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Rupert Shrive

Rupert Shrive

English artist

Rupert Shrive (born 1965) is an English artist who was born in West Runton.[1]

His interest in art started at the age of six, copying Uccello's Saint George and the Dragon. He attended Norwich School of Art and had a studio above the Coach and Horses in Soho for five years, where he met Francis Bacon.[2] Among his subjects was Soho Pam, a homeless beggar who peddled copies of his watercolour portrait of her.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    David Buckman (2006), Artists in Britain since 1945, vol. 2, p. 1450, ISBN 095326095X
  2. [2]
    Laura Barnett (29 May 2007), "Portrait of the artist - Rupert Shrive", The Guardian
  3. [3]
    "Pamela Jennings", Daily Telegraph, 22 January 2013


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