RALPH HEIMANS

Ralph Heimans

Portrait Artist

London-based Australian artist Ralph Heimans (b1970) is one of today’s leading portrait artists. His official portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth was produced for the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and now hangs in Westminster Abbey, while his celebrated portraits of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (2017) and HRH The Prince of Wales (2018) are in the Royal Collection.

Heimans’ works are held in major international collections including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, The Royal Collection, Westminster Abbey, The National Portrait Gallery of Australia, The National History Museum of Denmark, Australia’s Parliament House and The European Court in Luxembourg. In 2014 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to portraiture.

The National Portrait Gallery of Denmark

2018

In 2018, The National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle (Denmark's National Portrait Gallery) held a mid-career retrospective of Heimans’ work, which was officially opened by HM Queen Margrethe II. The exhibition featured outstanding portraits of Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark, along with public figures including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ben Kingsley, Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy, as well as his series of celebrated authors including Margaret Atwood, Gillian Flynn, Jo Nesbo, Anne Tyler, Tracy Chevalier and Howard Jacobson.

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Royal Portraits

Portrait of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

The Coronation Theatre: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales

HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

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The Architecture of Music (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Study for portrait of Sir Ben Kingsley

Dame Judi Dench

Margaret Atwood: The "abysm of time..." (The Tempest)

Jo Nesbø: "...a walking shadow" (Macbeth)

Howard Jacobson: "no sighs but of my breathing..." (The Merchant of Venice)

Retrospective

The National Portrait Gallery of Denmark

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