Sir Roy Strong
(1935-), Art historian and museum director; Director of the National Portrait GallerySitter associated with 22 portraits
Strong was born in Winchmore Hill, north London, and after Edmonton Grammar School and a degree in History from the University of London, he took a PhD at the Warburg Institute. He became a Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and in 1959 was appointed Assistant Keeper at the National Portrait Gallery. In 1967, aged 32, he became Director of the Gallery, which he revitalised with innovative exhibitions such as Beaton Portraits (1968) and Samuel Pepys (1970). Strong was appointed Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1974, where he reinvigorated the Museum's commitment to the art and design of today, and oversaw a provocative exhibition policy.
by Bryan Organ
oil on canvas, 1971
NPG 5289
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 6 June 1978
NPG P1258
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1967
NPG x12533
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Sir Roy Strong; Cecil Beaton
by Desmond O'Neill
matte bromide print, 1968
NPG x40486
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 21 March 1969
NPG x32550
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 21 March 1969
NPG x28791
by Central Press
bromide press print, 1 December 1971
NPG x182374
Sir Roy Strong and National Portrait Gallery Staff
by Valerie Lloyd
photographic collage, 1973
NPG x76737
Julia Trevelyan Oman (Lady Strong); Sir Roy Strong
by Graham Attwood
gelatin silver print, mid 1970s
NPG x198380
by Stephen Hyde
bromide fibre print, 17 April 1986
NPG x31689
Sir Roy Strong; Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith; John Trevor Hayes
by Julia Trevelyan Oman (Lady Strong)
colour snapshot print, 13 April 1994
NPG x68272
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith; John Trevor Hayes; Sandy Robert Nairne; Sir Roy Strong
by David Weightman
digital C-type colour print from original negative, 17 November 2004
NPG x126874
Sir Roy Strong: An Elizabethan Reverie
by John Swannell
archival digital print, 2010
NPG x134403
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(118)
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