{"id":36293,"date":"2022-04-27T12:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/?page_id=36293"},"modified":"2022-04-29T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T12:10:49","slug":"andrew-festing-mbe-pprp-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/andrew-festing-mbe-pprp-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Festing MBE PPRP | The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>1980s<\/h2>\n<h3>Andrew Festing MBE PPRP<\/h3>\n<h3>Royal Hospital, Chelsea<\/h3>\n<h4>Her Majesty The Queen<\/h4>\n<p>238 x 144 cm (94 x 57 ins)<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r7lmbGU2_3o\" width=\"868\" height=\"489\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1249338418&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Frances Bell\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-343261240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frances Bell<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Andrew Festing in conversation with Frances Bell\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-343261240\/andrew-festing-in-conversation-with-frances-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Festing in conversation with Frances Bell<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Andrew was born in 1941, he was educated at Ampleforth College and RMA Sandhurst. He was commissioned into The Rifle Brigade where he served until 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Festing worked at Sotheby\u2019s in 1969 and was Head of the British Pictures Department from 1977-1981, where he became Sotheby\u2019s chief expert for British Pictures. He painted many portraits whilst in the army and at Sotheby\u2019s, and took up fulltime portrait painting in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Festing became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1989, and was President from 2002-2008. He was awarded a MBE in 2007 for services to the arts, and holds an Honorary Degree from Northumbria University.<\/p>\n<p>Notable commissions include Her Majesty The Queen and other members of the Royal Family on a number of occasions; official portraits of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in session; official portraits of Speakers Boothroyd and Martin; four group portraits of all the famous English Cricket players in the last 40 years for Lords; six group portraits of the staff at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. Festing has painted some 750 portraits in the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Festing on painting H.M The Queen:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When you paint someone like The Queen you have to change the way that you do things, so I did a sketch of the Queen and then transferred that onto the larger canvas, since you can\u2019t really turn up at Buckingham Palace with a seven foot canvas. The two pensioners who also appear in the portrait, RSM Daley &amp; RSM Loat, came to my studio in London to sit for me for studies.\u2019[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=&#8221;36294&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 14\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition in honour of The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the other work<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/pietro-annigoni-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Pietro Annigoni<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/june-mendoza-obe-rp-roi-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">June Mendoza OBE RP ROI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/susan-ryder-rp-neac-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Susan Ryder RP NEAC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/andrew-festing-mbe-pprp-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Andrew Festing MBE PPRP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/antony-williams-rp-neac-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Antony Williams RP NEAC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/robbie-wraith-rp-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Robbie Wraith RP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/benjamin-sullivan-rp-neac-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Benjamin Sullivan RP NEAC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therp.co.uk\/miriam-escofet-rp-the-queens-platinum-jubilee-2022\/\">Miriam Escofet RP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] 1980s Andrew Festing MBE PPRP Royal Hospital, Chelsea Her Majesty The Queen 238 x 144 cm (94 x 57 ins) [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_separator][vc_column_text] Frances Bell \u00b7 Andrew Festing in conversation with Frances Bell Andrew was born in 1941, he was educated at Ampleforth College and RMA Sandhurst. 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