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HE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS
 

Prizes

The society offers a number of major prizes each year and they are awarded through the annual exhibition. Click here to find out how to enter.

The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture
De Laszlo Prize for Outstanding Portraiture

The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing
The Changing Faces Prize
The Arts Club Award
  

 

The Bulldog Bursary is also awarded each year but is selected through a different process. Click here to find out more

The Bulldog Bursary

The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture

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.

Ondaatje Prize Winner 2009
Ondaatje Prize Winner 2009
Valentina by Anastasia PollardRP

Prize Winners

2009 - Anastasia Pollard RP
2008 - James Lloyd RP
2007 - Tom Coates RP
2006 - Saied Dai RP
2005 - John Wonnacott RP
2004 - Howard Morgan RP
2003 - Michael Reynolds RP
2002 - Martin Yeoman RP, NEAC
2001 - Daphne Todd PPRP, NEAC
2000 - Leonard Rosoman OBE, RA
1999 - John Ward CBE
1998 - Paul Brason RP
1997 - Thom Winterburn
1996 - Desmond Healy
1995 - Antony Williams
1991 - Antony Williams


De Laszlo Prize for Best Portrait by an under 35 year old

The de Laszlo Prize of £3,000 for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 25 years or under.

De Laszlo Prize Winner 2009
De Laszlo Prize Winner 2009
Margaret Bent CBE FBA
All Souls College, Oxford

Prize Winners

2009 - Emma Wesley
2008 - Ruth Murray for Girl of 100 epochs
2007 - Patrick Bremer for Inky
2006 - Frances Bell for An Italian lady
2005 - Emma Wesley
2004 - Brendon Kelly

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The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales is once again delighted to give his name and support the prize 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.

Prince of Wales's Award for Drawing 2009
Prince of Wales's Award
for Drawing 2009
Thelma by Neil Helyard

Prize Winners

2009 - Neil Helyard
2008 - Peter Brown
2007 - Saied Dai
2006 - Thomas Lumley
2005 - Toby Wiggins
2004 - Anthony Connolly
2003 - Warren Baldwin
2002 - Peter Kuhfeld
2001 - Sheldon Hutchinson
2000 - Tom Coates
1999 - Nicholas Cochrane

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The Changing Faces Prize

The Changing Faces Prize: £2,000 for the portrait which is most outstanding in the way it communicates with the viewer.

The Changing Faces Prize 2009
The Changing Faces Prize 2009
Mrs Edmonson by Anthony Connolly

Prize Winners

2009 - Anthony Connolly
2008 - Hynek Martinec
2007 - Brendan Kelly
2006 - Toby Wiggins
2005 - Jean-Paul Tibbles
2004 - Alastair Adams
2003 - Jason Bowyer
2002 - Michael Taylor

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The Arts Club Award
One year's free membership

 

Prize Winners

2009 - Amin Milani
2008 - Keith Breeden and Richard Brazier
2007 - Robbie Wraith and Linda Atherton
2006 - Valeriy Gridnev
2005 - Jennifer Anderson

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The Carroll Foundation Award

The Silver Medal together with a cheque for £3,000 was awarded each year to  an artist under thirty five judged to have submitted  the  best portrait.  The Carroll Foundation Award was presented annually between 1990 and 2003.

Carroll Foundation Award 2003 - Francisco Centofanti
Carroll Foundation Award 2003
Francisco Centofanti

Prize Winners

2003 - Francisco Centofanti
2002 - Benjamin Sullivan
2001 - James Schneider
2000 - Tom Leveritt
1999 - James Lloyd
1998 - Andrew James
1997 - Francis Terry
1996 - Frances Turner
1995 - Antony Williams
1994 - Haydn Cottam
1993 - Richard Smith
1992 - Nahem Shoa
1990 - David Quirke
1989 - Emily Patrick

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