David Bowie

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© Stephen Finer / National Portrait Gallery, London

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David Bowie

by Stephen Finer
oil on canvas, 1994
22 1/8 in. x 17 7/8 in. (562 mm x 454 mm)
Purchased, 1995
Primary Collection
NPG 6336

On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery

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  • David Bowie (1947-2016), Singer, songwriter, performer and actor. Sitter in 20 portraits.

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  • Stephen Finer (1949-), Artist. Artist or producer of 1 portrait, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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Stephen Finer's working practice involves long hours in the studio in front of professional models or close friends, in which paint slowly accumulates on the canvas and is worked and re-worked to create an image which finally corresponds to the artist's experience of the other person.

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Current affairs

The Queen opens the Channel Tunnel. After seven years of digging, various financial hold-ups and technical difficulties, a long-awaited rail link is created between Britain and France. The tunnel is 31 miles long with 24 miles under the sea, the longest under-sea tunnel in the world.

Art and science

Trevor Bayliss starts production of his clockwork radio. The innovation is a fantastic example of simple environmentally friendly design and has been found particularly useful in areas where there is no electricity supply, such as remote communities in Africa.
Blur release their classic Britpop album depicting London life, Parklife.

International

Violence breaks out in Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide, most of them Tutsis, murdered by extremist Hutu militia groups.
South Africa holds its first democratic elections in which full enfranchisement is granted. The African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela won the majority of the vote, and Mandela became the country's first black State President.

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