Review: Bp Portrait Laurels Exhibition 2012 (Part 1)
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The BP Portrait Award is a challenging fine art contest for whatever portrait artist. This twelvemonth a xx 5 twelvemonth one-time American adult woman entered the contest for the really start fourth dimension in addition to won the top prize.
Her move was ane of iv shortlisted for prizes out of the 55 selected for the exhibition - in addition to the 2,187 entries received from artists inwards 74 dissimilar countries.
To larn selected you lot demand to hit goodness artwork in addition to larn noticed. So how does that happen?
This twelvemonth the judges direct keep identified WHY they selected the shortlisted industrial plant - in addition to you lot tin regard their reasons on the narrative adjacent to each painting (but non on the website - equally yet - but I'm going to foyer for this to live on included).
This year, equally good equally commenting on the exhibition, I'm going to offering my perspective on what it takes to larn selected in addition to to win. Hence, this start business office of my review is going to focus on the patterns I uncovering inwards relation to artwork which gets selected. It besides includes views of the exhibition.
[UPDATE: I've straight off besides uploaded a handheld video of the BP Portrait Exhibition 2012 to YouTube]
So what makes a winning work? How is move selected?
All artwork for the exhibition is selected past times a panel of judges (for details regard BP Portrait Award 2012 - The Shortlist). Some selectors are members of the judging panel - in addition to render continuity - piece others serve for simply ane year.
The entire contest is judged, on an equal in addition to anonymous basis, from master paintings. There is no segregated judging past times part or country. So inwards principle, anybody tin win if their move is goodness enough. Occasionally somebody enters for the start fourth dimension in addition to wins the top prize - equally Aleah Chapin has done this year. Which inwards a way is a flake of a compassion equally it agency nosotros won't regard whatever to a greater extent than of her move inwards this contest inwards time to come years!
This is emphatically non a Great Britain entirely fine art contest - it's a global fine art competition. You sure enough don't direct keep to come upwards from the Great Britain to win this Award. I wasn't surprised that 2 international artists, ane an American in addition to the other Spanish, should have the 2 top prizes this year. This follows a distinct tendency for to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than international artists to ship their move to London to live on judged - over 25% of the entries straight off come upwards from exterior the Great Britain (see BP Portrait Award 2012 - 55 Selected Artists). In recent years at that topographic point has been a distinct emphasis on Castilian artists both entering in addition to getting selected for the exhibition. This twelvemonth we've seen the 2nd American creative mortal in addition to the start ever woman mortal American creative mortal win the award.
Those who direct keep been selected earlier tend to larn selected again. I went circular the exhibition today in addition to noted that a high proportion of the artists direct keep had their move selected for this exhibition before. Remember that the artwork is judged anonymously - which agency that at that topographic point has to live on something almost the technical science in addition to artistry displayed inwards the artwork which makes the difference. I would fence that the technical skills levels on display are extremely high - irrespective of the style of painting.
To bear witness my point, below you lot tin uncovering links to all the artwork past times artists who direct keep been selected for to a greater extent than than ane BP Portrait Award competition, including artists who direct keep entered move nether the one-time rules (artists must live on nether 40) and the novel rules (artists must live on aged over 18) It's good worth coming to the exhibition simply to written report the artwork past times artists who are selected ane time again in addition to again. You tin besides regard their move online - click the link inwards their names to regard their portraits
Education tin brand a difference. This twelvemonth a divulge of the ex students of the Charles H Cecil Studios inwards Florence were successful inwards getting into the demonstrate in addition to ane of them, Jamie Routley won the £5,000 Young Artist Award. (The others are Rupert Alexander, Frances Bell, Timothy Gatenby). The studios adopt an atelier approach in addition to instruct sight size techniques in addition to their students move from life models. I've never earlier seen then many electrical flow or ex-students from ane schoolhouse inwards the exhibition. However it should live on remembered that this honour has e'er placed an emphasis on working from observation.
Size is of no termination inwards relation to getting selected - nonetheless format tin larn your move noticed. This exhibition has had a lot of really large paintings inwards the past. This twelvemonth at that topographic point are simply 2 truly large paintings - in addition to interestingly both are monochome - in addition to ane won 2nd prize for Spanish creative mortal Ignacio Estudillo. Plus a triptych won the Young Artist of the Year Award for Jamie Routley.
My ain stance is that all the paintings which are large tend to direct keep an added extra something or other almost them which justifies their inclusion given their size.
Impress the selectors amongst your fine art - non your frame! Framing does affair - however Federal Reserve annotation that much of the framing is truly really restrained in addition to frequently totally neutral. I've known move rejected from other exhibitions because of the framing in addition to I don't suppose this exhibition is whatever different.
Also - lots of gallery wrapped canvass move is hung without a frame.......
It's non necessary to live on a fellow member of a prestigious fine art society. Most are not. That said, at that topographic point are sure enough members of dissimilar fine art societies having move inwards the show.
It meets a challenge in addition to succeeds. It's interesting to regard how many of the paintings comprise a challenge of some kind eg how best to pigment using a really limited palette, how to blueprint a grouping portrait effectively.
Take a expect at the commissioned move inwards the Gallery. Most portraits are caput in addition to trunk in addition to some are total figure. Part of the start prize is a £4,000 commission. Does your artwork demonstrate that this is what you lot tin do? All iii of the top prize-winners this twelvemonth were caput in addition to torso.
Does the portrait expect similar a existent person? Can you lot experience the character? This for me is what truly makes the divergence betwixt the selected artists in addition to the shortlisted artists. There's something almost facial expression inwards the human face upwards in addition to posture which speaks of humanity in addition to personality. This year's winner is an fantabulous instance inwards signal - there's an enormous feel of warmth of personality in addition to her human relationship amongst the artist.
How to win a top prize inwards the BP Portrait Award
My ain theory is that virtually all the artists who win the top prizes tend to direct keep ane of 2 routes
On Thursday: at that topographic point is the adjacent business office of my review of the BP Portrait Award Exhibition. In it, I'll live on looking at the industrial plant I liked.
On Friday: I've got an interview amongst Andrea Chapin - the winner of this year's BP Portrait Award which volition include video footage.
Question for Portrait Artists
What's your favourite theory almost which artwork (or artists) larn selected for the exhibition each year?
Do larn out a comment in addition to allow me know what you lot thinks makes for a top award-winning portrait.
Also do larn out a comment at the cease of this ship service if you lot think at that topographic point are other factors which demand to live on taken into account.
About the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012
This is the 33rd twelvemonth of the exhibition. Last twelvemonth 341,050 visitors came to regard the exhibition - which is the largest divulge of visitors of whatever exhibition ever held at the National Portrait Gallery. Which agency that the exhibition is going to by in addition to large really busy - endeavour visiting early on inwards the calendar week in addition to early on inwards the day.
The exhibition is gratis in addition to opens to Blue Planet on Th 21 June 2012 inwards The Wolfson Gallery, National Portrait Gallery inwards London - until 23 September after which it volition tour the Great Britain - amongst exhibitions inwards Edinburgh in addition to Exeter.
The exhibition is supported past times BP - equally it has been for the terminal 23 years.
Previous weblog posts almost the BP Portrait
I know that a lot of people around the ground people reference my posts when trying to create upwards one's heed whether or non to enter. Some of them direct keep fifty-fifty gone on to win prizes! It's besides specially gratifying to verbalize to artists at the preview in addition to to know that several know this weblog really good indeed!
Anyway - then equally you lot don't missy out - here's the consummate listing of BP Portrait weblog posts on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark.
BP Portrait Award 2012
BP Portrait Award 2011
BP Portrait Award 2007
Her move was ane of iv shortlisted for prizes out of the 55 selected for the exhibition - in addition to the 2,187 entries received from artists inwards 74 dissimilar countries.
To larn selected you lot demand to hit goodness artwork in addition to larn noticed. So how does that happen?
This twelvemonth the judges direct keep identified WHY they selected the shortlisted industrial plant - in addition to you lot tin regard their reasons on the narrative adjacent to each painting (but non on the website - equally yet - but I'm going to foyer for this to live on included).
This year, equally good equally commenting on the exhibition, I'm going to offering my perspective on what it takes to larn selected in addition to to win. Hence, this start business office of my review is going to focus on the patterns I uncovering inwards relation to artwork which gets selected. It besides includes views of the exhibition.
[UPDATE: I've straight off besides uploaded a handheld video of the BP Portrait Exhibition 2012 to YouTube]
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| BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 all photos copyright Katherine Tyrrell |
All artwork for the exhibition is selected past times a panel of judges (for details regard BP Portrait Award 2012 - The Shortlist). Some selectors are members of the judging panel - in addition to render continuity - piece others serve for simply ane year.
The entire contest is judged, on an equal in addition to anonymous basis, from master paintings. There is no segregated judging past times part or country. So inwards principle, anybody tin win if their move is goodness enough. Occasionally somebody enters for the start fourth dimension in addition to wins the top prize - equally Aleah Chapin has done this year. Which inwards a way is a flake of a compassion equally it agency nosotros won't regard whatever to a greater extent than of her move inwards this contest inwards time to come years!
This is emphatically non a Great Britain entirely fine art contest - it's a global fine art competition. You sure enough don't direct keep to come upwards from the Great Britain to win this Award. I wasn't surprised that 2 international artists, ane an American in addition to the other Spanish, should have the 2 top prizes this year. This follows a distinct tendency for to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than international artists to ship their move to London to live on judged - over 25% of the entries straight off come upwards from exterior the Great Britain (see BP Portrait Award 2012 - 55 Selected Artists). In recent years at that topographic point has been a distinct emphasis on Castilian artists both entering in addition to getting selected for the exhibition. This twelvemonth we've seen the 2nd American creative mortal in addition to the start ever woman mortal American creative mortal win the award.
Those who direct keep been selected earlier tend to larn selected again. I went circular the exhibition today in addition to noted that a high proportion of the artists direct keep had their move selected for this exhibition before. Remember that the artwork is judged anonymously - which agency that at that topographic point has to live on something almost the technical science in addition to artistry displayed inwards the artwork which makes the difference. I would fence that the technical skills levels on display are extremely high - irrespective of the style of painting.
To bear witness my point, below you lot tin uncovering links to all the artwork past times artists who direct keep been selected for to a greater extent than than ane BP Portrait Award competition, including artists who direct keep entered move nether the one-time rules (artists must live on nether 40) and the novel rules (artists must live on aged over 18) It's good worth coming to the exhibition simply to written report the artwork past times artists who are selected ane time again in addition to again. You tin besides regard their move online - click the link inwards their names to regard their portraits
- 3rd prizewinner Alan Coulson (2010 in addition to 2011 ) an interesting subject
- Rupert Alexander (2007) an odd context in addition to a top existent lawn tennis instrumentalist (the type of mortal who mightiness direct keep a portrait inwards the National Portrait Galleries)
- Mary Jane Ansell (2004, 2009 in addition to 2010) heavy emphasis on the monochromatic
- Nathalie Beauvillain Scott (2004 in addition to 2010) Federal Reserve annotation this move tells a story
- Ian Cumberland (2009, 3rd prize 2011) extremely practiced inwards producing realism on a largish scale
- Colin Davidson (2011)
- Tom Dewhurst (1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2008 in addition to 2010) amazing divulge of times he has been selected
- David Eichenberg (3rd prize 2010 in addition to 2011) American creative mortal who paints amongst a high grade of realism in addition to lineament finish
- Miriam Escofet (2007, 2009 in addition to 2010) high grade of realism in addition to a really accomplished painter of fabric
- Nathan Ford (2000, 2010 in addition to 2011) specialises inwards modest paintings which are manifestly sketchy but are truly really skilled in addition to don't encompass all the canvas
- Alex Hanna (1998 in addition to 2010) deceptively simple
- Eileen Hogan (2007 in addition to 2009) updates a portrait past times Thomas Lawrence - who was the discipline of a recent NPG exhibition
- Leo Holloway (2006) goodness egg tempera prototype - although I'm sure other painters inwards egg tempera volition live on puzzled past times the notion that it takes years to consummate a painting!
- Tony Noble (2008, 2010 in addition to 2011)
- Anastasia Pollard (2007) really feature of her style of painting
- Louise Pragnell (2011)
- Carl Randall (2002) Fascinating prototype of a large grouping of people. Winner of the Travel Award 2012
- James Stewart (2004) I rather suspect he enjoyed prototype the Equus caballus more! Considering how besotted the British are past times animals I'm e'er somewhat surprised at that topographic point aren't to a greater extent than animals getting into portraits. (Plus retrieve Freud in addition to his dogs!)
- Benjamin Sullivan (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 in addition to 2011) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 really fine painter amongst a really consistent rail record! I'd similar to regard him pigment bigger again.
- Edward Sutcliffe (2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 in addition to 2011) a high grade of realism - in addition to inwards interesting pick of subject
- Jean-Paul Tibbles (1985 in addition to 1986) a really intense cropped self-portrait
- Emma Wesley (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 in addition to 2008) An interesting instance of an creative mortal who has non won the Award but who has been commissioned past times the Gallery to pigment a portrait
Education tin brand a difference. This twelvemonth a divulge of the ex students of the Charles H Cecil Studios inwards Florence were successful inwards getting into the demonstrate in addition to ane of them, Jamie Routley won the £5,000 Young Artist Award. (The others are Rupert Alexander, Frances Bell, Timothy Gatenby). The studios adopt an atelier approach in addition to instruct sight size techniques in addition to their students move from life models. I've never earlier seen then many electrical flow or ex-students from ane schoolhouse inwards the exhibition. However it should live on remembered that this honour has e'er placed an emphasis on working from observation.
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| BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 - your move does non demand to live on large to larn selected |
Size is of no termination inwards relation to getting selected - nonetheless format tin larn your move noticed. This exhibition has had a lot of really large paintings inwards the past. This twelvemonth at that topographic point are simply 2 truly large paintings - in addition to interestingly both are monochome - in addition to ane won 2nd prize for Spanish creative mortal Ignacio Estudillo. Plus a triptych won the Young Artist of the Year Award for Jamie Routley.
My ain stance is that all the paintings which are large tend to direct keep an added extra something or other almost them which justifies their inclusion given their size.
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| BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 - a monochromatic corner of the exhibition Artwork winning 2nd prize is on the left in addition to that winning tertiary prize is on the right |
Also - lots of gallery wrapped canvass move is hung without a frame.......
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| BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 - Federal Reserve annotation wrapped canvases without frames |
It meets a challenge in addition to succeeds. It's interesting to regard how many of the paintings comprise a challenge of some kind eg how best to pigment using a really limited palette, how to blueprint a grouping portrait effectively.
Take a expect at the commissioned move inwards the Gallery. Most portraits are caput in addition to trunk in addition to some are total figure. Part of the start prize is a £4,000 commission. Does your artwork demonstrate that this is what you lot tin do? All iii of the top prize-winners this twelvemonth were caput in addition to torso.
- The corridor to the exhibition this twelvemonth has the commissioned industrial plant past times past winners in addition to others who direct keep been selected for exhibition on multiple occasions. It's really educational.
- If you lot can't larn to the gallery you lot tin regard the commissions painted past times past winners
- Note at that topographic point are no "big heads"!
Does the portrait expect similar a existent person? Can you lot experience the character? This for me is what truly makes the divergence betwixt the selected artists in addition to the shortlisted artists. There's something almost facial expression inwards the human face upwards in addition to posture which speaks of humanity in addition to personality. This year's winner is an fantabulous instance inwards signal - there's an enormous feel of warmth of personality in addition to her human relationship amongst the artist.
How to win a top prize inwards the BP Portrait Award
My ain theory is that virtually all the artists who win the top prizes tend to direct keep ane of 2 routes
- the dull burn (selected, selected again, shortlisted, win)
- instant success (enter for the start fourth dimension in addition to win a prize inwards your start twelvemonth and/or win top prize.
On Thursday: at that topographic point is the adjacent business office of my review of the BP Portrait Award Exhibition. In it, I'll live on looking at the industrial plant I liked.
On Friday: I've got an interview amongst Andrea Chapin - the winner of this year's BP Portrait Award which volition include video footage.
Question for Portrait Artists
What's your favourite theory almost which artwork (or artists) larn selected for the exhibition each year?
Do larn out a comment in addition to allow me know what you lot thinks makes for a top award-winning portrait.
Also do larn out a comment at the cease of this ship service if you lot think at that topographic point are other factors which demand to live on taken into account.
About the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012
This is the 33rd twelvemonth of the exhibition. Last twelvemonth 341,050 visitors came to regard the exhibition - which is the largest divulge of visitors of whatever exhibition ever held at the National Portrait Gallery. Which agency that the exhibition is going to by in addition to large really busy - endeavour visiting early on inwards the calendar week in addition to early on inwards the day.
The exhibition is gratis in addition to opens to Blue Planet on Th 21 June 2012 inwards The Wolfson Gallery, National Portrait Gallery inwards London - until 23 September after which it volition tour the Great Britain - amongst exhibitions inwards Edinburgh in addition to Exeter.
The exhibition is supported past times BP - equally it has been for the terminal 23 years.
Previous weblog posts almost the BP Portrait
I know that a lot of people around the ground people reference my posts when trying to create upwards one's heed whether or non to enter. Some of them direct keep fifty-fifty gone on to win prizes! It's besides specially gratifying to verbalize to artists at the preview in addition to to know that several know this weblog really good indeed!
Anyway - then equally you lot don't missy out - here's the consummate listing of BP Portrait weblog posts on Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark.
BP Portrait Award 2012
- Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award 2012 11 December 2011 Provides an overview of the procedure in addition to some tips.
- BP Portrait Award 2012 - The Shortlist - identitifies shortlisted industrial plant in addition to profiles their artists.
- BP Portrait Award 2012 - 55 Selected Artists includes links to all the artists in addition to a statistical analysis of the entries past times country
- Aleah Chapin wins £25,000 BP Portrait Award 2012 Lists the prizewinners for 2012.
- Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 (Part 1) Focuses on a theory almost what's of import to getting selected
- Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 (Part 2) Focuses on overall trends in addition to portrait paintings I like
- Video of BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 a walk around the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 at the National Portrait Gallery on 20 June 2012.
- A Profile of Aleah Chapin A profile of in addition to interview amongst Aleah Chapin - the start American woman mortal creative mortal to win the BP Portrait Award - inwards June 2012.
Plus my website - which includes other portrait competitions - Portraiture - Resources for Artists
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| see BP Portrait Award 2012 - 55 Selected Artists |
BP Portrait Award 2011
- BP Portrait Award 2011 Shortlist - identifies shortlisted entries in addition to artists. See if you lot tin gauge which move won earlier reading my review post.
- BP Portrait Award 2011: links to Selected Artists - artists selected for the exhibition inwards 2011
- Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2011 - my review of the exhibition (later than usual)
- BP Travel Awards: 2010 (Paul Beel) in addition to 2011 (Jo Fraser) - data for those interested inwards the Travel Award
- BP Portrait Award 2011: People's Favourite & Statistics - this is the ship service inwards which I analysed terminal year's entry statistics
- BP Portrait Award 2010 - Shortlist announced)
- BP Portrait Award 2010: List of Exhibitors in addition to Brian Sewell
- Daphne Todd wins BP Portrait Award 2010
- Two American Artists win BP Portrait Prizes
- BP Portrait Award: Michael Gaskell's unparalled record
- a video of the exhibition regard Video - BP Portrait Exhibition 2010 opens today
- BP Portrait Tour & Portrait of the Nation
- Sue Rubira makes her grade on bp portrait
- Exhibition review: BP Portrait Award
- Peter Monkman wins start prize inwards BP Portrait Award 2009
- BP Portrait Award 2009 - the shortlist
- BP Portrait Award - who enters in addition to who gets selected
- BP Portrait Award 2009 - Call for Entries
BP Portrait Award 2007
- Making a Mark: Paul Emsley wins BP Portrait Award
- View the BP Portrait Award 2007 in addition to BP Travel Award 2006 exhibitions
Plus a link to my website about Portraiture - Resources for Artists
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