The museum is exhibiting portraiture from the late 19th century.
Recent Examples on the WebCecil Beaton’s official photograph was oversaturated like a Hollywood still, but the pose and composition were those of Renaissance portraiture. Dominic Green, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 But Sajet cautions that because traditional portraiture was expensive, the artform excluded many important Americans in their own eras. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 Gump now does sign commissions and pet portraiture around town. Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Through the presentation of these now-iconic works by Wiley and Sherald, the exhibition contemplates how portraiture has given visual form to ideas of Black power, identity, status, and legacy throughout history. Dominique Fluker, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Art collecting was experiencing a high-profile boom in Germany and engaging a famous international artist to execute a sort of commercial corporate update on a celebrity tradition of aristocratic portraiture was a clever marketing plan.Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 In this way Kollwitz reverses self-portraiture’s normal subject-audience relationship. Eric Gibson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 Throughout his career, Warhol harbored a fascination with self-portraiture. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022 In another example of self-portraiture, Mr. Clemente inserted himself as the vagabond-like Fool, typically regarded as a tarot deck’s first card. J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 22 July 2022 See More