Did the artist look at the King's portrait and say "hold my beer"

[MrsLeonFarrell]

Tatler has a new portrait, allegedly of the Princess of Wales, on its cover. I know it's been a while but I'm pretty sure most of us remember what she looks like.

Link to BBC article laced with sarcasm.

BBC News - Kate Tatler portrait prompts strong reaction online
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-69049830

And of course I missed the word 'look' in the title because my phone hates me, almost as much as I hate that portrait.

That's bloody awful

Dear God that's really terrible. Thanks OP I saw a load of hoo-ha about it earlier but not the pic itself so good to see it with my own eyes.

The drawback being that now you've seen it!

Shocking. I think I could have made that.

@MrsLeonFarrell ah no you're good, I always like to look the bad stuff in the eye! 😂

You could/should report your opening post and ask MNHQ to correct it because I was definitely befuddled 😄

And yes the POW’s portrait is worse than much GCSE artwork.

I love the one of Charles but that is something else. Bless, my year 2 kids can do better.

I got a U in O level art and I can do better!

See I actually liked Charles portrait though can admit it’s an acquired taste. But that portrait is hilariously bad.

Basically we are identifying the subject by her clothing.

That is appalling

I mean, that’s ‘Monkey Jesus’ levels bad.

I get that it's not intended as an exact carbon copy of her but it should look like her!

There are many, many good portrait artists in this country. Why was this person chosen? It's shit. They can't possibly have any decent credentials as a portraitist.

Comparison to monkey jesus is never good!

Exactly, unless, and I just thought of this, it's intended as an incisive commentary on social media conspiracy theories!

I didn't know I could do that, I will try!

Oh dear god that is the most awful painting 😱

OOOOH RAGE BAIT!

That is absolutely god awful.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it.

A thank you to Mumsnet for fixing my title error!!

It's literally awful. It looks like something a self-taught artist might try to sell on Etsy. God knows what all the editors were thinking who greenlit the process along the way.

The artist Hannah Uzor actually has a degree in fine art, albeit at the Slade School (UCL) which isn't one of the best in the country. Virtually anyone can get into Slade if they applied. It's definitely not the same as Royal Academy or Central St Martins. It's also bizarre why they chose an artist who is best known for her work in depicting people of colour and exploring African heritage.

Some of the portraits on her website show significant more skill than the Kate portrait, which suggests the commission was very rushed or last minute. It actually feels like someone attempted to sabotage the artist because there is zero chance nobody along the editorial process would have raised an eyebrow. It seems like all the people behind the scenes knew it would be a huge joke and set the artist, a female POC, up for a massive public fall.

Disgraceful on all levels tbh.

its very Naïve Art.