Richard Foster

Richard Foster (born 1945) is a British painter, principally of portraits.

Life Foster was born in East Lexham, Norfolk and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford with further artistic training at Studio Simi, Florence and the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Foster has been a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1976 and President since 2017. Furthermore, he served as Vice-President from 1991 to 1994 and Treasurer from 2003 to 2006. Foster has also acted as a member of the Art Workers Guild since 1980.

Over his career, he has painted in both oil and watercolour, producing single portraits, group portraits, landscapes, and compositions, which he has exhibited at one-man shows held every three or four years.

Works Portraits + Portraits Subject Location Reference Ed Coode Girton College Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale Kedleston Hall Douglas Ranger University College London Art Museum Michael Checkland Broadcasting House Edmund Compton Royal Academy of Music Douglas Black Royal College of Physicians George Burns County Hall, Hertford Robert Hume Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Diana, Princess of Wales Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Vivian H. H. Green Lincoln College, Oxford Burke Trend Lincoln College, Oxford Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby Green Howards Regimental Museum

Other works The Nativity, Saint Andrew the Fisherman and The Second ComingSt. Andrew's Church, East Lexham, Norfolk