£20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential. 2025 Winner – Rogier Willems, ‘Elvan’ 2025 Shortlist: Uri Blayer, ‘Self Portrait at 53’ James Hague RP, ‘Woman in Red Jumper’ 2024 Winner – Mark Shields, ‘Companion’ 2024 Shortlist: Jamie Coreth, ‘My Life: Portrait of Issy and…
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. 2025 Winner: Florence Yuqing, ‘Self: Familiar Yet Unknown’ 2024 Winner: Nashunmenghe, ‘Elizabeth 2024’ 2023 Winner: Simon Davis ‘Warren…
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. 2025 Winner: Toby Wiggins RP, ‘Ezra aged Six and Three Quarters’ 2024 Winner is Florence Yuqing, ‘Last Letter from Me’ 2023 Winner – Carles Belda Roman 2022 winner -…
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. 2025 Winner: Jacob Skinnard, ‘Familiar Faces’ 2025 Shortlist: Sam Claydon ‘Tomas’ Aelfred…
