Jonathan Yeo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Yeo
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1970(1970-12-18)
Age	54
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Jonathan Yeo Biography

Jonathan Yeo is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on December 18, 1970 in London, England, United Kingdom. Painter and visual artist who is known for his unique portraits which feature elements of both realism and abstraction. He is also known for posting videos of his painting process for his over 80,000 Instagram followers.

Other artists from London who focus on portraiture include John Singer Sargent, Miss Led, and Lara Jade.

Yeo taught himself to paint in his twenties while recovering from Hodgkin’s Disease. In the early 2000s, he became known for his contemporary realist portraits of well-known figures. His subjects include actors Dennis Hopper, Jude Law, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily Cole, Nicole Kidman, Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng, the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, The Duchess of Cornwall and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. In 2005, his portrait of Erin O’Connor was used to advertise London’s National Portrait Gallery around the world. The painting was used as the front cover of ‘500 Portraits’, a survey of the BP Portrait prize published in 2011.

Yeo was commissioned by the House of Commons as the official Election Artist for the 2001 UK general election, and he painted the leaders of the three largest parties. His triptych of Tony Blair, William Hague, and Charles Kennedy, entitled, ‘Proportional Representation’, was made up of canvases sized according to the subjects’ popularity.

He was born and raised in London, England.

Jonathan Yeo Net Worth

Jonathan Yeo is one of the richest Painter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Yeo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He first began sharing images of his artwork to Instagram in April of 2013.

He has hosted several events at the Royal Academy of Art where he teaches life drawing and other techniques involving portraiture.

Jonathan Yeo (born 18 December 1970 in London, England) is a British artist who rose to international prominence in his early 20s as a contemporary portraitist, having painted Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper, Cara Delevingne, Damien Hirst, Prince Philip, Erin O’Connor, Tony Blair, and David Cameron among others. GQ has called him ‘one of the worlds most in-demand portraitists’. He was educated at Westminster School.

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Who is Jonathan Yeo Dating?

According to our records, Jonathan Yeo married to Shebah Ronay. As of December 1, 2023, Jonathan Yeo’s is not dating anyone.

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His unauthorised 2007 portrait of George W. Bush, created from cuttings of pornographic magazines brought him worldwide notoriety, shown in London, New York and Los Angeles.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jonathan Yeo celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.

In January 2008, Yeo’s official portrait of former Prime Minister Tony Blair was unveiled and struck a public chord with its clear Iraq war reference. It showed an older and wearier-looking Blair wearing a red poppy – a symbol of war remembrance for the British. In line with the political subjects that have featured throughout his work, in 2009, Yeo painted a full-length portrait of David Cameron just before his election to Prime Minister, which was sold at auction in 2010 for £200,000.

Top Facts about Jonathan Yeo

1. Jonathan Yeo is a British artist born in 1970.
2. He is known for his portraits of famous figures.
3. Yeo has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
4. His subjects include Tony Blair, David Cameron and Nicole Kidman.
5. Yeo’s work explores themes of beauty, power and identity.
6. He uses a range of media including oil paint and collage.
7. Yeo has won numerous awards for his artistry.
8. His work is held in collections worldwide including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
9. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a portrait of Malala Yousafzai for the National Portrait Gallery, London.
10. Yeo has also worked on projects outside of traditional portraiture such as creating artwork for album covers and designing sets for theatre productions.

What is Jonathan Yeo known for?

“Jonathan Yeo is one of the most highly regarded and innovative portrait painters working in Britain (or, indeed, anywhere) today… Renowned for his distinctive, highly figurative canvases and striking collages , he employs a range of media and techniques to create a diverse body of work that expands the traditional …

How does Jonathan Yeo create his artwork?

For the most part Jonathan uses digital printing methods to produce his editions on paper. Experimentation with hand finishing, through the use of varnish, gilding, acrylic paint, as well as adjustments to the digital images in the pre-printed stage, add to the uniqueness of each artwork.

What is Jonathan Yeo inspired by?

I was visibly influenced by what I had access to, particularly paintings by David Bomberg, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and other twentieth-century artists at the Tate Gallery , which was the closest to where I lived at the time.

What medium does Jonathan Yeo use?

Painting

Is Frank Auerbach still alive?

Rarely leaving Britain, he lives and works in London and has had the same studio since the 1950s. The dealer Helen Lessore at the Beaux-Arts Gallery, London, gave Auerbach his first solo show in 1956.