Art dealer hails Yeo's painting of King Charles as 'extraordinary'

An art dealer has hailed King Charles' new fiery red painting as 'extraordinary', describing it as the 'most progressive royal portrait in a very long time'.

The 2300mm x 1655 mm portrait will go on display for a month at the Philip Mould Gallery in London from May 16 to June 14. — The Royal Family May 14, 2024 King Charles III is pictured greeting Sir Philip Mould at the unveiling todayKing Charles III greets artist Jonathan Yeo at the unveiling of the portrait today

Yeo added: 'People often say is there a secret to doing a good portrait? And I say I don't know really. Actually I think there is one, and that's having an interesting subject to start with. And you couldn't ask for a better one than this, other than Her Majesty.' Yeo had four sittings with The King, beginning when His Majesty was Prince of Wales in June 2021 at Highgrove, and later at Clarence House.He also worked from drawings and photography he took of His Majesty, allowing him to work on the portrait in his London studio between sittings.

'I'm unimaginably grateful for the opportunity to capture such an extraordinary and unique person, especially at the historic moment of becoming King.' Yeo said to the sound of chuckles: 'Someone asked if I get nervous about unveilings and the answer is not normally. But then the subject doesn't normally become King half way through the process.

Explaining his vision - and that butterfly - he said: 'I won't bang on about the picture except to explain two artistic pieces of licence. One is the colour, obviously, which was inspired by the colour of the bright red tunic of the Welsh Guards. And that got me thinking it would be lovely to take the colour and spray it around the picture.

'The great joy and privilege of my job is that I get to paint some clearly very amazing people and get to spend some unique time with them. And you feel it your responsibility as an artist to communicate what you sew and experience and try to get it onto canvas and hopefully it does that with his warmth and kindness and curiosity and humour and the deep humanity of the king. '

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