Maitre Andrew Vicari's Biography

Maitre Andrew Vicari's Professional Career

Career

artist; official painter: king and govt of Saudi Arabia, Interpol, Compagnie Republicaine de Securite (CRS); European Parl and Cncl of Europe Beaux Arts Prize 1995; world patron Millennium Tst, hon memb European Hotel Mangrs Assoc; Hon Col US 6 Cavalry, hon memb Rotary Int; pres Carwyn James Rugby Sch Wales, hon vice-pres Neath Male Voice Choir; Freeman City of London 2002, memb Guild of Freemen of the City of London, memb Worshipful Co of Firefighters, Liveryman of Wales; FZS; Brig d'Honneur CRS (France), Brig d'Honneur de la Police Nationale (France), Commanduer Confrerie des Chevaliers des Tastevins (France), Chevalier Order of Merit (Monaco); Major Exhibitions incl: New Burlington Galleries London 1955, Redfern Gallery London 1956, Obelisk Gallery London 1956, Exhibitions Grand Palais des Champs Elysées Societe des Artists Français Paris 1957, RBA Galleries London 1957, United Soc of Artists 1957, Grand Palais des Champs Elysées Paris 1959, Faces in Wales (Temple of Peace Civic Centre Cardiff) 1960, The Last Supper (Foyle's Art Gallery London) 1960, Thomson House Cardiff 1960, Vicari Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings (Leicester Sq London) 1961 (in aid of ICRF), Kalamazoo Museum of Art MI 1962, Columbus Museum of Art OH 1963, Harrison Library NY 1963, Contemporary Art Soc of GB Vicari Retrospective (UC Wales) 1963, Bath Festival 1964, Circolo Della Stampa Rome 1965, The Virgin and the Gypsy (London Screenplays) 1970, Archer Gallery London 1972, Madden Galleries London 1973, Galerie Vendome Beirut 1974, The Triumph of the Bedouin (King Faisal Conf Centre Riyadh) 1974-78, Romantic Realism of Vicari (8th Int Art Fair Basle) 1977, Chevy Chase Art Center Washington DC 1978, Salle Empire Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo 1981, Galerie du Carlton Cannes 1981, The Majesty of King Faisal (King Faisal Fndn Riyadh) 1984, Petit Palais MOMA Geneva 1984, Les Vigonades de la Concorde (Hotel de Crillon Paris) 1988, Interpol World HQ Lyons 1989, Siege Credit Lyonnais Bank Lyons 1989, The Majesty of King Fahd (Rashid Engrg Museum Riyadh) 1989, Palais Amerique-Latin Monaco 1991, La Guerre du Golfe (Les Invalides Paris) 1991, Hotel Meurice Paris 1991, CRS Versailles 1994, Palais des Beaux Arts Beijing 1995, Governor's Palace St Petersburg 1995, La Vigonade des Motards de la Police Nationale (Miny of the Interior Paris) 2000, The Vicari Collection of Paintings and Drawings Produced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1998-2001 (Royal Suite Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel) 2001, An Essex Celebration of Constable & Gainsborough (10 landscapes) 2003, Parable of Majesty & Reconciliation (retrospective, Abu Dhabi and The Palace One & Only Royal Mirage Dubai) 2005, 4 Caravaggios and 1 Vicari (Sardinia, Malta and Minorca) 2006, portraits of iconic figures of the 20th Century (Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre) 2006, The Enigma: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1956-2006 (Grosvenor House Dubai) 2006; Commissions incl: The Children of Tymorfa four panels for Glamorgan Educn Authy 1956, Cyclorama: Harlequins, Colombines & Children for Nat Eisteddfod Llandudno 1964, Bath Festival Exhibition 1964, The Vigonade of the Millennium Stadium mural for S dressing room (to remove notorious jinx) Millennium Stadium Cardiff 2002, Triptych of Sir Alex Ferguson 2003 for Manchester United Carrington Training Ground 2003, Retrospective Vicari Exhibition for the Cultural Fndn of Abu Dhabi 2005, Iconic Portraits of the 20th Century Vicari Exhibition for the opening of Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, The San Guines of Andrew Vicari (Chateau Saint Martin, Venice, Cote d'Azur); Work in Collections incl: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Nat Library of Wales, Museum of Tel Aviv, Contemporary Arts Soc of GB, Tate Gallery, Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Pezzo Pozzoli Museum Milan, Petit Palais MOMA Geneva, David Lloyd Kreeger Collection Washington DC, IBM Collection Armonk, Palais Princier Monaco, Musée des Timbres et Monnaie Monaco, Hermitage Museum St Petersburg, King Faisal Conf Centre Riyadh, Chinese Miny of Culture Beijing, King Faisal Fndn Museum Riyadh, Rashid Engrg Museum Riyadh, Collection National Library of Riyadh, Credit Lyonnais Bank Lyons and Paris, Tournament Identity for Celtic Manor Wales Open Golf Championship 2007, series of landscape paintings as official artist to the Ryder Cup Course at Celtic Manor 2007

Maitre Andrew Vicari's Publications

Books and Publications

Triumph of the Bedouin (1978), Ghazi A Al Ghosaibi: From the Orient and the Desert (illustrations, 1984), The Mystery of Memory: The Truth is Not Enough (vol 1 of autobiography, 2007)

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