Richard Foster (painter)

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Richard Foster (born 1945)^[1] is a British painter, principally of portraits.

Life

Foster was born in East Lexham, Norfolk^[2] and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford with further artistic training at Studio Simi, Florence and the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Foster has been a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1976 and President since 2017. Furthermore, he served as Vice-President from 1991 to 1994 and Treasurer from 2003 to 2006. Foster has also acted as a member of the Art Workers Guild since 1980.

Over his career, he has tried to be as diverse as possible and has painted a great variety of pictures in both oil and watercolour, not just single portraits and groups, but also landscapes and compositions which he exhibits at his one-man shows every three or four years .

List of works

Portrait of Ed Coode- Girton College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Portrait of Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount- Kedleston Hall, Kedleston, Derbyshire
Portrait of Sir Douglas Ranger- UCL Art Museum, Bloomsbury, Greater London
Portrait of Michael Checkland- Broadcasting House, Marylebone, Greater London
Portrait of Sir Edmund Compton- Royal Academy of Music, Regent's Park, Greater London
Portrait of Sir Douglas Black- Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, Greater London
Portrait of Maj-Gen. Sir George Burns- County Hall, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Portrait of Robert Hume- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire^[3]
The Nativity, Saint Andrew the Fisherman and The Second Coming- St. Andrew's Church, East Lexham, Norfolk^[4]
Portrait of Dr Vivian H. H. Green- Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Portrait of Burke St. John Trend- Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Portrait of Lt. Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess- Green Howards Regimental Museum, Richmond, North Yorkshire^[5]

References

^ Richard Foster - Biography, RichardFoster.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastlexham/eastlexham.htm
^ Art UK. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://artuk.org/discover/artists/foster-richard-b-1945
^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastlexham/eastlexham.htm
^ Art UK. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://artuk.org/discover/artists/foster-richard-b-1945

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