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Australian/British artist Ralph Heimans (b1970) is one of today’s leading portrait artists. His official portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II was produced for the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and hangs in Westminster Abbey, while his celebrated portraits of HRH Prince Philip (2017) and HRH King Charles III (2018) are in the Royal Collection.

Heimans' works are held in major international collections including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, The Royal Collection UK, Westminster Abbey, The National Portrait Gallery of Australia, The National History Museum of Denmark, Houses of Parliament UK, Australia’s Parliament House and The European Court in Luxembourg.

Retrospective exhibitions of the artist's work have been held in 2024 at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and in 2018 at the Danish National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle. In 2014 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to portraiture.