Image: Antony Williams, ‘Jacqueline with Still Life’ Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 Three artists were shortlisted for the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024, selected from 1,647 entries from 62 countries: Zizi (2023) by Isabella Watling Jacqueline with Still Life (2020) by Antony Williams Lying (2020) by Catherine Chambers CONGRATULATIONS…
Image: RP Alastair Adams, ‘Dr Adrian James’ Reflecting on the portrait of Dr Adrian James A recent project sought to better understand the Royal College of Psychiatrists portraits by speaking to the sitters and the artists. Like many other medical Royal Colleges, the RCPsych displays portraits of past presidents; a mark of esteem of their…
RP MELISSA SCOTT-MILLER Go check out Melissa’s works currently on display at the Royal Academy of Arts and Chris Beetles Summer Shows “Finished another spring view from my window, I started it the day after I finished the last one because it seemed that suddenly everything was bursting out in wonderful fresh greens and yellows and lots…
Image: Hero Johnson RP, ‘Michael Bond CBE’ CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE 2024 STILL OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED “The RP is portrait painting central & it seemed really obvious to engage with people who are interested in and might like to write about portrait painting. We’re trying to encourage those with ideas and…
Image: RP Neale Worley, ‘Figure at the table’ 24 x 18 inches RP NEALE WORLEY SOLO SHOW AT PANTER AND HALL GALLERY After more than three hundred exhibitions and over a hundred art fairs behind them Panter and Hall have forged a solid reputation for dealing in art and artists of talent and value. …
Image: Simon Davis RP, ‘Necklace’ The Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP) 2024 exhibition ENDS THIS SATURDAY, 5pm! Six of our RP’s are apart of a selection of nearly 60 of the best portrait painters in the country… Congratulations to RP’s @timbensonart, @simon_davis_painter, @miriam.escofet.artist, @jameshagueartist, @alastairadamsportraits & @anastasia_pollard as well as all of the other…
Image: RP June Mendoza, Mark Sepple photography
Image: RP Tim Benson, ‘Adam Pearson’ Oil painting of Addiscombe actor Pearson in Mall exhibition Full article on Inside Croydon’s website With peer-reviewed paintings chosen through the discerning eye and instinctive sensitivity of other artists, “the exhibition arguably showcases the very best painted portraits in Europe – both by established portraiture artists and by…
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…