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RP Charlotte Sorapure has her portrait of ‘Don Mccullin’ who turned 90 years of age, October 2025, showing in the Holburne Museum in Bath

The exhibition is titled ‘Don McCullin: Broken Beauty’

“An exhibition of work by one of the most celebrated photographers and photojournalists of our time. Known for intuitively composed and dramatic black-and-white photographs, with subjects spanning conflict, humanitarian crises and post-war Britain, as well as landscape, portrait, and still-life, this exhibition brings together some of the most iconic images from his seven-decade career.”
(-Richard Wyatt)

When?
30 January – 4 May 2026

See a wonderful interview by Richard Wyatt of Charlotte below…

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#callforentries:THREE DAYS left to enter!Exhibiting since 1891... we invite artists from all over the world to submit portraits for the RP Annual Exhibition 2026.@mallgalleries🏆The total prize fund this year is NOW £41,000 including THREE NEW prizes: The Almenara Collection Award, The Faringdon Prize and The Daler-Rowney Materials Prize!Welcoming all of your wonderful paintings, drawings and original prints - including digital/iPad prints. Sculpture and photography are not admissible.GOOD LUCK!🗓️Submission deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026, 12 noon - NEXT WEEK!Submit your work online via the link in our bio or go directly to our website: www.therp.co.ukImage: Jordan Morgan, 'Dad #2'@jordanlancemorgan ... See MoreSee Less

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#CallForEntries:ENTRIES CLOSE NEXT WEEK!We invite artists from all over the world to submit portraits for the RP Annual Exhibition 2026.@mallgalleries🏆The total prize fund this year is NOW £41,000 including THREE NEW prizes: The Almenara Collection Award, The Faringdon Prize and The Daler-Rowney Materials Prize!Welcoming all of your wonderful paintings, drawings and original prints - including digital/iPad prints. Sculpture and photography are not admissible.Eligibility:• Any artist over 18 may submit.• British & International artists are welcome to submit. You do not need to live in the UK to submit your work.• Works should be based on a sitting or study of the human figure from life. We understand that artists may use photographs for assistance but the primary source should be from life.• Work must have been completed in the last three years and not been exhibited inLondon previously. 🗓️Submission deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026, 12 noon - NEXT WEEK!Submit your work online via the link in our bio or go directly to our website: www.therp.co.ukImage: Lucie Kerouedan, 'The painter's daughter'@luciekerouedan ... See MoreSee Less

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#callforentries:UNDER 1 WEEK left to enter!We are proud to have been exhibiting since 1891 and are excited to see what comes our way this year...We invite artists from all over the world to submit portraits for the RP Annual Exhibition 2026.@mallgalleries🏆The total prize fund this year is NOW £41,000 including THREE NEW prizes: The Almenara Collection Award, The Faringdon Prize and The Daler-Rowney Materials Prize!Welcoming all of your wonderful paintings, drawings and original prints - including digital/iPad prints. Sculpture and photography are not admissible.🗓️Submission deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026, 12 noon - NEXT WEEK!Submit your work online via the link in our bio or go directly to our website: www.therp.co.ukImage: Simon Davis RP, 'T'@simon_davis_painter ... See MoreSee Less

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#CallForEntries:There is now under 1 week left to enter!We invite artists from all over the world to submit portraits for the RP Annual Exhibition 2026!@mallgalleriesWe welcome paintings, drawings and original prints - including digital/iPad prints. Sculpture and photography are not admissible.🏆The total prize fund this year is £41,000!One of the factors which makes this Annual Exhibition special is that it is selected exclusively by practising painters. They know what they’re looking at and so inclusion in the show is a truly meaningful accolade.-Anthony Connolly – President 🗓️Submission deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026, 12 noonSubmit your work online via the link in our bio or go directly to our website: www.therp.co.ukImages: Alastair Adams RP, 'Mr Colin Lawson CBE FRCM, Director, Royal College of Music, London', Emma Foster, 'Secret' & Paul Lee, 'Cynthia'@alastairadamsportraits @emmafoster_fineart @paullee_artist ... See MoreSee Less

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#Myteacher:Enjoy a story from RP Miriam Escofet...@miriam.escofet.artist"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 1930, into a humble working class Catalan family, and like most people of his generation in Spain, he was psychologically scarred by the Civil War and the decades of dictatorship that followed. He was born with a natural talent and passion for art, but never had the opportunity to go to art school, so like most self taught people he became voracious in his research of materials and techniques.The best thing my father did was marry my mother, she was a Londoner (of Irish stock) who had studied at the Central School of Art in the early 50's, and set off for Spain some years later. I grew up in an incredibly multi sensory environment. My earliest memories of childhood are of rummaging through my father’s books with my brother Guillem. Very conveniently for us, the bookshelves in our Barcelona apartment were set just above ground level, giving us full access to a vivid world of fantastical imagery. There were many books, but it was Renaissance ethereal altarpieces, Gothic visions of Heaven and Hell, and examples of Archaic beauty that seared themselves in my imagination, like a sensory explosion in my young being. I think it matters that I digested these images before I could understand them, they were full of magic and mystery and that is still the main quality I am drawn to in art, a sense of awe. I remember being transfixed watching my father draw, I remember the smell of turpentine and oils, and the sounds of the studio; of pencil on paper; brush on canvas.My parents collected antique church statuary, 'tallas' as they are called in Spain, which are richly expressive carved and polychromed wooden figures of Saints and Madonnas, these were hung all over our home and became like extra presences in our lives. The soundscape of our childhood was Bach, interspersed with Medieval music, occasionally very good jazz, we had countless Deutsche Grammophon records on an equally low level shelf! And of course when we stepped outside there was Barcelona, which itself is a feast for the senses.We moved to the UK when I was 12. There were many trials and tribulations, and what felt like and endless period of adjustment. My father always had a studio at home and had a golden period of about 20 years of regular solo exhibitions, mainly in New York. At this time he had settled on painting exquisite still life and floral paintings, but he had worked his way through many styles over the years. He was a figurative painter to his core, even when he was experimenting with abstraction in his earlier years.(...)Go to the 'News' section of our website to read the full story via the link in our bio or follow this link: www.therp.co.uk ... See MoreSee Less

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CHARLOTTE SORAPURE RP | Portrait of Don Mccullin

RP Charlotte Sorapure has her portrait of ‘Don Mccullin’ who turned 90 years of age, October 2025, showing in the Holburne Museum in Bath

The exhibition is titled ‘Don McCullin: Broken Beauty’

When? 30 January – 4 May 2026

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30 January – 4 May 2026