Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2017

10am to 5pm (Open until 7pm on Tuesday 9 and 16 May)

4 May 2017 to 19 May 2017

Main Gallery, North Galleries and Threadneedle Space

Admission: £4, Concession £2.50, Free to Friends of Mall Galleries and under 18s.

50% off to National Art Pass Holders

This fascinating exhibition always attracts some well-known faces both on and off the walls.

It is a showcase of the best recent portraits by artists at all stages in their careers from eminent masters to emerging new talent. It encompasses a huge range of characters, styles and media, showing the breadth of the contemporary painted portrait.

Commissions are vital to this genre so Consultants are available throughout the show to help anybody who would like to know more about commissioning a portrait.

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Exhibiting artists

Alastair Adams PPRP

Liz Balkwill PS

Caroline Bays PS

Frances Bell RP

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

James Bland NEAC

Jason Bowyer PS PPNEAC RP

Paul Brason RP

Keith Breeden RP

Peter Brown PNEAC RP ROI PS Hon RBA

David Caldwell RP

Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP

David Cobley RP NEAC

Tessa Coleman NEAC

Anthony Connolly RP

Ian Cryer FROI

Saied Dai RP NEAC

Sam Dalby RP

Simon Davis VPRP

Miriam Escofet

Andrew Festing PPRP

Richard Foster PRP

Joseph Galvin

David Graham RP

Valeriy Gridnev PS ROI RP

Robin-Lee Hall PPRP

Benjamin Hope NEAC PS ARSMA

Emma Hopkins RP

Andrew James RP NEAC

Kevin Line RBSA

June Mendoza AO OBE RP ROI

Anthony Morris RP NEAC

Nashunmenghe

David R Newens

Shanti Panchal Hon RBA

Eve Pettitt

Anastasia Pollard RP

Mark Roscoe RP

Susan Ryder RP NEAC

Melissa Scott-Miller RP NEAC RBA

Daniel Shadbolt NEAC

Jeff Stultiens RP

Benjamin Sullivan RP NEAC

Bernadett Timko

Daphne Todd OBE PPRP HRNEAC

Jason Walker RP

John Walton Hon RP

Emma Wesley RP

Toby Wiggins RP

Antony Williams NEAC PS RP

John Wonnacott CBE Hon. RP

Neale Worley NEAC RP

Robbie Wraith RP

Hun Adamoglu

Marilyn Bailey

Geoffrey Beasley

Frances Borden

Martin Brooks

Emma Bruce

John Burke

Henry Byrne

Steve Caldwell

Chris Clements

Vania Comoretti

John Cooney

Belinda Crozier

Merrie Curtiss-Fuller

Lantian D

Helen Davison

Harriet Doherty

Mark Draisey

David Eyres

Samantha Fellows

Mark Fielding

Lucy Fyffe

Jonathan Gidlow

Lyn Gray

Raul G.

Mark Haddon

Raoof Haghighi

Rachid Hanbali

Victor Harris

Julia Hawkins

Vin Jelly

Hero Johnson

Terry Kent

Kathryn Kynoch

John Lessore

Zi Ling

Kinga Markus

Jane Masojada

Gregory Mason

Claire McAuley

Rosie McClelland

Shawn McGovern

Kenny McKendry

Millie Midgley

Julian Mitchell

Patrick Moffat

Mark Mulholland

Robin L Muller

Genevieve Murray

Britta Noresten

Tim Patrick

Harriet Pattinson

Sergei Pavlenko

Allan Ramsay

Carl Randall

Scarlett Rickard

Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

Jamie Routley

Charlie Schaffer

Fiona Scott

Caroline Seilern-Aspang

Sue Spaull

Martin Stevenson

Edward Sutcliffe

David Thomas

David Vigor

Jacques Viljoen

Adele Wagstaff

Jian Wang

Terry Ward

Joshua Waterhouse

Colin Watson

Leslie Watts

John Williams ARSBA

Linda Wright

Craig Wylie

Zhang Yafei

Michael Youds

Selected Works

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Solitude. A Portrait of Mum

Adele Wagstaff

Oil, 50 x 45 cm, NFS

Katherine Cumming, Bathwick Hill

John Walton Hon RP

Oil, 52 x 42 cm, NFS

Fulpati of Dashain Festival

Jian Wang

Pastel, 110 x 75 cm, £50,000

Cricket Spectator

Terry Ward

Charcoal & chalk, 65 x 54 cm, NFS

The Pensive Gamze

Terry Ward

Graphite, 55 x 47 cm, NFS

Wakaimba

Joshua Waterhouse

Oil, 61 x 40 cm, £9,000

Parvis Sigaroudinia

Colin Watson

Oil, 61 x 45 cm, NFS

Reliquary: Five Members of The International Midnight Painters' Society

Leslie Watts

Egg tempera, 44 x 71 cm, NFS

The Four of Us

Leslie Watts

Graphite & wax, 50 x 40 cm, NFS

Anthony Bowen, Jesus College, Cambridge

Emma Wesley RP

Pencil, 39 x 47 cm, NFS

Finn

Emma Wesley RP

Pencil, 33 x 39 cm, NFS

Nigel Harris, Violinmaker

Emma Wesley RP

Acrylic, 97 x 97 cm, NFS

Katie and Jamie

Toby Wiggins RP

Oil, 40 x 35 cm, NFS

Portrait of my Father

Toby Wiggins RP

Oil, 47 x 40 cm, NFS

Study for a Portrait of Sophie Holdforth

Toby Wiggins RP

Pencil, 79 x 89 cm, NFS

Michael Harding

John Williams

Oil, 93 x 93 cm, NFS

Barry

Antony Williams NEAC PS RP

Egg tempera, 46 x 41 cm, NFS

Kumar Sangakkara

Antony Williams NEAC PS RP

Egg tempera, 92 x 92 cm, NFS

Mahela Jayawardene (By kind permission of the MCC)

Antony Williams NEAC PS RP

Egg tempera, 92 x 92 cm, NFS

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Jörg Geller in the Library of the East India Club, St James's Square

John Wonnacott CBE Hon. RP

Oil, 127 x 92 cm, NFS

Two Brides Together in the Garden Dancing

John Wonnacott CBE Hon. RP

Oil, 158 x 127 cm, NFS

Naima

Robbie Wraith RP

Ink, 45 x 35 cm, NFS

Paul Barnard

Robbie Wraith RP

Charcoal, 80 x 46 cm, NFS

Chef David Giddings

Lindy Wright

Oil, 80 x 40 cm, £1,400

Mr & Mrs Emerson (Diptych)

Craig Wylie

Oil, 130 x 200 cm, NFS

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Simon Davis VPRP

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Portrait Demonstration by Simon Davis VPRP

Artist demonstration

Anastasia Pollard RP

11 May 2017

Anastasia Pollard RP will be demonstrating her portrait painting techniques in the gallery.

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David Newens Assoc RP

13 May 2017

Portrait Demonstration by David Newens Assoc RP

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP

16 May 2017

Portrait Demonstration by Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP