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
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 2022, this portrait was a finalist in the gallery’s Outwin portraiture series.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 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.
