Elizabeth Peyton is a American born (1965) painter whose best known for her paintings of celebrities, close friends, and the British Monarchy. Peyton mostly works with oil paint, but also draws and has started to do ecthings.Peyton went to school in New York at The School of Visual Arts. She started showing art work out of a rented room at the famous Chelsea Hotel in the 80's, where a gallery owner stopped by, and well you get the idea. In 2006 a portrait of John Lennon sold for around $800,000. She has been credited for the revival of portrait paintings in a time (the 90's) where most critics and artists had called the form "dead". Peyton has shown now in many exhibitions and has permanent pieces at galleries such as The Guggenheim and The Museum of Modern Art (both in New York) and at other galleries in Europe.
Some of the celebrities Peyton has painted are David Bowie, Kieth Richards, Julian Casablancas, Jarvis Cocker, Graham Coxon, Chloe Sevigny, Kurt Cobain, Prince William and Harry, Pete Doherty, and John Lennon.For more info:
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