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Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2015 2015 therp.co.uk RP Annual Exhibition 2015 Royal Society of Portrait Painters 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD Tel: 020 7930 6844 www.therp.co.uk Cover painting ‘Fabio’ by Brendan Kelly RP Designed and produced by Chris Drake Design Printed by Duncan Print Group Published by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters © 2015 Royal Society of Portrait Painters The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a Registered Charity No. 327460 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Patron: Her Majesty The Queen Advisory Board Council Hanging Committee Anne Beckwith-Smith LVO Paul Brason Paul Brason Keith Benham Tom Coates Simon Davis Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll DBE Saied Dai Sam Dalby Lord Fellowes GCB GCVO QSO Sam Dalby Toby Wiggins Foreman Anupam Ganguli Sheldon Hutchinson Gallery Manager Damon de Laszlo Antony Williams John Deston The Hon. Sandra de Laszlo Selection Committee Philip Mould Exhibitions Officer Jane Bond Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC Alistair Redgrift Sam Dalby Mark Stephens CBE Simon Davis Press and Publicity Daphne Todd OBE PPRP NEAC Hon. SWA Robin-Lee Hall Richard Fitzwilliams President Sheldon Hutchinson Liberty Rowley Robin-Lee Hall Melissa Scott-Miller Head of Commissions Toby Wiggins Vice President Annabel Elton Antony Williams Simon Davis ‘Conversations’ Prize Honorary Secretary Selection Committee Melissa Scott-Miller Anthony Eyton RA Honorary Treasurer Martin Gayford Jason Walker Philip Mould OBE Justin Urquhart Stewart Honorary Archivist Toby Wiggins 3 Deceased Honorary Members Past Presidents 2001 – 2002 Andrew Festing MBE 2002 – 2008 Susan Ryder NEAC Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM RA RWS 1891 – 1904 A. Stuart Wortley 2008 – 2014 Andrew James William Bowyer RA RP RWS NEAC 1906 – 1910 Sir W. Q. Orchardson RA HRSA Maurice Bradshaw OBE 1910 – 1924 Sir James J. Shannon RA Honorary Members 2015 Derek Clarke RP RSW ARSA 1924 – 1930 Sir William Orpen KBE RA RHA Sir George Clausen RA 1932 – 1940 Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA Etc Leonard McComb RA Hon. RBA Sir Arthur Cope RA 1944 – 1948 George Harcourt RA Tom Phillips CBE RA Hon. PS Cowan Dobson RBA 1948 – 1953 Augustus John OM RA Tai-Shan Schierenberg William Dring RA RWS 1953 – 1965 Sir James Gunn RA LL.D John Wonnacott CBE Hugh de T. Glazebrook 1965 – 1971 Sir William Hutchison PPRSA Kenneth Green 1971 – 1980 Edward Halliday CBE PPRBA Members 2015 Sir James Guthrie PRSA RA 1980 – 1983 Norman Hepple RA Alastair Adams PPRP Allan Gwynne-Jones DSO RA 1983 – 1991 David Poole ARCA Jane Bond RP NEAC J. McLure Hamilton 1991 Edward Hall Jason Bowyer RP PNEAC PS Claude Harrison ARCA 1991 – 1994 George J. D. Bruce Paul Brason PPRP Augustus John OM RA 1994 – 2000 Daphne Todd OBE Keith Breeden RP AGBI Steward 2014-15 Dame Laura Knight RA RWS 2000 – 2002 Paul Brason Peter Brown RP NEAC PS Hon. RBA ROI Leonard C. Lindsay FSA 2002 – 2008 Andrew Festing MBE George J. D. Bruce PPRP Sir William Llewellyn PRA 2008 – 2014 Alastair Adams Tom Coates RP PPPS PPRBA RWS Sir John Everett Millais PRA PPNEAC RWA A. T. Nowell Past Vice Presidents David Cobley RP RWA NEAC Herbert A. Oliver RI 1898 – 1934 The Hon. John Collier OBE Anthony Connolly RP Sir Edward Poynter PRA RWS 1934 – 1944 George Harcourt RA Saied Dai RP NEAC Hugh G. Riviere 1944 – 1952 Sir Oswald Birley RA Sam Dalby RP Carlos Sancha 1952 – 1953 T. C. Dugdale RA Simon Davis RP RBSA Vice President C. Sanders RA 1953 – 1957 Simon Elwes ARA Frederick Deane RP John S. Sargent RA RWS 1959 – 1964 Sir William Hutchison PPRSA John Edwards RP Howard Somerville 1966 – 1980 Norman Hepple RA Andrew Festing MBE PPRP Trevor Stubley RBA RSW RWS 1980 – 1985 John Ward CBE RA RWS Richard Foster RP A. R. Thompson RA 1985 – 1991 George J. D. Bruce David Graham RP G. F. Watts OM RA 1991 Edward Hall Valeriy Gridnev RP PS ROI T. Fiddes Watt RSA 1991 – 1994 Richard Foster Robin-Lee Hall RP J. McNeill Whistler HRSA LL.D 1994 – 1999 Trevor Stubley RWS RBA Geoffrey Hayzer RP Walter Woodington RBA NEAC 1999 – 2001 Paul Brason Sheldon Hutchinson RP 4 Andrew James RP Honorary Friends Ms Christina Leder Brendan Kelly RP Professor Kenneth McConkey Ms Philippa Abrahams Peter Kuhfeld RP NEAC David Messum Esq. Ms Anne Allport James Lloyd RP Dr Mark Moody-Stuart Sir Ian Amory June Mendoza AO OBE RP ROI Hon. SWA Ms Jans Ondaatje-Rolls The Rt. Hon. Lord Archer of Anthony Morris RP NEAC Richard Ormond Esq. Weston Super Mare Michael Noakes RP William Packer Esq. NEAC Hon. RBA Hon. PS Ms Pim Baxter Anastasia Pollard RP James Partridge OBE DSc. Baroness Bottomley David Poole PPRP ARCA Ms Liz Rideal Gyles Brandreth Esq. Susan Ryder RP NEAC Alasdair Riley Esq. Robin Buchanan-Dunlop Esq. Melissa Scott-Miller RP NEAC Hon. Secretary The Hon. Maurice Robson Gerald Carroll Esq. Stephen Shankland RP Sir Timothy Sainsbury Colonel William Chesshyre Jeff Stultiens RP Dr Charles Saumarez Smith Mrs Peter Cookson Benjamin Sullivan RP NEAC Sir David Scholey Conrad Dehn Esq. Jason Sullivan RP The Lord Selborne Ms Susan Engledow Michael Taylor RP Robin Simon Esq. Ms Katherine Eustace Daphne Todd OBE PPRP NEAC Hon. SWA Peyton Skipwith Esq. Michael Fawcett Esq. Jason Walker RP Hon. Treasurer Peter Spira Esq. Lord Fellowes of West Stafford John Walton RP Prof. Dame Marilyn Strathern Ms Moira Field Emma Wesley RP The Lord Vinson of Roddam Dene LVO DL Ms Frances Gandy Toby Wiggins RP Hon. Archivist Ian Wallace Esq. Dr Rita Gardner Antony Williams RP PS NEAC Anthony Weale Esq. Martin Gayford Esq. Neale Worley RP Duncan Wilson Esq. David Goldstone Esq. Robbie Wraith RP Andrew Wilton Esq Philip Harley Esq. Associate Members Sir Max Hastings Sir Michael Holroyd Frances Bell Assoc RP David Houchin Esq. Miriam Escofet Assoc RP Ms Sarah Howgate Joseph Galvin Assoc RP Ms Dotti Irving David Miller Assoc RP Mrs Lucy Jenkins David R Newens Assoc RP Dr Gillian Jondorf Mark Roscoe Assoc RP The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP Sir Henry Keswick The Lady Fellowes LVO Sir Kirby and Lady Laing 5 FIGURATIVE ART TODAY The Threadneedle Prize 2014 The Threadneedle Foundation is pleased to support Mall Galleries and The Threadneedle Prize, a leading competition for figurative and representational painting and sculpture. Since its establishment in 2008 The Threadneedle Prize has become recognised as one of the country’s major art prizes and a vibrant and engaging forum for creative talent. As well as supporting new techniques that stretch the potential of young, emerging and established artists, it provides an exciting and varied exhibition for everyone to see. threadneedle.com/foundation | threadneedleprize.com Bed Head - Tina Jenkins Winner - Threadneedle Prize 2014 Important information: Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (TAML) registered in England and Wales, no.3701768, 60 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8JQ. TAML is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Threadneedle Investments is a brand name and both the Threadneedle Investments name and logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Threadneedle group of companies. threadneedle.com T4230 President’s review of the year Welcome to the 124th Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Open Management, we are able to offer Exhibition. The portraits on show draw from members and non-members workshops during our show in the excellent Learning Centre at the Mall Galleries. alike. This year, we received in the region of 1,900 portraits from our digital submission, with a final 91 making it onto the walls. We are delighted to be able to continue to award our generous and established prizes. It is also my pleasure to introduce myself as Congratulations go to our 2014 the new President of the RP. I have been prizewinners. We are, as ever, grateful for exhibiting with the RP since the nineties and the generosity of our sponsors’ support and in 2008 was elected to membership. I became belief in the Society’s remit. This year we a Council member in 2009 and have sat on have also been able to add Burke’s Peerage the People’s Portraits Standing Committee Foundation. These prizes are valuable to the at Girton since 2010. I’m a practising recipients, many of whom establish higher portrait painter and I lecture at the National profiles from being showcased in this way. Portrait Gallery and National Gallery. My ambition for the Society as President, is to 2014 saw the Bulldog Bursary awarded continue to build on our history and strong to Emma Hopkins. Emma, along with 2013 reputation for high quality commissioned recipient, Sarah Jane Moon, has an portraiture and share our knowledge and exhibition during the show in the Mall experience through education. Galleries’ Learning Centre. On behalf of the Society, I would like to The People’s Portraits collection at Girton thank Alastair Adams for his direction and continues to go from strength to strength leadership over the last six years. Alastair with Jason Walker donating his portrait of gave us a fine new website and a new ‘Brooksy’. This year the collection image. His enthusiasm and very hard work celebrates its 15th anniversary and there helped to guide the Society through difficult will be a small selection of paintings on economic times. Thanks also go to Andy show in the Threadneedle Space. James for his work alongside Alastair as Vice President over his term. Michael Taylor All of the RP’s activities are as a result of stepped down from the Council on abundant goodwill, support and advice completion of his two-year rotation and his from friends, members and our highly contribution is greatly appreciated. Robin-Lee Hall, the new President of the RP experienced and valued Advisory Board.