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Humphrey Ocean

(1951-), Painter

Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)

Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist of 12 portraits
Humphrey Ocean studied at Canterbury Art School from 1970 to 1973. He had his first major solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1984. He has since shown at the Tate Liverpool and the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. In 2002 he was artist in residence at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Many of his portrait commissions are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. He was appointed Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2012.

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Paul McCartney, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 5695

Paul McCartney

by Humphrey Ocean
oil on canvas, 1983
NPG 5695

Philip Larkin, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 5746

Philip Larkin

by Humphrey Ocean
acrylic on canvas, 1984
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5746

Sir Alfred Jules Ayer, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 5823

Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

by Humphrey Ocean
oil on canvas, 1985
NPG 5823

Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6131

Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones

by Humphrey Ocean
pencil, 1990
NPG 6131

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount Whitelaw, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6223

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount Whitelaw

by Humphrey Ocean
oil on canvas, 1992
NPG 6223

Tony Benn, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6371

Tony Benn

by Humphrey Ocean
oil on canvas, 1996
NPG 6371

Nick Hornby, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6970

Nick Hornby

by Humphrey Ocean
gouache, 2011
NPG 6970

Sir Tom Courtenay, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6971

Sir Tom Courtenay

by Humphrey Ocean
gouache, 2011
NPG 6971

Randolph ('Randy') Lerner, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG 6986

Randolph ('Randy') Lerner

by Humphrey Ocean
oil on canvas, 2014
NPG 6986

Linda McCartney, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG x128706

Linda McCartney

by Humphrey Ocean
bromide fibre print, 27 May 1976
NPG x128706

Linda McCartney; Paul McCartney, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG x128707

Linda McCartney; Paul McCartney

by Humphrey Ocean
bromide fibre print, May 1976
NPG x128707

Tony Benn, by Humphrey Ocean - NPG D10633

Tony Benn

by Humphrey Ocean
pen and ink, 1996
NPG D10633

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Julian Clifton

03 August 2021, 21:34

He taught at Camberwell College of Art in the 90’s

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