Portraiture

Girl in blue dress in front of black and white polka dots and giant orange slices
Bisa Butler Solo Show to Reopen with Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO – The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that its doors will reopen on February 11.Bisa Butler: Portraits, which opened last…

vibrant paintings of nhs workers, made by Aliza Nisenbaum
Aliza Nisenbaum – Painting the NHS
Aliza Nisenbaum is best known for her bright, large-scale portraits of people and community groups.
still life of Quinces on a stool top
Ottilie W. Roederstein: A Swiss Woman Artist Rediscovered
She was one of the leading female painters of her generation and the most important Swiss female portrait artist of the early modern era. Her name: Ottilie W. Roederstein.
Aliza Nisenbaum large painting of many subway workers in their uniforms
Aliza Nisenbaum's Portraiture of the Pandemic
Influenced by the Mexican mural movement and its depiction of social history, Nisenbaum creates paintings that often focus on different members of a community and with the current global health…
Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles, 1913.
Ignacio Zuloaga: Francisco Franco’s Favorite Painter
How Ignacio Zuloaga went from exiled reject to Francisco Franco’s preferred portraitist
detail of two ambassadors
Holbein's Ambassadors: Theories and Questions
Grandiose. Monumental. Chas and Dave? Find out what people had to say about Holbein's 'The Ambassadors'.
unfinished portrait of woman
Art That Was Never Finished
Artists have abandoned artworks for many reasons throughout history. Guest host John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks and explains why they resonate with him so deeply. Featuring…
portrait of Mr and Mrs Andrews
One Painting, Many Voices: Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews
Experts at The National Gallery explain why Gainsborough's painting has intrigued people for centuries.
Thérèse Schwartze, Portrait of Aleida Gijsberta van Ogtrop-Hanlo with her five children, 1906.
The Unusual Career of Portraitist Thérèse Schwartze
A celebrated painter in her own time, Thérèse Schwartze later fell into obscurity. Now she is being rediscovered.
Textile Panel with Embracing Figures, c.1600.
Revealing 500 Years of Unseen Pregnancy Portraiture
Pregnancy is a common experience of women that is rarely seen in historic portraiture.
platinum photograph print of Leopold Hamilton Myers as 'The Compassionate Cherub'
In Focus: Platinum Photographs
The use of platinum was quickly embraced by both professional and amateur photographers alike and helped to establish photography as a fine art.
Vincent van Gogh, Oslo Self-portrait, 1889.
Van Gogh’s Psychosis Self-Portrait Authenticated

Van Gogh peers out of the canvas with a sidelong, suspicious glance. With hollowed cheeks and a full…

Nigel Poor and Frankie Smith. Mapping Joel Sternfeld, side B, 2011/12. Inkjet print, with ink notations. Courtesy Nigel Poor, with thanks to the Prison University Project.
San Quentin State Prison from the Inside Out
A collaboration between the photographer Nigel Poor and current inmates at San Quentin State Prison is giving us a rare change of perspective on how we understand the lives and stories found behind…
Aliza Nisenbaum, Jenna and Moises, 2018, oil on linen, 64 x 57 inches (162.56 x 144.78 cm)
Aliza Nisenbaum's Coreografías, presented by Anton Kern Gallery

New York Gallery Debut of Mexican Painter Aliza Nisenbaum at Anton Kern Gallery in September 2019.

Woman in Georgian costume looks at camera
Recreating the Looks from Georgian Portraiture
You've seen portraits of Georgian royalty in powered wigs. Now see the effort it took to create those iconic looks!