George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950), PlaywrightSitter in 148 portraits
Artist associated with 8 portraits
The foremost playwright of his generation; also a noted critic of the arts, socialist and member of the Fabian Society. Shaw's influence was felt widely in politics and society. During his early career he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established his reputation, and many of his plays, notably Major Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914), later achieved popularity as films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
More on George Bernard Shaw: Explore the portrait of George Bernard Shaw by Jacob Epstein (NPG 4047) from all angles
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2686
George Bernard Shaw; Edith Sitwell; Sir Osbert Sitwell; Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, 1927-1930
NPG D4468
'Dean Inge, by his articles in a well-known journal, forfeits his amateur status'
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1928-1931
NPG D18344
H.G. Wells; George Bernard Shaw
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23327
'Sybil' (Hannen Swaffer; Sybil Thorndike; George Bernard Shaw and four unknown sitters)
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23322
by Unknown artist, issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1932
NPG D2697
by Stefan Mrozewski
wood engraving, 1935
NPG D4435
George Bernard Shaw ('Penguin Island')
after Ernest Forbes
colour relief halftone, published in The Sketch 10 February 1937
NPG D47443
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour mounted on board, published 1949
NPG D283
by Geoffrey Davien
sculptoon, unfired clay
NPG D2738
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and chalk
NPG D55
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