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…
DetailsClosing noon 17th January Don’t miss the chance to exhibit your work and win prizes, commissions and sales with our 2020 Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London Find out more about submitting your portrait.
DetailsA season of Portraiture ‘The Show Goes On’ comes to Mall Galleries. 3-29 March Following a very successful launch at Watts Gallery, Guildford, this exhibition has been invited to show at the West End. It features actors, comedians, musicians, dancers, models, playwrights and burlesque artistes by current members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The…
DetailsMortality 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…
Details“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…
DetailsImage: 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…
DetailsArtist & Illustrator are the first to publish information on our forthcoming show ‘The Show Goes On: A Theatre of Portraits’
DetailsWe 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. …
DetailsEvgeny 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…
DetailsPhoebe 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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