Paul Richards (born 1949) is a British figurative painter and part-time lecturer at the

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/ref> Richards was educated at Saint Martin's School of Art and Maidstone School of Art. He came to prominence in the 1970s for performance-based art he produced with

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in Nice Style, the world's first pose band. Richards paints portraits and

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. 17 of his oil paintings are in UK public art collections, such as

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and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust Foundation.

Exhibitions

One-Man

:1967: Robert Self Gallery, London :1977: Battersea Arts Centre, London :1981, 82, 83: Lewis Johnstone Gallery, London :1985: ‘Red Rite’, Riverside Studios, London;‘Love Dance’, Connaught Brown, London :1988,90: Connaught Brown, London :1991: Denis Hotz Fine Art, Johannesburg :1992,94: Connaught Brown, London :1995: Carling Dalenson, Stockholm :1996,98: Connaught Brown, London :1996: Dalenson Gallery, Naples, Florida :2003,06: Connaught Brown, London :2009''Crisis of Identity'': 22 January – 28 February 2009 – Connaught Brown Gallery, London

Mixed

:1972: ‘The British Thing’, Oslo :1973: ‘Critics Choice’, Tooth Gallery, London;‘Deep Freeze’ (performance), Hanover Grand, London :1974: ‘A Problem of Positioning’ (performance), Architectural Association, London :1975: ‘End of an Era’, Robert Self Gallery, London :1979: ‘The Masterwork’ (performance), Riverside Studios, London :1982: ‘Collazione Inglese’, Venice,‘The New Classicism’, Bremio Lubiam, Italy :1983: New Purchase Exhibition, Arts Council Collection, National Theatre, London;‘The Formal and Informal’, Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna :1984: APERTO 84, Venice Biennale :1985: ‘Room at the Top’, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London;Festival d’Eté de Seine Maritime, Rouen :1987-88: ‘The Arts for Television’, touring Exhibition – venues included: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musée National d’Art Moderne,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate Gallery, London :1991: Recent Purchases, Contemporary Art Society, Camden Arts Centre, London :1994: Summer Exhibition, O’Hara Gallery, New York :1997: ‘Wait and See (What’s for Dinner)’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne :2004–05: ‘Tom Bendhem: Collector’, Contemporary Art Society Touring Exhibition

Publications

*Fenner, Felicity, and Paul Richards (1996), ''A Certain Fiction'', Florida

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Paul 1949 births Living people British painters British male painters Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art