20th Century portraits

A selection of portraits in the 20th Century up to 1990, many of which are on display at the Gallery.

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Rupert Brooke, by Clara Ewald, 1911 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Rupert Brooke
by Clara Ewald
1911
NPG 4911

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1912 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
1912
NPG 4814

George Leigh Mallory, by Duncan Grant, 1912 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

George Leigh Mallory
by Duncan Grant
1912
NPG 5802

Rupert Brooke, by Sherrill Schell, 1913 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Rupert Brooke
by Sherrill Schell
1913
NPG P101(e)

Isaac Rosenberg, by London Art Studios, circa 1915 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Isaac Rosenberg
by London Art Studios
circa 1915
NPG P230

Lytton Strachey, by Dora Carrington, 1916 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Lytton Strachey
by Dora Carrington
1916
NPG 6662

Wilfred Owen, by John Gunston, 1916 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Wilfred Owen
by John Gunston
1916
NPG P515

Vanessa Bell (née Stephen), by Duncan Grant, circa 1918 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
by Duncan Grant
circa 1918
NPG 4331

Gertrude Jekyll, by Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, 1920 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Gertrude Jekyll
by Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
1920
NPG 3334

E. M. Forster, by Dora Carrington, 1920 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

E. M. Forster
by Dora Carrington
1920
NPG 4698

Winifred Radford, by Meredith Frampton, 1921 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Winifred Radford
by Meredith Frampton
1921
NPG 6397

General Officers of World War I, by John Singer Sargent, 1922 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

General Officers of World War I
by John Singer Sargent
1922
NPG 1954

Dame Edith Sitwell, by Maurice Lambert, 1985 (circa 1926-1927) - NPG  - Photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London

Dame Edith Sitwell
by Maurice Lambert
1985 (circa 1926-1927)
NPG 5801

D.H. Lawrence, by Nickolas Muray, 1923 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

D.H. Lawrence
by Nickolas Muray
1923
NPG P208

Statesmen of World War I, by Sir James Guthrie, 1924-1930 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Statesmen of World War I
by Sir James Guthrie
1924-1930
NPG 2463

Harry Gordon Selfridge, by Powys Evans, circa 1930 - NPG  - © estate of Powys Evans

Harry Gordon Selfridge
by Powys Evans
circa 1930
NPG 5806

A.A. Milne; Christopher Robin Milne, by Howard Coster, 1926 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

A.A. Milne; Christopher Robin Milne
by Howard Coster
1926
NPG P715

Emmeline Pankhurst, by Georgina Agnes Brackenbury, 1927 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Emmeline Pankhurst
by Georgina Agnes Brackenbury
1927
NPG 2360

Winston Churchill, by Walter Richard Sickert, 1927 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Winston Churchill
by Walter Richard Sickert
1927
NPG 4438

T.E. Lawrence, by Augustus Edwin John, circa 1929 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

T.E. Lawrence
by Augustus Edwin John
circa 1929
NPG 2910

Doris Clare Zinkeisen, by Doris Clare Zinkeisen, exhibited 1929 - NPG  - © estate of Doris Clare Zinkeisen

Doris Clare Zinkeisen
by Doris Clare Zinkeisen
exhibited 1929
NPG 6487

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova, by William Roberts, signed, 1932 - NPG  - © William Roberts Society

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova
by William Roberts
signed, 1932
NPG 5587

Aldous Huxley, by Howard Coster, 1934 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Aldous Huxley
by Howard Coster
1934
NPG P714

Ben Nicholson, by Humphrey Spender, circa 1935 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Ben Nicholson
by Humphrey Spender
circa 1935
NPG P42

Gertrude Lawrence possibly as the Muse of Comedy, by Madame Yevonde, July 1936 - NPG  - © Yevonde Portrait Archive

Gertrude Lawrence possibly as the Muse of Comedy
by Madame Yevonde
July 1936
NPG P871(2)

George Bernard Shaw, by Madame Yevonde, 1937 - NPG  - © Yevonde Portrait Archive

George Bernard Shaw
by Madame Yevonde
1937
NPG P871(5)

Albert Henry Stanley, Baron Ashfield, by Anthony Wysard, published 1938 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Albert Henry Stanley, Baron Ashfield
by Anthony Wysard
published 1938
NPG 6114

Leonard Sidney Woolf, by Vanessa Bell (née Stephen), 1940 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Leonard Sidney Woolf
by Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
1940
NPG 4695

Anna Neagle, by McClelland Barclay, 1940 - NPG  - © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

Anna Neagle
by McClelland Barclay
1940
NPG 6054

Alexander Korda, by Anthony Wysard, circa 1940-1956 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Alexander Korda
by Anthony Wysard
circa 1940-1956
NPG 6120

Madame Yevonde, by Madame Yevonde, 1940 - NPG  - © Yevonde Portrait Archive

Madame Yevonde
by Madame Yevonde
1940
NPG P620

Richard Hillary, by Eric Henri Kennington, 1942 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Richard Hillary
by Eric Henri Kennington
1942
NPG 5167

Peter Pears; Benjamin Britten, by Kenneth Green, 1943 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Peter Pears; Benjamin Britten
by Kenneth Green
1943
NPG 5136

Anna Zinkeisen, by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen, circa 1944 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Anna Zinkeisen
by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen
circa 1944
NPG 5884

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, by Francis Owen (

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Francis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury
1945
NPG L165

Sir William Turner Walton, by Michael Ayrton, 1948 - NPG  - © estate of Michael Ayrton / National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir William Turner Walton
by Michael Ayrton
1948
NPG 5138

Nina Hamnett, by Daniel Farson, 1952 - NPG  - © Michael Parkin / National Portrait Gallery, London

Nina Hamnett
by Daniel Farson
1952
NPG P288

Richard Burton, by Daniel Farson, 1953 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Richard Burton
by Daniel Farson
1953
NPG P293

Queen Elizabeth II, by Pietro Annigoni, 1969 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Queen Elizabeth II
by Pietro Annigoni
1969
NPG 4706

Harold Wilson, by Ruskin Spear, exhibited 1974 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Harold Wilson
by Ruskin Spear
exhibited 1974
NPG 5047

Prince Charles, by Bryan Organ, 1980 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Prince Charles
by Bryan Organ
1980
NPG 5365

Max Wall (

Max Wall ('Max with Onde')
by Maggi Hambling
1981
NPG 5578

Paul McCartney, by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon), 1983 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Paul McCartney
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
1983
NPG 5695

Peter Blake, by Clive Barker, 1983 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Peter Blake
by Clive Barker
1983
NPG 5845

Francis Bacon, by Ruskin Spear, 1984 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Bacon
by Ruskin Spear
1984
NPG 5818

Iris Murdoch, by Tom Phillips, 1984-1986 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Iris Murdoch
by Tom Phillips
1984-1986
NPG 5921

Dorothy Hodgkin, by Maggi Hambling, 1985 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Dorothy Hodgkin
by Maggi Hambling
1985
NPG 5797

Queen Elizabeth II, by Michael Leonard, 1985-1986 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Queen Elizabeth II
by Michael Leonard
1985-1986
NPG 5861

Daley Thompson, by David Buckland, 1986 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Daley Thompson
by David Buckland
1986
NPG P323

Gilbert & George, by Chris Garnham, 1986 - NPG  - © estate of Chris Garnham / National Portrait Gallery, London

Gilbert & George
by Chris Garnham
1986
NPG P853

Seamus Heaney, by Peter Edwards, 1987-1988 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Seamus Heaney
by Peter Edwards
1987-1988
NPG 6023

Helena Bonham Carter, by John Swannell, 1987 - NPG  - © John Swannell / Camera Press

Helena Bonham Carter
by John Swannell
1987
NPG P717(2)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Alison Watt, 1989 - NPG  - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Alison Watt
1989
NPG 6042

Zandra Rhodes, by Andrew Logan, 1989 - NPG  - Photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London

Zandra Rhodes
by Andrew Logan
1989
NPG 6221

Bob Geldof, by John Swannell, 1989 - NPG  - © John Swannell / Camera Press

Bob Geldof
by John Swannell
1989
NPG P717(7)

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