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Novelist born in Leigh-on-Sea and educated at Edinburgh University and New College, Oxford, where he studied French and German. A master of layered story-telling, illusionism and ambiguous endings, he has worked in a variety of genres from psychological thriller, The Collector (1963), to mythological magic realism, The Magus (1966). His semi-historical novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), was made into a film in 1981, directed by Karel Reisz with Meryl Streep in the title role and screenplay by Harold Pinter. This portrait was painted in a flat owned by the sitter and his wife near their home in Lyme Regis. The artist, who lived in Greece, stayed in the flat where he had thirteen sittings and worked for over 100 hours on the portrait.
Title
John Robert Fowles
Date
2001
Medium
oil on linen
Measurements
H 71.2 x W 61.4 cm
Accession number
6584
Acquisition method
Commissioned as part of the First Prize, BP Portrait Award, 1998, 2001
Work type
Painting
