A CORONATION EXHIBITION AT CHRISTIE'S, COMMISSIONED BY THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL
May 2023
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 the Coronation, to be exhibited at Christie’s, King Street. This exhibition will be on show until 25th May 2023.
These commissioned works on paper are exhibited alongside 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 also features 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 or by emailing development@royaldrawingschool.org.
Duke Street Gallery at Christie’s, 8 King St, St. James's, London SW1Y 6QT
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm / Saturday 12 – 5pm
