Peter Edwards (artist)
Peter Edwards, (born 20 November 1955), is a British painter. He won the 1994 BP Portrait Award.
Early career[edit]
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[edit]
- National Portrait Gallery, London. 6 works.[9] The portraits are of: Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Brian Patten, (triple portrait known as) The Liverpool Poets. Seamus Heaney, John Heath-Stubbs, Willy Russell, Sir Bobby Charlton, and Kazuo Ishiguro.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[10] of the British Poet Peter Reading, and Armenian poet Vahé Oshagan.
- National Museum Wales, painting of Tyrone O'Sullivan.[11]
- Ulster Museum, Belfast,[12] painting of Michael Longley.
- National Library of Wales, 6 works
- St Andrews University, portrait of Principal Struther Arnott[13]
- Birmingham University[14]
- Warwick University, painting of Sir Christopher Zeeman[15]
- Ferens Gallery, Hull[16]
- National Museums Liverpool portrait of Willy Russell
- Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
- Moma Wales, Sir Kyffyn Williams,[17] Ruth Lambert[18]
- St Georges hospital, London
- Sheffield University[19] Portraits of Sir Peter Middleton and Sir Harry Kroto
- Manchester University portraits of Sir Martin Harris and Alan Gilbert
Bibliography[edit]
- The National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1988. Page 203 colour illustration The Liverpool Poets Oil on canvass, 175.9 x 237.5 By Peter Edwards, 1985 (5853) ISBN 0-904017-89-3
- Contemporary Poets, Portraits By Peter Edwards, A National portrait Gallery Exhibition, 1990. "Foreword" by Robin Gibson Curator 20th Century Collection. ISBN 0-85514-031-4. view
- The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery, 1993. Page 52. ISBN 1-85514-098-5
- drawings paintings and sculptures, the catalogue. Published by the museums and galleries of Northern Ireland. ISBN 0-900761-38-5. Page 247 Portrait of Michael Longley b.1939 (1989–1990) U4825
- Royal Academy Illustrated 1996, A Souvenir of the 228th Summer Exhibition. Page 10, Peter Edwards Self Portrait Oil 7 × 5 ins.
References[edit]
- ^ Ireland, George (8 May 1999). "Obituary: Sir Brinsley Ford". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ Charles Saumarez Smith (16 August 2010). "Robin Gibson obituary | Art and design". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery Archive Catalogue". Archivecatalogue.npg.org.uk. 24 June 1990. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ MacPherson, Andrew (12 September 1999). "THE SITTER'S TALE: Sir Bobby Charlton". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG 6140; Sir Robert ('Bobby') Charlton". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG 6332; Kazuo Ishiguro". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Ormond, Richard (10 March 1995). "OBITUARIES Marguerite Kelsey". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Website undergoing maintenance". Tate Etc. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Peter Edwards". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Work in Regress | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Art Collections Online | National Museum Wales". Museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "National Museums Northern Ireland". Nmni.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Portrait of Principal Struther Arnott (1934–)". Scran. 5 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "History of the Collections". Rcc.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "University of Warwick Art Collection – Artists – Peter Edwards". .warwick.ac.uk. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Portrait of Douglas Dunn – Hull Museums Collections". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Edwards, Peter " Moma Wales". Momawales.org.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Edwards, Peter " Moma Wales". Momawales.org.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Can't find the page you're looking for?". University of Sheffield. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
External links[edit]
- 45 artworks by or after Peter Edwards at the Art UK site
- National Portrait Gallery – Peter Edwards
- Artist's website.
- The works of Peter Edwards on Art UK
- National Museum Wales
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Edwards as sitter in The National Portrait Gallery
- Adrian Henri website
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