Biography

1940	Born in London
1958-63	Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art; moves to Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
2000	Awarded the CBE

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1977	The Minories, Colchester
1978	Rochdale Art Gallery : touring to Ferens Art Gallery Hull, Harris Museum & Art Gallery Preston, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1980	Marlborough Fine Art, London
1985	Marlborough Fine Art, London
1986	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
1988	Marlborough Fine Art, London
1992	Agnew’s, London
1996	Agnew’s, London
1998	Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
1999	Hirschl and Adler, NY
2000	Agnew’s, London
2000	National Portrait Gallery
2005	Agnew’s, London
2011	Agnew’s, London – A Tale of Two Houses
2012	Clare Hall, Cambridge - 50-year retrospective of self-portraits
2012	St John’s College, Oxford - 50-year retrospective of self-portraits
2013	Chambers Fine Art, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

1971	Painting and Perception, The Macroberts Art Centre Gallery, University of Sterling
1974	Painting 1974, Hayward Gallery, London
1977	British Painting 1952-77, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1983	Britain Salutes NY, Marlborough Gallery, NY
1984	The Hard-Won Image, Tate Gallery, London
1986-87	Foundation Veranneman invites Marlborough, Foundation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium
1989	Monet to Freud, National Art Collections Fund Loan Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London
1989	Salute to Turner, National Trust Foundation for Art, Agnew’s, London
1990	The Pursuit of the Real, British Figurative Painting from Sickert to Bacon, Manchester City Art Galleries, The Barbican Art Gallery, Glasgow City Art Gallery
1992	The New Patrons, Twentieth Century Art from Corporate Collections, National Art Collection Fund, Christies, London
1995	Contemporary Portraits from Suffolk to Essex, Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk
1995	Contemporary British Artists Celebrate 100 years of The National Trust, Christie’s, London
2000	Painting the Century, National Portrait Gallery, London.
2001	A Sea of Faces, The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
2004	Visions of London, Art Space Gallery
2005-14	Royal Portrait Society, Annual Exhibition (2005 Ondaatje prize, 2015 Conversation Piece prize)
2007	Looking Forward: 25 British Artists, Agnew’s, London
2007	Venice, City of Dreams, Sotheby’s, London
2014	The Norwich Life Room: Wonnacott & Lessore, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
2014	About Life: Wonnacott & Lessore, NUA Gallery, Norwich, University of the Arts
2014-15	Royals Then and Now, Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire

Selected National Commissions

1997	Rt. Hon. John Major Prime Minister in Downing Street, National Portrait Gallery
1999	Fleet Admiral Lord Lewin of Greenwich in the Painted Hall, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
2000	The Royal Family, A Centenary Portrait, National Portrait Gallery
	Other Commissions

Public Collections

• The Arts Council
• National Maritime Museum
• House of Commons
• Christchurch Museum, Ipswich
• The National Trust
• The British Council
• Rochdale Museum Art Gallery
• Norwich Castle Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum NY
• The Imperial War Museum
• The Tate Gallery
• The National Portrait Gallery
• Department of Trade and Industry
• The Scottish National Portrait Gallery
• The Clark Museum, Williamstown USA