01 / Shows
Lincoln Townley’s figures make manifest the existential turmoil of our own Twenty-First Century moment. Townley combines the horror and distortion of Bacon with the thick and sculptural paint application synonymous with Frank Auerbach’s best portraits of the 1950s.
02 / Biography
Lincoln Townley is a contemporary British painter whose work occupies a powerful space between abstraction and figuration, interrogating the psychology of power, ambition, and modern success. Born in 1972, Townley works from his primary studios in Cheshire, England, with dedicated showrooms in Cheshire and Hertfordshire, just outside London. From these bases, he has developed a practice that is both materially rigorous and internationally resonant.
Townley’s paintings are not portraits in the conventional sense. These figures — frequently associated with the archetype of the ‘Banker’ — function as contemporary symbols of authority and financial dominion. They embody the ambition, volatility, and moral ambiguity that define the structures governing twenty-first century life.
LINCOLN TOWNLEY PORTRAIT / STUDIO
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Art Fairs
In 2026, Lincoln Townley made his first solo presentation on American soil at Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, bringing fourteen new paintings from the Banker series — represen...
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Art Fairs
Represented by De Buck Gallery (NY), Lincoln Townley exhibited at The Armory Show (Frieze New York) at the Javits Center in a hugely significant step in his growth in North America
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In Context
Frieze's review of 'Human Presence' explores how Bacon's portraits transcend likeness to become sites of existential confrontation, noting the artist's preference for painting f...
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Lincoln Townley’s visceral figurative paintings are fictive portrayals drawn entirely from the artist’s imagination. The influence of Francis Bacon here cannot be denied, and ak...
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