Background
Noakes, Michael was born on October 28, 1933 in Brighton, Sussex, England. Son of Basil Henry and Mary Josephine (Gerard) Noakes.
Noakes, Michael was born on October 28, 1933 in Brighton, Sussex, England. Son of Basil Henry and Mary Josephine (Gerard) Noakes.
National diploma in Design, Reigate School Art, Surrey, England, 1954. Certified, Royal Academy Schools, London, 1960.
internationally, including Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, of Marine Artists, of Portrait Painters, National Society etc.; represented in perm, collections. The British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, House of Commons, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Frank Sinatra, etc. President 1968-1972, President 1972-1978, Honorary. Served Council, 1969-1971, 1972-1974, 1978-1980. Governor Federation British Artists 1972-1983, Director 1981-1983.
Honorary; Chairman Contemporary Portrait Society. Platinum Disc; Professional Approach to Oil Painting 1968, numerous contributors to art.
Exhibits include Royal Academy, Royal Institute Oil Painters, Royal Society British Artists, Royal Society Marine Artists, Royal Society Portrait Painters, Royal Glasgow Institute Fine Arts, Contemporary Portrait Society, Grafton Galleries, Grosvenor Galleries, National Society, New Grafton Galleries, Upper Grafton Galleries, Upper Grosvenor Galleries, Woodstock Galleries, Young Contemporaries. Permanent collections include for The Queen for Royal Collection, Windsor, The Prince of Wales, National Portrait Gallery, London, The British Museum, London, Guildhall, London, others. Portrait sitters include The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal as Princess Anne, Princess Margaret, The Earl of Snowdon, President Clinton, Lord Boothby, Princess Ashraf of Iran, Sir Alec Guinness, John Jay Louis, Junior, Robert Morley, J. B. Priestley, Charles Price, Sir Ralph Richardson, Edmund de Rothschild, Dame Margaret Rutherford, Archbishop Runcie of Canterbury, Margaret Thatcher, Sir Donald Wolfit, Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Martin Roth, and many others.Designed coin for 50th birthday of Prince of Wales. Author: A Professional Approach to Oil Painting, 1968. Contributor to various art journals.
Of royal family including H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. M. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, H.R.H. Prince of Wales, H.R.H. Prince Philip, H.R.H. the Duke and H.R.H. Duchess of York, H.R.H. the Princess Royal, H.R.H. Princess Margaret, H.R.H. Princess Alice Countess of Athlone, Earl Mountbatten, Earl of Snowdon, H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, and of other leading figures, including Rt. Honorary Margaret Thatcher. Duke of Norfolk, Cardinal Hume, Lord Aberconway, Princess Ashraf of Iran, Lord Charteris, Lord Denning, Sir Alec Guinness, Haham Doctor Solomon Gaon, General Sir John Hackett, Robert Hardy, Cliff Michelmore, Robert Morley, Malcolm Muggeridge, Airey Neave, Valerie Hobson Profumo, Sir Ralph Richardson, the Archbishop of Canterbury Doctor Runcie, Dame Margaret Rutherford, Dennis Wheatley, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, etc.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters 1964. Council since 1978; Royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1967, served Council, 1969-1971, 1972-1974, 1978-1980. Numerous societies including National Society, United Society.
Idling.
Married Vivien Langley, July 9, 1960. Children: Anya, Jonathan, Benedict.