# Stephen Finer

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'''Stephen Finer''' is a London-based artist, active since the 1980s.

==Work==
Finer participated in "British Art from the Arts Council Collection 1940–80" at the [Hayward Gallery](/source/Hayward_Gallery), 'Collazione Inglese ll' at the [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale) and was in the touring exhibition, 'Men on Women', '[The Portrait Now](/source/The_Portrait_Now)' at the National Portrait Gallery and '[Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900–2000](/source/Painting_the_Century%3A_101_Portrait_Masterpieces_1900%E2%80%932000)' held to celebrate the millennium also at the National Portrait Gallery, where his portrait of [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) is in the permanent collection.<ref name=npg>[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw09556/David-Bowie?LinkID=mp06534&role=sit&rNo=2  National Portrait Gallery: portrait of David Bowie]</ref> There have been many  solo exhibitions.

His paintings are in the public collections of the [Arts Council](/source/Arts_Council_of_Great_Britain), [Atkinson Art Gallery](/source/Atkinson_Art_Gallery_and_Library), [British Council](/source/British_Council), [Contemporary Art Society](/source/Contemporary_Art_Society), [Los Angeles County Museum of Art](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art), [Magdalene College](/source/Magdalene_College%2C_Cambridge), [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(England)),<ref name=npg/> [Pallant House Gallery](/source/Pallant_House_Gallery), [Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery](/source/Plymouth_City_Museum_and_Art_Gallery), [Towner Gallery](/source/Towner_Gallery), [Tullie House](/source/Tullie_House_Museum_and_Art_Gallery), [University of Sussex](/source/University_of_Sussex).
thumb|Dulwich College (8667828661)

==Subjects==
Many of Stephen Finer's heads and figures are not identified but sometimes he has painted the same subjects several times. There are a number of paintings of Gill Bastedo, [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie), [Iman](/source/Iman_(model)), [Hartley Shawcross](/source/Hartley_Shawcross), [Yehudi Menuhin](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin), [Patrick Garland](/source/Patrick_Garland) and others, including [Marlene Dietrich](/source/Marlene_Dietrich), whom Finer met in London.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* The Portrait Now published by the National Portrait Gallery {{ISBN|1-85514-098-5}}.
* 'Intimacy and Mortality Finer's People' by [Robin Gibson](/source/Robin_Warwick_Gibson), published by the Charleston Trust & later adapted as {{ISBN|0-9528502-7-3}}.
* 'Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity', by [Martin Golding](/source/Martin_Golding), [Modern Painters](/source/Modern_Painters_(magazine)) Magazine {{ISSN|0953-6698}}

==External links==
* [https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp08176 Portraits of and by Stephen Finer] in the collection of the [National Portrait Gallery, London](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery%2C_London)
* [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCRN075611183&indx=1&recIds=ETOCRN075611183&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=1&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&frbg=&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1441704475762&srt=rank&mode=Basic&vl(488279563UI0)=any&dum=true&tb=t&vl(freeText0)=Stephen%20Finer&vid=BLVU1  'Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity' by Martin Golding details] in [British Library](/source/British_Library)
* [http://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-GB/search?filter_text=Stephen+Finer&filter_group=all Bridgeman Art Library -copyright protected images]
* [http://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/artist/finer-stephen Stephen Finer, Arts Council Collection]
* [http://collection.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/stephen-finer-1949/objects/all/initial/a  "Woman of thirty seven", British Council Collection]
* [http://www.viewgallery.co.uk/assets/brochures/Stephen_Finer_brochure.pdf View Gallery's Stephen Finer brochure pdf]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/business/publications/painting-the-century.php Painting The Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces]   {{ISBN|1-85514-289-9}} (hbk); {{ISBN|1-85514-313-5}} (pbk)

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