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| Francisco Centofanti Paintings | |
| I believe in using traditional techniques to convey people and their surroundings in a modern way. I was trained to study nature accurately and this is an essential element in all my portraits. At the same time, I think it is important to combine observational skills with an approach to understand and capture the sitter's personality. | |
| Education: | |
| Wadhurst College, East Sussex, A Level Art Chelsea Art School, London, Foundation Course City and Guilds College of Art, London, 1St year Fine Art Degree Private Studies with Norman Blamey, RA, Observational drawing Florence Academy of Art, Italy, Three year drawing and painting course | |
| Awards: | |
| 2003 The Carroll Foundation Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters | |
| Selected Commissions/collections: | |
| Mr and Mrs Tony Frazer-Price, London Mr and Mrs Nick Schakleton, London Mr and Mrs Nicolas Fry, London Mr Tom Busha, London Mr and Mrs Thomas, London Mr and Mrs Andrew Collins, London Mr and Mrs D. Schaefer, Kent Sr & Sra Manuel Llobet Flaque, Barcelona, Spain Sra Jessica Storey, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mr and Mrs Ben Gtimm, Virginia, USA Mr and Mrs Daubitz, Boston, USA Dr and Mrs J Eindhorn, Chicago, USA | |
| Single Exhibitions: | |
| 1999 - Gallery Fourty Seven, Bloomsbury, London, UK | |
| Group Exhibitions: | |
| 1994 - Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK 1995 - Chelsea Art School, London, UK, End of year show 1996 - City and Guilds College of Art, London, UK, End of year show 1998 - Florence Academy Florence, Italy, End of year show 1999 - Florence Academy, Florence, Italy, Final year show 1999 - Royall Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, UK 1999 - Revel Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2000 - Revel Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2000 - Royall Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, UK 2000 - BP Portrait Award Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK 2000 - BP Portrait Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland | |
| Artist's Statement: | |
| One of the UKs most promising and exciting young artists. As a graduate of the Florence Academy of art his unprecedented fusion of contemporary and traditional techniques has recently won him The Carroll Foundation Award 2003 (awarded by the Royal Society of portrait painters) for his painting of Sir Wilfred Thesiger. His work has been exhibited extensively at venues such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Stricoff Gallery in New York. | |
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