Born Dunfermline, Scotland as Joseph Noel Paton. Painter. He first achieved success as a book illustrator. His early paintings heavily featured fairies, but in due course he became influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1887 he was knighted and appointed as the queen’s ‘limner’ (portrait painter). Died Edinburgh.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Sir Noel Paton
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Painter and poet. Born London. Â Served in the Royal Fusiliers in WW1. Had a close relationship with Glyn Philpot and on Philpot's death, Forbes died by suicide, the day after the funeral. The pict...
An art company, set up by Goldsmiths College graduates Patricio Forrester and Julian Sharples, with the aim of improving public spaces.
March 2023: Susanna (Greenwood) Taylor contacted us to say that her mother painted the plaques for Julian Huxley and Maggie's Corner. "She was Huxley's cousin and her name was Jill (Gillian) Greenw...
Surrealist artist, writer and exhibition organiser. Born at 44 Finchley Road. Â Brought the first Picasso painting for display in London, in the 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition which...
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