Kate did not sit for the portrait, which was commissioned by Tatler magazine.
, was commissioned by Tatler magazine as part of a series of portraits of members of Britain's royal family. The portrait wasKate did not sit for the portrait of herself. Instead, the artist behind it, Hannah Uzor, a British-Zambian artist, sifted through over 189,000 photos of Kate to "capture her likeness," according to Tatler.Describing her artistic process, Uzor said she tried to capture the "soul" of Kate in the painting.
"It's really important to capture the soul of the person, so I spent a lot of time looking at her and looking at her pictures, watching videos of her, seeing her with her family, seeing her in diplomatic visits, seeing her rowing or visiting children in a hospice," Uzor said in a video shared by TatlerUzor said she went through multiple sketches to correctly capture Kate's expression and chose to paint her in the Jenny Packham gown because it was "physically striking.
Unlike the portrait of Kate, the portrait of Charles, commissioned to hang in London's Draper's Hall, was painted among four sittings with the king over the course of two years, according to the palace. But in a similar manner, the portrait of Charles drew mixed reactions online quickly after its unveiling, at which both Charles and the artist, Jonathan Yeo, were present.
Artist Jonathan Yeo, left, and Britain's King Charles III at the unveiling of artist Yeo's portrait of the King, in the blue drawing room at Buckingham Palace, in London, May 14, 2024."I think this is beautiful and such a break from the traditional portraits," one commenter wrote on the palace's Instagram post about the portrait."I would have loved this if it was any other color than red," another commenter wrote.
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