Alexander Talbot Rice

Alexander Thomas Talbot-Rice (born 4 August 1969[1] in London) is a British society portrait artist.

Personal

Talbot-Rice is the son of David Arthur and Sylvia Dorothea Talbot-Rice and grand-nephew of art historian David Talbot Rice. He was educated at Stowe School.[1] After Durham University, he began training as a painter, attending The Florence Academy of Art (1997-2000) and later the Repin Academy of Arts (2000-2002) in St Petersburg. On his initial arrival in Florence he had been homeless for a short time and slept in an Anglican church.[2] He is dyslexic.[2]

Career

In 2005 he painted the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, depicted HM the Coronation Coach at the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace.[3] He has also painted portraits of Margaret Thatcher, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Pope Benedict XVI.[4] In 2007 he exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, USA.[5]

In 2012 he was an official war artist with the British Army during the war in Afghanistan.[2]

References
  1. "Alexander Thomas Talbot Rice". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. "British portrait artist on his brush with royalty and the Taliban". South China Morning Post. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. Carloline Davies (8 June 2005). "Painting that made the Queen ache". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  4. "Inside portrait artist Alexander Talbot Rice's studio" (Video). BBC News. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  5. "Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery, London". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.