The King and the Queen discovered their respective new portraits, painted by artists chosen by them on the second anniversary of Charles’ coronation.
Will it be as controversial as the entirely red portrait unveiled last year? A new official portrait of Charles III, painted by a British artist, was unveiled this Tuesday, May 6, to celebrate the two years of his coronation. Queen Camilla has, she was immortalized by another painter.
“On the occasion of the second anniversary of the coronation of their majesties, two state portraits of King Charles III and Queen Camilla were unveiled in the central hall of the National Gallery,” said the official website of the royal family.
“The king has chosen to be painted by Peter Kuhfeld and the Queen chose Paul S. Benney. These two artists are already known to their majesties, since they have already participated in other royal commands. These portraits are part of an important tradition of state portraits of the coronation which dates back several centuries,” said Buckingham.
“I stood my stomach by laughing”
“I spent a lot of time with him over the years and therefore I am used to rubbing shoulders,” said the artist, quoted by the BBC, adding, “as a person, he is very interesting, he understands very well what a painter needs to do his job”.
Charles teases indeed, in fact, in his spare time, and painted, when he was prince of Wales, many watercolors.
-Paul S. Benney, the painter who immortalized the Queen, also spent a wonderful moment, he said.
The sessions were extremely pleasant for me, “he said.” I like to speak when I paint … and so we discussed a lot and told anecdotes. Sometimes I stood my belly by laughing. The queen is full of mind. “
The king and the queen for their part, much appreciated their portrait.
Last year, the portrait of the sovereign signed Jonathan Yeo, entirely red, with a small butterfly above the shoulder, sharply cutting with the previous official portraits, had fueled many discussions.
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The king himself tique by discovering this explosion of red, as artist Jonathan Yeo confided, to BBC News. When Charles III given the painting “half -finished”, “he was first surprised by the strength of the colors, but he seemed to smile with an approval air”.
