Timothy Behrens
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Timothy Behrens is a British
painter resident in Spain.
Behrens was a student at the Slade School of Fine Art
and formed part of the tightly knit group of artists and intellectuals who frequented the Colony Room
(John Deakin's
famous photograph, Lunch at Wheelers, is of Behrens, Freud, Bacon, Auerbach and Andrews), the infamous Soho drinking club where Lucian Freud
and others such as Francis Bacon spent much time during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Behrens posed in Freud's small Paddington studio in 1962 (Red-Haired Man on a Chair) and 1963 and was also the subject of a portrait by Michael Andrews
. In 1961 he contributed to Patrick Swift's
(whose portrait he painted in 1960) X magazine
. He lives and works in Spain
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
painter resident in Spain.
Behrens was a student at the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
and formed part of the tightly knit group of artists and intellectuals who frequented the Colony Room
The Colony Room
The Colony Room was a private members' drinking club for artists and other creative people in Dean Street, Soho, London. It gathered a reputation akin to famous clubs of the past such as the Kit-Cat Club. According to Anthony Haden-Guest, it is "one of the fiercely eccentric clubs that make all the...
(John Deakin's
John Deakin
John Deakin was an English photographer, best known for his work centered around members of Francis Bacon's Soho inner circle. Deakin had wanted to be a painter, and doubting the validity and status of photography as an art form, he did not hold his photographic work in high esteem; many of his...
famous photograph, Lunch at Wheelers, is of Behrens, Freud, Bacon, Auerbach and Andrews), the infamous Soho drinking club where Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
and others such as Francis Bacon spent much time during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Behrens posed in Freud's small Paddington studio in 1962 (Red-Haired Man on a Chair) and 1963 and was also the subject of a portrait by Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews (artist)
Michael Andrews was a British painter.-Life and work:Michael Andrews was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his two years' National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt...
. In 1961 he contributed to Patrick Swift's
Patrick Swift
Patrick Swift was an artist born in Dublin, Ireland. Patrick Swift was a painter and key cultural figure in Dublin and London before moving to the Algarve in southern Portugal, where he is buried in the town of Porches...
(whose portrait he painted in 1960) X magazine
X (magazine)
X, A Quarterly Review was a British arts review published in London which ran for seven issues between 1959-1962. It was founded and co-edited by Patrick Swift and David Wright...
. He lives and works in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
External links
- BBC, Your Paintings, A Lunch Party, 1961, Timothy Behrens, http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/timothy-behrens
- National Portrait Gallery, London, Timothy Behrens by John Vere Brown http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw74842/Timothy-Behrens
- Michael Andrews, Portrait of Timothy Behrens, 1962 http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/697
- A Lunch Party, 1961, Timothy Behrens http://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/loadArtist.do?id=3902
- Christies: Timothy Behrens, Man in bed http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4903267
- The Independent, Lucian Freud sale which includes portrait of Behrens, Red-Haired Man on a Chair http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/celebrities-and-bohemians-come-together-for-lucian-freud-sale-695986.html
- Wordpress, 1st preview of forthcoming book on Behrens http://plethoralondon.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/1st-sneak-preview-from-the-forthcoming-book-tim-behrens-anthology-interviews/
- Wordpress, 2nd preview of forthcoming book on Behrens http://plethoralondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/2nd-sneak-preview-from-the-forthcoming-book-tim-behrens-anthology-interviews/
- António Cerveira Pinto, T. Behrens and the so-called School of London, CkS Artport http://www.chroma-kai-symmetria.ws/artport_blog/2010/01/10/t-behrens-and-the-so-called-school-of-london/