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…
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?)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Maurice de Sausmarez, ‘Self Portrait’ SUSAN RYDER RP: MY TEACHER My art has been influenced by many teachers, who I might prefer to call Masters, but the one who taught me the most was Maurice De Sausmarez. He became Principal of the Byam Shaw in 1962, just a year after I had started…
MIRIAM ESCOFET RP: MY TEACHER “My first teacher was my father José Escofet, I am sure it is in large part because I grew up watching him work in his studio that the vague idea of ‘making art’ seemed like a reasonable life path to me. My father was born near Barcelona in…
JOSHUA WATERHOUSE RP: MY TEACHER “At school I was taught by a man called John McGowan. John was and still is an wonderful printmaker, principally a screen printer. John taught me from the age of 13-16. He encouraged me to chart my own course as a young artist. Perhaps a little fixed in…