José Luis Corella Wins Bp Portrait Accolade 2015 Visitors' Alternative Award

the portrait on the correct of the to a higher house photograph José Luis Corella wins BP Portrait Award 2015 Visitors' Choice Award
 Winner of the BP Portrait Award 2015 Visitors' Choice
'Juanito' past times José Luis Corella
(the portrait on the correct of the to a higher house photo)
oil, 100cm x 100cm
© José Luis Corella | Photo © Katherine Tyrrell
'Juanito' past times José Luis Corella has won the BP Portrait Award 2015 Visitors' Choice together with continues the public's obsession amongst "big head" paintings amongst lots together with lots of detail.

Corella's large portrait of his uncle received 1,860 votes (9.15% of the amount vote) together with was the clear winner past times to a greater extent than or less margin.
‘I wanted to present the depth of the frustration of growing erstwhile together with the solitude of the interior life he straight off lives.’
You tin forcefulness out run across to a greater extent than drawings of his elderly relative on his website together with persuasion a video of the portrait existence painted below



José Luis Corella studied sculpture together with drawing at Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Valencia together with the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. He previously exhibited inwards the BP Portrait Award inwards 2008 together with 2009.

This is his blog

The Vote


When you lot induce got a icon inwards an exhibition which gets to a greater extent than than 0.25 ane G one thousand visitors (the visitors inwards 2014 totalled 281,717) you lot tin forcefulness out live on certain that getting a Visitors' Choice Award counts for something.

Of course of written report non everybody votes. Between eighteen June together with seven September, 20,312 votes were form during the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. People could vote via screens exterior the exhibition together with on the website.

Second together with Third Places


The irony is that Michael Gaskell has taken withal to a greater extent than or less other instant place!  I voted for Eliza together with hoped he mightiness win the prize outright this fourth dimension - only it was non to be.....  The portrait got 1,293 votes (6.3% of the amount vote)

So that's iv BP Portrait Award instant places together with one(?) instant house inwards the Visitors' Choice Award....

Eliza and Michael Gaskell at the Awards Ceremony - where he won the Overall 2d Prize
straight off besides winner of the Visitors Choice 2d Prize
Acrylic on board
© Michael Gaskell | Photocopy © Katherine Tyrrell
Third Place went to third house inwards the 2014 BP Portrait Award.  His portrait got 1,156 votes ( 5.7% of the amount vote)

Portrait of Sam Goldofsky, Survivor of Auschwitz (2015) by David Jon Kassan
Oil on acrylic mirror
© David Jon Kassan | Photo © Katherine Tyrrell

The BP Portrait Award Tour


The exhibition unopen at the NPG yesterday together with straight off moves to:

BP Travel Award Exhibition


The BP Travel Award exhibition besides travels to Edinburgh together with Belfast. I've rattling witting that I've non withal edited a rattling long video interview amongst Edward Sutcliffe, the winner of the BP Travel Award 2014 - together with volition live on sorting this out this week, laid upwards for the tour of the exhibition to Scotland together with Northern Ireland. 

(Note: I plead bereavement equally an excuse. June was a chip much this yr - amongst the decease of a much loved truthful cat happening on 1st June following iii months of illness)

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