Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery in London holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world, spanning over 600 years of history with more than 300,000 portraits of fascinating and inspiring people.
Artimage is delighted to work with the gallery to license images of portraits by artists represented by DACS and its network of sister societies. These include Bloomsbury Group artist, Duncan Grant; American painter, Alex Katz; and Bauhaus designer, Margarete (Grete) Marks.
Matthew Bailey, Manager, Rights & Images, National Portrait Gallery said:
“We are pleased to be working with Artimage to make these images readily available for licensing. For artists represented by DACS, we were previously unable to make these available via our own licensing website and it is great for our clients that they can now be accessed and licensed online via Artimage. Income raised via licensing helps the National Portrait Gallery continue its ongoing work, and maintain free access to the Collections onsite, and via the Gallery website at npg.org.uk.”
The National Portrait Gallery joins the Arts Council Collection, British Council Collection and National Galleries of Scotland in licensing their images with Artimage.
Selected images
Vanessa Bell (née Stephen), 1917, Duncan Grant:
Sir Barnett Stross, c.1935, Margarete Marks:
Edward Alexander Wadsworth, 1937, Edward Wadsworth:
David Sylvester ('Mr Art'), 1962, Larry Rivers:
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Images from top: Anna Wintour, 2009, Alex Katz © Alex Katz, DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2016; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen), 1917, Duncan Grant © Estate of Duncan Grant, All rights reserved, DACS 2016; Sir Barnett Stross, c.1935, Margarete Marks © Estate Margarete Marks / DACS 2016; Edward Alexander Wadsworth, 1937, Edward Wadsworth © Estate of Edward Wadsworth, All rights reserved, DACS 2016; David Sylvester ('Mr Art'), 1962, Larry Rivers © Estate of Larry Rivers/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2016. All images: © National Portrait Gallery.