Gordon Stuart: key obituary facts
Is Gordon Stuart dead? Yes. Gordon Stuart died on July 22, 2015, at age 91.
Cause of death: Gordon Stuart's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Gordon Stuart known for?
He was a Canadian-born Welsh painter (1924–2015).
More about Gordon Stuart
Gordon Stuart, a Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist, died on July 22, 2015.
Born Gordon Thomas Stuart in Toronto on May 30, 1924, he studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design before building a career known especially for his portraits of Dylan Thomas. Stuart met Thomas in 1953 and went on to produce an oil sketch and three oil paintings of the poet; one is held by the National Gallery of Art in London, another by the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a third remains at Thomas’s former home in the Uplands.
He also painted portraits of Jimmy Carter, Sir Kyffin Williams, Aeronwy Thomas, Sir George Martin and Cliff Morgan.