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Room 32
Artists and Sitters
Britain 1960-90


Room 32The Balcony gallery is the setting for Artists and Sitters, a display of portraits from the collection covering the period 1960-90. The display includes groups of portraits by particular artists, inviting the viewer to consider the range of styles and approaches that proliferated in late 20th century portraiture. The display was rehung with numerous recent acquisitions in November 2009 and includes portraits by Lucian Freud, Chris Ofili, Tom Philips, Ruskin Spear, Graham Sutherland and Andy Warhol.

Room introduction

40 portraits on display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery

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4467

T.S. Eliot

by Patrick Heron
oil on canvas, 1949
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4467

6933

Craigie Aitchison

by Craigie Aitchison
oil on canvas, circa late 1950s-early 1960s
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6933

5720

Christine Keeler

by Stephen Ward
pastel, 1960 or 1961
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5720

6817

The Situation Group

by Sylvia Sleigh
oil on linen, mounted on canvas, 1961
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6817

6932

Odette Marie Céline Hallowes (née Brailly)

by Pietro Annigoni
ink and tempera on thick paper prepared with gesso, 1961
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6932

4687

Henry Moore

by Marino Marini
bronze head, 1962
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4687

5243

Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark

by Graham Vivian Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1963-1964
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5243

5205

Lucian Freud

by Lucian Freud
oil on canvas, 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5205

6172

Paul McCartney ('Mike's Brother')

by Sam Walsh
oil on masonite, 1964
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6172

4706

Queen Elizabeth II

by Pietro Annigoni
tempera grassa on paper on panel, 1969
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4706

6925

Henry Cooper

by William Redgrave
bronze bust, 1969
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6925

5047

Harold Wilson

by Ruskin Spear
oil on canvas, exhibited 1974
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5047

5338

Graham Vivian Sutherland

by Graham Vivian Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1977
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5338

6458

Milner Connorton Gray

by Graham Vivian Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1979
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6458

5365

Prince Charles

by Bryan Organ
acrylic on canvas, 1980
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5365

6871

Ted Hughes

by Barrie Cooke
oil on board, 1980-1983
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6871

5408

Diana, Princess of Wales

by Bryan Organ
acrylic on canvas, 1981
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5408

5772

Leon Kossoff

by Leon Kossoff
oil on board, 1981
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5772

5502

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier

by Emma Sergeant
oil on panel, 1982
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5502

5728

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher

by Rodrigo Moynihan
oil on canvas, 1983-1985
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5728

5818

Francis Bacon

by Ruskin Spear
oil on board, 1984
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5818

5952

Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi

by Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
bronze statuette, 1987
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5952

6021

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers

by Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
bronze bust, 1988
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6021

L240

Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman

by Sir Anthony Alfred Caro
bronze head, 1988
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L240

L201

Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild ('Man in a Chair')

by Lucian Freud
oil on canvas, 1989
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L201

6835

Chris Ofili

by Chris Ofili
oil on canvas, 1991
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6835

6818

Tony Bevan

by Tony Bevan
oil and pigment on canvas, 1992
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6818

x88354

Christine Keeler

by Lewis Morley
vintage gelatin silver print, June 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x88354

x88355

Christine Keeler

by Lewis Morley
vintage gelatin silver print, June 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x88355

x137310

Christine Keeler

by Tom Blau
Modern bromide print from original negative, 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137310

x137327

Mandy Rice-Davies

by St. Cross Features
vintage press print, 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137327

x137326

Mandy Rice-Davies with her poodle

by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage press print, 17 June 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137326

x38927

Pauline Boty

by Lewis Morley
bromide print, September 1963
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x38927

x137328

Pauline Boty

by Michael Ward
C-type colour print, 13 January 1964
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137328

x125839

Pauline Boty

by Michael Ward
C-type colour print, 13 January 1964
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x125839

6675

David Sylvester ('Mr Art')

by Larry Rivers
oil on canvas, 1962
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6675

6051

Dame Elizabeth Taylor

by Andy Warhol
offset lithograph, 1967
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6051

6561

Mick Jagger

by Andy Warhol
silkscreen print, 1975
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6561

6257

Joan Collins

by Andy Warhol
silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 1985
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6257

6162

John Kobal

by Andy Warhol
silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 1986
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6162