Portraits in art books

Celebrated for mobiles and stabiles that enliven city squares and museums around the world, Alexander Calder (1898-1976)...  Read More >>

A revealing and entertaining collection of celebrity portraits, rendered both in acute drawings and in finely observed...  Read More >>

Explores the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre...  Read More >>

Back in print by popular demand, How to Paint Living Portraits has been updated to help today's artists discover...  Read More >>

Contains the information on how to address and overcome the many variables to consider when painting people. This...  Read More >>

Explores how the Renaissance artist Hans Holbein the Younger came to develop his mature artistic styles through...  Read More >>

Portraiture is an enduring genre that has captivated artists and viewers for hundreds of years. This book discusses...  Read More >>

David Williamson’s text paints a vivid and sensitive portrait of each monarch, revealing the dramatic events and...  Read More >>

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Juliet Heslewood, art historian and author of Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists, brings together a collection...  Read More >>

Walter Bonner Gash (1869-1928) Edwardian artist known for his works in oil and pastel. Primarily interested in landscape,...  Read More >>

Provides a wealth of ideas and a thorough introduction to the special craft of portraiture. Includes 24 step-by-step...  Read More >>

In the latter part of the 1800's, on the island of Nantucket, Josiah Freeman, best known for his stereopticon landscapes,...  Read More >>

From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans,...  Read More >>

A guide to portraiture and figure painting in watercolour. Suitable for beginning to intermediate artists, it guides...  Read More >>

Barry Moser is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed wood engravers in the world. Portraits have long...  Read More >>

Barry Moser is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed wood engravers in the world. Portraits have long...  Read More >>

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The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting...  Read More >>

Helps readers learn to draw animals, people, flowers, landscapes and more using simple techniques and colorful step-by-step...  Read More >>

Presents traditional methods for painting alla prima portraits in oil.  Read More >>

How To Draw Lifelike Portraits From Photographs, Revised. Lee Hammond is back and better than ever, featuring all...  Read More >>

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