Howard James Morgan (21 April 1949 – 22 September 2020) was a British portrait painter who painted three queens. His work is held in the collection of the

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Life and work

He was born in

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, North Wales, the son of a lay preacher. He specialised in portrait painting and was elected a member of the

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in 1986. In addition to portraits however, he also executed a variety of landscapes and religious works. In 2004, he married Sarah Milligan, an abstract painter, with whom he had three children, Velvet, a writer, author and poet, Perseus, a musician and Samuel.He was previously married to Susan Sandilands in 1977, with whom he had three children, Alexander, Romilly and Rupert.

Portrait commissions

* HM The Queen *HM

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(Butchers' Hall, London) * HM The Queen of The Netherlands *HRH

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*TRH The Prince & Princess of Hanover *

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(

) * Paul Maurice Dirac (National Portrait Gallery, London) *Dame

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(National Portrait Gallery, London) * Herbert Norman Howells (National Portrait Gallery, London) *Michael Haynes 401½ Studios
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Howard James 1949 births 2020 deaths People from Denbigh British portrait painters 20th-century British painters 21st-century British painters