Painter. Former President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Chairman of the Contemporary Portrait Society. His subjects include Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Bill Clinton and Pope Benedict XVI. Husband of the writer Vivien Noakes.
His Wikipedia page and his obituary in The Guardian newspaper give many details of his life.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Noakes
Plaque unveiled by Sir David Attenborough and, unusually by one of those comm...
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