Anthony Palliser
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Anthony Palliser is a painter. He has lived in Paris since leaving university in 1971 .He studied in England at Downside school and graduated from New College Oxford. In 1967 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
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From 1995 to 1997 he taught as visiting professor at the New York School of Visual Arts in Savannah, Georgia. He remains a frequent visitor to Savannah and Charleston, SC. where the unique landscapes of the low-country remain a constant source of inspiration.
To date Palliser has had some 26 one-man exhibitions and countless group shows all over Europe and in the USA. His well-known portrait of Graham Greene
hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (London) and that of Paddy Ashdown
in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. A portrait of the historian Sir Michael Howard
was commissioned for the Michael Howard Reading Room at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives in King's College London
in 2002. Other portrait subjects include fashion designer Kenzo Takada
, celebrated publicist Bobby Zarem, the poet Derek Mahon, director James Ivory
and actresses Kristin Scott Thomas
and Charlotte Rampling
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He has also embarked on a series of very large paintings of heads. He has asked friends to pose, chosen as much for the diversity of their physical appearance as for the emotion they convey. Some are well-known, others not. The scale (162 x 130cms) allows for a much looser approach pictorially, the ambition being to abandon portraiture as such and be left with painting.
A book of Palliser's collected works published by Editions du Regard in France came out in February 2005. To coincide with its publication, an exhibition of thirteen "Large Heads" was held at the Ricard Foundation in Paris.
A retrospective exhibition was held in 2009 at the Telfair Museum of Art
's Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia
.
Anthony Palliser was born in 1949 of an English father and a Belgian mother. He is the grandson of Belgian statesman Paul-Henri Spaak
. He is married to Diane Lawyer.
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Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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From 1995 to 1997 he taught as visiting professor at the New York School of Visual Arts in Savannah, Georgia. He remains a frequent visitor to Savannah and Charleston, SC. where the unique landscapes of the low-country remain a constant source of inspiration.
To date Palliser has had some 26 one-man exhibitions and countless group shows all over Europe and in the USA. His well-known portrait of Graham Greene
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world...
hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (London) and that of Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....
in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. A portrait of the historian Sir Michael Howard
Michael Howard (historian)
Sir Michael Eliot Howard, OM, CH, CBE, MC, FBA is a British military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, and Robert A...
was commissioned for the Michael Howard Reading Room at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives in King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
in 2002. Other portrait subjects include fashion designer Kenzo Takada
Kenzo Takada
Kenzo Takada is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes....
, celebrated publicist Bobby Zarem, the poet Derek Mahon, director James Ivory
James Ivory (director)
James Francis Ivory is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
and actresses Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in Bitter Moon, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The English Patient....
and Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...
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He has also embarked on a series of very large paintings of heads. He has asked friends to pose, chosen as much for the diversity of their physical appearance as for the emotion they convey. Some are well-known, others not. The scale (162 x 130cms) allows for a much looser approach pictorially, the ambition being to abandon portraiture as such and be left with painting.
A book of Palliser's collected works published by Editions du Regard in France came out in February 2005. To coincide with its publication, an exhibition of thirteen "Large Heads" was held at the Ricard Foundation in Paris.
A retrospective exhibition was held in 2009 at the Telfair Museum of Art
Telfair Museum of Art
The Telfair Museum of Art, located in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, is the South’s first public art museum. Founded through the bequest of Mary Telfair , a prominent local citizen, the museum opened in 1886 in the Telfair family’s renovated Regency-style mansion, known as the Telfair...
's Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
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Anthony Palliser was born in 1949 of an English father and a Belgian mother. He is the grandson of Belgian statesman Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul Henri Charles Spaak was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman.-Early life:Paul-Henri Spaak was born on 25 January 1899 in Schaerbeek, Belgium, to a distinguished Belgian family. His grandfather, Paul Janson was an important member of the Liberal Party...
. He is married to Diane Lawyer.
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www.bookfinder.com/author/anthony-palliser
www.savannahnow.com/node/616956
www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/anthony-palliser
www.amazon.com/Plausible-Portraits-James-Lord-Commentary/dp/0374281742
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www.connectsavannah.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=10404
www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp07900&role=art
www.amazon.co.uk/Palliser-Primrose-Christopher-Hitchens-PALLISER/dp/B001AF1SN2