Sir Neil Cossons OBE

Made:: 1996-1999 in London

artist:: Keith Holmes

Sir Neil Cossons OBE

Science Museum Group Collection
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Painting. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum, 1994 to 1996, completed 1999. Oil on board; image 102x121cm in frame by artist, 107x125x3.5cm. Left hand panel of a triptych about the Science Museum: looking at curatorship. The Director is seated working in his office, a modern manager using communications technologies. Behind him looking over his shoulder, a Parianware bust of Albert Prince Consort [by Brown-Westhead Moore Co, 1862; our Inv.1991-79], and hints of past curatorship and industrial heritage, Ironbridge; on the desk, present and future science including DNA, 60 molecular model, plan of the Wellcome Wing opening 2000, pictorial heritage represented by postcard of oil painting 'Coalbrookdale by Night' by Loutherbourg 1801 (Inv.1952-452), and a prism reflecting also the PRISM Fund and museum outreach programme; entry ticket hints at museum charges issue

Painting. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum, 1994 to 1996, completed 1999. Oil on board; image 102x121cm in frame by artist, 107x125x3.5cm. Left hand panel of a triptych about the Science Museum: looking at curatorship. The Director is seated working in his office, a modern manager using communications technologies. Behind him looking over his shoulder, a Parianware bust of Albert Prince Consort [by Brown-Westhead Moore Co, 1862; our Inv.1991-79], and hints of past curatorship and industrial heritage, Ironbridge; on the desk, present and future science including DNA, 60 molecular model, plan of the Wellcome Wing opening 2000, pictorial heritage represented by postcard of oil painting 'Coalbrookdale by Night' by Loutherbourg 1801 (Inv.1952-452), and a prism reflecting also the PRISM Fund and museum outreach programme; entry ticket hints at museum charges issue

Sir Neil Cossons OBE

1996-1999

Charcoal sketch. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, 1997, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum. This preliminary sketch depicts a similar view to the final oil painting with the Director seated working in his office.

Sketch of Sir Neil Cossons OBE

1997

Charcoal sketch. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, 1997, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum. This preliminary sketch is a view of the Director’s head and shoulders as he talks on the telephone.

Sketch of Sir Neil Cossons OBE

1997

Charcoal sketch. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, 1997, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum. This preliminary sketch is a study of the Director’s hands, two of which can be seen in the final oil painting of the Director seated in his office.

Sketch of Sir Neil Cossons OBE

1997

Charcoal sketch. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, 1997, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum. This preliminary sketch depicts the Director seated in an armchair in his office, with a teacup in front of him and his glasses laid to one side.

Sketch of Sir Neil Cossons OBE

1997

Details

Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1996-580

Materials:: oil paint on board

Measurements:: frame: 1070 mm x 1250 mm x 35 mm,
image: 1020 mm x 1210 mm

type:: oil painting and portrait

credit:: Holmes, Keith

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