portrait
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Nine-year-old Sebastian paints a portrait of his family home, unable to comprehend that it no longer exists after the powerful quake that shattered western Colombia this week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mr. Greene’s portrait of Jesse Owens and the Ernie Davis story are a reminder that athletic feats transcend hatred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I had just finished a portrait of Dorothy Dandridge, and he bought it right on the spot, making it my first commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Published between 1983 and 2000, Skidelsky’s three-volume biography brilliantly presented a full portrait of Keynes as a thinker, a policymaker and, most engagingly, a man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The portrait studio was wedged between a barbershop and a shoe store.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He opens a folder and takes out a stack of large photographs: portraits of prisoners.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
His paintings, which look like a mashup of collage and stained glass, are immediate in their impact: Planes of saturated hues snap together in portraits, pictures of parties, and everyday scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, there are still services today that offer “remembrance” or “bereavement” portraits for parents with children who have died.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
In America, poems are written, portraits painted, and statues built to honor such people.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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