Anna Wintour

© Alex Katz, DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2021

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Anna Wintour

by Alex Katz
oil on linen, 2009
60 in. x 84 in. (1524 mm x 2134 mm) overall
Purchased with help from the Art Fund, 2010
Primary Collection
NPG 6908

On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery

Sitterback to top

  • Anna Wintour (1949-), Editor of American Vogue. Sitter in 2 portraits.

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  • Alex Katz (1927-), Artist. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

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Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Katz is one of America's most respected and influential senior artists. Based on studies from life, this is the first time Wintour had sat for a portrait. Katz said: 'Some people you want to paint, others you don't... Painting Anna was like shooting a fish in a barrel. There was no way I could miss it. She's made to order. Highly styled'.

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  • 100 Fashion Icons, p. 60 Read entry

    As editor-in-chief of American Vogue since 1988, British-born Dame Anna Wintour (b.1949) has made a significant contribution to the international fashion industry. Previously editor of British Vogue (1984–7), Wintour is credited with boosting the circulation and reinvigorating both titles. In 2013, Wintour became artistic director for Condé Nast, Vogue's publisher. Based on studies from life, this painting was the first time Wintour sat for a portrait. Alex Katz (b.1927) has said: 'Painting Anna was like shooting a fish in a barrel. There was no way I could miss it.'

  • Edited by Rab MacGibbon and Tanya Bentley, Icons and Identities, 2021, p. 2
  • Edited by Rab MacGibbon and Tanya Bentley, Icons and Identities, 2021, p. 58
  • Rab MacGibbon, National Portrait Gallery: The Collection, p. 118
  • Various contributors, National Portrait Gallery: A Portrait of Britain, 2014, p. 262

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