Alastair Adams Explained

Alastair Adams (born 1969 in Kingston Upon Thames) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He lives and works in Rutland.[1]

Life and work

Alastair studied painting at Hugh Baird College, Bootle and also at De Montfort University graduating in 1992. He was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters[2] in 2002, became Treasurer in 2005 and President in 2008. Between 2002 and 2017 he held a research based post, lecturing in Illustration at Loughborough University.[3]

Alastair's work can be found in numerous public and private collections, including a portrait of ex Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair for the National Portrait Gallery,[4] London and Princeton University Art Museum.[5] He has donated 3 works of art to the People's Portrait Collection housed at Girton College, Cambridge.[6] In 2020 Alastair joined a number of artists who pledged via social media to paint portraits of nominated NHS key workers for the Portraits for NHS Heroes[7] art project during the Covid pandemic. He is a Trustee of the Federation of British Artists.[8]

Notable portraits

Since 2015, Alastair has been commissioned to paint a number of portraits for Yale University, New Haven, USA including two portraits of Chief Investment Officer David Swensen,[9] [10] and posthumous works of Carolyn Slayman,[11] Dorothy Horstmann[12] and Katherine Lustman.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-03-02 . The Art of Portrait Painting . 2023-09-27 . Friends of Rutland County Museum & Oakham Castle . en.
  2. Web site: Alastair Adams PPRP . 2023-09-27 . The Royal Society of Portrait Painters . en-GB.
  3. Web site: January Media Centre Loughborough University . 2023-09-27 . www.lboro.ac.uk.
  4. News: Brown . Mark . correspondent . arts . 2013-12-20 . Tony Blair portrait unveiled at National Portrait Gallery . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-09-27 . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Portraits of distinguished Princetonians Ruth Simmons and Elaine Fuchs unveiled . 2023-09-27 . Department of African American Studies . en.
  6. Web site: People's Portraits . 2023-09-27 . Girton College . en.
  7. Web site: Paskett . Zoe . 2020-04-22 . Artists are painting free portraits of NHS workers to say thank you . 2023-09-27 . Evening Standard . en.
  8. Web site: 2019-08-13 . Alastair Adams PPRP . 2023-09-27 . Mall Galleries . en.
  9. News: Fabrikant . Geraldine . 2016-11-05 . The Money Management Gospel of Yale’s Endowment Guru . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-27 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: Yale's Strategy . 2023-09-27 . Yale Investments Office . en-US.
  11. Web site: London artist paints powerful portraits of YSM luminaries . 2023-09-27 . medicine.yale.edu . en.
  12. Web site: Horstmann portrait headlines opening of Aperture 2 . 2023-09-27 . medicine.yale.edu . en.
  13. Web site: Yaffe-Bellany . Adelaide Feibel, David . 2017-09-19 . Davenport to form portrait committee . 2024-06-25 . Yale Daily News . en.
  14. Web site: Pilditch . David . 2014-05-05 . Tony Blair puts a Loyalist painting on his wall . 2023-09-27 . Express.co.uk . en.
  15. Web site: 2019-05-08 . Nick Frost, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer and Author Alastair Adams Mall Galleries . 2023-09-27 . Mall Galleries . en.
  16. Web site: Bruce Robinson, writer and director - National Portrait Gallery . 2023-09-27 . www.npg.org.uk.
  17. Web site: 003 - Sir Alastair Cook CBE . 2024-06-22 . Mall Galleries - Buy Art . en.

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