Lot 73
JOHN BELLANY C.B.E., R.A. (SCOTTISH 1942-2013) §
PORTRAIT OF PETER FULLER
Auction: 20 January 2021 from 18:00 GMT
£6,875
Description
Signed and inscribed verso, oil on canvas
Dimensions
172cm x 172cm (67.75in x 67.75in), unframed
Footnote
Exhibited: Beaux-Arts, London - 1990;
The Alma Gallery, Bristol.
Note: Peter Fuller was an editor and journalist, writing and publishing on art and politics. He acted as art critic for The Daily Telegraph and was the founding editor of the art magazine Modern Painters. A keen supporter of Bellany's work, he published an essay on his painting and provided an introductory note to Bellany's 1990 exhibiton at the Compass Gallery. Fuller died tragically young in a car accident, his archive is retained by the Tate and Bellany was involved in the arranging of an art exhibition in his memory.
