Sir Lawrence Gowing
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Lawrence Gowing
by Rodrigo Moynihan
oil on canvas, 1979
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 635 mm)
Purchased, 1979
Primary Collection
NPG 5266
Sitterback to top
- Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), Painter and art historian. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Rodrigo Moynihan (1910-1990), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Painted when Gowing was professor of Fine Art at the Slade. Both Gowing and Moynihan had been closely associated with the Euston Road School of painting in the 1930s, led by the painter Sir William Coldstream.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 256
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Current affairs
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman Prime Minster. She came to power with the electoral slogan, 'Labour isn't working', and set about her aim to reverse Britain's economic decline by reducing the role of the state in the economy and championing entrepreneurship and the free market.Art and science
Monty Python's Life Of Brian, is released causing controversy, but gaining box-office success and classic status. The film is in many ways a classic farce, with much of its humour deriving from the mistaken identity of the protagonist, Brian Cohen. But, as his mother tells us: 'He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy.'International
Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 'for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace.' Mother Theresa established the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India; an organisation that pledged to give 'Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor.'Soviet troops invade Afghanistan and begin a 10-year occupation, resisted by Mujaheddin Afghan guerrilla fighters.
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