Painter. Former President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Chairman of the Contemporary Portrait Society. His subjects include Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Bill Clinton and Pope Benedict XVI. Husband of the writer Vivien Noakes.
His Wikipedia page and his obituary in The Guardian newspaper give many details of his life.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Noakes
Plaque unveiled by Sir David Attenborough and, unusually by one of those comm...
Scientist, artist, etc. - a polymath, the first "renaissance man". Born in Vinci, Italy (No? Really?). Died in France.
Writer and novelist. Born at 14 John Street, Poplar. He wrote detective novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. His best known work was 'A Child of the Jago', set in a fic...
Humorous artist and illustrator, was born at 28 Bennett Street, Stamford Street. Died at home at 6 The Terrace, Kensington.
Born Berlin. From Stolpersteine: The artist Gunter Demnig remembers the victims of National Socialism by installing commemorative brass plaques in the pavement in front of their last address of ch...
