Image: Mark Sepple photography, Annual Exhibition 2023 EXPERIENCE AND BUY EUROPE’S FINEST PORTRAIT PAINTINGS Full article on the HeyDay website If you are interested in the painted portrait, there is one, annual portrait painting exhibition which is a must visit. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition is now in its 133rd year and is…
DetailsImages: Tania Rivilis, ‘Kupka’s Dog’ (2022 prize winner) & ‘An Endless Summer Afternoon’ (2023 exhibition) Hear from our 2022 & 23 William Lock Portrait Prize Winners: Tania Rivilis & RP Saied Dai …ahead of the 2024 annual exhibition TANIA RIVILIS WINNER OF THE WILLIAM LOCK PORTRAIT PRIZE 2022 (Image from 2023 exhibition) “I…
DetailsImage: Carles Belda Roman, ‘Study of Something Never Ends’ Hear from some of last years non-member prize winners ahead of the 2024 annual exhibition SUBMIT YOUR WORK HERE CARLES BELDA ROMAN: Winner of ‘The RP prize for best small portrait’, a prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring…
DetailsRP CRITICAL WRITING PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED “The Royal Society of Portrait Painters launched the RP Critical Writing Prize in March this year. We invited submissions on any aspect of the contemporary painted portrait and particularly texts which are enquiring, provoking and jargon-free. The Judges; the art critic, Laura Gascoigne, Dr Alison Smith from…
DetailsImage: Phoebe-Louise Stewart Carter, ‘Self Portrait in the Winter’ Hear from some of this years prize winners ahead of the 2024 annual exhibition SUBMIT YOUR WORK HERE Phoebe Stewart Carter: Winner of ‘The de Laszlo Foundation award’, sponsored by the de Laszlo Foundation, aims to encourage young artists. It is worth £3,000…
DetailsImage: Frances Bell, ‘Portrait of a Conversation/ Lockdown’ New Light Art: Prize shows depth of Northern talent, winner says Full article on BBC NEWS website The winner of a prestigious arts prize showcasing work from around the north of England has said it shows the “great depth” of the region’s talent. Frances Bell, 40,…
DetailsImage: Annabel Elton, Leaving do On Tuesday, 3rd October, friends, trustees and artists gathered to say our farewells to Annabel Elton who has been at the Mall for most of the last 39 years. In her role as Head of Commissions she has provided an invaluable service to both the FBA and the…
DetailsImage: Alastair Adams, ‘Peter & Helen Wellby’ Inside The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Commission Service Full article on Luxurious Magazine website Embark on an extraordinary and intrinsically personal Fine Art journey vis the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Portrait Commission Service, which provides exclusive access to the UK’s finest portrait painters. King…
DetailsImage: Paul Brason, ‘Noor Inayat Khan’ Queen Camilla unveils portrait of ‘spy princess’ Noor Inayat Khan Full article on The National News website British agent served in resistance in Nazi-occupied France and was killed at Dachau concentration camp. Queen Camilla unveiled a portrait of Second World War resistance agent Noor Inayat Khan at…
DetailsImage: Saied Dai, ‘Theresa May’ Saied Dai on his Theresa May portrait: ‘Thank God I didn’t have to paint Boris!’ Full article on The Guardian website The garlanded artist reveals the ‘intimate and intense’ process of looking for the person behind the politician to make his surprisingly humanising painting of the former PM…
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