Paul Emsley
South African · b. 1947 · Painter, Printmaker
Paul Emsley is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch… (Wikipedia)
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The Last LionessStrauss & Co · ZAR 227,600≈ $15,846≈ £12,433≈ €14,190Sign up to see
LiliesStrauss & Co · ZAR 176,390≈ $12,397≈ £8,947≈ €10,493Sign up to see
NudeStrauss & Co · ZAR 44,498≈ $4,196≈ £2,499≈ €3,033Sign up to see
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Paul Emsley is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch University and the 2007 winner of the BP Portrait Award for portrait painting. His work can be found in most public collections in South Africa, The National Portrait Gallery London and The British Museum. He is known for his large detailed images of people, animals and flowers. There was a major retrospective of his work in 2012 at the Sasol Art Gallery in Stellenbosch. He is represented in the UK by the Redfern Gallery and in South Africa by Everard Read. Emsley's portrait of the Princess of Wales is on permanent display at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Other notable portraits include Nelson Mandela, Sir V. S. Naipaul, Michael Simpson and William Kentridge.
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