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Nicholas Egon

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Nicholas Egon FRSA FKC, (15 November 1921 – 25 April 2017) was a national of Czechoslovakia who emigrated to the United Kingdom where he became a leading portrait painter.[1][2][3]

He first came to the United Kingdom about 1938. Near the end of World War II he served as the official artist with the British military in Basra.

References

  1. ^ "King's College London - Nicholas Egon, 1921-2017". Kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Term details". British Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Count Nicholas Egon". Thetimes.co.uk. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.