  14. "History of the Collections". Rcc.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  15. "University of Warwick Art Collection - Artists - Peter Edwards". .warwick.ac.uk. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  16. "Portrait of Douglas Dunn - Hull Museums Collections". Hullcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  17. "Edwards, Peter « Moma Wales". Momawales.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  18. "Edwards, Peter « Moma Wales". Momawales.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  19. University of Sheffield (2013-01-02). "Can't find the page you're looking for? - News - The University of Sheffield". Sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.

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