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Richard Foster (born 1945) is a British painter, principally of portraits.

Life

Foster was born in East Lexham, Norfolk and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford with further artistic training at Studio Simi, Florence and the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Foster has been a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1976 and President since 2017. Furthermore, he served as Vice-President from 1991 to 1994 and Treasurer from 2003 to 2006. Foster has also acted as a member of the Art Workers Guild since 1980.

Over his career, he has tried to be as diverse as possible and has painted a great variety of pictures in both oil and watercolour, not just single portraits and groups, but also landscapes and compositions which he exhibits at his one-man shows every three or four years .

List of works

• Portrait of Ed Coode- Girton College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Portrait of Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount- Kedleston Hall, Kedleston, Derbyshire
• Portrait of Sir Douglas Ranger- UCL Art Museum, Bloomsbury, Greater London
• Portrait of Michael Checkland- Broadcasting House, Marylebone, Greater London
• Portrait of Sir Edmund Compton- Royal Academy of Music, Regent's Park, Greater London
• Portrait of Sir Douglas Black- Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, Greater London
• Portrait of Maj-Gen. Sir George Burns- County Hall, Hertford, Hertfordshire
• Portrait of Robert Hume- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• The Nativity, Saint Andrew the Fisherman and The Second Coming- St. Andrew's Church, East Lexham, Norfolk
• Portrait of Dr Vivian H. H. Green- Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Portrait of Burke St. John Trend- Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Portrait of Lt. Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess- Green Howards Regimental Museum, Richmond, North Yorkshire

References

1. Richard Foster - Biography, RichardFoster.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
2. Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastlexham/eastlexham.htm
3. Art UK. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://artuk.org/discover/artists/foster-richard-b-1945
4. Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastlexham/eastlexham.htm
5. Art UK. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://artuk.org/discover/artists/foster-richard-b-1945

External links

• Official website
• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Richard Foster

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