Self Portrait - Peacock

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0819
• Dates of Creation:c2005
• Name of Creator:
  Esson, Michael
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Self portrait of visiting lecturer.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Michael Esson was born in Scotland in 1950 and studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He is the Director of the International Drawing Research Institute, the College of Fine Arts, the University of New South Wales, Professor of Drawing at Lincoln University, UK, and a Visiting Professor of Drawing at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, the Xian Academy of Fine Art, China, Dong Hua University, Shanghai, and Lu Xun Academy, China. In 1993-94, he was the first artist in residence at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.The core of his work has been the study and interpretation of the human figure through the drawing process.

• Acquisition Information

  Artist, 12.03.2005.

• Note

  Michael Esson was born in Scotland in 1950 and studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He is the Director of the International Drawing Research Institute, the College of Fine Arts, the University of New South Wales, Professor of Drawing at Lincoln University, UK, and a Visiting Professor of Drawing at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, the Xian Academy of Fine Art, China, Dong Hua University, Shanghai, and Lu Xun Academy, China. In 1993-94, he was the first artist in residence at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.The core of his work has been the study and interpretation of the human figure through the drawing process.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  etching, black ink on white paper
  Dimensions: 758 x 570 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Fine arts

  Portraits

  Printing