Paul Emsley

Paul Emsley and his daughter Katherine

Paul Emsley (born August 25, 1947 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish artist .

Emsley grew up in South Africa and only moved to the UK in 1996 .

In 2012 he was commissioned to paint the official portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge , which he completed in three and a half months. It met with some criticism during and after its opening. The writer Hilary Mantel thinks, for example, that the duchess's gaze is “dead,” she also wears the strained smile of a woman who would actually like to tell the painter that he should give the devil ( “her eyes are dead and she wears the strained smile of a woman who really wants to tell the painter to bugger off " ).

Individual evidence

↑ Unveiling of the first official painting: Duchess Kate is “too beautiful” for her portrait. Retrieved January 12, 2012 .
↑ Hilary Mantel: Royal Bodies . In: The London Review of Books 35: 4, February 2013.

Awards

UWE. Drawing Prize. RWA Autumn Exhibition. 2008.
BP Portrait Award. First Prize. 2007.
Silver Award for Works on Paper. British Interior Design Association. Art London 2005.
UWE Drawing Prize. RWA Autumn Exhibition 2004.
3rd Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolor Competition 2003
1st Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolor Competition 2002
3rd Prize; Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolor Competition 2001.
Commended; RWA 1st Painting Open 2001.
Bovis Architects Journal Special Award; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2000.
Merit Award; Standard Bank National Drawing Competition 1987.

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personal data
SURNAME	Emsley, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish artist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glasgow

[1] Unveiling of the first official painting: Duchess Kate is “too beautiful” for her portrait. Retrieved January 12, 2012 .

[2] Hilary Mantel: Royal Bodies . In: The London Review of Books 35: 4, February 2013.