Portraits of High Sheriffs; in conversation with three artists For those who are not familiar with it, the office of High Sheriff dates back to the 10th century with the height of its significance under the Norman kings. Nowadays, the role of High Sheriff is an independent, non-political, Royal appointment. Whilst the High Sheriff’s…
We recently caught up with member Tom Phillips to discuss some of his memorable portraits. Tom has painted many interesting people; from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie. In 1989, Tom became only the second artist to have a retrospective of his portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Painted portraiture is but one of Tom Phillips’…
There will be hot competition this year for a place at our Annual Exhibition as we received a record number of entries, 2493 in all. This reflects an upward trend in works submitted online over the past few years (see below). Whether this reflects the increasing popularity of portraiture or better communications remains to be…
Peter Kuhfeld RP NEAC, Winner of The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture – £10,000 The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture is sponsored by Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC and the Ondaatje Foundation, this generous prize of a £10,000 cheque plus the Society’s Gold Medal is awarded for the most distinguished portrait of the year. Kuhfeld was born in…
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During the RP’s Annual Exhibitions, our commissions consultants are on-hand to assist visitors with their commission enquiries. Visitors usually ask for an artist by name, so by logging the number of enquiries for each artist, we worked out the most highly sought-after artists of 2018. Alastair Adams claims first place, receiving the most enquiries. Former President…
After a day of judging on Tuesday, seven prizes were awarded this year during the Private View of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
See our Prizes and Sponsors Page for the 2018 portrait prize winners
This year 2,142 portrait works were entered online in the first stage of the judging process for the Open Call of our Annual Exhibition. Excitingly, submission numbers are up 9% on previous years! For the second and final stage of the submissions process, the physical portraits are brought to London to be seen by the…
