Painting with an Accent: German-Jewish Émigré Stories: in cooperation with the German Embassy London

Peter Midgley (né  Peter Fleischmann, 1921 Berlin, Germany – 1991 London, England)

Self-portrait, c. 1990

Oil on canvas

Private Collection

© The Estate of Peter Midgley

Midgley was a versatile painter, printmaker, sculptor and muralist, whose practice spanned many genres including portraiture. His self-portraits span his long career; this one painted in the year before his death, is considered an excellent likeness by his family.