Portrait of Vitaly Lazerevich Ginzburg
Date
1996
Sitter
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (1916 - 2009, Russian) , Physicist
Creator
Bridget Garrett (British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 458mm
width (painting): 355mm
width (painting): 355mm
Subject
Description
Half-length seated portrait of Vitaly Ginzburg wearing a light blue sweater and shown against a green patterned sofa and plain green wall. His left hand, wearing a wristwatch with an expanding metal strap, holds his right arm.
Ginzburg was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1987.
Ginzburg was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1987.
Transcription
GARRETT
Ginzburg P/0178” and to right frame member “The Royal Society
Ginzburg P/0178” and to right frame member “The Royal Society
Object history
On loan from the artist, 1997.
One of two portraits (the other of Ginzburg’s wife) completed by the artist during a visit to Moscow, November-December 1996. [Letter, Terry Garrett, 24 March 1997, to Dr P.T.Warren. Royal Society provenance file]. A note of support for the project was composed by the Society’s then-President, Sir Aaron Klug and Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS.
One of two portraits (the other of Ginzburg’s wife) completed by the artist during a visit to Moscow, November-December 1996. [Letter, Terry Garrett, 24 March 1997, to Dr P.T.Warren. Royal Society provenance file]. A note of support for the project was composed by the Society’s then-President, Sir Aaron Klug and Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS.
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