The Belle Époque Today: George Bruce, RP

Self Portrait
George Bruce

Former president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, George Bruce is one of the few remaining painters of the “grand manner” of portrait artists. His work decidedly has the flavor of great Victorian portrait artists such as John Singer Sargent.


Bruce, with his strong hand and bold use of color, has been invited to paint portraits of many British luminaries including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Campbell Addison and the Lord Chief Justice.

His work is monumental with a theatricality which reminds us of the works of the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century. Bruce strives to capture to true essence of the characters of his sitters while maintaining a grandeur which represents not only their surroundings, but also their positions in British Society.

For more about the lovely work of George Bruce, visit his Web site.