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BP Portrait Award 2019
Details: Now in its 40th year, the BP Portrait Award encourages artists to focus on and develop portraiture within their work. Entrants must be aged 18, but there is no upper age limit. The competition is open to artists from around the world. Work must be predominantly painted in oil, tempera or acrylic and must be on a stretcher or board, preferably framed and unglazed. No watercolours, works on paper or pastels will be considered, nor will work previously submitted for the competition. The painting should be based on a sitting or study from life and the human figure must predominate. One entry per person. First prize, £35,000 plus a commission worth £7,000; BP Travel Award open to all entrants; BP Young Artist Award for the best portrait painted by an artist under 30. The exhibition of selected works will go on show at the National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Place, London WC2 from June to September, before touring to other venues in the UK.