The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo

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HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-23 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher:. Thames & Hudson Jonathan Yeo is one of Britains best-known portrait painters Over more than a decade. he has gained an international reputation for painting some of the most famous faces of our age. Models and movie stars. artists and actors. politicians and princes all have been the subject of his iconic. and often ironic. portraits. Nicole Kidman. Dennis Hopper. Kevin Spacey. Stephen Fry. Damien Hirst. Sienna Miller. Rupert Murdoch. Grayson Perry. Tony Blair and Prince Philip are just a selection of the many household names who have sat for Yeo. Renowned for his distinctive. highly figurative canvases and controversial collages. he employs a range of media and techniques to create a diverse body of work that expands the traditions of portraiture while examining contemporary perceptions of beauty. cele...