Oil painting: Bill Bailey by Sally Muir (b. 1954), Oil on canvas, 2012. Holburne Portrait Prize 2010 commission.
Museum number
2012.2
Object
Oil painting: Bill Bailey by Sally Muir (b. 1954), Oil on canvas, 2012. Holburne Portrait Prize 2010 commission.
Materials
Acrylic
On display?
No
Further description
Simple name
Painting
Dimensions
framed: 5.5cm (d) x 88cm (h) x 73.5cm (w) regular: 60.0cm (h) x 75.7cm (w)
Sally Muir (b. 1954)
Bill Bailey
2012
Oil on canvas
Since graduating from Bath School of Art and Design in 2003, Sally Muir has juggled a successful career as a knitwear designer with painting portraits of people and dogs. She chose Bath-born comedian and musician Bill Bailey as her sitter because he shares her love of animals. Both give much of their time and talents to wildlife and pet charities.
2012.2
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