What do you think about this new official portrait of King Charles?

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Any thoughts on this new portrait of King Charles III ?
It’s just been unveiled in front of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace by the artist @jonathanyeo
It’s the first completed completed official portrait of the Monarch since the Coronation 🖼️
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8:18 AM · May 14, 2024

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. There is no such thing as

king

[North Shore Chicago]

2. 2 thumbs down. n/t

[jimfields33]

20. Very hideous. Not sure what the idea of hiding leaders in painting is about lately.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. Not a fan.....

The monochromatic look is not attractive IMO.

[bif]

4. His body totally blends into the background

Don't really care for it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Is he burning in Hell?

Nice mummy hands, too.

[BComplex]

38. That's what I thought! It looks like the artist is portraying him as the devil himself.

Weird as hell.

[Bettie]

41. I thought he was

bathing in blood.

[Orangepeel]

46. or bathed in the blood of colonialism?

[Mosby]

67. Or maybe??

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[DemocraticPatriot]

75. Looks more like he's drowning in a pool of watered down blood....

It was an 'ok' likeness of him, but the background color ruins it entirely.

What kind of drugs is the artist using ???

[MiHale]

6. Just a touch too much red for me...

And red is a favorite…my kitchens are always red, hides the marinara sauce splatter.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Is he a king or a cardinal?

Lotta red going on there.

[RainCaster]

34. Tampax- it was his dream when he was still married to Diana

Rather disgusting I think.

[Croney]

8. Somebody must have said, "Burn in Hell!" and

the artist thought that was the mandated theme.

[pandr32]

9. I would like to see some stronger contrast and a few dark lines.

Perhaps along one side? Otherwise it looks like a bedspread.

[hlthe2b]

10. Maybe more fitting for Putin--given the blood-lust he has shown throughout...

Very strange, IMO.

[Ocelot II]

11. Can't say I care for it.

It looks like he's on fire.

[dweller]

12. Bloody Hell !?!

sounds appropriate




✌🏻

[mahina]

13. What was Han Solo frozen in?

It looks like that. But the new Queen’s is so much worse.

In my opinion.

[tblue37]

62. I think his Camilla is better:

https://www.jonathanyeo.com/combined_works/3yyq7pqxowzmiwcv2y2efkzfi4deim

[sdfernando]

86. It was carbonite. /nt

[mahina]

91. Right! Thanks.

[Freethinker65]

14. Monarch?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

15. I literally recoiled when I saw it! IMO it's nightmarish.

[Quakerfriend]

16. Too much red & the monarch butterfly is

a bit corny.

Also- His facial expression is kinder than his actual, imo.

[sl8]

17. Meh. I like the ones of his spaniels better. nt

[jls4561]

18. Reminds me of the time Jabba the Hutt trapped Han Solo in carbonate.

[hatrack]

19. Wow, I thought Francis Bacon was dead!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. Doesn't look anything like King Charles ...

[Mossfern]

22. Very "Game of Thrones"

I guess I'm the only one here - but after the initially shock, I do like it.

[TheProle]

32. I like it too

[obamanut2012]

40. I do, too

[hibbing]

77. I like it too n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. It's ugly

[Silent Type]

24. As far as portraits of kings go, I like it.

[Backseat Driver]

25. Looks a bit like a hell-haunted monarch; but that's likely just a couple of well-deserved feminine ghostly splats on

either side of his likeness in the too-red palatte.

[Irish_Dem]

26. It is horrific.

A blood bath or in hell?

Especially in light of his cancer diagnosis, he looks like he has left his body.

[DET]

60. Agreed

Exactly what I was thinking. The blood red background is pretty insensitive for someone who has just received a serious cancer diagnosis and could be dying. I think the artist could have gotten away with the abstract look if the background had been white/gray or some other soft color, conveying a sense of dignified emergence rather than hellish death.

[Irish_Dem]

61. Yes I agree, it is the extensive red everywhere.

Except the floating head.

Bizarre.

[Rocknation]

27. Bloody awful -- and I DO mean BLOODY awful

eh what?


Rocknation

[Diamond_Dog]

28. I think when painting an "official portrait"

It’s better to go with a more traditional style. Artist was trying to be too “out there”. I’m kind of puzzled, actually, as to what he or she was trying to convey.

[Liberty Belle]

29. I recall the flap over this portrait of Jerry Brown in his first term as CA Governor in the 1980s:

a somewhat abstract not realistic version that raised a lot of eyebrows at the time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gubernatorial_portrait_of_Jerry_Brown.jpg

I don't like the King Charles portrait- too red and too abstract for my tastes.

[Oneironaut]

30. Looks like he's in hell

[GPV]

31. Han Solo

[BlueTsunami2018]

33. I kind of like it.

That could be the cover of a Metal album.

[MagickMuffin]

35. The aura emitting from hrh that it can't be detained

Oh to have seen hrh face when this portrait was unveiled!

[Ponietz]

36. There's a free phone app for that effect

[Biophilic]

37. Dreadful.

I haven’t a clue what the message or purpose of the hellish immersion in red is all about. Good grief. His mother would be appalled.

[obamanut2012]

39. I love it -- the British Monarchy's history is awash in blood

Just like Charles' official portrait.

And, facially, it is a good likeness of him.

[DemocraticPatriot]

76. I have no better explanation of this conception myself....

but it isn't as if Charles bears much responsibility for all that blood....

[sanatanadharma]

42. The Monarchy is fading away ...

... disappearing into the background.
Figure meet ground, Gestalt guffaws.

[beaglelover]

43. I love it! Very unusual but I think it works.

[jalan48]

44. I like it, though it could use some blue.

[Raine]

45. Ugh it's awful! nt

[canetoad]

47. I like it

Evocative of the time spent as Prince of Wales before emerging as monarch. Fully grown butterfly over right shoulder. Face and hands in focus, the rest indistinct but discernable. Good portrait.

[Violet_Crumble]

90. Yep, I liked it too n/t

[NanaCat]

48. Good grief

If I didn't know better, I'd say that it looks like the artist used blood to paint it.

[IcyPeas]

49. See his other work on his Instagram...

https://www.instagram.com/jonathanyeo?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Solly Mack]

50. I like it.

[flor-de-jasmim]

51. I thought of the Crusades, then the Spanish Inquisition, when I first saw it.

[Ruby Soho]

52. It looks like he's being consumed by the blob.

[demmiblue]

53. I find it quite interesting. n/t

[Rebl2]

54. Is it

real or AI. Whatever, it’s hideous.

[Progressive dog]

55. what makes it official?

[Nevilledog]

63. King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation

https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-iii-britain-portrait-jonathan-yeo-a588c5548bb8b902bd2e3539334991a6

[Progressive dog]

92. Thanks

After seeing the portrait, I thought it couldn't be official.

[Donkees]

65. ''It was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then-Prince of Wales's 50 years as a member of The Drapers' Company''

Amongst the royalty who have been members of the company, four had not been expected to become a monarch at the time of their birth but were later crowned:

Prince William of Orange, later King William (III & II) of England, Scotland, France and Ireland
Prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway
Prince Albert, Duke of York, later George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India
Princess Elizabeth of York, later Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Etymology Monarch Butterfly. The name "monarch" is believed to have been given in honor of King William III of England, as the butterfly's main color is that of the king's secondary title, Prince of Orange.

[sdfernando]

56. I don't like it

If I was Charles, I would be mad and be seeing red right now!

[MFM008]

57. It could use

More red.....

[Turbineguy]

58. Looks like it should have been trump.

It's awful.

[Xavier Breath]

59. It certainly makes a statement.

What the hell that statement is, I have no clue.

[nclib]

64. I like it.

I think it makes him look sympathetic.

[PufPuf23]

68. Needs little horns to convince the conspiracy theorists that King Charles is a shape-shifting, satanic

reptilian.

Maybe just too much red.

One would think that the first official portrait of a new King of England would be a more traditional portrait.

[XanaDUer2]

69. Awful

[LetMyPeopleVote]

70. It looks like he is in hell

[Demovictory9]

71. Painted with tomato sauce

[3catwoman3]

72. The face is a good likeness...

...but what's with the disembodied head look? Creepy and weird.

[Golden Raisin]

73. Looks like he's riding a firetruck through Hell.

[orange jar]

74. I like it for the hilarious irony.

Considering the history of the monarchy.

However, there is a small "ick" factor that comes up when I see it. He looks like he's drowning in blood, and it just reminds me of his infamous "I wish I was your tampon" dirty talk.

[Bluethroughu]

78. Hell, he looks hot.

I see 3 dogs, a donkey, and a woman whispering in his right ear??

[marble falls]

79. The ears are too small.

[johnp3907]

80. Looks like they added his head to a Slayer album cover.

[blue neen]

84. That's hilarious, and you are so right.

[niyad]

81. This is from the Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is from the Onion!!!

[robbob]

95. I hear you; brought to mind this Francis Bacon painting of Pope Innocent X:

…although to be honest I remembered it as being red.

[niyad]

96. Yikes, thzt is ugly!!! Although, as I recall, Innocent was anything but!

[Pachamama]

82. Reminds me of the painting of Dorian Gray...

…in the end….

[Ilsa]

83. I'm in the minority. I mostly like it because

it isn't a typical portrait.

I was more concerned it would look like a Mad Magazine cover with his face looking too much like Alfred E. Newman.

[brooklynite]

85. I'd have to care more to care less.

[pansypoo53219]

87. is it done? i know i have done some quirky 'portraits, but i did add a little more than the face.

[betsuni]

88. Blood. Death. Serial Killer (watched "Silence of the Lambs" again because of Trump's weird Hannibal Lector

comment and the serial killer was obsessed with butterflies or moths). Otherwise, he looks handsome.

[blogslug]

89. As a painting, I like it

I think the way the royal gear fades into the background is symbolic of the diminished British Empire. I'm sure Charles likes it because the artist made him handsome.

[surrealAmerican]

93. I like it -

It makes him look like pure evil.


It's hard to imagine King Charles liking it though.

[RobinA]

94. Hate It

The red, the face, the weird hands, the disembodiment, the extremism used in a portrait of someone who is about as unextreme as one can get...

[Blue Idaho]

97. I like it

It’s bold and refreshingly different.