Feliks Topolski
(1907-1989), ArtistSitter in 15 portraits
Artist of 12 portraits
Artist and stage designer. Born in Poland, Topolski studied at the Warsaw Academy of Art (1927-32) before moving to London in 1935. His graphic style made his work well suited to use as illustrations, and during the Second World War his reputation in Britain as a gifted draughtsman saw him appointed as an official war artist. Topolski painted a mural for the Festival of Britain in 1951. His paintings include The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and twenty portraits of literary figures (1961-2). In 1975 he began his vast panorama Memoir of the Century, a mural under the arches of Hungerford Bridge, London, where he had his postwar studio.
Festival of Britain group, including Osbert Lancaster, Feliks Topolski and Sir Huw Wheldon
by Elsbeth R. Juda
modern bromide print, 1951
NPG x136298
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1951
NPG x68269
by Walter Hanlon
modern bromide print from original negative, 1954
NPG x135000
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x125109
by United Press International
bromide press print, 1966
NPG x139627
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 May 1968
NPG x166110
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 May 1968
NPG x166111
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, February 1969
NPG x128479
by Bob Collins
modern bromide print from original 35mm negative, 1971
NPG x126190
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1971
NPG x136774
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1971
NPG x136775
by Nicholas Elder
bromide print on card mount, July 1974
NPG x4037
by Angela Gorgas
modern bromide print from original negative, 1977
NPG x133025
by Feliks Topolski
silkscreen print, 1988 or before
NPG D7219
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