Sir Richard Eyre
1 of 4 portraits of Sir Richard Eyre
© Peter Snow / National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Richard Eyre
by Peter Snow
charcoal, 1996
23 3/8 in. x 16 1/2 in. (593 mm x 419 mm)
Purchased, 1997
Primary Collection
NPG 6399
Sitterback to top
- Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (1943-), Stage, film and television director. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow (1927-2008), Painter, theatre designer and teacher. Artist or producer of 3 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
As Director of Theatre Design at the Slade School of Art, Peter Snow invited Richard Eyre to lecture to his students and subsequently asked him to sit for the drawing.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 211
Events of 1996back to top
Current affairs
The largest ever IRA bomb is detonated in Manchester causing the destruction of many buildings and over 200 injuries. Nobody died in the incident because a warning was given and the area evacuated. After the bombing much of Manchester was rebuild and in 1998 it won a successful bid to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games.Prince Charles and Princess Diana finalise their divorce after four years of separation.
Art and science
The Spice Girls enjoy massive popular success with their first single Wannabe going straight to Number 1. The group are remembered as much for their sassy, outspoken 'girl power' attitude and their continuing subsequent celebrity as for their music.Danny Boyle tells the story of a group of Edinburgh heroin addicts in his critically acclaimed film version of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting.
International
The First Chechnya War breaks out between Chechnya and Russia when Russian forces invade the country in support of Chechnyan opposition to the government. The invasion went badly with strong Chechnyan resistance and dissent in the Russian command. However, a truce was finally established after Russia seized the capital Grozny. More than 46,000 people died as a result of the conflict.Comments back to top
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