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British painter

Peter Edwards, (born 20 November 1955), is a British painter. He won 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.

In 1986 his portrait of The Liverpool Poets was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery. His continuing involvement with the gallery and Robin Gibson 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.

On 30 July 1991, Bobby Moore unveiled Edwards' portrait of Bobby Charlton in the National Portrait Gallery, Sponsored by British Gas plc, it marked the 25th anniversary of England winning the FIFA World Cup. 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 with Portrait of an Artist's Model (of Marguerite Kelsey). She had been the model of choice, in the inter-war years, for many leading artists, including Meredith Frampton. 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

National Portrait Gallery, London. 6 works. 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 of the British Poet Peter Reading, and Armenian poet Vahé Oshagan.
National Museum Wales, painting of Tyrone O'Sullivan.
Ulster Museum, Belfast, painting of Michael Longley.
National Library of Wales, 6 works
St Andrews University, portrait of Principal Struther Arnott
Birmingham University
Warwick University, painting of Sir Christopher Zeeman
Ferens Gallery, Hull
National Museums Liverpool portrait of Willy Russell
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
Moma Wales, Sir Kyffyn Williams, Ruth Lambert
St George's Hospital, London
Sheffield University Portraits of Sir Peter Middleton and Sir Harry Kroto
Manchester University portraits of Sir Martin Harris and Alan Gilbert
University of Gloucestershire portraits of Craig Raine, Kit Wright, Maud Sulter and Vuyelwa Carlin

Bibliography

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

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.

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