Emily Patrick (born 4 October 1959) is a British

figurative painter Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork (particularly paintings and sculptures) that is clearly derived from real object sources and so is, by definition, representational. The term is often in contrast to abstract a ...

Biography

Patrick grew up on a sheep farm in

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. She studied architecture at the

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and

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. She paints in

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and

tempera Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done ...

gesso Gesso (; "chalk", from the la, gypsum, from el, γύψος) is a white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any combination of these. It is used in painting as a preparation for any number of substrates suc ...

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of ligni ...

. Her first solo exhibition at

Thomas Agnew & Sons Thomas Agnew & Sons is a fine arts dealer in London that began life as part of in a print and publishing partnership with Vittore Zanetti in Manchester in 1817 which ended in 1835, when Agnew took full control of the company. The firm opened its Lo ...

was the first in the gallery's history to sell out within three days. In 1987, she was commissioned to paint Diana, Princess of Wales for the

Royal Hampshire Regiment The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. The reg ...

. In 1988 she exhibited as a finalist in the

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at the National Portrait Gallery and in 1989 she won the

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of the

Royal Society of Portrait Painters The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a charity based at Carlton House Terrace, SW1, London that promotes the practice and appreciation of portraiture. Its Annual Exhibition of portraiture is held at Mall Galleries, and it runs a commissio ...

for the most promising portrait by an artist under 30. Since 1995 she has exhibited independently every two to three years in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

and

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. Collections holding Patrick’s works include

The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (or PWRR, also known as 'The Tigers') is the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, second in the line infantry order of precedence to the Royal Regiment of Scotland and part of the Q ...

, the Women's Art Collection at

Murray Edwards College, Cambridge Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1954 as New Hall. In 2008, following a donation of £30 million by alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve, it was renamed Murray Edwa ...

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

, and the

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, and her portraits have included Lord Cottesloe,

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, and

Justo Gallego Martínez Justo Gallego Martínez (20 September 1925 – 28 November 2021); also known by his honorific byname ''Don Justo'', was a Spaniard who was known for constructing a church building in the dimensions of a cathedral on his own in the town of Mejorad ...

. Patrick lives in

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and is married to Michael Perry, who

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her paintings. They have three children.

Sources

* ArtUK - Emily Patrick
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* Winchester College Stories
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* Financial Times Magazine 16 April 2005 * The Times 23 April 2005 * Antiques Magazine 23 April 2005 * The Sunday Times Magazine 17 April 2002 * The Evening Standard 21 March 2000 * The Sunday Telegraph Magazine 19 October 1997

External links

Bridgeman Art Library

New Hall Art Collection

Prince's Foundation for the Arts

Narratives
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