Robin Gibson
(1944-2010), Chief Curator, National Portrait GallerySitter in 6 portraits
Robin Gibson joined the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1968. He was Chief Curator at the National Portrait Gallery from 1994 to 2001 and pioneered the 20th century galleries and organised many portrait commissions and exhibitions. His publications include British Portrait Painters (jointly 1971), Flower Painting (1976), 20th Century Portraits (1978), The Portrait Now (1993), The Sitwells (jointly, 1994) and The Face in the Corner (1998). He was appointed OBE in 2001 and died in 2010 aged 66.
The Staff of the National Portrait Gallery
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 5 August 1981
NPG x126894
The Staff of the National Portrait Gallery
by Trevor Leighton
C-type colour print, 4 March 1987
NPG x28000
by Unknown photographer, for The Times
resin print, 1988
NPG x134213
The Staff of the National Portrait Gallery
by Trevor Leighton
C-type colour print, 14 September 1993
NPG x45125
by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, December 1997
NPG x134214
The Staff of the National Portrait Gallery
by John Goto
MicroPiezo print, 1999-2000
NPG x88800
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