Portraits

1) Who is your favorite portrait artist?
2) do you know any artist who paints portraits which look quite life-like (moderately) but not impressionist or super modern.

Robert Henri was probably the best ever and he was a heck of a teacher , too. Here’s a sample of his portraiture….
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=1363806&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/henri_robert.html

Then there is Chuck Close for super realism. Here’s one of his….
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=2370077&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/close_chuck.html

Then there’s Milton Avery (my personal favourite) but his isn’t the kind of work you’re looking for. Still, here’s a sample…..
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/63772.html?mulR=15520

3 Responses

1. jhk_29621 Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 3:50 pm

   1)Me
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2. BeeezKneeez Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 4:00 pm

   Robert Henri was probably the best ever and he was a heck of a teacher , too. Here’s a sample of his portraiture….
   http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=1363806&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/henri_robert.html

   Then there is Chuck Close for super realism. Here’s one of his….
   http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=2370077&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/close_chuck.html

   Then there’s Milton Avery (my personal favourite) but his isn’t the kind of work you’re looking for. Still, here’s a sample…..
   http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/63772.html?mulR=15520
   References :

3. deb_georgeforever Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 4:16 pm

   Mark Carder, you can look at his work on his website at
   Thecardermethod.com very real looking as if they were taken with a camera but not they were painted in oil.
   References :

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