Peter Edwards (artist)

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Peter Douglas Edwards , (born November 20, 1955), is an English painter. Award-winning Portrait Award 1994.

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

In 1986, his portrait of The Liverpool Poets was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery. His ongoing engagement with the gallery and Robin Gibson then the 20th Century Curator (later Chief Curator) led to the exhibition of one main person and toured the Gallery in April 1990 " The Contemporary Poet ", consisting of 17 large canvas 20 poets, in addition to poetry from each poet, lots of research, and a series of Saturday morning readings from Seamus Heaney, Douglas Dunn, Charles Causley, Wendy Cope, and Craig Raine.

On July 30, 1991, Bobby Moore launched Edwards portrait of Bobby Charlton at the National Portrait Gallery, Sponsored by British Gas plc, it marked the 25th anniversary of England's FIFA World Cup win. He then painted Ryan Giggs for the National Library of Wales.

In 1993 he was exhibited in The Portrait Now show. In 1994 he won the BP Portrait Award with the Portrait of an Artist's Model (from Marguerite Kelsey). He has been the model of choice, in the interwar years, for many prominent artists, including Meredith Frampton. This award led to his commission to paint Kazuo Ishiguro, which was inaugurated the following summer at the National Portrait Gallery by Ismail Merchant.

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Public collection

• National Portrait Gallery, London. 6 works. Portraits are: Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Brian Patten, (portrait of three 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 from the English Poet Peter Reading, and Armenian poet VahÃÆ' Â © Oshagan.
• National Museum Wales, Tyrone O'Sullivan paintings.
• Ulster Museum, Belfast, painting of Michael Longley.
• National Library of Wales, 6 works
• St Andrews University, portrait of Principal Struther Arnott
• University of Birmingham
• University of Warwick, Sir Christopher Zeeman's painting
• Ferens Gallery, Hull
• National Museum of Liverpool Portrait of Willy Russell
• Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
• Moma Wales, Sir Kyffyn Williams, Ruth Lambert
• St Georges Hospital, London
• Portrait of Sheffield University Sir Peter Middleton and Sir Harry Kroto
• Portrait of Manchester University from Sir Martin Harris and Alan Gilbert

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Bibliography

National Portrait Gallery Gallery , 1988. Page 203 color illustration The Liverpool Poets Oil on canvas, 175.9 x 237.5 By Peter Edwards, 1985 (5853) ISBNÃ, 0-904017-89-3

Contemporary Poet, Portrait By Peter Edwards, National Portrait Gallery Exposition , 1990. "Foreword" by Robin Gibson Curator of the 20th Century Collection. ISBNÃ, 0-85514-031-4. see

Portrait Now , National Portrait Gallery, 1993. Page 52. ISBNÃ, 1-85514-098-5

paintings and sculptures pictures, catalogs . Published by museums and galleries in Northern Ireland. ISBN: 0-900761-38-5. Page 247 Portrait of Michael Longley b.1939 (1989-1990) U4825

Royal Academy Illustrated 1996, 228th Summer Exposition Souvenir . Page 10, Peter Edwards Portrait Oil 7 x 5 ins.

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References

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External links

• National Portrait Gallery - Peter Edwards
• The Ulster Museum
• National Museum Wales
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Artist website.
• Edwards as a nanny in the National Portrait Gallery
• BBC Your Paintings, in partnership with the Public Catalog Foundation
• Adrian Henri's website

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