Lincoln Townley Age, Net Worth, Son, Wife, Denise Welch Husband, Ex-Wife, Wiki, Bio, Paintings
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Lincoln Townley Biography – Lincoln Townley Wiki
Lincoln Townley is an English contemporary artist known for his expressive figurative paintings. Drawn from the artist’s subconscious, the dark and often tormented imagery of Townley’s work seeks to evoke “the chaos bubbling just below the surface of our lives, which drive our desires to succeed and win in life,” he told artnet.
Born on December 27, 1972 in London, United Kingdom, he is largely self-taught. He began to focus on his painting after becoming sober and leaving his original career in marketing night clubs, and has cited his past as a source of inspiration for his early work, which was collected by the likes of Charlie Sheen, Al Pacino, and Russell Brand.
Townley has exhibited internationally, including The National Gallery, The Royal Academy, Somerset House, The Saatchi gallery, and The Brisbane Powerhouse, among others. He participated in the 2019 Venice Biennale and has collaborated with brands like MasterCard and with organizations including the British Academy of Film. He lives in London with his wife, the former ‘Coronation Street’ actress Denise Welch.
Lincoln Townley Age
Artist Lincoln Townley was born on December 27, 1972, in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom.
Lincoln Townley Wife
Is Lincoln Townley married? He has been married to Denise Welch since June 2013. Lincoln met Denise at Soho’s Jet Black nightclub. They married on 13 June 2013 in a beautiful ceremony that was held in Portugal after becoming engaged in August 2012.
It was Denise’s third wedding; she married actor David Easter in 1983 before their split in 1988. She then married actor Tim Healy later that year, before they divorced in 2012.
Lincoln Townley Ex-Wife
Lincoln Townley’s ex-wife is Beverley Jones. The pair met when Beverley was working on her parents’ flower stall in Stevenage, Herts. Lincoln wed Beverley at the age of 19 in September 1992. They got together two years earlier when they were both 17 and Lincoln gave Beverley a ring handed down from his gran for their engagement.
Beverley had given birth to Lincoln’s son Lewis six months earlier and the tot was at their wedding in Hertford, Herts.
Their disastrous marriage broke down after just four months when they lost their privately-rented flat because they could not pay the rent – and found themselves in a homeless hostel.
Beverley was then horrified to find Lincoln had secretly run up further debts. She walked out and moved back in with her parents. Her divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour went through in September 1993.
Beverley told Mirror Online: “He wasn’t into drink or drugs or anything. But we had nothing. He could never hold down a job and would always end up having a row with people at work. He worked for a few builders and at one point he said he was going to join the Army but that never came to anything.
“We had absolutely nothing. We would sleep on a mattress. It was awful. To find more debt had been built up – I couldn’t believe it. And that was after we ended up in a hostel because he couldn’t pay the rent.”
Denise recalled in her 2012 autobiography Starting Over how she and Lincoln discussed his marriage to Beverley, writing: “Back then he didn’t have any money, so Beverley went back to live with her mother.
“After that she moved to Spain, making it hard for Lincoln to see Lewis. He used to go over every other weekend. It didn’t last because they were so young.”
Beverley has since remarried and now works as a nursery school teacher.
Lincoln Townley Son
Artist Lincoln Townley and ex-wife Beverley Jones share a son Lewis Townley. Lewis married wife Elizabeth Townley-Cope in August 2021. In September 2022, Denise Welch revealed stepson Lewis Townley is expecting his first child with wife Elizabeth.
Lincoln Townley Net Worth
How much is Lincoln Townley worth? The British artist Lincoln Townley is a multi-millionaire. He bought a £7 million Chelsea penthouse adorned with his paintings from the proceeds of his previous Behind The Mask La Biennale and Greed collections.
In 2018 Lincoln sold a diamond encrusted portrait of the late Princess Diana for a personal record-breaking £1 million, beating his previous record of £510,000 set by his painting of Mohammed Ali.
The artist sold £5 million worth of art at the world-famous La Biennale in Venice at the prestigious Palazzo Bembo on The Grand Canal. He has had sell-out shows at London’s Saatchi Gallery, the Royal Academy and across the world including Los Angeles and Brisbane.
Lincoln Townley Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) tall.
Lincoln Townley Instagram
Lincoln Townley’s Instagram is @lincolntownley.