Ludovic Kennedy, 1919 - 2009, and Moira Shearer, 1926 - 2006
About this artwork
Ludovic Kennedy and Moira Shearer married in 1950. Born in Dunfermline, Shearer shot to fame in 1948 with her role as the doomed young ballerina in the film, 'The Red Shoes'. From 1952 she combined family life (she and Kennedy had four children) with a second career as an actress and lecturer. A pioneer of television broadcasting, Edinburgh-born Kennedy became a newscaster in 1956 and presented some of the first current affairs programmes, most notably, Panorama. As an investigative journalist who specialised in miscarriages of justice, he has exposed some of the most notorious cases of injustice in Britain.
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artist:Avigdor ArikhaIsraeli (1929 - 2010)
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title:Ludovic Kennedy, 1919 - 2009, and Moira Shearer, 1926 - 2006
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date created:1993
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:79.50 x 99.50 cm; Framed: 122.50 x 104.10 x 7.60 cm
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credit line:Commissioned 1993
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accession number:PG 2923
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Avigdor Arikha
Avigdor Arikha
Israeli artist Arikha was born in Romania. He studied in Paris from 1949 to 1951, making it his permanent home in 1954. After establishing himself as an illustrator, Arikha made abstract paintings until 1965. After this time, he restricted himself to drawing and etching, making a series of...