Showing posts with label Portrait subjects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portrait subjects. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Up Close: William Orpen's Adrian Carton de Wiart

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Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (1878-1931), Wikipedia entry here , is perhaps best-known for his portrait work and Grear War related pa...
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Monday, June 24, 2024

Multi Ritratti: Mary Robinson "Perdita"

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My "Multi Ritratti" posts that present multiple portraits of the same subject -- usually by more than one artist -- are of people ...
Monday, July 10, 2023

Queen Elizabeth II: Multi Ritratti by Edward Halliday

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Edward Irvine Halliday (1902-1984), biographical information here , is not well-known today, but had a long career as a painter of portraits...
Monday, January 2, 2023

August Macke's Portrayals of His Wife

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August Robert Ludwig Macke (1887-1914), Wikipedia entry here , was a Germain artist whose brief career took place during the years when Mode...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Up Close: Pauline Astor by John Singer Sargent

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Pauline Astor (ca. 1880-1972) was the daughter of William Waldorf Astor and granddaughter of John Jacob Astor III.  Her portrait was painted...
Monday, July 4, 2022

De Laszlo Paints King Alfonso XIII and Family, 1926-27

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Philip de László (1869-1937), Wikipedia entry here , was a highly successful portrait artist: considered by some the successor to John Singe...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Molti Ritratti: King Alfonso XIII

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Spanish King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) abdicated his throne in 1931, dying ten years later in Rome of a heart attack at age 54.  Biographical...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg by Philip de Laszlo

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Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969) was Queen of Spain until 1931when King Alfonso XIII abdicated.  Her grandson Juan Carlo...