Humphrey Ocean (1951-), Painter
Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist of 11 portraits
Humphrey Ocean studied at Canterbury Art School from 1970 to 1973. He had his first major solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1984. He has since shown at the Tate Liverpool and the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. In 2002 he was artist in residence at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Many of his portrait commissions are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. He is Visiting Professor of Drawing and Painting at Camberwell College of Art, London.
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
oil on canvas, 1983
NPG 5695
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
acrylic on canvas, 1984
NPG 5746
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
oil on canvas, 1985
NPG 5823
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
pencil, 1990
NPG 6131
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount Whitelaw
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
oil on canvas, 1992
NPG 6223
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
oil on canvas, 1996
NPG 6371
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
bromide fibre print, 27 May 1976
NPG x128706
Linda McCartney; Paul McCartney
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
bromide fibre print, May 1976
NPG x128707
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
pen and ink, 1996
NPG D10633
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by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
gouache, 2007
NPG 6970
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by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
gouache, 2012
NPG 6971
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Humphrey Ocean website
Place
London
Exhibitions and displays
- Humphrey Ocean: A handbook of modern life
Until 1 September
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