| Bill Mundy was born in 1936 in Berkshire, and
started painting before he was five years old. After an apprenticeship as a
lithographic artist, he spent his military service in the Far East as a
cartographer during the Malayan Emergency. He lived in Asia for 20 years, and
his career progressed from Creative Director to the position of Area Director
for Asia with an International Group of US Advertising Agencies. He returned to
England in 1978 to become a full-time artist and |
Professor Brian Livesley |
portrait painter. The artist's sitters have
included HM King Bhumipol Aduladej of Thailand, HRH The Sultan of Johor in
Malaysia, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The
Sultan of Oman, Sir David Money-Coutts, Sir Peter Saunders, Spike Milligan,
Rolf Harris, General Sir Patrick Palmer, HM The Queen's Bargemaster, Boris
Johnson, as well as numerous other personalities. In 2008 Bill Mundy published
his autobiography, "A Brush With Life". |
