Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
1 portrait by Peter Greenham
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
by Peter Greenham
oil on canvas, 1986-1987
30 in. x 20 in. (762 mm x 508 mm)
Commissioned, 1987
Primary Collection
NPG 5820
Sitterback to top
- Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson (1910-1999), Architect and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Peter Greenham (1909-1992), Painter and Keeper of the Royal Academy schools. Artist or producer of 1 portrait, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 108
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Icons and Idols: Commissioning Contemporary Portraits (2 March 2006 - 18 June 2006)
Events of 1986back to top
Current affairs
Hampton Court Palace is devastated by fire. Much of the third floor and the roof of the building were destroyed, although, thanks to the courage of the fire fighters, only one painting and one piece of furniture were ruined.Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
Art and science
Poems on the Underground, the brainchild of American writer Judith Chernaik, is launched by London Underground. A rolling programme of poems is displayed in tube train carriages, bringing contemporary and classic poetry to commuters.The Independent Newspaper is first published.
Artists, Gilbert and George win the Turner Prize.
International
An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station leads to nuclear meltdown in the reactor and causes massive nuclear contamination over Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, western Europe, the UK and Ireland, and even North America. The 2005 Chenobyl Forum attributed 56 direct deaths to the disaster and estimated that 9,000 people may die from some form of cancer as a result of exposure to radiation.Comments back to top
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