portraiture
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You could say that the Flemish painter, who served in the courts of two 17th-century English kings, created an imposing style of portraiture that was its own last word.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Christopher Behroozian is a California-based photographer whose work explores intimacy, memory and existence through portraiture.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 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
In these stacked blocks of portraiture, Annie stared at the camera, unchanged from frame to frame.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
