portraits on copper in oil
The artists
For these painted portraits I draw on the artists’ own self-portraits and any available photographs, alongside biographical research.
Portraits
Eileen Agar (1899–1991)
British painter and photographer; key Surrealist figure associated with the London and Paris movements; known for experimental, abstract compositions that combine found objects, collage, and biomorphic forms with a playful, imaginative sensibility.
Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625)
Italian Renaissance painter; renowned for refined and psychologically sensitive portraiture; served at the Spanish court and produced influential court paintings that helped shape the development of portraiture across Europe.
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
British painter; central member of the Bloomsbury Group and a key figure in British modernism; noted for boldly coloured modernist portraits, interiors, and decorative work that bridged fine and applied arts.
Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)
British-born Surrealist artist and writer; active from the 1930s and closely linked to Max Ernst and the European avant-garde; settled in Mexico City, where she developed myth-infused, imaginative work drawing on folklore, alchemy, and feminist themes.
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012)
American and Mexican sculptor and printmaker; associated with the Harlem Renaissance and Mexican Taller de Gráfica Popular; known for powerful, socially engaged works addressing race, gender, and justice through bold, figurative forms.
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi) (1898–1986)
Chinese painter and educator; among the first Chinese women artists trained in Europe, studying in Paris in the early 20th century; known for combining Post-Impressionist and modern European influences with Chinese subjects and sensibilities in expressive portraits, landscapes, and still lifes that helped shape the development of modern Chinese painting.
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