Michael Parkinson
1 portrait of Michael Parkinson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Michael Parkinson
by Jonathan Yeo
oil on canvas, 2010
36 in. x 27 1/4 in. (914 mm x 692 mm)
Commissioned, 2010
Primary Collection
NPG 6899
Sitterback to top
- Sir Michael Parkinson (1935-2023), Journalist and broadcaster. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Jonathan Yeo (1970-), Artist. Artist or producer of 2 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
Yeo has exhibited in the BP Portrait Award several times. Sir MIchael sat several times for Yeo in his studio, and the artist has likened his portrait-painting process to one of his sitter's interviews: 'What we are both doing is rendering people in two-dimensional form, whether on a television or on a canvas. But we are still allowing their face to tell a lot of the story'.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Jonathan Yeo Portraits (11 September 2013 - 5 January 2014)
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