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 5 January 2014.
  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 31 August 2014.
  4. "Inside portrait artist Alexander Talbot Rice's studio" (Video). BBC News. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  5. "Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery, London". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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