George J. D. Bruce - Artist - PPRP » RSPP http://www.georgebruceartist.com Artist - Painter Tue, 18 May 2010 15:19:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The Cooke Children, 1987 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-cooke-children-1987/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-cooke-children-1987/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 1987 14:38:39 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1360 The Cooke Children, 1987

The Cooke Children, 1987 - detailThe Cooke Children, 1987 - detailThe Cooke Children, 1987 - detail

The Cooke Children, 1987 - brush study

The Cooke Children, 1987 – Invitation to RSPP Exhibition 1997

Title/Subject: Olivia Giorgiana, Natasha Anastasia and Tristan Dominic Cooke
Date: 1987
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1987: Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Description/Notes:
Painting used for the cover of the RSPP Exhibition Catalogue Cover 1987.

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Sir Alan Cottrell, FRS, SCD, 1978 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/sir-alan-cottrell-1978/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/sir-alan-cottrell-1978/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 1978 14:41:57 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1362 Sir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978

Sir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978 - detailSir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978 - detail



Title/Subject: Sir Alan Cottrell, FRS., SC.D., Master, Jesus College, Vice Chancellor Cambridge University
Date: 1978
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1978: Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Description/Notes:
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS (born 17 July 1919) is a British metallurgist and physicist.
He received his BSc degree from the University of Birmingham in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942. He joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of the department by emphasizing modern concepts of solid state physics.In 1955 he moved to A.E.R.E. Harwell, to become Deputy Head of Metallurgy under Monty Finniston.
From 1958 to 1965 he was Goldsmiths’ Professor of Metallurgy at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Christ’s College. He then worked for the government in various capacities, ultimately as Chief Scientific Adviser from 1971 to 1974, before becoming Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1973 to 1986, and Vice-Chancellor of the University in 1977-1979.
Sir Alan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955, and won its Hughes Medal in 1961, the James Douglas Gold Medal in 1974 and the Copley Medal (the Royal Society’s highest award) in 1996. He was knighted in 1971. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [Source: Wikipedia]

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Mrs Norman Wilson-Smith, 1973 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/mrs-norman-wilson-smith-1973/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/mrs-norman-wilson-smith-1973/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 1973 21:00:43 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1514 Mrs. Norman Wilson-Smith

Mrs. Norman Wilson-Smith, 1973 – detailMrs. Norman Wilson-Smith, 1973 – detail

Title/Subject: Mrs. Norman Wilson-Smith
Date: 1973
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1974: Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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Lord Butler of Saffron Walden KG CH DL PC, 1970 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/lord-butler-of-saffron-walden-1970/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/lord-butler-of-saffron-walden-1970/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 1970 14:27:32 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1351 Lord Butler of Saffron Waldon, 1970

Title/Subject: Lord Butler of Saffron Walden KG CH DL PC, Master, Trinity College, Cambridge
Date: 1970
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1971: Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Description/Notes:
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician. Butler was one of the few British politicians to have served in the three posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, but never achieved—and was twice passed over for—the Premiership. [Source: Wikipedia]

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