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| Self-Portrait by Jan Mikulka wins Royal Society of Portrait Painters' new SELF prize | Self-Portrait by Jan Mikulka wins Royal Society of Portrait Painters' new SELF prize |
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| With a look that you probably only ever achieve if looking at yourself, perhaps reciting lines from Taxi Driver, this photorealistic oil portrait was on Wednesday named winner of a new £20,000 prize devoted to self-portraiture. | With a look that you probably only ever achieve if looking at yourself, perhaps reciting lines from Taxi Driver, this photorealistic oil portrait was on Wednesday named winner of a new £20,000 prize devoted to self-portraiture. |
| Self-Portrait by Jan Mikulka, who lives and works in Prague, was named winner of the new SELF prize created by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. | Self-Portrait by Jan Mikulka, who lives and works in Prague, was named winner of the new SELF prize created by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. |
| Charlotte Mullins, the editor of Art Quarterly and one of the SELF judges, said the work drew you in through its "technical proficiency and expressive power". She added: "You feel that you are standing in front of the artist, watching him concentrate on his likeness – his eyes hooded yet determined, his lips pressed together through concentration." | Charlotte Mullins, the editor of Art Quarterly and one of the SELF judges, said the work drew you in through its "technical proficiency and expressive power". She added: "You feel that you are standing in front of the artist, watching him concentrate on his likeness – his eyes hooded yet determined, his lips pressed together through concentration." |
| She said it had been much harder than judging other art prizes. "With a self-portrait, it's like you're judging the person as well as the quality of the painting … it is almost as if the artist is working in reverse. They are still producing a likeness but they are working from the inside out." | She said it had been much harder than judging other art prizes. "With a self-portrait, it's like you're judging the person as well as the quality of the painting … it is almost as if the artist is working in reverse. They are still producing a likeness but they are working from the inside out." |
| The work will go on display at the society's annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London from 9-24 May. It includes more than 200 portraits, many of familiar faces and this year including the Duke of Edinburgh (by Paul Brason), Alan Bennett (by Sam Dalby) and Patricia Hodge (by Tim Cummings). |