Artist Jonathan Yeo and King Charles III stand in front of the portrait at Buckingham Palace in London on May 14, 2024.
Aaron Chown-WPA Pool/Getty Imagesartist jonathan yeo Very happy with the divided reaction to my official portrait of king charles iii,
Yeo, 53, mostly red picture unveiled On Tuesday, May 14 at Buckingham Palace. The first official portrait of Charles after his coronation stunned the internet and left art critics and social media users alike in disagreement over the bold use of color in the work.
Yeo’s bold choice gave rise to several online conspiracy theories, about which his teenage daughter has kept him updated. “My [17-year-old] “Daughter was very excited to show me all the crazy things she did about painting on TikTok,” he said. The Sunday Times On 19 May. “He… spent the best day of his life with all the conspiracies about the painting, saying I was a Satanist and Illuminati.”
The portrait depicts Charles III in the uniform of the Welsh Guards, holding a sword and decorated with military medals. A monarch butterfly hovers over her right shoulder. However, the overwhelming feature of the painting is the layer of red paint covering almost every inch of the work. yeo first explained his use of red colorSaying that he hoped to distract onlookers from the guards’ bright red uniforms.
Before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III was the heir to the British throne for seven decades. Charles held the position longer than any other person in the history of the monarchy. While awaiting his coronation, he served his country as Prince of Wales. After military service and establishment […]
yo shared via instagram That he has been “really blown away” by the ongoing debate over his paintings.
“It’s oddly reassuring to know that a painted portrait can still spark so much conversation in an image-saturated age,” he wrote before joining the tin foil hat crowd on Thursday, May 16. “If there is anyone who has not yet come up with their own bizarre interpretation, feel free to leave a comment in the comments below. a copy of the Da Vinci Code To the most original.”
Artist Jonathan Yeo and his portrait of King Charles III.
Aaron Chown-WPA Pool/Getty ImagesYeo said that there may have been some underlying motivations behind bathing the king in so much red colour. He suffered a heart attack during the three-year process of portraying King, saying it was not something he was “conscious about.”
“It was just: I like this color,” he said.
Nearly five years before Queen Elizabeth II assumed the British throne, she and her husband Prince Philip welcomed their first child, son King Charles III. The late queen, who dies in 2022 after 70 years as Queen of England, gave birth to Charles when she was still Princess Elizabeth. His Majesty assumed the throne in February 1952 […]
Yeo is used to the spotlight that comes with painting a royal portrait. He was first commissioned to paint in 2008 prince philip And two more pictures have brought him closer to the royal family: queen camilla In 2014 and this most recent painting by Charles. They told boston globe On Friday, May 17, he said that the divided reaction had no effect on him, as he had already impressed his most important critic.
“When [Camilla] I saw it and immediately smiled, I thought, ‘Okay, phew! This is important,” he said.
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