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Study for Portrait II, 1955.Tate Britain, London. Study for Portrait II (subtitled after the Life Mask of William Blake) is a small 1955 oil-on-canvas painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, one of a series of six portraits completed after viewing that year the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake's (b. 1757) life mask at the National Portrait Gallery ...
A Portrait Gallery is a gallery or museum in which portraits are shown. This can be a private gallery; however, the most prominent portrait galleries are National Portrait Galleries such as: National Portrait Gallery (Australia) in Canberra; National Portrait Gallery (United States) in Washington DC
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.
The National Portrait Gallery features a sequence of spaces leading from the Entrance Court defined by the two large cantilever concrete blades on the eastern side of the building, through the foyer to the fantastic gallery spaces. Each gallery receives controlled natural light from translucent glazed clerestory windows and views to the outside.
James Sullivan Lincoln (May 13, 1811 – January 18, 1888) was an American portrait painter based in Providence, Rhode Island.He has been called the "father of Rhode Island art" [1] and the "father of art in Providence". [2]
Jonathan Yeo (born 18 December 1970 [1]) is a British artist of contemporary portraiture who was educated at Westminster School.He rose to prominence for having painted Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper, and Cara Delevingne, among others.
The original portrait showed a woman with whom Klimt is believed to have had a love affair, but after she died suddenly, he painted over the work. [3] The painting was believed stolen on 22 February 1997, [4] shortly before a special exhibition was planned at the gallery, during the renovation of the building. The frame was found discarded on ...