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Rupert Shephard

(1909-1992), Artist

Artist of 5 portraits
Shephard studied at the Slade School of Art from 1926 until 1929. On leaving the Slade, Shephard became a schoolmaster using his evenings to paint. His paintings have been exhibited since 1929 at various London venues. In 1937, the inaugural year of the Euston Road School of Drawing and Painting, he exhibited with the school's founder members William Coldstream, Claude Rogers, and Victor Pasmore at the Storran Gallery. During the Second World War he worked as an official war artist. He subsequently moved to South Africa with his family to become the director of the Michaelis Art School at the University of Cape Town. He returned to England in 1962 and painted full-time from then on.

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Dylan Thomas, by Rupert Shephard - NPG 4284

Dylan Thomas

by Rupert Shephard
oil on canvas, 1940
NPG 4284

Dylan Thomas, by Rupert Shephard - NPG 4285

Dylan Thomas

by Rupert Shephard
oil on board, 1940
NPG 4285

Sir William Empson, by Rupert Shephard - NPG 6466

Sir William Empson

by Rupert Shephard
oil on canvas, circa 1944
NPG 6466

Sir Julian Huxley, by Rupert Shephard - NPG 5041

Sir Julian Huxley

by Rupert Shephard
chalk, 1960
NPG 5041

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