RWA Autumn Exhibition 2004, 3rd Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2003, 1st Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2002, 3rd Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2001, Bovis-Architects Journal Special Award; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2000, Merit Award; Standard Bank National Drawing Competition 1987, This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 17:02. Paul Emsley (born 25 August 1947) is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. Awards 66 x 125 cm. Share. With a meticulous approach and an adept use of chiaroscuro, Paul Emsley has created outstanding conté studies of animals and flowers, and painted the official portraits of illustrious sitters including Nelson Mandela and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. On Paul Emsley’s studio wall hangs an alternative version of the most famous portrait of one of the most famous women in the world. By a careful balancing of tones I emphasise the way in which light and shade fall across the subject. Signed and dated verso. With a meticulous approach and an adept use of chiaroscuro, Paul Emsley has created outstanding conté studies of animals and flowers, and painted the official portraits of illustrious sitters including Nelson Mandela and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

Paul Emsley is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. Artprice.com's price levels for this artist are based on 41 auction results. Paul Lawrence. Having grown up in South Africa, he moved to the UK in 1996, and currently resides in Bradford-upon-Avon , although retaining an ongoing presence in South Africa. Emsley's portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge is on permanent display at the National Portrait Gallery in London. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch University and the 2007 winner of the BP Portrait Award for portrait painting. His works are included in the following collections: National Portrait Gallery, London, UK British Museum, UK South African National Gallery, South Africa Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa University of Stellenbosch, South Africa "Laudatio for Professor Clive Emsley". to move the image into the realm of the imagination could be a way to define the works of art of paul emsley. Biography, Open University Department of History; Bibliography, European Centre for the Study of Policing (Open University) Lawrence, Paul; Williams, Chris; King, Peter (2009). Naipaul (2009) in his studio. Emsley is the son of professor James Emsley, of the University of Southampton. 1969 Trained as a graphic designer, Cape Technical College, Cape Town. Having grown up in South Africa, he moved to the UK in 1996, and currently resides in Bradford-upon-Avon[3], although retaining an ongoing presence in South Africa. [1] His work can be found in most public collections in South Africa, The National Portrait Gallery London and The British Museum. By creating a settled half-light I try to transform the existence of the object from the ordinary to something more profound.”[4], This article is about the artist. Paul Emsley: New Work, The Redfern Gallery, London, 2017 . It quickly exposes one’s shortcomings allowing no room for clever tricks. Black Rhinoceros, 2018. In my drawings I try to emphasize the singularity and silence of the form. There was a major retrospective of his work in 2012 at the Sasol Art Gallery in Stellenbosch. permanent collection of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg, 2013   First Official Portrait of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009 Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint a, 2010 Completed portrait of Nelson Mandela, now in the, permanent collection of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Last modified on Thu 10 Dec 2020 07.56 EST. 1970-76 Worked as a designer in advertising. See more ideas about art, drawings, south african artists. Paul Emsley [excerpts from Our Madiba - Stories and reflections from those who met Nelson Mandela, Compiled by Melanie Verwoerd. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK. He works as an independent scientist and is a member of the Computational Crystallography Group headed by Garib Murshudov. Paul Emsley is a British Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1947. Gave up teaching to devote himself entirely to his art, 2007 First Prize in the BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009 Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint a Further Biographical Context for Paul Emsley. Drawing Prize. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch University and the 2007 winner of the BP Portrait Award for portrait painting. Emsley, originally of South Africa and a 2007 recipient of the BP Portrait Award, had previously painted portraits of Nelson Mandela and Naipaul. Paul Emsley (born 1947) is a South African painter now resident in Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire, England. Paul Emsley is a British crystallographer at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge . Coot is a tool widely used for model building, refinement and validation of macromolecular structures. In 2012 he was commissioned to paint the official Portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, which he completed in three and a half months. portrait of Sir V. S. Naipaul, 2010 Completed portrait of Nelson Mandela, now in the Brought up in South Africa. Born in Glasgow in 1947, but raised in South Africa, Emsley inititally trained and worked as a graphic designer, teacher, and illustrator, before … Facebook The Duchess attended the gallery for the unveiling of the first official portrait of her painted by Paul Emsley Real impact: The painting is much bigger than lifesize - … Paul EMSLEY (1947) is an artist born in 1947 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 2012, at Strauss & Co, and the most recent auction result is a drawing-watercolor sold in 2020. p. 31) Previous / Next. 1947 Born in Glasgow. British Interior Design Association. ... Born in Dulwich, London, he was the son of Evelyn (nee Ing) and Ernie Emsley. The 1960s were a sensational decade internationally, bearing witness to great increase of modernist philosophies and trends. I have always loved drawing. Paul Emsley. Aug 3, 2017 - Explore Mark Hurter's board "Paul Emsley - Art" on Pinterest. Paul Emsley and Coot. Other notable portraits include Nelson Mandela, Sir V. S. Naipaul, Michael Simpson and William Kentridge. Paul Emsley was born in 1947 and was primarily inspired creatively by the 1960s. The younger Emsley received his Master of Science in chemistry from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1986 and received his Ph.D. from the Université de Lausanne in 1991 under the direction of Geoffrey Bodenhausen [7] working with NMR spectroscopy of solutions. 1969 Trained as a graphic designer, Cape Technical College, Cape Town. [2] He is represented in the UK by the Redfern Gallery and in South Africa by Everard Read. With a meticulous approach and an adept use of chiaroscuro , Paul Emsley has created outstanding conté studies of animals and flowers, and painted the official portraits of illustrious sitters including Nelson Mandela and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. 13 (2): 5–11. “I have always loved drawing. 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