The Belle Epoque Today: The Art of Jeff Stultiens, RP

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
in Garter Robes
Jeff Stultiens, 2003
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters

A figurative painter with an interest in portraiture, Jeff Stultiens has been a member of the royal Society of Portrait Painters since 1991. This award-winning painter has been the focus of many an exhibition and has been surrounded by art throughout his entire life. The son of two artists-- Thomas Stultiens HMI & Kate (née Whittaker), he married Catherine Knowelden, also an artist, who whom he has two daughters.


As a child in 1953, Stultiens was witness to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II’s limousine on the day of her coronation. Fifty years later, he was asked to paint the commemorative portrait of the Queen in honor of the her fiftieth year as monarch. His larger-than-life portrait of Her Majesty in garter robes caught the attention of the world, and added another layer of notability to this already celebrated portrait artist whose ability to render almost photographic realism owes largely to his brilliantly subtle use of his media.

Richard King, Sculptor
Jeff Stultiens
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters