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Nick Hornby
1 of 2 portraits of Nick Hornby
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Nick Hornby
by Humphrey Ocean
gouache, 2011
30 3/8 in. x 22 1/8 in. (771 mm x 561 mm)
Purchased, 2013
Primary Collection
NPG 6970
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- Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon) (1951-), Painter. Artist or producer of 12 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
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Hornby made different music playlists for Ocean to listen to whilst painting this portrait. It is one of a series of close family and friends, for which Ocean worked swiftly, distilling each likeness into simple forms and bold colour.
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