Like her grandfather, Prince Philip, or her uncle, King Charles, Princess Eugenie developed her artistic side very early. If the first two have already revealed their works, this is not the case for Prince Andrew’s youngest daughter, who, for the moment, has not shown her creations to the public. Passionate about Art history, she still made it her career. Director of the contemporary art gallery, Hauser & Wirth, the 34-year-old young woman reveals a little more about her passion in a documentary which will be broadcast on ITV1 next December 30.
Tracing the 200-year history of the National Gallery in London, the film entitled My National Gallery gives the floor to several celebrities, including Princess Eugenie, who share their artistic memories and their passion for painting or sculpture. “I studied art at school, I would have liked to be an artist,” reveals the woman who followed a course in English literature and art history at the University of Newcastle. In a clip from the documentary, she shares more about her relationship with the National Gallery, a place where she spent so much time admiring her favorite masterpieces.
“I remember times walking around this museum, when I would sit on the floor and draw. Now when I walk through the corridors and I see groups of young people doing the exact same thing, I say to myself ‘that’ was that what I was doing too? Princess Beatrice’s sister even expresses regret, “I would love to find my drawings from that time, when I was a student, always in the front row, conscientious, absorbing every detail and learning a little more every day about history and art,” she tells the camera.
From art student to gallery director
A non-active member of the royal family, but very involved in the causes she defends, Princess Eugenie is passionate about her profession, which she learned in New York. at Paddle8, an auction house where she spent two years before being poached by Hauser & Wirth in London. To improve her skills, after finishing her studies, Jack Brooksbank’s wife did several very educational internships, notably at Christie’s in London in 2010 and with the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace.
Why didn’t she want to pursue a career as an artist? The princess answers the question in an interview published in Harper’s Bazaar in 2014. Questioned by Tracey Emin, a British visual artist during a cross-interview, Eugenie opens up. “When I first got into art, in Marlborough, where I went to school, I found it difficult and I quickly realized that it was not the route to take. I preferred to exhibit art and make it accessible, and witness the joy it brings to people,” she explains. She says she even experienced a sort of revelation when visiting Tony Shafrazi’s gallery, during an exhibition dedicated to Basquiat. “I want to do that. I want to see art, hang pictures on the wall, give people the same feeling I felt when I walked into the room,” she thought at the time .
Eugenie’s good resolutions in 2025? Continue to share your passion with the general public. “I present to you the first images of my new series of publications intended to reveal to you my love for art. As some of you already know, I am a huge art fan and director at Hauser & Wirth. All throughout the year 2025, I hope to be able to share this part of my life with you,” she wrote in the caption of a carousel of photographs of paintings by Monet taken at the Courtauld gallery.
The princess particularly appreciates her work on London and her fascination with the light and fog of the British capital. “He visited the city three times to paint some of its most famous impressionist paintings: Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Houses of Parliament,” she explains. Very educational, the mother of August and Ernest could well find a new career as an art history teacher. While waiting to perhaps reveal his youthful drawings to us.
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