A collection of Andy Warhol portraits that could take pride of place in any of the world’s top art galleries is on display in Bermuda.

The collection of four original paintings and 11 screen prints has been lent to the Bermuda National Gallery by the Green family from their private collection.

The owners of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, which is adorned with not only Warhols but also a string of contemporary artists inspired by the leading pop art figure, included in the loan an original, one-off painting of the Prince of Wales, who is now King Charles III.

Iconic stars and dignitaries including Mick Jagger, Marilyn Monroe and Richard Nixon are also featured in the works while a distinctly Bermudian tie-in comes with the inclusion of a portrait of Mary-Jean Mitchell Green, the late wife of Peter Green who bought the Hamilton Princess in 2012 with his sons, Andrew and Alexander, and who died last November.

Eve Godet Thomas, the director of exhibitions at the BNG, said: “We are very lucky in that the Green family are open to loan to us from their collection. Warhol was one of the biggest artists in their private collection and also in the hotel, and when you look at the more contemporary artists who they collect now, they all stem from Warhol really; he was the nucleus of everything.

“I think it’s incredible that we have these artworks in Bermuda at all. These are the sort of artworks you would see at Tate Modern or Moma [The Museum of Modern Art].

“This is the kind of exhibition you would see in all of the big cities around the world, so it is fantastic, and to have that unique Bermuda connection, I think Bermuda in general is so lucky to have the Greens and for them to be so generous in sharing this.”

One of the portraits of Mick Jagger is signed by the subject — the singer of The Rolling Stones — and comes with a collection of “announcement cards” that demonstrate Warhol’s commercial approach to making art.

The portrait of Prince Charles is the latest of the Greens’s Warhol acquisitions. It builds on the Greens’s legacy at the Hamilton Princess of always having an artwork of the reigning monarch.

The portrait is based on the official engagement photograph that Lord Snowdon took of the Prince and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Ms Godet Thomas said: “The first piece of art the Green family bought for the Hamilton Princess when they took it over was the Warhol Queen [Elizabeth] series that is now behind the front desk.”

Andy Warhol: Portraits From The Factory, is the fourth stand-alone exhibition from the Greens at the BNG — the family lent work to the gallery’s first exhibition in 1992.

Ms Godet Thomas said the portrait of Mrs Mitchell Green came with a little controversy — Peter Green returning it to Warhol’s New York studio The Factory for the artist to adapt owing to a superstition held by his wife’s family.

When the family unwrapped the finished portrait in Bermuda, they realised that the subject had been painted in a green dress.

Ms Godet Thomas explained: “There is a family superstition on the Mitchell side that no one should be painted in green because one of their ancestors had been shot through the green of his tartan.

“Peter Green called Fred Hughes, Andy Warhol’s manager, and said ‘we can’t have her in green’ and they returned it.

“When it came back, she was in a beige dress.

“Years later, when Warhol died, there was a big article, I think in The New York Times, about how he had been so much more prolific than people realised, so Peter Green called Fred Hughes again to ask if they had any other Mary-Jean Mitchell Greens.

“They found one as well as the original in the green dress so they now have three.

“I don’t know if anyone else has ever returned a Warhol portrait.”

The Greens recently became the title sponsor of the BNG’s biennial exhibition, and so the latest collaboration marks a “deepening” of the relationship between the family and the gallery.

Ms Godet Thomas said: “We have a great relationship with them, and so after we did the last exhibition, they asked me to let them know if we wanted to do another one.

“Looking through their collection, this felt like a really important story to tell.

“Andrew and Alexander grew up with Warhols. They had the soup cans hung in their kitchen when they were children and they each had a Warhol in their bedrooms — they have been living and breathing it their entire lives.”

The exhibition opens at the Bermuda National Gallery in the City Hall & Arts Centre today and runs until the end of January 2026.

The gallery aims to offer free school showings for the island’s schoolchildren.