About this artwork
Stage designer and director Philip Prowse was born in England and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1969 he moved to Scotland and began his long association with Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre. He has worked throughout the world and designed and directed for opera, ballet and drama.This oil sketch was made for a large group portrait of the three artistic Directors of the Citizens' Theatre, which was commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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artist:Adrian Wiszniewski (born 1958) Scottish
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title:Philip Prowse, b. 1937
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date created:1995
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materials:Acrylic on canvas
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measurements:55.50 x 40.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by the artist, Adrian Wiszniewski 1996
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accession number:PG 3015
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Adrian Wiszniewski
Adrian Wiszniewski
Wiszniewski was born in Glasgow. He studied architecture at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1979 to 1983. He belonged to the group of Glasgow-based artists who led a revival of figurative painting in Scottish art during the 1980s. In Wiszniewski's...