Selected biography
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1935
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Born in Leicester
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1952-59
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Studied at Loughborough College of Art, then the Royal Academy
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1959-66
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Taught at Loughborough College of Art
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1966
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Paints the portrait of the composer Sir Malcolm Tippett (in the collection of Leicestershire Education Authority)
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1969
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Portrait of his friend Graham Sutherland (in the collection the National Museum of Wales)
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1969
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Commissioned to paint the fashion designer Mary Quant
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1970
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Provokes much controversy with the painting of HRH Princess Margaret
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1973
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Paints the portrait of the musician Elton John
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1980
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National Portrait Gallery commissions the portrait of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales
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1981
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Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the NPG
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1984
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Paints François Mitterrand, President of France
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1986
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Paints the actor and director Richard Attenborough
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1987
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Paints the portrait of businessman Alan Sugar
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1995-2016
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Receives frequent private and public commissions, especially from universities to paint distinguished academics
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2016
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Paints the portrait of Sir David Attenborough for the permanent collection of the New Walk Art Gallery, Leicester
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1959
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Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
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1965
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Gadsby Gallery, Leicester
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1967
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1968
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Kunsthalle, Darmstadt
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1969
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1971, '75, '78
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1977
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Harold Reed Gallery, New York
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1980
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Redfern Gallery, London
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Selected collections
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Balliol College, University of Oxford
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Bibliothèque Francois Mitterand, Paris
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British Council Collection, London
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Brunel Museum
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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brazil
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Clare College, University of Cambridge
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Derby Cathedral
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Government Art Collection, London
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Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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Leicestershire County Council
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Leicester Arts & Museums
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Jaguar Heritage
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Lincoln College, University of Oxford
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London South Bank University
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Loughborough University
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Merton College, University of Oxford
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National Portrait Gallery, London
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National Museum of Wales
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Pembroke College, University of Oxford
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RADA
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Royal Air Force Museum
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The RoyalCollection, Windsor
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The Royal Society
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Tate
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St Anthony's College, University of Oxford
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St Peter's College, University of Oxford
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University of Leicester
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University of Sussex
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The Whitworth, University of Manchester
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