Van Dyck, on the money!
June 4 2015
Picture: BG*
The Bank of England are planning to put an artist on the new £20 note - and they're taking nominations from the public. Says the Bank:
The next £20 note will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts and we would like the public to nominate who they would like to feature on the back of the £20 note.
Visual artists include architects, artists, ceramicists, craftspeople, designers, fashion designers, filmmakers, photographers, printmakers and sculptors.
The Bank will not feature fictional or living characters, with the exception of the Monarch, who appears on the front of our notes.
Since Britain's single greatest contribution to the history of painting is the genre of portraiture, then who better to put on the note than the most influential portraitist ever to work in Britain - Van Dyck?
AHNers - please do your bit, nominate him yourself, and spread the word!
* with apologies for the rubbish Photoshopping. If anyone can send in a better example, please do...
