Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Open Exhibition

The Society offers a number of major prizes each year and they are awarded through the annual exhibition.

• Annual Exhibition 2012

  Mall Galleries

  The Mall, by Trafalgar Square, London

  Thursday 3rd May 2012 until  18th May 2012

  Conditions

  Maximum of three works to be submitted. Maximum of three works will be selected.  Submission fee £12 per work or £6 per work for artists under the age of 35.

  Acceptable media: Oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, pencil, sanguine, conté and any dry medium. Original prints (please detail edition and how many are available). We cannot receive pictures taller than 2.4m (8ft), please call in advance if your work exceeds this.

  Prizes

  Our prizes (see below) are all drawn from the pool of exhibited works.  (The Bulldog Bursary winner is selected through a different system.)   See who won our prizes for portraiture

  For more about what has been in our exhibitions see past open exhibition catalogues

  Receiving Days

  Friday 16 March 2012, 10am-5pm
  Saturday 17 March 2012, 10am-5pm

  at 17 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5BD

  Collection Unaccepted work:

  Saturday 31 March 2012, 10am – 5pm Wednesday 4 April 2012, 10am – 5pm

  Collection Unsold work:

  Thursday 24 May 2012, 10am – 5pm

  
  

  To submit work

  You can either

  Register and download forms and entry labels then bring your work to Carlton House Terrace London sW1Y 5BD on one of  the Receiving days

  or use our

  On-line registration and digital pre-selection which is now open – closes 23rd February 2012. This is a two-stage digital PRE-SELECTION process which allows you to register online and to upload a digital image of each submission onto a dedicated web page. The works are assessed and the most likely to be selected for exhibition are notified on 1 March. These works should then be brought to 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1,  on one of the receiving days

The RP Prizes

• The Changing Faces Commission Prize

  The Changing Faces Prize is awarded to the artist whose portrait best conveys the energy of their subject, the directness of their gaze and an attitude that exudes openness and confidence. The Prize is a £2,000 commission to produce a portrait of a person with an unusual-looking face for the Changing Faces Collection.

  See previous winners

• Prince of Wales' Award for Portrait Drawing

  The Prince of Wales’s Drawing School Award for Portrait Drawing: £2,000 and framed certificate for work in a recognised drawing medium.

  See previous winners

• De Laszlo Prize for Outstanding Portraiture

  The de Lazlo Prize of £3,000  and a silver medal for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under.

  See previous winners

• The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture

  £10,000 plus the Society’s GOLD MEDAL awarded for the most distinguished painting in the Society’s annual exhibition.

  See previous winners