portraiture

Example Sentences

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When did you know — as somebody who does portraiture — the subject was always going to be somebody with whom you had intimacy?

From Los Angeles Times

And Nyugen E. Smith, employing a style of portraiture that’s cultural rather than individual, makes collages that include artifacts from his travels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Washington Post

“It was unlike anything else I’d seen at the time, that combination of color and large in portraiture,” Tucker said.

From New York Times

Because Talley was the sort of imposing presence who required formal portraiture.

From Washington Post

The painting appears in a small section of the show devoted to portraiture, where the descriptions of the artists confirm one’s sense that the young Danish painters were not the happiest campers.

From Washington Post