Fellowes painted by Daphne Todd NEWS
A portrait of Gosford Park creator Lord Julian Fellowes, painted by Daphne Todd, is to feature in a new exhibition.
The painting will feature in the Royal Society of Potrait Painters' exhibition next month and 61-year-old Fellowes said he found the picture to have an ' authenticity that is vivid and even shocking'.
Todd won last year's BP Portrait award with a painting of her 100-year-old mother on her deathbed. She has also received a number of other prestigious awards, including an OBE in 2001.
Screenwriter Lord Fellowes, who won an Oscar for his script for Gosford park, is also an accomplished actor, novelist, film director and is a member of the House of Lords.
Lord Fellowes said he had been impressed by Todd's 'complete lack of interest in any photographic record', explaining that she paints entirely from life and will not use what she has not seen for herself.
Todd said: ''One might expect an actor to be particularly mercurial. I was therefore surprised to find that Julian Fellowes in default mode was almost disconcertingly still', as she painted him at his home in Stafford.
'With his smooth baby skin, faint eyebrows and decidedly uncraggy contours it was as difficult to pin down the evidence of his inner character as it is with a young girl,' she said.
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition is arguably the country's leading portrait exhibition, known for its diversity and high levels of talent shown on display.
Lord Fellowes will open a private view of the exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London on 4 May. The exhibition will be open to the public from 5 May - 20 May.
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