BP Portrait Award 2009

Essay by Sarah Dunant

Featuring sixty works from an international list of artists, the BP Portrait Award highlights the vitality of portrait painting today. This book not only presents the diverse range of styles in contemporary portraiture but also the variety of techniques used.

Sarah Dunant's insightful essay explores how artists attempt to reveal the inner workimgs of the human form, which has remained a key element in portraiture from the Renaissance to the present day.

80pp, paperback