Roland Penrose

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© Nicholas Elder

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Roland Penrose

by Nicholas Elder
bromide print on card mount, June 1975
7 1/8 in. x 9 in. (180 mm x 229 mm)
Purchased, 1976
Photographs Collection
NPG x4044

Sitterback to top

  • Sir Roland Algernon Penrose (1900-1984), Painter, art collector; WW2 camoufleur and writer on art. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

  • Nicholas Elder, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.

Events of 1975back to top

Current affairs

Britain votes to remain part of the European Economic Community. In the Labour government's referendum, 67% of voters answered 'yes' to the question 'Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?'

Art and science

The rock band Queen release their epic single Bohemian Rhapsody which reaches Number 1 in the pop charts and stays there for nine weeks. It is the only single to have been a Christmas Number 1 twice, due to its re-release in 1991 following Freddie Mercury's death, and the promotional video is often regarded as the first real music video.

International

The communist organisation, Khymer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, takes over Cambodia renaming it Democratic Kampuchea. Khymer Rouge began its policy of forcible relocating the urban population to the countryside and brutally purging those sectors of society considered by Pol Pot to be a potential threat to the revolution: Buddhist monks, people with education, disabled people, and ethnic minorities.

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