We logged the number of enquiries that each artist got during our 2017 exhibtion. These are the artists that were most enquired after. Our commissions consultants were present in the gallery and many of the artists received enquiries about portrait commissions. Over 200 portraits were displayed by nearly 150 different artists each of whom had…
DetailsJason Sullivan’s portrait of Professor Judith Pallot is the first portrait of a female fellow to hang in the Great Hall of Christ Church College, Oxford. It will hang alongside portraits of Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey, John Locke and William Gladstone. The portrait is currently hanging in Christ Church’s Picture Gallery but will be moved…
DetailsAs a charity dedicated to portraiture, we embrace the trend in international patronage and provide a portrait consultancy service to make the commissioning process easy and enjoyable. When it come to getting the best in portraiture, distance is no longer a barrier and the low pound is positively enticing. Many of the portraits commissioned from around the…
DetailsIn creating ‘Breech!’ Benjamin wanted to celebrate the love that had come into their lives and reflect on the worrisome time that the couple faced during Edith’s birth. Breech! depicts the artist’s wife Virginia breastfeeding their 8 month old daughter Edith, at a time when Sullivan says ‘a sense of calm descended after the usual period disarrangement…
DetailsDavid Caldwell and Emma Hopkins have been elected Membership Artists who represent very different approaches to portraiture. These new Members have been through the Society’s very rigorous selection process to achieve full Membership. David Caldwell David Caldwell was born in Helensburgh in the West of Scotland in 1977. He studied at the Glasgow School of…
DetailsRichard Foster is elected to the post of President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters “It is a real privilege to stand in the footsteps of great portrait painters such as Sir William Open, Augustus John and John Ward,” believes Richard. “As President, I will strive to ensure that we encourage and attract truly…
DetailsRichard Foster’s installation of art for the church in East Lexham, Norfolk, will stir further interest when an exhibition of preliminary works opens. Richard’s traditional religious works use contemporary portraits in their biblical scenes. Maybe, if you see this exhibition, you will be in the company of angels! Exhibition opens 10:00am to 4:00pm…
DetailsHarriet Pattinson is now painting at her studio in London having trained for three and a half years at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy. She graduated in 2016. Since then she has been selected from among nearly 2,000 artists for the open section of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ 2017 exhibition. Harriet likes to paint…
Details2017 major portrait prize winners announced. Prizes are awarded for works exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. This year’s Annual Exhibition runs at Mall Galleries until 19 May 2017 and includes over 200 portraits by more than 100 artists. The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture Shawn McGovern, James The Ondaatje Prize is the…
DetailsTwo out of the three shortlisted artists for the BP Portrait Award 2017 are Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ members Antony Williams Antony’s shortlisted portrait is titled ‘Emma’. This portrait is painted in egg tempera, an unusual and painstaking medium using egg yolk to…
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