ARTISTS
Portraits?
The term ‘portrait’ conjures up a range of associations, from paintings of wealthy figures posed amongst their possessions to yearbook photo day at grade school. A rigid definition would confine portraiture to images of people from the shoulders upward. In this exhibition, we have selected a group of works that speak to a broader definition of portraiture; a work that captures the expression of the living form, both human and animal.
“Portraiture continues to be popular to the extent that we see aspects of ourselves, or our foibles, presented by the enormous range of artists drawn to the subjects we all know.”
“The intent of portraiture is to provide insight into one or more aspects of the subject. The artists wish to acknowledge the significance of their subject choice for any number of reasons whether they are political, historical, emotional, symbolic, or purely descriptive,” explains owner and director Sam Davidson. “Portraiture continues to be popular to the extent that we see aspects of ourselves, or our foibles, presented by the enormous range of artists drawn to the subjects we all know.”
Gaining insight into our self and others is a timeless human fascination that has made portraiture an enduring practice; however, limitations on resources to produce portraits has meant that historically, portraiture was accessible mainly to the privileged. Fortunately this has begun to change over time.
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The term ‘portrait’ conjures up a range of associations, from paintings of wealthy figures posed amongst their possessions to yearbook photo day at grade school. A rigid definition would confine portraiture to images of people from the shoulders upward. In this exhibition, we have selected a group of works that speak to a broader definition of portraiture; a work that captures the expression of the living form, both human and animal.
“Portraiture continues to be popular to the extent that we see aspects of ourselves, or our foibles, presented by the enormous range of artists drawn to the subjects we all know.”
“The intent of portraiture is to provide insight into one or more aspects of the subject. The artists wish to acknowledge the significance of their subject choice for any number of reasons whether they are political, historical, emotional, symbolic, or purely descriptive,” explains owner and director Sam Davidson. “Portraiture continues to be popular to the extent that we see aspects of ourselves, or our foibles, presented by the enormous range of artists drawn to the subjects we all know.”
Gaining insight into our self and others is a timeless human fascination that has made portraiture an enduring practice; however, limitations on resources to produce portraits has meant that historically, portraiture was accessible mainly to the privileged. Fortunately this has begun to change over time.
Artists on show
- Abigail Rorer
- Albert de Belleroche
- Anders Zorn
- Arne Bendik Sjur
- Art Hansen
- Art Werger
- Artemio Rodriguez
- Atsuo Sakazume
- Azumi Takeda
- Barry Moser
- Ben Moreau
- Ben Shahn
- Bernard Brussel-Smith
- Boris Lovet-Lorski
- Carl V. Montford
- Caroline Thorington
- Chin Sheng Lee
- Christie Tirado
- Cleo Wilkinson
- Daniel Carrillo
- David Young Cameron
- Elizabeth Keith
- Ellen Heck
- Enrique Trozo
- Eric Gill
- Federico Castellon
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser
- Fritz Eichenberg
- Georges Rouault
- Helmi Dagmar Juvonen
- Henri Matisse
- Hiroshima Seiichi
- Ivan Rusachek
- Jane Austin
- Jenny Schmid
- Jim Westergard
- John Costigan
- John Menihan
- José Guadalupe Posada
- José Luis Cuevas
- Jun'ichirô Sekino
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Keisei Kobayashi
- Kirsten Flaherty
- Kouji Ikuta
- Kouki Tsuritani
- Kurt Kemp
- Leonard Baskin
- Leopoldo Mendez
- Mark Tobey
- Martin James
- Mary Cassatt
- Mary Farrell
- Michael Barnes
- Morris Henry Hobbs
- Oldrich Kulhánek
- Oleg Denisenko
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Pablo O'Higgins
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Hambleton Landacre
- Paul Jacoulet
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Raphael Soyer
- Roman Romanyshyn
- Sayuri Nishimura
- Sergiy Hrapov
- Sigmund Abeles
- Thomas Eakins
- Tomiyuki Sakuta
- Tony Fitzpatrick
- Trevor Foster
- Vladimir Zuev
- Wal Chirachaisakul
- Yoshio Yamanobe
- Zhang Hui
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