Painters have just under a month to enter the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious BP Portrait Award 2014, which closes on Monday 3 February.
Recognising today's outstanding portrait painters
The BP Portrait Award is a prestigious international art competition aimed at encouraging artists to focus on and develop portraiture in their work.
It is a significant platform for contemporary portrait painters and is known to lead to further commissions for artists as a result of the exhibition’s considerable exposure.
All artists aged over 18, based anywhere in the world, can enter.
Entrants will be in the running to win a £30,000 cash prize along with a commission worth £5,000. The runners up will receive £10,000 and £8,000 respectively, and a fourth winner aged 18 to 35 years old will be selected for the £7,000 BP Young Artist Award
The BP Portrait Award 2014 exhibition will take place at the
National Portrait Gallery in London from 26 June to 21 September 2014, followed by a tour to the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery and
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.
In 2014 the Portrait Award enters its 35
th year and also celebrates 25 years of BP’s support.
Apply to the BP Portrait Award
You can enter the competition online or by submitting a form by post. For information, visit
the National Portrait Gallery’s website.
Entries are judged anonymously from original paintings by a panel including the artist Jonathan Yeo, who is represented by DACS for the
Artist’s Resale Right, and Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery.
The deadline for entries is
Monday 3 February 2014.
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Image: Susanne du Toit, First Prize winner of the BP Portrait Award 2013, stands next to her award-winning portrait, 'Pieter'. © Jorge Herrera