Rupert Alexander is one of the UK’s foremost portrait painters. Born and raised in London, he studied at Chelsea College of Art, the Florence Academy of Art and Charles H. Cecil Studios.

He has painted the portraits of many prominent figures in Britain, and when, at the age of 23, he painted HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH The Prince of Wales for the Royal Warrant Holders Association, he became the youngest artist to paint the British Royal Family since the 18th Century. He twice painted HM Queen Elizabeth II, the later portrait being the last commissioned portrait before her death in 2022.

In 2015 he was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in London to paint the eminent mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles for the permanent collection. Other recent portraits include that of The Earl and Countess of Pembroke, Princess Fadzilah Lublabul Bolkiah of Brunei, and the photographer Greg Williams. His work hangs in public and private collections worldwide.

In his work he searches for an ever-greater understanding of light, design, and the technical possibilities of oil paint, all of which he employs to convey psychological depth in his portraits.

He maintains a studio in London and another in Wiltshire, where he lives with his daughter, India.