Call for Entries: Royal Society of Portrait Painters 128th Annual Exhibition (2019)
The Call for digital entries for the next annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters has opened
Portrait Artists are invited to submit works for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) at their Annual Exhibition 2019. The deadline for entries is Friday 18 January 2019, 12 noon.
The exhibition includes several prizes and awards, open to all participating artists.
The prizes (in order of value) include:
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| Part of last year's annual exhibition - in the Threadneedle Space at the Mall Galleries |
The RP seeks submissions of new and traditional artistic models and perspectives in portraiture.
This is a very prestigious International OPEN Exhibition which any serious portrait painter should think very seriously about entering due to
- the high quality of the non-members exhibits; and
- the scope to attract commissions for future portraits.
- Exhibition Details
- Prizes & Awards - The exhibition includes some high value prizes and awards, open to all participating artists
- Your chances of getting exhibited
- WHY you SHOULD enter the exhibition if you are a serious portrait painter
- Summary of the Call for Entries
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| Smaller paintings and drawings mainly from the open entry in the 2018 Exhibition |
2019 Annual OPEN Exhibition
- Venue: Mall Galleries, the Mall London SW1 - across all three galleries due to its size.
- Dates: The exhibition lasts just over two weeks
- Opens: Thursday 9th May 2019
- Closes at 5pm on Friday 24th May 2019
- Hours: Open to the public every day from 10am - 5pm
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| Entry to the RP Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries |
- Social media details:
- website: https://therp.co.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalSocietyofPortraitPainters/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rsportraitpainters/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/RP_portraits/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/royalsocietyofportraitpainters/
- Call for Entries (RP): https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/exhibit-with-us/
- Call for Entries (Mall Galleries): https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/call-for-entries/open-exhibitions/royal-society-portrait-painters (includes generic terms and conditions re exhibiting at the Mall Galleries)
2019 Prizes
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Winner of the Ondaatje Prize 2018 Mette by James Hague |
The prizes (in order of value) include:
- The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture: £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal - awarded for the most distinguished portrait in the Society’s annual exhibition
- The de Laszlo Foundation Award: £3,000 plus a Silver Medal for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under
- The RP Award: a £2,000 prize for portraiture
- All works shown in the Annual Exhibition will be eligible.
- winner will be the artist whose work best represents the year's chosen theme - ‘Skin'.
- The judges will be looking for new / interesting / surprising / engaging interpretations of the idea of ‘Skin’ within the parameters of portraiture.
- The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing: £2,000 and framed certificate for a portrait in any recognised drawing medium
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| Em and Bruno by Anna Pinkster |
- The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award: £2,000 and framed certificate for the most classically inspired portrait in the exhibition
- The Contemporary Arts Trust Award: £1,000 to the most deserving artist in the exhibition
- The Smallwood Architects Prize: £1,000 for a portrait in which architectural or interior features play an important part
