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One of best-known portraits in the Western world is Leonardo da Vinci's painting entitled Mona Lisa, named for Lisa del Giocondo, [41] [42] [43] a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. The famous "Mona Lisa smile" is an excellent example of applying ...
Her works often focus on important women from history, as shown in her most famous work, “The Dinner Party,” which represents 39 significant figures in the history of women artists (The ...
Portraits by artist (67 C) M. Portrait miniaturists (6 C, 58 P) Pages in category "Portrait painters" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total.
The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and ...
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]
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist.Recognized for her paintings of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers, Neel is considered one of the greatest American portraitists of the 20th century.
Portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange; Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici; Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child; The Melancholic Man; Portrait of a Man (Hans Memling) The Merry Drinker; Mirth & Girth; Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés; Mr and Mrs Andrews; Mr and Mrs William Hallett; Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes; Portrait of a ...
Ethel Wright later Ethel Bradley (c. 1866 – 1939) was a British portrait painter, illustrator and model. Wright has several paintings in British national collections and her most famous work is a portrait of the suffragette leader Christabel Pankhurst, which is in the National Portrait Gallery.