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Don’t miss the chance to exhibit your work and win prizes, commissions and sales with our 2020 Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London
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‘The Show Goes On’ Opening Saturday
11 January – 23 February Watts Gallery, Guildford This show at Watts Gallery, Guildford, features actors, comedians, musicians, dancers, models, playwrights and burlesque artistes by current members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Richard Foster, says “The Society is delighted to be showing at Watts…
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Two Dads and Two Adopted Boys- family portrait by Simon Davis
Mortality and the importance of family lie behind this portrait by Simon Davis It was the death of a parent that gave birth to this work of art. It drew the Almeida-Hall family’s attention to the importance of family, and to their own mortality. There was a second layer to this commission. Being a same-sex…
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Sam Dalby’s double portrait – a wedding gift
“We wanted to give something with some permanence to celebrate the marriage and also something that they wouldn’t get for themselves,” explains Robin who commissioned this portrait for his son and daughter-in-law-to-be as a wedding present. Having never commissioned a portrait before, he initially felt daunted by the wide range of possibilities but found the…
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Exhibiting leads to artist’s opportunities, Claire Anscomb in focus
Image: Veil by Claire Anscomb Exhibiting with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters has proved to be a great catalyst for Claire’s career as a portrait artist. With our call for entries about to open (4th November) Claire’s story is particularly relevant to those who might be thinking of exhibiting with us. In 2015 Claire…
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Artist & Illustrator are the first to publish information on our forthcoming show
‘The Show Goes On: A Theatre of Portraits’
Top Portrait Painters 2019
We used our Portrait Commissions Service to identify the most sought-after artists. Four Artists stood out in 2019; Two Member artists and two exhibiting artists top the most sought-after portrait artists during our Annual Exhibition. Richard Foster came out top among the Members. He exhibited four portrait commissions, two of which were family group portraits. …
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One to watch Evgeny Grouzdev
Evgeny Grouzdev Born in 1975 in Kurgan, the Urals, Evgeny started painting at the age of 5. He was one of the most distinguished young artists to have graduated with Merit from Shadr Art College in Ekaterinburg (the Urals) and Full Honours from the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. Evgeny specializes primarily in portrait…
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One to watch, Phoebe Dickinson
Phoebe trained at Charles H Cecil Studios, Florence Italy, Lavender Hill Studios (now called London fine arts studio), London, The Prince’s Drawing School, London and studied Print Making at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London. She is inspired by the work of John Singer Sargent, Corot and William Nicholson. Phoebe has exhibited with The…
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A birthday present to toast all life has to offer!
When given some money for his birthday, Michel thought that the most enjoyable and lasting way of spending it would be to commission a portrait. As somebody who particularly enjoys the work of the Surrealists, a portrait ‘after Magritte’ seemed the thing. Michel used this website to select and contact David Cobley to paint it.…
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