Review - 123Rd Annual Exhibition Of The Regal Lodge Of Portrait Painters
Sunday, 15 December 2019
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Jennifer McRae's portrait "Conversations alongside Duncan" has won the £10,000 Ondaatje Prize addition the RSPP Gold Medal at the 123rd Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters for the most distinguished portrait of the year. Jennifer is non a fellow member but was invited past times the Society's President to submit a work.
In my opinion, it's a stunning move as well as it's worth going to the exhibition to meet this epitome alone. However there's or as well as thence other 215 paintings to meet every bit well! You tin meet the exhibition at the Mall Galleries - it opens to the populace from tomorrow until 23rd May 2014.
Here's a closer await at the caput as well as the background of "Conversations alongside Duncan".
......and below is the amount length portrait.
What yous don't meet as well as thence good - unless familiar alongside Jennifer's wonderful "makes me light-green alongside envy" technique is that she paints inwards real washy oils. In fact she's the simply fossil oil painter I know who makes her move await similar watercolour. Her industrial plant also has a character which reminds me of Holbein - it's something to practise alongside the draughtsmanship as well as the understated character of much of her work. Never ever flashy as well as e'er unmistakably her ain work. I recognised it every bit presently every bit I walked inwards as well as at 1 time commented on it beingness a real impressive work. I was inwards no means surprised to notice she won the Ondaatje Prize - it deserved to!
The de Lazlo Foundation Award (£3,000) for the creative mortal aged 35 years judged to receive got submitted the best portrait - won past times Bulldog Bursary 2013: Shortlisted artists)
The Arts Club Charitable Trust Award (£1,000) - for the most deserving creative mortal inwards the exhibition - Jack Joiner for his self portrait.
I must confess I've never seen a coloured pencil portrait this large before. Jack used Coloursoft pencils manufactured past times Derwent Pencils. He's 23 as well as started drawing when he was little, took commissions from historic menstruation xvi as well as started selling historic menstruation 18. Right at nowadays he's alone focused on developing his skills as well as a trunk of work. He's self taught as well as unremarkably paints or uses graphite for his drawings. This special drawing uses a lot of overt as well as unapologetic hatching which I was real pleased to meet every bit an inveterate hatcher of coloured pencils myself.
You tin meet a pick of the exhibition is available to browse as well as purchase online at Review: Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Annual Exhibition 2013). There's a much ameliorate mix of paintings on the walls as well as the large as well as irksome "stuffed shirt" corporate commissions for board rooms, the armed forces as well as universities are largely gone or at the real to the lowest degree dispersed.
I withal experience real strongly that there ought to live an emphasis on getting opened upward entries into the West Gallery because frankly or as well as thence of the opened upward entries are much ameliorate than move past times the members. (Note Invited contributions from quondam BP accolade winners don't count because they're non opened upward entries!).
The North Gallery withal seems to furnish or as well as thence of the real best move inwards the exhibition as well as includes a large self portrait past times Mark Roscoe - the winner of concluding year's Ondaatje Prize as well as the previous year's Changing Faces Prize plus a portrait of Mr Hackel past times Jan Mikulka, winner of concluding year's Self self-portrait prize.
The exhibition includes the President's portrait of ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair which has been receiving rather a lot of coverage inwards the press since the start of the week. It's interesting to compare it to Alastair's portrait of Blair which at nowadays hangs inwards the National Portrait Gallery.
I similar the large portrait done past times Mi Blog Es Tu Blog - Sarah Jane Moon
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In my opinion, it's a stunning move as well as it's worth going to the exhibition to meet this epitome alone. However there's or as well as thence other 215 paintings to meet every bit well! You tin meet the exhibition at the Mall Galleries - it opens to the populace from tomorrow until 23rd May 2014.
Here's a closer await at the caput as well as the background of "Conversations alongside Duncan".
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| Conversations alongside Duncan past times Jennifer McRae Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 epitome where yous tin play "spot the portrait' - contributions every bit comments please! The wall of postcard sized drawings as well as paintings includes her ain portrait of Michael Frayn inwards the yellowish jacket which is inwards the National Portrait Gallery I spotted as well as recognised nigh 10 to a greater extent than at maiden of all glance - why non meet how good yous do? |
What yous don't meet as well as thence good - unless familiar alongside Jennifer's wonderful "makes me light-green alongside envy" technique is that she paints inwards real washy oils. In fact she's the simply fossil oil painter I know who makes her move await similar watercolour. Her industrial plant also has a character which reminds me of Holbein - it's something to practise alongside the draughtsmanship as well as the understated character of much of her work. Never ever flashy as well as e'er unmistakably her ain work. I recognised it every bit presently every bit I walked inwards as well as at 1 time commented on it beingness a real impressive work. I was inwards no means surprised to notice she won the Ondaatje Prize - it deserved to!
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| Conversations alongside Duncan past times Jennifer McRae oil, 140 x 114c, (55 x 44 inches) Not for sale |
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| Flora Watson receiving her award |
Prizes
The other prizes awarded were every bit follows.The de Lazlo Foundation Award (£3,000) for the creative mortal aged 35 years judged to receive got submitted the best portrait - won past times Bulldog Bursary 2013: Shortlisted artists)
The Changing Faces Prize (£2,000) for the portrait which most powerfully conveys the unloose energy of their subject, the directness of the gaze as well as an mental attitude that exudes openness as well as confidence - won past times Saied Dai RP, NEAC for his portrait of Jonathan Miller.
I actually liked this portrait a lot as well as I'm pleased to say this was the 2nd epitome I picked out at the start of the exhibit every bit outstanding. For those who relish epitome inwards oils practise acquire as well as written report his technique which, on its own, makes this a portrait which stands out. Saied is also a painter for whom drawing is real of import as well as this emphasis is highlighted inwards the draughtsmanship in this painting.
I actually liked this portrait a lot as well as I'm pleased to say this was the 2nd epitome I picked out at the start of the exhibit every bit outstanding. For those who relish epitome inwards oils practise acquire as well as written report his technique which, on its own, makes this a portrait which stands out. Saied is also a painter for whom drawing is real of import as well as this emphasis is highlighted inwards the draughtsmanship in this painting.
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| Sam Dalby (left) as well as Saied Dai (right) alongside their paintings Saied's prizewinning epitome of Jonathan Miller is inwards the centre Sam Dalby's paintings are on the transcend row. He's a novel fellow member of the RP. Both artists start their move through drawing straight from life - as well as it shows. Do accept a await at the drawings on both their websites. |
The Prince of Wales Award for Portrait Drawing - Antony Williams RP PS NEAC. This was a preparatory drawing for a portrait as well as reveals Antony's inimitable mode bracelet hatching as well as mightiness to combine both item as well as abstraction inwards the same drawing.
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| Portraits past times Antony Williams inwards egg tempera addition the drawing which won the prize I'm a large fan of his work. |
I must confess I've never seen a coloured pencil portrait this large before. Jack used Coloursoft pencils manufactured past times Derwent Pencils. He's 23 as well as started drawing when he was little, took commissions from historic menstruation xvi as well as started selling historic menstruation 18. Right at nowadays he's alone focused on developing his skills as well as a trunk of work. He's self taught as well as unremarkably paints or uses graphite for his drawings. This special drawing uses a lot of overt as well as unapologetic hatching which I was real pleased to meet every bit an inveterate hatcher of coloured pencils myself.
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| Jack Joiner alongside his self portrait Coloured pencils, 175 x 142cm (69 x 56 inches) |
The exhibition
You tin meet a pick of the exhibition is available to browse as well as purchase online at Review: Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Annual Exhibition 2013). There's a much ameliorate mix of paintings on the walls as well as the large as well as irksome "stuffed shirt" corporate commissions for board rooms, the armed forces as well as universities are largely gone or at the real to the lowest degree dispersed.
I withal experience real strongly that there ought to live an emphasis on getting opened upward entries into the West Gallery because frankly or as well as thence of the opened upward entries are much ameliorate than move past times the members. (Note Invited contributions from quondam BP accolade winners don't count because they're non opened upward entries!).
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| Portrait hanging inwards the Threadneedle Space Nobody could telephone band Daphne Todd's corporate commissions on the left wall dull! |
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| The North Gallery - as well as actress Tamsin Greig standing alongside her portrait past times Matthew Garrard |
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| Portrait paintings past times Alastair Adams addition large drawing past times Andrew James |
Another portrait I institute hard to ignore was this one. I had to continue looking. You start past times thinking it's a drawing - but it's a painting. It's inwards monochrome - but the plain of written report has piercing bluish eyes. You intend it's matted - but inwards fact the mat has been painted on to a panel. I felt if I kept looking yet to a greater extent than secrets would come upward to light
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| Europa by Tomas Clayton fossil oil on masonite, 47 x 40cm |
The Bulldog Trust Bursary
I similar the large portrait done past times Mi Blog Es Tu Blog - Sarah Jane Moon
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| Dr Laura Bridgeman, Clarence Road past times Sarah Jane Moon Oil, 176 x 130 cm (69 x 51 inches) £3,800 |
Links:
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters website
- Mall Galleries | Visit Us The Mall, London SW1 | Open daily, 10am – 5pm during exhibitions (unless otherwise stated)
Plus links to my ain websites for those wanting to acquire to a greater extent than nigh portraiture as well as how to describe people
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