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An exhibition titled "The King's Tour Artists" will open at Buckingham Palace on July 10, showcasing over 70 works created by 42 artists who accompanied King Charles on international royal tours over the past four decades. The tradition began in 1985 when the then-Prince of Charles invited artist John Ward to join his tour of Italy, and has continued unbroken ever since, with artists capturing landscapes, figure studies, and historic moments such as the British handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Featured works include Richard Foster's depiction of Charles and Camilla on North Seymour Island in the Galápagos, and Susannah Fiennes's painting of sailors lowering the flag on HMY Britannia.

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The Art of the Tour: King Charles's Traveling Painters

King Charles III has sponsored an exhibition titled “The King’s Tour Artists” at Buckingham Palace, featuring 43 artists he recruited to paint during 70 royal tours over the past 40 years. The show, open until September 28, includes 74 paintings selected from over 300 works in the King’s private collection, alongside a companion book, *The Art of Royal Travel: Journeys with The King*. The idea originated from Peter St. Clair-Erskine, the 7th Earl of Rosslyn, who catalogued the collection. Critics have dismissed the works as polite and old-fashioned, but the exhibition highlights Charles’s long-standing patronage of representational art and his own practice as a watercolorist.

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Royal artist returns to Devon with stunning new exhibition

Alan Cotton MBE, a Westcountry artist known for his palette knife technique and royal connections, is returning to Devon with a new exhibition of landscapes from the Otter Valley and North Devon. The show, held at Kennaway House in Sidmouth from April 28 to May 4, marks his first public gallery showing in the region since 2015. Cotton, who once served as tour artist for King Charles when he was Prince of Wales, has works in the King's collection and exhibited at Buckingham Palace in 2025. His early life included homemade paint brushes made from his mother's hair, and he later became a BBC presenter and honorary professor at the University of Bath.

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Never Before Seen Art From King Charles’s Royal Tours Debuts at Buckingham Palace

A new exhibition titled "The King's Tour Artists" has opened in the Buckingham Palace Ballroom, showcasing over 70 works from King Charles III's private collection. The artworks, created by 43 different artists during 70 royal tours to 95 countries and regions since 1985, are displayed together for the first time. The exhibition was viewed by the King and Queen during a reception marking 40 years of the King's initiative to bring artists on official tours. Highlights include a 1985 watercolor from Italy and 2007 portraits of Charles and Camilla by James Hart Dyke from a visit to the Gulf States. The show runs from July 10 to September 10, 2025, as part of the Palace's summer opening.

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King Charles to Reveal Inside Glimpse of His Life in Unique Exhibition of Art from Overseas Tours

King Charles III will open a unique exhibition at Buckingham Palace from July 10 to September 28, showcasing 70 artworks by 42 artists who accompanied him on overseas royal tours. The tradition began in 1985 when the then Prince of Wales invited British artist John Ward to document a visit to Italy, and has continued unbroken ever since. Featured artists include Fraser Scarfe, who captured Charles's recent Rome visit on an iPad, Richard Foster, who painted the King and Queen Camilla in the Galápagos in 2009, and Susannah Fiennes, who documented the 1997 Hong Kong handover. The exhibition was conceived by the Earl of Rosslyn, who also edited the companion book 'The Art of Royal Travel: Journeys with The King'.

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Royal exhibition to recount 40 years of Charles on tour in 70 artworks | King Charles III

Buckingham Palace will host a special exhibition titled "The King’s Tour Artists," showcasing 70 artworks created by 42 artists who accompanied King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) on official tours over the past 40 years. The tradition began in 1985 when Charles invited artist John Ward to join a visit to Italy, and has since spanned 95 countries across 69 tours, with many works being displayed to the public for the first time. The exhibition includes pieces by artists such as Susannah Fiennes, Mary Anne Aytoun Ellis, Richard Foster, and Phillip Butah, capturing moments from tours to Hong Kong, Guyana, the Galápagos, and beyond.

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