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Stephen Finer - View Gallery
Stephen Finer Yehudi Menuhin Oil on canvas, 51cm x 41cm “An extraordinary achievement in its own right ... an intensely personal and powerful work” Stephen Finer Robin Gibson, Former Chief Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, London Stephen Finer is an acclaimed British painter who has been showing for over twenty years, receiving phenomenal recognition as one of the most distinguished artists of his generation. His work is highly collectable and is in many private and public collections including the Arts Council, the National Portrait Gallery and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Recently he was in ‘Painting The Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000’ at the National Portrait Gallery where his ‘David Bowie’ is in the Permanent Collection. This brochure has been produced to coincide with an exhibition of Stephen Finer’s works at View Gallery from 4 March – 15 April 2006 Gill Bastedo and Stephen Finer Oil on canvas, 41cm x 51cm View Gallery 34 High Street Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0RY 020 8972 9706 [email protected] www.viewgallery.co.uk David Bowie Oil on canvas, 56cm x 45cm National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection “He is as distinguished as any painter of his generation” William Packer, Financial Times Marlene Dietrich on stage Oil on canvas, 124cm x 69cm “Each mark, apparently casual, is absolutely precise, contributing to a sensitive balance between revelation and concealment” Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly Head of a woman Oil on canvas, 41cm x 31cm Orange mountain against a grey background Man of twenty four and womanOrange: of thirty Ripe six Oil on canvas, 130cm x 130cm, 2005 Oil on canvas, 31cm x 23cm Oil andon 31cm canvas, x 23cm 130cm (framed x 130cm, together) 2005 “A very strong sense of the concept of individuality rather than its superficial appearance” Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly Mo Yusef Oil on canvas, 51cm x 41cm “The richness and opacity of Stephen Finer’s paintings record an exceptionally intelligent, vivid and moving recognition of how what the painter accomplishes he does, in part, through a necessary renunciation” Martin Golding, Modern Painters Head of a woman Oil on canvas, 30cm x 25cm Stephen Finer COLLECTIONS Arts Council The British Council Contemporary Art Society Los Angeles County Museum of Art National Portrait Gallery, London www.npg.org.uk Pallant House Gallery, Sussex Southport Art Gallery Private collections in England, Ireland, America and Spain 1992 1993-94 1994 1995 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1981 1982 1985 1986 1988 1989 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2001 2002 2004 Four Vine Lane, London Four Vine Lane, London Four Vine Lane, London Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London Berkeley Square Gallery, London Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Woodlands Art Gallery Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London ‘Heads’, Agnew’s London ‘Sir Morris Finer’ & other paintings, Agnew’s, London Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex ‘People’, Charleston, Sussex (opened by Professor Norbert Lynton) Art Space Gallery 1996 1996-97 1997-98 1998 1999 1999-00 2000-01 MIXED EXHIBITIONS 1977 1980 Monika Kinley: ‘Open House’, London British Art 1940-80 from the Arts Council Collection, (‘Sandra Fisher’ by Stephen Finer) Hayward Gallery, London 1981-82 ‘Small Work’, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London 1983 ‘The Face’, Art House, London 1984 Collazione Inglese II, Venice Biennale, Italy 1985 ‘New Art 2’, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London 1986 Contemporary Art Fair, London ‘New Art’, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London 1988 AR.CO Madrid 1988-89 Berkeley Square Gallery 1989 Contemporary Art Fair, London Westcott Gallery Berkeley Square Gallery. London 1990 ‘Academician’s Choice’ - (Finer chosen by Kitaj) The Mall Galleries, London The Eye Gallery, Bristol 1991 Berkeley Square Gallery, London Contemporary Art Fair London Basel Art Fair Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London ‘Cabinet Painting’, Gillian Jason Gallery, London 2001 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005-06 2006 2006 ‘The Figure Laid Bare’, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London ‘Cabinet Painting’, Hove Museum & Art Gallery & Glynn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Swansea Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London ‘The Portrait Now’ (‘Marlene Dietrich’ by Stephen Finer), National Portrait Gallery, London Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Chicago Art Fair Basel Art Fair ‘The Discerning Eye’ Mall Galleries, London (Finer invited by Martin Gayford) Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London ‘Men on Women’ (selected by Peter Edwards), Oriel Theatr, Bodelwyddan Castle, School of Art Museum & Art Gallery, Aberyswyth Contemporary Art Fair, London Glasgow Art Fair ‘50 Contemporary Self-Portraits’, Six Chapel Row, Bath 20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London British Art 1900-1998’, Agnew’s, London ‘Absolut Secret’, Royal College of Art, London ‘Pure Paint’, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London Painting The Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000’, (‘David Bowie and Iman’ by Stephen Finer), National Portrait Gallery, London ‘RCA Secret’, Royal College of Art, London Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London ‘The National Portrait Gallery Collects’ (‘David Bowie’) Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales View Gallery, Thames Ditton, Surrey ‘Place, Landscape and Figure’, Art Space Gallery, London View Gallery, Thames Ditton, Surrey ‘RCA Secret’, Royal College of Art, London Fusion Gallery, Spain ‘An American Abroad: Sandra Fisher and her School of London Friends’, New York School of Drawing, New York USA View Gallery, Thames Ditton SELECTED ARTICLES BIBLIOGRAPHY ‘Portraits that capture the prizes’ by William Packer, Financial Times, Thursday June 5 1986 ‘Artists of the Day’ by Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly June 1986 ‘Spotlight: Stephen Finer’ by Robin Gibson, Modern Painters Magazine Winter 1992-3 ‘Article of Faith’ by Colin Wiggins, Art Review Summer Issue 1994 ‘The Fame of the Pose’ by Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine 2000 ‘Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity’ by Martin Golding, Modern Painters Spring 2000 ‘Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces’ by Robin Gibson; introduction by Norbert Lynton published by National Portrait Gallery, London 1984 1986 TELEVISION & RADIO 1960 1995 1995 1995 1998 2001 2003 ITN (with Alma Cogan) ‘Paint it Red’ including Norbert Lynton interview by Channel One ‘The nude in art’ including Norbert Lynton interview by Channel One ‘Omnibus’ BBC1 Monday 6 November BBC1 News, James Wilkinson Wednesday 29 April British Satellite News recorded Tuesday 20 November ZDF German Television (Katrina Balmforth interviewer) recorded Tuesday 20 Nov 2001 Fuji Television, Japan FILM ‘Pilgrim Farewell’ directed by Michael Roemer USA Artline, Studio International, Financial Times Marjorie-Allthorpe-Guyton ‘New Art I & II at Anthony Reynolds’ Artscribe, Dec-Jan no.55 R. Costa ‘London’ Juliet Dec-Jan no:23 ‘Portraits that capture the prizes’, Financial Times, Thursday June 5 Margaret Garlake ‘Artists of the Day’, Art Monthly, June Graham Hughes ‘Letter from Holland’, Arts Review, June Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly, July-August 1988 Margaret Garlake, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Anthony Reynolds Gallery William Packer, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Berkeley Square Gallery 1991 ‘Antennae’, Galleries Magazine Oct 1991 1992 Margaret Garlake, introduction to exhibition at Bernard Jacobson Gallery ‘Gallery Openings’, The Independent 8 Sept 1992 Iain Gale Londoner’s Diary, Evening Standard 11 Sept 1992 ‘Gallery’, Modern Painters Autumn 1992 illustration: ‘Man of twenty three and man of twenty two’, 1990 ‘Faced with a view’, William Packer, Financial Times, Tuesday 15 Sept 1992 1992/93 Robin Gibson ‘Spotlight’: Stephen Finer’, Modern Painters Volume 4, No 4 Winter Issue 1993/94 Ian McKay ‘The Portrait...When?’, Contemporary Art, Winter Issue Simon Tait, The Observer 6 Feb 1994 1994 ‘Greenwich Time’, ‘Finer Art’, 1 July 1994 ‘Finer Art’, This is London, 1 July 1994 ‘Article of Faith’ by Colin Wiggins, Art Review, Summer Issue 1994 John Windsor, The Sunday Review, The Independent on Sunday The Sunday Review, 18 September 1994 1995 ‘Gallery Round-up’, The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday April 16 ‘Hot Tickets: Galleries’, Nicholas Drake, ES Magazine, 28 April ‘Hot Air’, July-Sept 1995 (illustration: ‘David Bowie’ 1994) Telegraph, Thursday Sept 28 1995 ‘Pop Art’, Celia Lyttelton, Tatler October 1995 1996 Diary, Jewish Chronicle, 7 November 1996 1997 ‘Men on Women’ exhibition catalogue (illus.) ‘Crankin Out’ illustration: ‘David Bowie’ 1998 ‘Photo Finish’, Times Diary, Jasper Gerard, The Times, Saturday 31 Jan 1998 ‘British Art 1900-1998’ catalogue illus: ‘Marlene Dietrich on Stage’, Agnew’s REFERENCE 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 ‘Harpers & Queen’, January ‘National Coup for city art gallery’, Bath Chronicle, 12 Jan 1999 ‘The Body Beautiful’, Bath Chronicle, 18 Jan 1999 ‘Face to face with an actress who now champions animals’, Bath Observer, 21 Jan 1999 ‘Images of a Lifetime’, Modern Painters, Winter 1999 ‘Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity’ by Martin Golding, Modern Painters, Spring 2000 ‘Heath’s Private View’, Private Eye, June 2000 ‘Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000’, by Robin Gibson introduction by Norbert Lynton (illustration: ‘David Bowie and Iman’ by Stephen Finer), National Portrait Gallery, London ‘The Fame of the Pose’ by Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine, 22 October 2000 (illustration: ‘David Bowie and Iman’ cover & article) Chichester Observer, July 12 2001 illus: ‘Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo, front page & page 5 ‘Another Finer Mr and Mrs Jones’ www.bowiewonderworld.com illus: ‘Iman and David Bowie’ by Stephen Finer, July 2001 ‘Passport to Pleasure...’, West Sussex Gazette, 9 August 2002 Nothing could be Finer...’, by Andrew White illus: ‘Iman’ , 2000 by Stephen Finer, Southern Daily Echo, Friday 17 August 2001 ‘When is a portrait not a portrait?’ by Charles Saumarez Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 19 Sept 2001 Reuters article by Emma Ross-Thompson, Nov 2001 ‘Bowie and Dietrich come to Charleston (illus:’ David Bowie’ and ‘Patrick Garland’ by Stephen Finer), Spectrum 2002 ‘Finer comes to Charleston’ (illus: ‘Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo’ by Stephen Finer), Eastbourne Herald, Friday 8 March 2002 ‘Sitting Stars’ by Unity Wroe Illus: ‘Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo’, The Argus, Friday 15 March 2002 ‘Intimacy and Mortality Finer’s People’ by Robin Gibson illustrated essay published by The Charleston Trust The Insight (illus: ‘David Bowie’, 2000 by Stephen Finer) Issue 52, April 2002 ‘Canvas’ ‘Date’, (illustrated: David Bowie’ 1994 by Stephen Finer), Denmark ‘Stephen Finer Paintings’ introduction by Robin Gibson (illus) Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon Arts Council Collection Catalogues Volume II 1979-83, vol III 1984-88 British Council Collection Catalogue Volume II Cambridge Blue Book Complete Illustrated Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery, London 2004 Contemporary Art Society Annual Report Sir Stephen Tumim 1986 Dictionary of 20th Century Artists’ facsimile signatures and monograms Dictionary of British Artists Since 1945 Ed David Buckman 1998 Dictionary of International Biography Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980 Scolar Press Handbook of Modern British Painting & Printmaking 1900-1990 Scolar Press, Ashgate 1998 ‘Insight Guides Museums and Galleries of London’, (illus: ‘David Bowie’ 1994), APA Publication 2002 National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1994/95 National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1995/96 illus:’ David Bowie’ National Portrait Gallery Guide by John Cooper 2000 ‘Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2001’ by Robin Gibson; introduction Norbert Lynton, National Portrait Gallery 2000 ‘The Portrait Now’ by Robin Gibson, (illus: ‘Marlene Dietrich) National Portrait Gallery 1993 Who’s Who in Art Doddie Edmonds when she was distressed Oil on canvas, 31cm x 25cm © All texts belong to their respective owners © All images Stephen Finer brochure design: www.thesetupdesign.com
