Gordon Stuart

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{{Infobox person

|birth_name=Gordon Thomas Stuart

|birth_place=Toronto, Ontario, Canada

|birth_date=30 May 1924

|death_place=Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales

|death_date=22 July 2015 (aged 91)

|occupation=artist

}}

Gordon Thomas Stuart (30 May 1924 {{ndash}} 22 July 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/media-wales-group/obituary/stuart-gordon/42805757|title=STUART Gordon : Obituary|date=July 29, 2015|work=bmdsonline.co.uk}} was a Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist, known for his portrayals of Dylan Thomas.

Stuart was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended Ontario College of Art and Design. He met Thomas in 1953 and completed an oil sketch of Thomas and three oil paintings, one in the National Gallery of Art in London, one at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and one located in the Uplands in Thomas's home.Karen Price, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/artist-gordon-stuart-who-painted-9721559 Artist Gordon Stuart who painted Dylan Thomas' final portrait dies at the age of 91], Wales Online, Cardiff, accessed at 24 July 215 at 12:58

Stuart also completed portraits of Jimmy Carter, Sir Kyffin Williams, Aeronwy Thomas, Sir George Martin, and Cliff Morgan.BBC Staff, [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-33648131 Artist who painted last portrait of Dylan Thomas dies] BBC News, London, accessed 24 July 2015

Stuart served in the Canadian Army during World War II and after returning to Canada, later lived in Paris and London before settling in Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/artist-gordon-stuart-who-painted-9721559|title=Artist Gordon Stuart who painted Dylan Thomas' final portrait dies at the age of 91|author=Karen Price|date=July 24, 2015|work=walesonline}}