Neil Kinnock; Glenys Kinnock

Sittersback to top

• Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock (1944-), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Neil Gordon Kinnock (1942-), Politician. Sitter in 7 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Andrew Tift (1968-), Painter. Artist of 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Andrew Tift has exhibited many times in the BP Portrait Award, winning the BP Travel Award in1994 and third prize in 1999. This double portrait, intended to show the private rather than the public Kinnocks was the result of six sittings; one in Brussels and five at their home near Cardiff. Tift has recorded numeous objects in meticulous detail, many of which were selected by the Kinnocks for their symbolic relevance including family photographs and busts of their heroes, Nelson Mandela and Aneurin Bevan.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Howgate, Sarah; Nairne, Sandy, A Guide to Contemporary Portraits, 2009, p. 33

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• The Artist's Process (4 December 2007 - 1 June 2008)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Art in art
• Carpets and textiles
• Clocks and timepieces
• Commissions - Paintings and Drawings
• Couples
• Double portraits
• Fireplaces