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Huge Portrait Oil Painting Diplomat Sir Leslie Fielding Scottish Tartan Dress
London, United Kingdom
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Item details
Height
143.0 cm
Width
100.0 cm
Depth
5.0 cm
Wear conditions
Good
Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.
Description
1 Huge British Important Fine Art Portrait Oil Painting Diplomat Sir Leslie Fielding Scottish Tartan Clan Dress.
Subject portraits of Leslie Fielding in side facing profile he is an stylish traditional Scottish clan dress with kilt standing in three quarter length view, he was 42 in his prime when this was painted. With his hands by his sides in a powerful pose, with a view of a castle in the distance.
Really impressive size with the frame being 143cm tall and 100 cm wide.
With latin inscription Ann ER S.V. XL II.
Signed by the British artist M Gove Knox.
Oil on canvas.
Provenance biography verso.
Set in an attractive original frame which really enhances the painting.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Circa late 20th century signed and dated 1974.
Biography of Leslie Fielding Sir Leslie Fielding KCMG (29 July 1932 – 4 March 2021) was a British diplomat. In the Diplomatic Service, he spent time in the Foreign Office in London before serving as the European Commission Ambassador to Tokyo between 1978 and 1982. He was Director-General for external relations at the European Commission from 1982 to 1987.
Early life. Fielding was the son of Percy Fielding and Margaret Calder. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he studied Persian. Career Fielding spent seven years in the Foreign Office in London, as well as serving political assignments in overseas embassies in Tehran, Singapore, Phnom Penh and Paris.
He joined the European Commission in 1973 and was the Ambassador to Tokyo between 1978 and 1982. Upon his return from Japan, he became the Director-General for external relations at the European Commission. Fielding was knighted in 1988. He was a non-executive director of IBM(Europe) and a special adviser to Panasonic. Between 1987 and 1992 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex.
He was a patron of the Society of King Charles the Martyr. The Society of King Charles the Martyr is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to the cult of King Charles the Martyr, a title of Charles I of England (1600–1649). It is a member of the Catholic Societies of the Church of England, an Anglo-Catholic umbrella group. It is also active in the Scottish Episcopal Churchand North America, and has international members elsewhere. Death Sir Leslie died on 4 March 2021 after a short illness.
His Publications as follows Europe as a global partner: the external relations of the European Community, University Association for Contemporary European Studies, London, 1989. ISBN 0906384303. Before the Killing Fields: Witness to Cambodia and the Vietnam War, I.B.Tauris, 2007. ISBN 1845114930. Kindly call me God": the misadventures of 'Fielding of the FO', Eurocrat extraordinaire and vice-chancellor semipotentiary, Boermans Books, 2009. ISBN 0956216714. Twilight over the Temples: the close of Cambodia's Belle Epoque, Boermans Books, 2011. ISBN 0956216722 The Mistress of the Bees: a novel, Boermans Books, 2011. ISBN 0956216730. Mentioned in despatches: Phnom Penh, Paris, Tokyo, Brussels: is diplomacy dead?, Boermans Books, 2012. ISBN 0956216749. Is Diplomacy Dead? Boermans Books, 2014. ISBN 9780956216755.When The EU Going Was Good Boermans Books, 2020 ISBN 9780956216786.
References FIELDING, Sir Leslie, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 (Subscription or UK public library membership required)
1. ^ Jump up to: a b Fielding, Sir Leslie, KCMG - Brill Reference
2. ^ Jump up to: a b About Sir Leslie Fielding
3. ^ "Sir Leslie Fielding (OE 1943-51)". 11 March 2021.
This is such a superb portrait by such a talented artist having the skills of a master.
Superb brushstroke control which brings persons face to life so realistic.
Condition report:
Offered in fine used condition.
The painting surfaces are in good overall condition, with some foxing staining to the front, craquelure and some minor paint loss in areas, various foxing on the back of the canvas. The frame has general wear and scuffs also some losses, cracking & chips to frame commensurate with usage & age.
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