To mark the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla, the Royal Drawing School has commissioned alumni artists of its flagship postgraduate-level programme, The Drawing Year, to create works that are personal reflections on this momentous occasion, to be exhibited at Christie’s, King Street.
The exhibition offers a variety of perspectives, rich in observation, imagination and storytelling. These commissioned works on paper are exhibited alongside a selection of over 50 drawings by fellow Drawing Year alumni that form part of His Majesty’s archive of drawings from the School. Upon graduation, one drawing is chosen from each student to be included in the archive as a record of their study. There are now over 500 drawings in the archive.
The exhibition will also feature a work by Royal Drawing School alumna Shana P Lohrey. Originally commissioned for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, it was then given as a present to His Majesty in 2022. The drawing evokes the pomp and pageantry of the Queen’s Coronation in 1953.
Five of the commissioned works are available to buy as limited-edition prints with a portion of the proceeds from these, and the original artworks, being used by The Royal Drawing School to contribute to The Drawing Year Scholarship Fund. Original works and limited edition prints can be purchased online here.
