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Today, portrait paintings are still commissioned by governments, corporations, groups, clubs, and individuals. In addition to painting, portraits can also be made in other media such as prints (including etching and lithography), photography, video and digital media. Frans Hals, later finished by Pieter Codde. De Magere Compagnie. 1637.
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait can be represented as half body and even full body.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh of Dr. Paul Gachet, who cared for the artist in his last months. In 1990, it fetched a record price at auction, selling for $82.5 million ($75 million, plus a 10 percent buyer's commission). [44] Dr. Gachet was an amateur painter and engraver.
Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) [2] was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s.
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John Rankin Waddell (born 1966), known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II.
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic-on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney, completed in May 1972. It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m), [ 1 ] and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer.
Portrait of a Gonfaloniere; Portrait of a Musician; Portrait of a Nun (Artemisia Gentileschi) Portrait of a Young Man (Barocci) Portrait of a Young Man (Giorgione, Budapest) Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel; Portrait of Alvise Cornaro; Portrait of an Actor; Portrait of Charles of Bourbon in Hunting Dress; Portraits of Benvenuto Cellini