THE KING’S PORTRAIT
ARTIST’S REPLY TO CRITICISM. LONDON, May 3. Mr. Charles Sims, replying to criticisms of the King’s portrait, says that his idea was to take an accurate representation of the King, which has not been done for many years. /‘Most portraits show him as a young man with a brown beard. He is no longer young, and his features exhibit qualities of kingship, with the weight of responsibility of such a position as he holds. If he were painted with a smile, all dignity would have been removed.”
(The Daily Express stated that the problem picture of the Academy is undoubtedly Charles Sims’ astounding portrait of the King. Overseas visitors will doubtless denounce it. No one will quarrel with the rendering of the magnificent robes of the Order of the Garter- but the expression in the King’s eyes is that of a short-sighted man who has laid aside his spectacles. The features are pale and undistinguished. The face gives the impression of weariless and dejection.)
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19006, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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