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Image credits: Roberto Serra - Iguana Press / Getty Images #3 Rembrandt (July 15, 1606 — October 4, 1669) Rembrandt is regarded among the greatest portrait painters and printmakers of all time.
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]
Enid's sketchbook art Ghost World: Sophie, the daughter of R. Crumb and Aline Kominsky, was only 19 at the time she contributed her art, as artist/co-writer Daniel Clowes didn't believe he could "draw like a girl." Salvador Dalí [14] dream sequence Spellbound: Hélène Delmaire [15] paintings and sketches Portrait of a Lady on Fire
[185] [186] His late paintings show an artist at the height of his abilities, according to the art critic Robert Hughes, "longing for concision and grace". [121] After the birth of his nephew, Van Gogh wrote, "I started right away to make a picture for him, to hang in their bedroom, branches of white almond blossom against a blue sky." [187]
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ n z b ər ə /; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, [1] he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. [2]
The drawing is related to the etching B162 : Self-portrait with Open Mouth: c. 1628-1629: Pen and brown ink with grey wash; ruled framing lines in the same brown ink: 12.7 x 9.5 cm: British Museum, London: The drawing is related to the etching B013 : Self-portrait: c. 1629: Pen: 12.7 x 9.4 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to ...
Some, such as Hans Holbein the Younger make a drawing of the face, then complete the rest of the painting without the sitter. [12] In the 18th century, it would typically take about one year to deliver a completed portrait to a client. [13] Managing the sitter's expectations and mood is a serious concern for the portrait artist.
A singularity of the female self-portrait is to find artists from princely, royal and imperial families, mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries; while the sons of noble families are destined for war or the clergy, the girls receive a thorough artistic education, in music, literature and fine arts; equipped with this background, some have become ...