Portrait of Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz
Date
1979
Sitter
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (1921 - 2009, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz posed with shoulder square on with head turned to the left and looking off to the distance. He has a goatee-style beard and is dressed in mid-tone plaid suit jacket, shite shirt and silk tie with floral motif.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘PROF. O. C. ZIENKIEWICZ F.R.S. Box3. Rec’d 9.5.79. Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘COPYRIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH BY GODFREY ARGENT. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL: - 937 0441, 937 4008. The identification number of this print is: 79 GRS 8138.6’
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (1921-2009) Polish-born British mathematician and civil engineer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1990 in recognition of his pioneering development of the finite element method as a general procedure of solving problems of engineering physics and for demonstrating its success in applications to stress analysis, fluid mechanics, electromagnetics and many other situations.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘PROF. O. C. ZIENKIEWICZ F.R.S. Box3. Rec’d 9.5.79. Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘COPYRIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH BY GODFREY ARGENT. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL: - 937 0441, 937 4008. The identification number of this print is: 79 GRS 8138.6’
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (1921-2009) Polish-born British mathematician and civil engineer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1990 in recognition of his pioneering development of the finite element method as a general procedure of solving problems of engineering physics and for demonstrating its success in applications to stress analysis, fluid mechanics, electromagnetics and many other situations.
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