Feliks Topolski (1907-1989), Artist
Sitter in 14 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.
by Russell Westwood
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1950s
NPG x68269
by Walter Hanlon
modern bromide print from an original negative, 1954
NPG x135000
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x125109
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 May 1968
NPG x166110
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 May 1968
NPG x166111
by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
archival inkjet print, February 1969
NPG x128479
by Bob Collins
modern bromide print from original 35mm negative, 1971
NPG x126190
by Angela Gorgas
modern bromide print from original negative, 1977
NPG x133025
Festival of Britain group, including Osbert Lancaster, Feliks Topolski and Sir Huw Wheldon
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- Recent acquisition
by Elsbeth R. Juda
modern print, 1951
NPG x136298
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Feliks Topolski website
Category
Art
Groups
Artists and artisans
Place
Poland
