The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Search over 215,000 works, 150,000 of which are illustrated from the 16th Century to the present day.

Advanced Collection search

BP Portrait Award 2003

BP logo

Past exhibition archive 
12 June - 21 September

Wolfson Gallery

Admission Free

 

Images from the BP Portrait Award 2003
The BP Portrait Award 2003 received 858 entries.

Of those there were four prize winners and forty-seven others selected for exhibition.

Untitled by Charlotte Harris oil on canvas - © The Artist

Untitled
by Charlotte Harris
oil on canvas
© The Artist

First prize
Charlotte Harris
Receives £25,000 plus, at the judges discretion, a commission worth £3000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noura, by Michael Gaskell, tempera on board - © The Artist

Noura
by Michael Gaskell
tempera on board
© The Artist

Second prize
Michael Gaskell
Receives £8,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elliott II by Graham Flack oil on canvas - © The Artist

Elliott II
by Graham Flack
oil on canvas
© The Artist

Third prize
Graham Flack
Receives £4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man with grey scarf by Dean Marsh oil on board - © The Artist

Man with grey scarf
by Dean Marsh
oil on board
© The Artist

Fourth prize
Dean Marsh
Receives £1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judging Panel

  • Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
  • Cathy de Monchaux, Artist
  • Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery
  • Des Violaris, Director, UK Arts and Culture, BP