Howard J. Morgan
Howard J. Morgan | |
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Born | Denbigh, Wales | 21 April 1949
Died | 22 September 2020 | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Portrait painting |
Howard James Morgan (21 April 1949 – 22 September 2020) was a British portrait painter who painted three queens. His work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Life and work[]
He was born in Denbigh, North Wales, the son of a lay preacher.[1]
He specialised in portrait painting and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1986. In addition to portraits however, he also executed a variety of landscapes and religious works.[2]
He married Susan Sandilands in 1977, and they had three children, Alexander, Romilly, and Rupert. This marriage ended in divorce. In 2004, he married Sarah Milligan, an abstract painter, with whom he had three more children, Velvet, Perseus, and Samuel.[1][2]
Portrait commissions[]
- HM The Queen
- HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (Butchers' Hall, London)
- HM The Queen of The Netherlands
- HRH Prince Michael of Kent
- TRH The Prince & Princess of Hanover
- Tom Stoppard
- Philip Larkin
- Francis Crick (National Portrait Gallery, London)[3]
- Paul Maurice Dirac (National Portrait Gallery, London)[4]
- Dame Antoinette Sibley (National Portrait Gallery, London)[5]
- Herbert Norman Howells (National Portrait Gallery, London)[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Howard Morgan obituary". The Times. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Howard J. Morgan". howard-morgan.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Tom Stoppard - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "Antoinette Sibley - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "Herbert Norman Howells - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2020 deaths
- People from Denbigh
- British portrait painters
- 20th-century British painters
- 21st-century British painters