Modern Portrait Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Color: Yellow
"Cards", Set of 4 Portraits King-Queen-Jack-Joker Figurative Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A set of portraits of four cards characters - "the king, the queen, the jack and the joker". Each of these four acrylic figurative cubist paintings measures 65 cm x 54 cm.
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Portrait of Woman in Yellow
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Yellow', oil on cardstock paper (circa 1970s), by Raymond Debiève. A cubist portrait of this lovely young woman at her window is ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
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Musing, Figurative, Red, Yellow Color, Oil on Canvas Indian Master "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dhiraj Chowdhury - Women with the Long Hair
12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Proposed Framed Size : 20 x 20 inches
Oil on Canvas, 2012
( Rolled & Door Delivered )
Style of the Artist : He steadfastly believes that art has to be closely associated with life – with humanity, with humanism. And he comes through with this concept in his works – which are sometimes heart – reading, sometimes violent, brutal even chaotic, but always cogent, modern, and somehow loaded with both wisdom and hope.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1936, West Benagal, India.
Education and experience :
Graduated from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, and Delhi Polytechnic (Delhi College of Art).
In 1996 retired as professor of Painting, College of Art, New Delhi University. Published books on art. Founded a number of art groups and initiated art activities.
Exhibitions :
Held over 100 solo shows in major cities of India and 20 one-man shows abroad in USA, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, and Sweden.
Participated in several group shows, national and international, including one in Geneva in 1979 with Miro, Dali, Calder, Cavalli, Pozzi, and Sugai. Received 15 awards, including the National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
Awards :
1950 - Received the Governors Medal, West Bengal.
1959 - Received award for his water colour painting, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
1961 - Received award for his graphic art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi.
1964 - Award for his mural painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
1966 - Award for his Poster Design, All India Poster...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Oil
"Evoluzione antropologica di una testa" (anthropological evolution of a head)
Located in Milano, MI
This painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) embraces the "figurative post-cubism" style.
In fact Salvador Aulestia was artistically grown during the maximum su...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
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Acrylic
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