portraiture
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Gainsborough studied Van Dyck’s composition and color, and in maturity absorbed elements of the master—the grand scroop of silk, the drama of the gaze—into his own portraiture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
We made several variations, but it was her side profile that ultimately struck the strongest balance between classic portraiture and interpretation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
A transcript of a candid conversation, held when Van Der Zee was 91 years old, is one of two texts that complement the funeral portraiture; the other is writing by the poet Owen Dodson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The auctioneer's Luke Bodalbhai said the Fellowes painting exhibited Carriera's "talent as one of the leading lights of 18th Century portraiture".
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
Indeed, except for portraiture, it can be argued that the decorative arts were the fine arts of America.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
