Image: RP Annual Exhibition 2023, Mark Sepple photography How to choose a portrait painter You want your likeness captured for posterity, but who to choose? The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition, on this week, is a good place to start Full article on THE TIMES website (…) Of the 200-plus works…
Image: Laura Arenson, ‘Hatred Never Wins In The End. Susan Pollack, OBE. Survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau’ The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition in May Full article on Antique Collecting website The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition from May 9-18, now celebrating its 133rd year, will take place at the prestigious…
Image: Frances Bell, ‘Hera’ The Royal Society of Portrait Painters brings contemporary portraiture to Mall Galleries Full article on Luxury London’s website FROM CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS TO PERSONAL COMMISSIONS, HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION (…) While ancient portraits are intriguing and can tell us volumes about those who came…
A GLIMPSE INTO OUR ANNUAL EXHIBITION SELECTION… For the first time in our Society’s long history we have decided to film our annual exhibition selection process. The physical round of works selection is quite possibly our most important day of the year, where the curation of our annual exhibition begins. It is our first…
Image: Frances Bell in her studio in Northumberland PAINTER FRANCES BELL ON EARLY STRUGGLES, THE YBAs AND AI ART Full article on The Standard’s website Meet prize-winning painter Frances Bell: ‘I wanted to be a traditional artist – that was my passion’ The artist on how she went from the…
Image: Mark Sepple photography, Annual Exhibition 2023 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ to hold 133rd Annual Exhibition Full article on A TV TODAY’s website If you are interested in the painted portrait, there is one, annual portrait painting exhibition which is a must visit… The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual…
Image: Mark Sepple photography, Annual Exhibition 2023 EXPERIENCE AND BUY EUROPE’S FINEST PORTRAIT PAINTINGS Full article on the HeyDay website If you are interested in the painted portrait, there is one, annual portrait painting exhibition which is a must visit. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition is now in its 133rd year and is…
Images: Tania Rivilis, ‘Kupka’s Dog’ (2022 prize winner) & ‘An Endless Summer Afternoon’ (2023 exhibition) Hear from our 2022 & 23 William Lock Portrait Prize Winners: Tania Rivilis & RP Saied Dai …ahead of the 2024 annual exhibition TANIA RIVILIS WINNER OF THE WILLIAM LOCK PORTRAIT PRIZE 2022 (Image from 2023 exhibition) “I…
Image: Carles Belda Roman, ‘Study of Something Never Ends’ Hear from some of last years non-member prize winners ahead of the 2024 annual exhibition SUBMIT YOUR WORK HERE CARLES BELDA ROMAN: Winner of ‘The RP prize for best small portrait’, a prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring…
RP CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED “The Royal Society of Portrait Painters launched the RP Critical Writing Prize in March this year. We invited submissions on any aspect of the contemporary painted portrait and particularly texts which are enquiring, provoking and jargon-free. The Judges; the art critic, Laura Gascoigne, Dr Alison Smith from…