
Una, Lady Troubridge (1924) – Romaine Brooks
i love this portrait, so delightfully eccentric. and her name is just perfect – UNA.

Una, Lady Troubridge (1924) – Romaine Brooks
i love this portrait, so delightfully eccentric. and her name is just perfect – UNA.
Portrait of Gertha Felsovanyi (1902) – Gustav Klimt
Women’s Half-portrait with Straw Hat (1898) – Lovis Corinth
i’ve decided to start doing a daily painting post. i don’t think it warrants an explanation, it’s just that i like paintings a lot.
milenko stevanovic is an art student from belgrade, whose main interests are landscape & figurative painting – he enjoys working directly from life. i love the bright colours and thick brush strokes.

portraits! oh, my favourite things.

Faustine Léo, 1842 – by Charles-Ernest-Rodolphe-Henri Lehmann

Eva Gonzales, self portrait

Helene Schjerfbeck, self portrait

Felix Vallotton, self portrait

Homme de Savièse, 1903 – by Ernest Bieler

Emile d’Erlanger, 1924 – by Romaine Brooks

by Ivan G. Olinsky, 1942

by David Gauld, 1893

by Leon Kroll, 1962

by Alan Feltus, 1980
jordi gual’s photos at flickr

august sander – need to brush up on my photographers, yo. love the one in the middle.
petrina hicks – gently subverts the pervasive language of photography as it is used in advertising and publicity, creating edgy images that intrigue and disturb. while she primarily works with people, her works transcend the boundaries of portraiture as she finds beauty in perceived imperfections and renders idealized beauty strange.
seydou keïta – a pretty extensive collection from neville trickett, right here
not called the most successful portrait painter of his era for nothing
covering covers lets me combine some of my favourite things; portraiture, pencil sketching, typography, graphic design…
tempted to borrow this idea from john paul thurlow
elizy
Portrait of Elizy (1905) - Stanisław Wyspiański
actually a pastel, ho hum (should this be a daily art post? no, too broad). highly recommend googling him for more pastelly goodness.