Name Theo Platt | Education Central Saint Martins | |
Theo Platt (born 1960) is a British portrait artist.
He was born in York, England and studied at York College of Art and Technology before completing his fine art training at St Martins School of Art in London. He started a portrait painting enterprise using a £1000 government grant, then writing to every government cabinet minister offering his portrait services. Since then he has completed many notable commissions including a portrait of Princess Diana for The Hospital of Neurology and many portraits for the Armed Forces.
Durham University and University College London own examples of his work.
Theo has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and at the National Portrait Gallery and continues to live and work in London.
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