Sir Robert Aitken (1901–1997), Vice-Chancellor

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: University of Birmingham

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Half length portrait of the sitter wearing Vice-Chancellor's robes. Robert Stevenson Aitken was Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University from 1953 until 1968. He came to Birmingham from the University of Otago in New Zealand following a period as a Rhodes scholar in a London hospital. Aitken was a distinguished physician, specialising in respiratory physiology. He was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and had an instrumental role in the building of the new Birmingham Repertory Theatre. There is a photograph of Aitken in the National Portrait Gallery, taken by Walter Bird in 1963.

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Title

Sir Robert Aitken (1901–1997), Vice-Chancellor

Date

1968

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 109.2 x W 83.8 cm

Accession number

A0004

Acquisition method

commissioned by the University of Birmingham, 1968

Work type

Painting

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