Image: Antony Williams, ‘Jacqueline with Still Life’
The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award makes a welcome return to the National Portrait Gallery for 2024. The prestigious competition showcases the very best in contemporary portrait painting and is open to everyone aged eighteen and over. Since its inception over 40 years ago, the competition has attracted over 40,000 entries from more than 100 countries and the exhibition has been seen by over 6 million people.
Antony Williams, ‘Jacqueline with Still Life’ (2020)
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Three artists have been shortlisted for the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024, selected from 1,647 entries from 62 countries:
- Zizi (2023) by Isabella Watling
- Jacqueline with Still Life (2020) by Antony Williams
- Lying (2020) by Catherine Chambers
The prizes and the artist selected for the Young Artist Award will be announced at the award ceremony on 9 July 2024.
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