Person    | Male  Born 28/10/1933  Died 30/5/2018

Michael Noakes

Categories: Art

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.

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Michael Noakes

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Michael and Vivien Noakes

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Peckham Space

Peckham Space

A purpose-built public gallery dedicated to commissioning location-specific artworks made in partnership with community groups in Peckham. The venue was designed by the Penson Group.

Place, Art, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Artist and sculptor. Born as Henri Gaudier in Saint-Jean-de-Braye near Orléans. In 1910, he moved to London with Sophie Brzeska, a Polish writer with whom he had an intense relationship, adding her...

Person, Art, Sculpture, France

1 memorial
Anthony Green

Anthony Green

Born Luton. The picture shows a typical self-portrait.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Hannah Havana

Hannah Havana

Jewellery designer and teacher

Person, Art, Education

1 memorial
William Kent

William Kent

Painter, architect, and designer of gardens and interior furnishings. Baptised in Yorkshire, on 1 January 1686. Began as a sign and coach painter. While on the Grand Tour he met his chief patron an...

Person, Architecture, Art, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial

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Sir Francis Chantrey

Sir Francis Chantrey

Sculptor. Born Francis Leggatt Chantry at Jordanthorpe, near Norton, Derbyshire. Sculpted busts and statues of many famous people of the time. Left the Chantrey Bequest (or Chantrey Fund) for purch...

Person, Sculpture

6 memorials
42nd and 48th Royal Tank Regiment

42nd and 48th Royal Tank Regiment

The 48th regiment was an armoured division of the British army. It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 42nd Royal Tank Regiment. In 1943, during engagements before the Battle of Longstop H...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
H. L. Young
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Floods of 1953

Floods of 1953

From Thamesweb: "In January 1953, the east coast of England was devastated by some of the worst flooding in recent memory. A number of extreme weather events combined to cause major flooding in are...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
A. H. Veasey

A. H. Veasey

Surbiton man killed serving in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial