Anthony Whishaw’s Portraits & Paintings

PORTRAITS AND PAINTINGS FROM ANTHONY WISHAW

Anthony Whishaw (born 1930) studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1948 to 1952 (awarded NDD) as well as the Royal College of Art, London from 1952 to 1955, when he was awarded the ARCA (first class hons), the RCA Travelling Scholarship, an Abbey Minor Scholarship and a Spanish Government Scholarship.

Headmaster, James Priory, recently visited Anthony at his studio and picked up the beautiful painted self-portrait seen here. This will be displayed at the school for our community to view in the future.

Wishaw’s artwork deals with explorations of memory and experience. On the edge of representation, varying in intent, scale and depiction, it seeks to reconcile illusion and allusion, the abstract and the figurative, past and present pictorial languages to create unforeseen visual experiences.

He has many awards to his name, including the RCA Drawing Prize (1954), Perth International Drawing Biennale Prize (1973), South East Arts Association Painting Prize (1975), Arts Council of Great Britain Award (1978), Greater London Council Painting Prize (1981), Abbey Premier Scholarship (1982), John Moores Minor Painting Prize (1982), Lorne Scholarship (1982-3), joint winner Hunting Group National Art Competition (1986), and Korn Ferry Carre Oban International Picture of the Year in 1996.

Anthony Popham Law Whishaw R.A. (MH 44-48)

He was elected a Member of The London Group in 1979, an Associate Royal Academician in 1980, a Royal Academician in 1989 and a member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1992. Between 1958 and 1992, he taught on an occasional basis at Chelsea School of Art, and St Martins School of Art.

Old Tonbridgians are invited to visit the school to view this portrait. There will also be an exhibition running in Old Big School with Anthony’s artwork and related artifacts from the school between September 9th – November 1st 2021. Please visit www.oldbigschoolgallery.co.uk/ for further details.