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SUMMARY:: The Atkinson: Self Portrait Prize 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Self Portrait Prize is a biennial art prize that celebrates
  the practice of self-portraiture\n\nThis year’s £10\,000 prize\, selec
 ted from over 1800 entries\, was won by Colin Davidson\, an internationall
 y renowned portrait artist who lives and works near Belfast\, Northern Ire
 land. Colin’s portrait sitters have included Brad Pitt\, Ed Sheeran\, Li
 am Neeson\, Sir Kenneth Branagh\, Lady Mary Peters\, Markéta Irglová\, M
 ark Knopfler and Seamus Heaney.\n\nThe Prize\, established in 2011\, is th
 e only art competition of its kind to focus exclusively on self-portraitur
 e\, and was inspired by Ruth Borchard\, who between 1958 and 1971 created 
 a collection of paintings dedicated exclusively to self-portraiture. With 
 a small budget\, limiting herself to just  21 guineas for each picture\, 
 she collected one hundred self-portraits. The rich and varied collection i
 ncludes work by many well-known artists including Michael Ayrton\, Anne Re
 dpath\, Euan Uglow\, Ithell Colquhoun. and Keith Vaughan.\n\nAbout the Pri
 ze\n\n\n\nThe Self-Portrait Prize is the only art competition of its kind
  to focus exclusively on self-portraiture. Established in 2011\, it is man
 aged by the Ruth Borchard Collection and Piano Nobile. It is open to artis
 ts of all ages and abilities\, and submitted self-portraits can be in any 
 medium. Previous prize winners include Celia Paul (2011)\, David Dawson (2
 019) and Lucy Jones (2021). Previous entrants include Maggi Hambling (2011
 )\, Tracey Emin (2013) and Jonathan Yeo (2019).\n\nThe 2023 Prize’s judg
 ing panel included eminent members of the art world: Director of the Nati
 onal Gallery\, Dr Gabriele Finaldi\; Financial Times columnist Melanie Ger
 lis\; former Director of the British Council\, Andrea Rose\; Principal Man
 ager of The Atkinson Stephen Whittle\; the 2021 Prize Winner Lucy Jones\; 
 and Ruth Borchard’s grandson David Borchard.\n\nThe Ruth Borchard Collec
 tion was the life-long project of writer Ruth Borchard (1910-2000). Born 
 near Hamburg in 1910\, the writer Ruth Borchard came as a German-Jewish re
 fugee to Britain in 1938. As ‘an enemy alien’ in wartime she was impri
 soned first in Holloway Prison\, then interned on the Isle of Man in 1940.
  In 1958 she refashioned a pre-war German diary to note names of British-b
 ased artists she intended to contact to create a collection of modern self
 -portraits. Between then and 1971 she collected 100 such works (setting a 
 limit of 21 guineas for each picture) – from well known-artists such as 
 Michael Ayrton\, Anne Redpath\, Euan Uglow\, Ithell Colquhoun. and Keith V
 aughan. It is one of the only UK public collections dedicated exclusively 
 to self-portraiture. It holds a variety of historically important twentiet
 h-century British art with examples of movements and styles including the 
 Camden Town Group\, the Euston Road School\, Kitchen Sink realism and Art 
 Brut. The full collection can be viewed on the Art UK website and at www
 .ruthborchard.org.uk.\n\nPiano Nobile are a commercial art gallery in Lon
 don specialising in twentieth-century British art. Recent exhibitions have
  focused on Ben Nicholson\, Walter Sickert and Frank Auerbach. The gallery
  has established a reputation for authoritative exhibitions and publicatio
 ns under the gallery’s imprint\, Piano Nobile Publications. Piano Nobile
 \, 96/129 Portland Road\, Holland Park\, London W11 4LW. www.piano-nobile
 .com\n\n\n\nLinks\n\n\n\n23.06.2023 – Winner Announced\, Ruth Borchard 
 Self-Portrait Prize 2023 –www.piano-nobile.com/news/284-ruth-borchard-se
 lf-portrait-prize-2023-winner-announced/
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