Emma Sergeant was born on 9 December 1959 and is a British painter.
12 Facts About Emma Sergeant
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Emma Sergeant was born on 9 December 1959 in London to Sir Patrick Sergeant, a financial journalist.
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Emma Sergeant received her education at the Camberwell School of Arts from 1978 to 1979 and at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1979 to 1983.
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Emma Sergeant had a solo show called Faces from Four Continents at Agnew's in London.
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From 1995 to 1996, Emma Sergeant served as the official artist to the Prince of Wales on tours of Egypt, Morocco, and Central Asia and has been his guest at Highgrove and Sandringham.
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Emma Sergeant's portraits include Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir David Cecil, the Duke of York, Imran Khan, and Jeremy Paxman.
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Emma Sergeant's last commissioned portrait was of the editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre.
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Emma Sergeant briefly taught art to prison inmates through the Koestler Award Scheme.
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Emma Sergeant's exhibitions include Faces from Four Continents at Agnew's, Touch the Spirit in Siena, and From The Sea and Shades of Grey at the Fine Art Society.
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In 2022, Emma Sergeant painted the Drappellone for the Palio di Siena, which had resumed after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
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Emma Sergeant has been married twice, first to Italian banker Riccardo Pavoncelli and later to historian Count Adam Zamoyski in 2001.
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Emma Sergeant owns two dogs: a bull terrier named Carmen, and a mongrel rescue dog named Doris.