EDDIE ‘TERROR OF THE ATLANTIC’ FOSBROOK

Morgans University lecturer agreed to sit for him for a stereo portrait. If you stare at the portrait and then slowly cross your eyes, the two images fuse to create a 3 dimensional third image - Eddie is in 3D! The image chromatically shimmers as the colours clash and work against each other. The portrait was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery.

Eddie was a boxer and a merchant seaman in the Second World War. He was on the last British warship to be torpedoed by the Japanese. He boxed in front of Churchill on the way to the Yalta conference on HMS Hunter and became a tailor and lecturer after the war.

Oil on linen

Private collection

GICLEE REPRODUCTIONS

Giclee reproductions are now available. 46x61cm (18x24”) Hahnemuhle 308gsm heavy duty watercolour paper. Unframed reproduction using archival inks, authentication emboss and signed by the Artist

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Credits

Location
Chelsea

Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery

Details
Pure pigment and linseed oil on linen

Dimensions
50x80cm