Emma Sergeant

Emma Sergeant (born 9 December 1959) is a British painter.

Early life and education Emma Sergeant was born on 9 December 1959 in London to Patrick Sergeant, a financial journalist. She 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. Later, she traveled to the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan to depict Afghan warriors and refugees during the war with Soviet Union.

From 1995 to 1996, 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 both Highgrove and Sandringham. Several of her paintings are displayed at Highgrove, the residence of Prince Charles.

After seeing polo in Pakistan, Sergeant began playing the game in England and her later work is in equestrian art.

Her exhibitions include Faces from Four Continents at Agnew's, Touch the Spirit in Siena (later shown in London), and From The Sea and Shades of Grey at the Fine Art Society. Some of her artwork has also appeared in the film The Lost Son.

Personal life Sergeant has been married twice, first to Italian banker Riccardo Pavoncelli and later to historian Adam Zamoyski in 2001. She shares her time between London and Poland, where she and Zamoyski engage in painting, writing, farming and horse breeding. She owns two dogs: a bull terrier named Carmen, and a mongrel rescue dog named Doris.

Before her marriage with Pavoncelli, she had a four-year relationship with Imran Khan and a brief relationship with the Earl of Caledon.