Dame Vivien Louise Duffield







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Dame Vivien Louise Duffield
by Charlotte Harris
oil on canvas, 2005
38 1/4 in. x 28 5/8 in. (970 mm x 728 mm)
Commissioned as part of the First Prize, 2003 BP Portrait Award, 2006
Primary Collection
NPG 6765
Sitterback to top
- Dame Vivien Louise Duffield (1946-), Administrator; Chairman, The Clore Foundation. Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
Charlotte Harris won the first prize in the BP Portrait Award 2003 when she was still a student. The books in the painting reflect Dame Vivien's passions, which include opera, ballet, art and literature.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Nairne, Sandy (introduction), 500 Portraits: BP Portrait Award, 2011, p. 28
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 2005back to top
Current affairs
London suffers its worst bomb attack since the Second World War when four devices are detonated during rush hour on public transport. Three of the bombs went off on tube trains, and one on a bus killing 56 people and injuring 700. A Leeds-based terror cell of British born or raised Islamic extremists committed the attacks.John Sentamu becomes the first black Archbishop of the Church of England.
Art and science
As part of the international Make Poverty History campaign, ten Live 8 concerts are held simultaneously around the world to coincide with the meeting of the G8 and persuade the world's richest countries to 'drop the debt' owed by the world's poorest countries, increase aid to the world's poorest people and negotiate fairer international trade rules.International
1,836 die in America as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. The hurricane was the most costly in US history and one of the most deadly. It caused the levees of Lake Pontchartrain to break, which flooded 80% of New Orleans. About one million people evacuated the city while 25,000 stayed behind, many taking refuge in the city's Superdome.Tell us more back to top
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