STEPHEN FINER
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link to: ‘
Iman and David Bowie’ see July 1 on David Bowie Wonderworld
Marlene Dietrich on stage
link to:
Stephen Finer in Bridgeman Art Library
SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
1980 British Art 1940-80 from the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery London
1984 Collazione Inglese ll, Venice Biennale Italy
1990 Academician’s Choice -Finer chosen by Kitaj, Mall Galleries London, The Eye Gallery, Bristol
1993/94 The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery London
1996 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London - Finer invited by Martin Gayford
1997/1998 Men on Women, Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Bodelwyddan Castle, School of Art Museum & Art Gallery, Aberystwyth
1998 50 Contemporary Self Portraits, Six Chapel Row Bath
2000/01 Painting the Century National Portrait Gallery London
2003 The National Portrait Gallery Collects, Bodewlwyddan Castle, Wales
SELECTED ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
‘Portraits that Capture the Prizes‘, William Packer, Financial Times, Thursday June 5 1986
‘Artists of the Day‘, Art Monthly, June 1986
‘Spotlight: Stephen Finer‘, Robin Gibson, Modern Painters vol 4 No 4 1992
‘Article of Faith’, Colin Wiggins, Art Review, Summer Issue 1994
‘Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity’, Martin Golding, Modern Painters Spring 2000
‘The Fame of the Pose’, Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine, 22 October 2000
’Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces’ Robin Gibson; introduction by Norbert Lynton, National Portrait Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council
The British Council
Contemporary Art Society
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
National Portrait Gallery
Pallant House Gallery
Southport Art Gallery
private collections in England, France, Ireland , Spain, Switzerland & America
Hartley and Hume Shawcross
(private collection)TELEVISION
ITN with Alma Cogan, 1960
Norbert Lynton interview on the nude in art by Channel One (cable) 1995
‘Paint it Red’ Norbert Lynton interviewed by Channel One (cable) 1995
BBC1 News, James Wilkinson Wednesday 29 April 1998 9.05pm
British Satellite News recorded Tuesday 20 Nov 2001
ZDF German Television - interviewed by Katrina Balmforth recorded Tuesday 20 Nov 2001
Fuji Television, Japan August 2003
FILM
1980 Pilgrim Farewell, directed by Michael Roemer USA
REFERENCE
Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon
Dictionary of British Artists Since 1945 ed. David Buckman
Dictionary of International Biography
Handbook of British Painting & Printmaking 1900-1990 Scolar Press, Ashgate 1998
Insight Guides Museums and Galleries of London, APA Publication 2002
National Portrait Gallery Guide by John Cooper 2000
Who’s Who in Art
Woman on a stool
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