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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Alexander Thomas Talbot Rice". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "British portrait artist on his brush with royalty and the Taliban". South China Morning Post. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Carloline Davies (8 June 2005). "Painting that made the Queen ache". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
- ^ "Inside portrait artist Alexander Talbot Rice's studio" (Video). BBC News. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery, London". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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