![]() ![]() She is both a Queen, a Pop icon and a defining symbol of punk subversiveness! But what is unique about the Queen’s portraits in the history of royal portraiture, is that her face has been appropriated to become an icon of popular culture. All this in one lifetime.įrom Cecil Beaton to Pietro Annigoni, from Andy Warhol to Lucian Freud, and more recently Jamie Reid to Chris Levine – Britain’s longest reigning monarch has been painted by some of the greatest artists of her time, with each image recording the ever-evolving relationship between the Queen and her people. The United Kingdom has emerged from a post Edwardian society to a vibrant, modern, multi-culture one. She was born into a country which still sat at the centre of a global empire, and during her reign she oversaw the evolution of the Commonwealth of Nations. Throughout her long reign the Queen has overseen the greatest political and social changes this county has ever seen. On 9th September this year, Elizabeth II became the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, surpassing her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. These images, whether they show the monarch as a great head of State, or as a triumphant military leader or even as the embodiment of middle-class values, have eventually come to define the visual culture of each passing generation. ![]() The Royal Family - The Queen Unveils Her Portrait Marking Six Decades Of Patronage at Windsor Castle on Octoin Windsor, England.Throughout history the Crown has used portraiture to define and promote its official image – the image which each successive monarch chooses to portray itself to the Nation. The Evening Standard - The Queen unveils Henry Ward portrait to mark 60 years as British Red Cross patron The Times - Portrait celebrates Queen’s 60 years as Red Cross patron The Royal Gazette, Bermuda - Premier toasts portrait artist to the Queen Hello! UK - The Queen unveils new portrait to mark 60 years as patron of the British Red Cross Hello! Canada - The Queen unveils new portrait to mark six decades' patronage of the British Red Cross Paris Match - Elizabeth II face à elle-mêmeĭaily Mail - Is that really One? The Queen gets first glimpse of striking new portrait of her clad in her garter robes The British Red Cross - New Portrait Marks Six Decades of Support From Her Majesty A few of his paintings will be on display at the gallery in November, and he is preparing a large show there next year. Ward is represented by Montreal’s Landau Fine Art, which runs Galerie Dominion on Sherbrooke St. “I wanted a strong queen in my portrait, a queen of warmth but also of reserve.” “She’s such an unbelievably warm person, but she has a strength in her bearing and she’s got an incredibly sharp mind,” Ward, 44, said from his home in Burlington this week, a few hours before leaving for the Windsor Castle event. ![]() ![]() The portrait shows the monarch draped in flowing blue ceremonial robes. The Queen herself was scheduled to unveil the official six-feet-by-eight-feet portrait by British-Canadian artist Henry Ward at a private ceremony at the castle on Friday. Painted secretly in Canada, Queen's new official portrait is unveiled by Victor Swoboda of The Montreal Gazette From the imperial rooms of Windsor Castle to a covert studio in Burlington, Ont., a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth quietly took shape over the past year. ![]()
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