£20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential. 2024 Winner – Mark Shields, ‘Companion’ 2024 Shortlist: Jamie Coreth, ‘My Life: Portrait of Issy and Clare’ David Graham, ‘Pearl’ RP James Hague, ‘Woman in Komono’ RP Benjamin Hope, ‘Simon’ RP Andrew James, ‘Reverie’ Jeannie Kinsler, ‘Fortitude’…
The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture is sponsored by Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC and the Ondaatje Foundation, this generous prize of £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal is awarded for the most distinguished portrait of the year. The Prize was launched in 1995 and took the form of a commission to paint H.M. The Queen,…
The Raw Umber Studios Prize: Raw Umber Studios believes that the most exciting contemporary portraiture lies at the intersection of technical excellence and creative expression. Their annual prize, inaugurated in 2023, encourages and rewards such work. Value £2,000. 2024 Winner: Nashunmenghe, ‘Elizabeth 2024’ 2023 Winner: Simon Davis ‘Warren Ellis’
The Smallwood Architects Prize of £1,000, inaugurated in 2016, is awarded for a portrait in which architectural or interior features play an important part. 2024 winner: Miriam Escofet, ‘”What will survive of us…”‘ View winning portraits from previous years below. PREVIOUS WINNERS 2023 – Martyn Harris 2022 – Catherine Creaney 2021 – Sandra Kuck…
A prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring not more than 38 x 30.5 cm (15 x 12 inches) unframed. 2024 Winner is Florence Yuqing, ‘Last Letter from Me’ 2023 Winner – Carles Belda Roman 2022 winner – Simon Davis.
The de Laszlo Foundation award, sponsored by the de Laszlo Foundation, aims to encourage young artists. It is worth £3,000 and is awarded, together with a silver medal, to an artist under thirty-five years old judged to have submitted the best portrait. 2024 winner: Stefano Curti , ‘Lukas Sheehan’ 2024 runner up: Joshua Donkor,…
The £2,000 RP Award is given to the artist whose work best represents the year’s chosen theme 2023 Winner: Zac Lee ’Sunday Afternoon’ This year’s theme was ”Clothing’
