He is a mysterious, up-and-coming artist whose work has been championed by the likes of Madonna and sells for up to five figures.
But there were raised eyebrows when it was revealed that “Rhed” was none other than the singer’s eldest son, Rocco Ritchie.
The 21-year-old, Madonna’s child with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie, has been said in reports to have quietly established himself as an expressionist painter, with a number of shows at the Tanya Baxter Contemporary gallery in Chelsea, west London, since 2018.
But since PageSix unmasked Ritchie, opinion has been divided on whether his success is due to talent or the weight of his parents’ names.
That Ritchie is Rhed is hard to argue with. Both are the same age, grew up in identical cities, and attended Central Saint Martins and the Royal Drawing School. In 2020, Madonna and Guy Ritchie even reunited at the Tanya Baxter Contemporary, alongside their partners and children, for a then unnamed exhibition.
So what do we know of his work? Rhed uses thickly applied oils and gestural brushstrokes for his depictions of the human form,
