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Stephen Finer paintings in Bridgeman Art Library
. 2024-25 'Paintings of Seán Hewitt and other People' until 24 January 2025: exhibition catalogue
. LINK: Vogue video 'Iman's Catskill's Home is Full of Beautiful Artistic Odes to David Bowie'
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Art of London Augmented Art Gallery-David Bowie
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face mask designed by Ron Arad of David Bowie by Stephen Finer sold by National Portrait Gallery
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Icons Trail National Portrait Gallery, 2019
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Bridgeman Contemporary Artist Stephen Finer’s Portraits of David Bowie Nov 2017
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Art UK story: 'Stephen Finer: Painting David Bowie'
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'A Portrait of Bowie', Brian Hiatt Octopus Books .LINK: Stephen Finer,'A Portrait of Bowie'
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SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
1980
British Art 1940-80 from the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
1984
Collazione Inglese ll, Venice Biennale, Italy
1985
New Art 2, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
1990
Academician’s Choice -Finer chosen by Kitaj, Mall Galleries London, The Eye Gallery, Bristol
1993-94
The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery London
1996
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London - Finer invited by Martin Gayford
1997-98
Men on Women, Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Bodelwyddan Castle & School of Art Museum & Art Gallery, Aberystwyth
1998
50 Contemporary Self Portraits, Six Chapel Row Bath
2000-01
Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900 to 2000 National Portrait Gallery London
2003
The National Portrait Gallery Collects, Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales
2006
‘An American Abroad Sandra Fisher and her School of London Friends’, New York Studio School, New York
2011
'The Art of Giving', Towner, Sussex
2013
'People and Portraits', Towner, Eastbourne, Sussex
'Artists Make Faces', Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
2014-16
'In the Frame: Plymouth's Portraits Revealed', Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
2016
'Perspectives On...Portraits', 2p.m. Sunday 17 January 2016, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex
'Bowie Collector' .link:
Head of a woman .link:
Woman's head (RT)
Sotheby's, London 1-10 November 2016
2019
'Icons Trail', National Portrait Gallery
‘Figure Study ll', Towner Gallery, Eastbourne 26 Jan - 6 May 2019
2021
Augmented Reality Art Gallery, Art of London
2023
Freedom from Torture, Sotheby's
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Patrick Garland (watercolour) 
Yehudi Menuhin 
Kitaj with his hand on his head, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtSOLO EXHIBITIONS
1981 Four Vine Lane, London
1982 Four Vine Lane, London
1985 Four Vine Lane, London
1986 Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
1988 Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
1989 Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1992 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
1994 Woodlands Art Gallery
1995 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
1998 'Heads', Agnew's, London
1999 'Sir Morris Finer' & other paintings, Agnew's, London
2001 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex
2002 'Stephen Finer: PEOPLE', Charleston, Sussex (opened by Prof Norbert Lynton) 
2004 Art Space Gallery, London
2010 link: 'Paintings and Watercolours', Art Space Gallery, London 
catalogue: Stephen Finer by Harry Diamond
2012 link: 'Duncan Hume Dancing and Other People', Art Space Gallery, London
2015 link: 'Merlyn Driver recording and other paintings', Art Space Gallery, London
2020 Virtual exhibition:'STEPHEN FINER:PAINTINGS THAT CAPTURE', Masterpiece Art 
2023 'Portrait of the Day' David Bowie by Stephen Finer, National Portrait Gallery London
2024-25 link: 'Paintings of Seán Hewitt and other People', Art Space Gallery
Woman on a banquette 
Hartley and Hume Shawcross (private collection)
ITN with Alma Cogan, 13 December 1959
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Stephen Finer & Alma Cogan copyright Independent Television News
Norbert Lynton interview on the nude in art by Channel One (cable) 1995
BBC1 News, James Wilkinson 'Scientists show an eye for art', Wed 29 April 1998 9.05pm
British Satellite News recorded Tuesday 20 Nov 2001
ZDF German Television - interviewed by Katrina Balmforth recorded Tuesday 20 Nov 2001
Fuji Television, Japan August 2003
Radio Jackie, 2004
'Artists Make Faces', sw1tv 2014
FILM & VIDEO
1980 Pilgrim Farewell, directed by Michael Roemer USA
2021 link: Vogue video 'Iman's Catskill's Home is Full of Beautiful Artistic Odes to David Bowie' Vogue
TALKS + LECTURES
'Perspectives On...Portraits', 7 January 2016, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex, 2016
Portrait of the Day: David Bowie, National Portrait Gallery, 21 & 28 Feb 2019
Marlene Dietrich on stage
Complete Illustrated Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery London 2004
The Complete David Bowie by Nicholas Pegg, Titan Books 2016
Dictionary of British Artists Since 1945 ed. David Buckman
Dictionary of International Biography
Handbook of British Painting & Printmaking 1900-1990 Scolar Press, Ashgate 1998
Insight Guides Museums and Galleries of London, APA Publication 2002
National Portrait Gallery Guide by John Cooper 2006
Seated nude Arts Council Collection
copyright Stephen Finer 
Woman on a stool
1984
'Venice through the Looking-glass', William Packer, The Financial Times, Tuesday June 19, 1984
Misc articles: Artline, Studio International
1985
reviews of mixed exhibition
'Exhibition reviews', Art & Artists, October no:229 illustration
'Untitled', 1985 by Stephen Finer
1986
Marjorie-Allthorpe-Guyton 'New Art l & ll at Anthony Reynolds' Artscribe, Dec-Jan
no.55 R. Costa 'London' Juliet Dec-Jan no:23
1986
'Portraits that capture the prizes', William Packer, Financial Times, Thursday June 5
Margaret Garlake 'Artists of the Day', Art Monthly, June
Graham Hughes 'Letter from Holland', Arts Review, June
Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly, July-August
Contemporary Art Society Annual Report
1988
Margaret Garlake, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Anthony Reynolds Gallery
1989
William Packer, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Berkeley Square Gallery
The Guardian 10 July, The Independent
Art & Design, '40 under 40: the new generation in Britain', by A Papadakes, Academy Editions, New York; St Martin's Press
1990
London Magazine: volume 30, issues 7-12
1991
Antennae', Galleries Magazine Oct 1991
1992
Margaret Garlake, introduction to exhibition at Bernard Jacobson Gallery
'Gallery Openings', The Independent 8 Sept 1992 Iain Gale
Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard 11 Sept 1992
'Gallery', Modern Painters Autumn 1992 illustration: 'Man of twenty three and man of twenty two', 1990
'Faced with a view', William Packer, Financial Times, Tuesday 15 Sept 1992
'What's On' magazine, Simon Corbin, 7-14 October 1992
1992/93
Robin Gibson 'Spotlight': Stephen Finer', Modern Painters vol 4, No 4 Winter Issue
1993
Contemporary Art, Volume 2, Green Book Limited
1993/94
'Face Lift for Portrait Gallery', William Packer, The Financial Times , Friday November 19, 1993
Ian McKay 'The Portrait..When?', Contemporary Art, Winter Issue
Simon Tait, The Observer 6 Feb 1994
1994
'Greenwich Time', 'Finer Art', 1 July 1994
Ian McKay 'What's on in London', July 6-July 13
Greenwich Guide
Finer Art', This is London, 1 July 1994
'Article of Faith' by Colin Wiggins, Art Review, Summer Issue 1994
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John Windsor,The Sunday Review,The Independent on Sunday,18 Sept 1994
illus: A woman, 1992
1995
catalogue introduction by Norbert Lynton, exhibition, Bernard Jacobson Gallery
'Gallery Round-up', The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday April 16
'Hot Tickets: Galleries', Nicholas Drake, ES Magazine, 28 April
'What's On' magazine May 3-May 10 illustration
'Worthwhile hanging around the galleries', Jewish Chronicle, 5 May
'Hot Air', July-Sept 1995 (illustration: 'David Bowie' 1994)
'Features: Beauty and the beastly portrait', Elizabeth Grice, Daily
Telegraph,Thursday Sept 28 1995
'Pop Art', Celia Lyttelton, Tatler October 1995
1996
Diary, ‘The people of the Booker’, Jeremy Lester, Jewish Chronicle, 7 November
1997
'Men on Women' exhibition catalogue (illus.)
'Crankin' Out', June 1997 illustration: 'David Bowie'
1998
'Photo Finish', Times Diary, Jasper Gerard, The Times, Saturday 31 Jan 1998
'British Art 1900-1998' catalogue illus: 'Marlene Dietrich on Stage', Agnew's
1999
'Harpers & Queen', January
'National Coup for city art gallery', Bath Chronicle, 12 Jan 1999
'The Body Beautiful', Bath Chronicle, 18 Jan 1999
'Face to face with an actress who now champions animals', Bath Observer, 21 Jan 1999
Menningarlíf, Freysteinn Jóhannsson, Thursday 18th march 1999, Iceland
Kunst und Politik der Farbe: Gainsboroughs Portraitmalerei by Bettina Gockel, Gebr. Mann
2000
‘Burning Gold’ by Howard Thomas
'Images of a Lifetime', Modern Painters, Winter 1999
Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity' by Martin Golding, Modern Painters, Spring 2000
'Heath's Private View', Private Eye, June 2000
'Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000', by Robin Gibson introduction by Norbert Lynton
(illus:'David Bowie and Iman' by Stephen Finer), National Portrait Gallery, London
'Art Decade...well Month Actually', David Bowie official blog,17 Oct 2000
'The Fame of the Pose' by Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine (illustration: 'David Bowie and Iman' cover & article),
22 October 2000
2001
link:'Last Chance To See David and Iman', David Bowie official blog, 24 Jan 2001
link: 'New Stephen Finer exhibition', 14 June 2001
link: ‘Iman and David Bowie’ see July 1 on David Bowie Wonderworld
Chichester Observer, July 12 2001 illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo', front page & page 5
photo & article:Johnson Press
'Another Finer Mr and Mrs Jones' bowiewonderworld, July 2001 illus: 
'Iman and David Bowie'
'Passport to Pleasure...', West Sussex Gazette, 9 August 2002
'Nothing could be Finer...', by Andrew White illus: 'Iman' , 2000 by Stephen Finer, Southern Daily Echo, Friday 17 August 2001
'When is a portrait not a portrait?' by Charles Saumarez Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 19 Sept 2001
Reuters article by Emma Ross-Thompson, Nov 2001
'A Life' by Gabriel Josipovici, London Magazine Editions
2002
Good Looking, Feb-April 2002
'Bowie and Dietrich come to Charleston (illus:'David Bowie' and 'Patrick Garland' by Stephen Finer), Spectrum 2002
'Finer comes to Charleston' (illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo' by Stephen Finer),
Eastbourne Herald, Friday 8 March 2002
'Sitting Stars' by Unity Wroe (Illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo'), The Argus, Friday 15 March 2002
'Intimacy and Mortality Finer's People' by Robin Gibson illustrated essay published by The Charleston Trust
The Insight (illus:'David Bowie', 2000 by Stephen Finer) Issue 52, April 2002
'Charleston Diary', Canvas, May 2002 Issue 3
'Date', (illustrated: David Bowie' 1994 by Stephen Finer), Denmark
2004
The Elmbridge Lifestyle Magazine', March 2004 (cover: 'Naked woman')
Esher News and Mail, 17 March 2004 (illus.)
Cobham News and Mail, 17 March 2004 (illus).
‘Stephen Finer Paintings’ intoduction by Robin Gibson (illus)
2006
‘Stephen Finer’ (illustrated), Surrey Monocle, March 2006
Kingston Time & Leisure, Issue 18 April 2006
Elmbridge Magazine, April 2006
‘Pictures with Character’ by Nancy Groves (illustrated: ‘Yehudi Menuhin’), Surrey Comet, Wednesday March 1, 2006
‘Finer’s face of art’, by Nancy Groves (‘illustrated ‘Yehudi Menuhin’). Esher & Cobham Guardian, Thursday March 2, 2006
Female Focus, July, Spain
Xpat magazine, August, Spain
‘Every Great Country Must Have its Portrait Gallery’, Jamie Portman, CanWest News Service, Thursday, October 12 2006,
National Post, Canada
‘Why no great country should be without a portrait gallery', Jamie Portman, Thursday, October 12, 2006,
The Ottawa Citizen, Canada
2007
‘Looking Forward 30 Contemporary artists’, Agnew’s London
‘Literature, Reading with Purpose’, illus: ‘Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo’, Glencoe Publishing, McGraw Hill, USA
RTN: ‘EXCLUSIVE ART AT RTN LOUNGE’, by Jack Troughton, 24 May 2007
Arts Magazine, November, France
2008
Visual arts Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times, December 6 2008
2009
Teacher Handbook, National Foundation for Educational Research
2010
'Stephen Finer Paintings & Watercolours', Art Space Gallery
‘A Walk in the Park & Tide Lines: Retracing a Story’, Towner, May 2010
Art Quarterly, (illustrated: ‘Naked woman standing with arms crossed’) Summer 2010
2011
link: 'FLASHBACK', Art Space Gallery
The Alleynian, Summer 2011, No.698
'Kitaj: ', Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Music 1 'From the Present to the Past' by Carla Rees, Open College of the Arts
2012
Maxs Kansas City - Art To The Max:Stephen Finer, 23 January 2012
'People...who read People...are the luckiest people at the National Portrait Gallery', The Purple Passport
'Duncan Hume Dancing and other People' catalogue, Art Space Gallery
link: Interview Magazine, New York, Sept 2012
2013
Portrait of the Day:David Bowie, talk by Emily Worth & leaflet (illustrated),National Portrait Gallery, 21 April 2013
National Portrait Gallery, Philip Storm, visitmuseums.com, 2013
Pallant House Gallery Magazine, July-October 2013, No 30
'Becoming a Londoner' by David Plante, Bloomsbury Publishing
2014
'Lives of the Engineers:Visualizations of the Industrial Revolution in the Work of R.B. Kitaj' by Francis Marshall, Visual Culture in Britain
link: Iconica, Portrait Gallery: os rostos e os nomes day historió, Ronaldo Entler, 6 August 2014
2015
link: 'In the Frame: Plymouth's Portraits revealed' illus: 'Head of a woman by Stephen Finer
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catalogue link: 'Merlyn Driver recording and other paintings'
Merlyn Driver recording, oil on canvas,50.8x40.5cm
Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting by Catherine Lampert, Thames & Hudson
2016
William Boyd (illus: David Bowie by Stephen Finer), The Guardian 12 January 2016
link: Quick Study: David Bowie and art, Two Coats of Paint, Sharon Butler 17 January 2016
Merlyn Driver's Kickstarter EP-prints of Merlyn Driver paintings by Stephen Finer
link: Artwork in focus:Patrick Garland Art.UK
link: Art UK Newsletter #5, 19 April 2016
link: 'A Portrait of Bowie' ed. Brian Hiatt, Octopus Books
link: Art UK Newsletter #20, 15 April 2016
link;review by Tristan Quinn of 'A Portrait of Bowie', Times Literary Supplement, 2 December 2016
2017
link: Art UK story: 'Stephen Finer: Painting David Bowie'
link: Art UK Newsletter #24
Medium, 30 June 2017
5 Books to Read Now, Rob Levy, Alive Mag 12 July 2017
link: Bridgeman Contemporary Artist Stephen Finer’s Portraits of David Bowie 2 Nov 2017
2018
link: Art UK on Twitter 10 Jan 2018
link: 'Forget YBAs,buy OBAs:...' Colin Gleadell, The Telegraph,11 September 2018
2019
link: Icons Trail, PDF publication National Portrait Gallery
link:'David Bowie art in London: Best paintings, portraits, murals and street art of the star on his birthday’, Lizzie Thomson, Evening Standard Tuesday, 8 Jan 2019
link: A look at BBC Two's 'Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century' through art by Lydia Figes, 4 Feb 2019
'Dulwich 400', Ed. Jan Piggott & Nick Black
'Orlando, David Bowie and the Pronoun Revolution' by Chanya Button, Charleston Trust, July 2019
'The contemporary relevance of split portraiture' Hoi Yee Chau, PhD in Fine Art, Reading School of Art, Aug 2019
2020
Portrait of the Day-David Bowie by Stephen Finer, National Portrait Gallery 26 July 2020
2021
OA Magazine
Art of London Augmented Reality Art
link' Augmented Gallery' announces three additional artworks, Gabbie Fernie, Mobile Marketing 9 July
'The soundtrack of art', Art UK newsletter, July 2021
'100 Days', Gabriel Josipovici, Carcanet Press
link: Vogue video 'Iman's Catskill's Home is Full of Beautiful Artistic Odes to David Bowie' Vogue
2022
link: 'Encounters with artists' by David Saywell, ART UK
OA Magazine
Art UK: Art and popular culture
link: Art of London
Art UK: Art and Music
Frank Auerbach The Sitters, Piano Nobile Publications
Frank Auerbach’s portraits: Matthew Travers and William Feaver | Creative Conversations
Frank Auerbach The Sitters, Alexander Adam 'Conversations'
2023
Art UK Newsletter: 'Sound and vision. When art and music collide'
'Grayson Perry joins 60+ artists in charity auction for victims of Torture' by Mark Westall, FAD Magazine 23 October 2023
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'Looking for Bowie. L'uomo e le sue mashere' by Matteo Tonolli, Arcana Edizione
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'David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine' by Nicholas Royle, Manchester University Press
Mannschaft Magazin, 12, 13 Dec 2023
2024
OA Magazine 2024
2024-25 Catalogue link: 'Paintings of Seán Hewitt and other People', Art Space Gallery
Seated naked woman with arm raised watercolour 
Face watercolour
David Bowie National Portrait Gallery
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