PORTRAIT ARTIST
Photograph by Lord Snowdon
His portraits include HM Queen Elizabeth, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, HM The King and Lady Thatcher.
HM The Queen
2005
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
St Georges House, Windsor Castle
2004
Lady Thatcher
Private Collection, India
2011
Alexander Talbot-Rice is one of the most sought-after portrait artists of his generation.
Xander Parish, Dancing for freedom
Mariinsky Collection
2018
Old Warrior
Private Collection, Germany
2013
Classically trained at both the Florence Academy and The Repin Academy of Fine Art in St Petersburg, he is particularly known for capturing the humanity, personality and character of his subjects.
ARTISTIC TRAINING
Stowe School (top art scholarship)
1984-1989
Brigade Squad Welsh Guards
1990
Durham University
1991-1995
Charles H. Cecil School, Florence, Italy (Scholarship)
1995-1997
Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy (Scholarship)
1997-2000
Student, Repin Academy
2000-2002
NOTABLE PORTRAITS
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
St Georges House, Windsor Castle
2004
HM The Queen
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, City of London
2005
His Grace The Duke of Westminster
London
2006
HRH The Prince of Wales
Wellington Barracks, London
2009
HH Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican, Rome
2010
Lady Thatcher
Private Collection, India
2011
Old Warrior
Private Collection, Germany
2013
HE Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Westminster Cathedral, London
2014
Michael Borisovich Piotrovsky
Hermitage, Russia
2015
Paintings from The Marinsky Ballet
Moscow, Russia
2016
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong
2017
Mariinsky Collection
Moscow, Russia
2018
Guy Ryder CBE
United Nations, Switzerland
2023
Alexander was exhibited at The Natioanl Portrait Gallery Washington in 2006 and his paintings are in many public and private collections world wide.
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
Windsor Castle
Unveiling painting of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, for St George’s House.
2004
The Smithsonian “Great Britons Exhibition”
At The National Portrait Gallery Washington (State Visit of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh).
2007
Founding of Alexander Talbot Rice Academy Charity
Dinefwr Castle, Wales.
2008
The Carlyle Hotel New York
Unveiling of portrait of Bobby Short.
2009
Exhibition for The Welsh Guards
Drawings from Afghanistan.
2012
Lady Thatcher’s Portrait
Unveiling for The Conservative Party.
2013
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Museum in Central Hong Kong.
2014
The Hermitage Museum
Unveiling of portrait of The Director of The Hermitage, Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky.
2015
Huntsman exhibition, Savile Row
Pictures from the Russian Ballet and exhibition in aid of the charity, Invictus.
2016
Exhibition Gala
The Cavalry and Guards Club in association with Veterans Aid charity.
2018
Portrait of HM The King, as Prince of Wales
On show at The Cavalry and Guards Club
2023
Afghanistan, 2012
Alexander founded the Afghan Rugby Federation in Kabul in 2010. In 2012 he embedded as a war artist in Helmand Province with the Welsh Guards.
This led to an exhibition in Lashkar Gar, enabling Gen Charles Gurganus, Commander US Forces Southern Afghanistan, to get them all around a table for the first time.
