Derek Walcott ('The Sun Poet')

Sitterback to top

• Derek Walcott (1930-), Caribbean poet, playwright and theatre director. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Ross Wilson (1958-). Artist of 14 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Wilson studied Fine Art at the University of Ulster and at the Chelsea School of Art and has been a visiting speaker at Harvard and Oxford Universities. This work was painted from sittings in St Lucia in the Caribbean.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 62
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 637

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Commissions - Paintings and Drawings
• Portraits with Archive documents