CONGRATULATIONS TO RP’s TOBY WIGGINS & ANTONY WILLIAMS FOR EARNING A PLACE E ACH ON ONE OF ALMENARA’s RESIDENCES AND As part of our NEW Open Call… The RP Drawing Prize: Revealing the Human There will be a chance to win The Almenara Collection Prize – awarded to an exhibitor who shows distinctive promise and in…
DAVID CALDWELL RP | MY TEACHER “That’s an interesting question. And it’s kinda sad for me to say that nobody ever really taught me about painting. Okay I picked up bits and pieces here and there, but I was never taught a philosophy or a method by anyone. In terms of a mentor, my art…
Image: Tim Benson RP, ‘Cliff, outreach worker’ RP Tim Benson wins second prize at the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025! The National Portrait Gallery received 1,314 entries from 61 countries this year. Of these, the judges selected just 46 works for the final exhibition. “Delighted and honoured that my painting of ‘Cliff, outreach worker’ won…
RP Frances Bell wins a prize from The Portrait Society of America for The International at their conference in Washington: The William F. Draper Grand Prize as well as the Peoples Choice Award! “I don’t have the words to describe how amazed and delighted I am to have won the Draper Grand Prize, and the…
Image: John Singer Sargent, ‘Conrad and Reine Ormond’ – A loan from Richard Ormond for the duration of our Annual exhibition 2025.
King Charles has always been enthusiastic about the arts and throughout his career has invited painters to travel with him on Royal tours and to record their impressions… 6 RPs were invited to Buckingham Palace for the launch of a new book; ‘The Art of Royal Travel’ Neale Worley Martin Yeoman Robbie Wraith Daphne Todd Richard…
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.…
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…
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. …
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…