Richard Foster (painter)

Richard Foster (born 1945)^[1] is a British painter, principally of portraits.

Life

Foster was born in East Lexham, Norfolk^[2] 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^[3]
• The Nativity, Saint Andrew the Fisherman and The Second Coming- St. Andrew's Church, East Lexham, Norfolk^[4]
• 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^[5]