Acclaimed artist Lincoln Townley paints BAFTA honourees for Britannia Award



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Acclaimed British artist Lincoln Townley, who counts the likes of Sir Michael Caine, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro amongst his fans, will head to Los Angeles this week after being commissioned to paint the honourees for this year’s prestigious Britannia Award.

The BAFTA Brtitannia Award is the highest accolade presented by BAFTA Los Angeles, and is a celebration of achievement honouring individuals and companies from the US, UK and beyond who have dedicated their careers or corporate missions to advancing the art-forms of the moving image.

Honourees this year are  Jodie Foster, Ricky Gervais, Samuel L. Jackson, Felicity Jones, Ang Lee and Ewan McGregor.

Honourees over the years have included Sir Michael Caine, Martin Scorsese, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Firth, Clint Eastwood, Dame Helen Mirren, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller, George Lucas, Kate Winslet, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day Lewis and George Clooney.

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Last year BAFTA LA’s official artist-in-residence, Lincoln Townley was commissioned to paint their 2015 Honourees including Meryl Streep and Harrison Ford and these portraits form part of the ICONS collection, a collection of paintings of the most famous and influential people in the world which unveiled earlier this year.

This week, Townley celebrated his Retrospective exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Over two hundred guests including Sir Michael Caine, global celebrities, worldwide art collectors and dealers joined him for the private show at the prestigious modern art gallery.

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Recently Lincoln painted Sir Michael Caine and his wife Shakira, after presenting him the painting the legendary actor said: “There’s no doubt in my opinion that Lincoln is the next Andy Warhol.”

The BAFTA Britannia Award will be presented at a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles on Friday 28th October, 2017.

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More information of Lincoln Townley can be found on his official website.

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