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J.K. Rowling
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J.K. Rowling
by Stuart Pearson Wright
charcoal, 2005
16 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in. (419 mm x 297 mm)
Purchased, 2005
Primary Collection
NPG 6745(12)
Artistback to top
- Stuart Pearson Wright (1975-), Artist. Artist or producer of 31 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
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This drawing and its companion are part of a sketchbook also containing self-portrait studies of the artist. The portraits of Rowling were made during the first sitting held in her Edinburgh office, and the café where she sometimes works, when the artist also took photographs. Two further single full-day sittings took place at Rowling's Scottish home. The artist worked on an oil portrait on paper and took photographs, his idea being to complete the oil on paper, which would be laid down on board. Back in his London studio, Pearson Wright decided he was not happy with how work was progressing and decided to make a smaller scale three-dimensional work - which is what the National Portrait Gallery subsequently acquired in 2005. The self-portrait drawings in the sketchbook record a day in the life of the artist and they are the starting point for a film project still to be realised.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- On Paper: Portraits of Writers (27 June 2012 - 3 March 2013)
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Current affairs
London suffers its worst bomb attack since the Second World War when four devices are detonated during rush hour on public transport. Three of the bombs went off on tube trains, and one on a bus killing 56 people and injuring 700. A Leeds-based terror cell of British born or raised Islamic extremists committed the attacks.John Sentamu becomes the first black Archbishop of the Church of England.
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As part of the international Make Poverty History campaign, ten Live 8 concerts are held simultaneously around the world to coincide with the meeting of the G8 and persuade the world's richest countries to 'drop the debt' owed by the world's poorest countries, increase aid to the world's poorest people and negotiate fairer international trade rules.International
1,836 die in America as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. The hurricane was the most costly in US history and one of the most deadly. It caused the levees of Lake Pontchartrain to break, which flooded 80% of New Orleans. About one million people evacuated the city while 25,000 stayed behind, many taking refuge in the city's Superdome.Comments back to top
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