Portrait of Jeanne Hbuterne - Amedeo Modigiliani (1884-1920 ) A superbly composed portrait of using a warm rich palette. The portrait depicts a young French artist who was Modigliani's lover.
Man in a Red Turban - Jan Van Eyck (c.1395 - c.1441) With its intensely sombre atmosphere, this painting is often thought to be a self-portrait.
A Selection of Portraits by Western Artists of the Past: One Artist's Choice of the Best
This selection of ten portraits (placed here in no particular order) by great artists has been chosen by the artist for the pleasure and interest of the viewer, and aims to demonstrate and celebrate the versatility and scope of the portraiture genre as found in the west.
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The Dream - Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) A beautifully balanced and elegantly feminine portrait by this most dynamic and diverse of artists.
Adele Bloch-Baur - Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) This spectacularly decorative portrait uses copious amounts of gold leaf to underline the beauty and wealth of the sitter, whose rich husband commissioned the portrait.
Portrait of Eugene Boch - Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 90) The artist has used individual brush strokes of different colours in this quick study of his poet friend against a starry sky.
An Unknown Gentleman - Robert Campin? (c.1375 - c.1444) A strikingly realistic portrait, especially for its era, possessing a vivid sense of both light and character.
A Young Woman - Ivan Kramskoy (1837 - 87) The artist's detailed style of the rather sorrowful face is surprisingly contrasted with the loose painterly treatment of the white dress in this almost ghostly portrait.
Juan de Pareja - Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660) This highly-acclaimed portrait possesses a warm luminescence which enlivens the noble but somewhat defiant expression of its subject, who was the artist's slave.
Portrait of Agatha Bas - Rembrandt Van Rinj (1606 - 99) Here, the strong sense of interaction with the viewer renders the sitter's humanity almost uncannily tangible.
Self - Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528) A memorably powerful portrait of the artist, contraversial in its own time because of its apparent resemblance to Christ.
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