John Singer Sargent: Portrait Drawings in Charcoal – A talk by Richard Ormond
Image: John Singer Sargent, ‘Conrad and Reine Ormond’ – A loan from Richard Ormond for the duration of our Annual exhibition 2025.
The RP goes East
Antony Williams and Anthony Connolly are in China as guests of Shengxinyu Art. We have a programme of lectures, talks, studio visits and exhibitions, all with the purpose of enriching Sino-British understanding and engagement with the visual arts. This is the first time the RP has explored the possibility of collaborations with Chinese artists.…
Celebrating One of four artists Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award
Congratulations to Aelfred Hilman for being one of four artists who were awarded as Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award this year with, ‘On Alnmouth Beach’. The de Laszlo Foundation award, sponsored by the de Laszlo Foundation, aims to encourage young artists. Award for an artist under thirty-five years of age judged to…
Celebrating One of four artists Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award
Congratulations to Sam Clayden for being one of four who were noted as Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award with, ‘Tomas’. The de Laszlo Foundation award, sponsored by the de Laszlo Foundation, aims to encourage young artists. Award for an artist under thirty-five years of age judged to have submitted the best portrait. …
Celebrating One of four artists Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award
Congratulations to Luke Fj Nolan for being one of four who were noted as Highly Commended for the de Laszlo Foundation Award with, ‘Portrait of a Miao Girl’. The de Laszlo Foundation award, sponsored by the de Laszlo Foundation, aims to encourage young artists. Award for an artist under thirty-five years of age judged to…
Celebrating the winner of The Raw Umber Studios Prize
Congratulations to Florence Yuqing for winning The Raw Umber Studios Prize: Raw Umber Studios believes that the most exciting contemporary portraiture lies at the intersection of technical excellence and creative expression. Their annual prize, inaugurated in 2023, encourages and rewards such work. Value £2,000. Can you tell us more about your exhibiting (award winning?)…
Celebrating the winner of the RP Prize for best Small Portrait
Congratulations to RP Toby Wiggins for winning this year’s RP Prize for best Small Portrait with ‘Ezra Aged Six and Three Quarters’. A prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring not more than 38 x 30.5 cm (15 x 12 inches) unframed. How did this portrait start? I had…
Raising Awareness: In Conversation with Tim Benson RP
This year, International Face Equality Week and Mental Health Awareness Week coincide. Both events hold themes that are incredibly relevant for both the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Federation of British Artists. This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness week is community, to celebrate the power and importance of having a safe and…
100 Years Since John Singer Sargent
JOHN SINGER SARGENT 1856 – 2025 John Singer Sargent was made an Honorary Member of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1903. The Society is delighted to be able to celebrate its distinguished former member in this, his centenary year. The Sargent scholar, Richard Ormond, has very generously loaned Sargent’s painting of ‘Conrad…
FRANCES BELL RP | MY TEACHER
FRANCESS BELL RP: MY TEACHER “My teacher, Charles Cecil is a classicist to his core. He was trained in Boston by R.H Ives Gammel and came over to Europe, and finally Florence as a young man in the manner, I always imagined, of a 19th century fictional character seeking his fortune. He settled…