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Image Not Available for Portrait of Professor Alex Kemp
Portrait of Professor Alex Kemp
Image Not Available for Portrait of Professor Alex Kemp

Portrait of Professor Alex Kemp

Artist (Wick, Scotland, born 1954)
Date2006
Object NamePainting
MediumAcrylic on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions83.5 x 59.9cm
Frame Size: 104 x 79.3cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 2011.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG013287
About MeThe portrait of Professor Kemp was painted in Aberdeen in 2006 as one of 24 works of the "Energy: North Sea Portraits" exhibition, a collaborative partnership between the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.

Alex Kemp is Schlumberger Professor of Petroleum Economics at the University of Aberdeen and is the pre-eminent authority on the UK's offshore oil industry. He was commissioned by the Prime Minister to write the Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas and this two volume set is due to be published in 2011.
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