Paul Emsley

Winner of the 2007 BP Portrait Award, held at the National Portrait Gallery, London. As part of the prize, Emsley was commissioned to paint the portrait of the writer Sir V. S. Naipaul, for the permanent collection of the NPG.  

Exhibitions

The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2007 (and toured to Newcastle, Edinburgh and Bath)

Literature

Andrew Lambirth, Paul Emsley: The Light of Meaning, The Redfern Gallery, London, 2011 (illus. p. 51)

500 Portraits: BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2011 (illus. p. 53)