Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464).
HANS BRÜHLMANN
Hans Ernst Brühlmann (1878-1911).
THE ARMADA PORTRAIT
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is the name of any of three surviving versions of an allegorical panel painting depicting the Tudor queen surrounded by symbols of imperial majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
The three surviving versions are:
. The version at Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire, England. (below)
. The version in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
. The version owned by the Tyrwhitt-Drake family.
Unknown artist, 1588.
CHANTAL VAN HOUTEN
Chantal Van Houten (b. 1979).
IRVING PENN
Irving Penn (1917-2009).
PABLO PICASSO – NEOCLASSICISM
HENRI MATISSE – SELF-PORTRAITS
GARY GREALY
Gary Grealy (b. 1950).
CHARLES DESPIAU
Charles Despiau (1874-1946).
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989).
JANE AUSTEN
“The Rice Portrait”, by Ozias Humphry (1742-1810).
The portrait drawing below, in graphite on vellum, had been in a private collection for years, and was being auctioned as an “imaginary portrait” of Austen, with “Miss Jane Austin” written on the back.
HOWARD HODGKIN – ABSENT FRIENDS
Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends, an exhibition of the painter’s portraits, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 23 March. There’s a sorrowful irony about the title, as Hodgkin, one of the artistic giants of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, died, aged 84, on 9 March.
View full article HERE.
More about Howard Hodgkin HERE.
JOHN CURRIN
John Currin (b. 1962).
UBALDO OPPI
Ubaldo Oppi (1889-1942).
JEREMIAH QUARSHIE
Jeremiah Quarshie (b. 1985).
Beauty Bellezza Beauté 