Jeff Stultiens
(1944–2023) was a British portrait artist born in Blackpool. He grew up in an
artistic household: his father, Thomas Stultiens (1903–1965), and his mother, Kate Stultiens,
née Whittaker (1907–1980), were both artists who strongly influenced his early
interest in painting. Carrying forward this creative legacy, Stultiens studied
at the Camberwell School of Art in the 1960s under the guidance of R. B. Kitaj.
In 1991 he was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and his works
are now held in the National Portrait Gallery, Oriel College (Oxford), Girton
College (Cambridge), the Royal Society, the Royal College of Physicians, and
the Royal Academy of Music, among others.
One of Stultiens’
most celebrated works is his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, painted in 2003 to
mark her Golden Jubilee. Commissioned by Oriel College, the 2.3-meter-high
canvas shows the Queen in garter robes and was based on six sittings at
Buckingham Palace. He painted other significant figures, including Cardinal
Basil Hume, further establishing his reputation as one of Britain’s foremost
portraitists.
I have a number of
artworks from the studio of Jeff Stultiens, including life drawings by Jeff
Stultiens, as well as drawings, paintings, and printmaking by his parents,
Thomas and Kate Stultiens. This listing is for a single artwork on paper, as
detailed below.
Graphite life study on wove paper, unsigned. Reasonable
condition with light handling and other minor marks
/ blemishes. thin dry glue residue to the back of the paper.
Paper measures 22.5cm x 34.3cm. Unframed.