The World Of Portraits
For me, portraits are the most amazing and most difficult artworks in the same time. Amazing because you need a lot of talent to create a good portrait and difficult because you need to do it exactly as your model looks like. Otherwise your portrait might become a caricature or a mockery, which obviously is not what you want.
A couple of years ago I tried to draw some portraits, guided by some YouTube videos. You may think it's easy as you just have to do what it says in the video. Yeah right! I tried, then tried again and what I got was far from what I wanted. However, that was me. Talented artists can work miracles.
At the latest art exhibition I saw a lot of portraits, very different one in stile. It surprised me to see so many portraits (from different artists thought) as it was a private collection.
This is the portrait of Sándor Madaras, the owner of the collection.I was lucky to be in the right place, the right time and hear a conversation between the owner and the journalist interviewing him. The portrait was done years ago, so the owner was a lot younger, but I can assure you, it looks exactly like the man I saw at the gallery. Unfortunately the reflection is ruining the portrait a bit, but even so, I can tell you it's a great one.
This is a portrait made in 1967, it's a lot different from the first one. Unfortunately I don't know the person who's portrait it is, so I'm taking this for granted.
This one came as a surprise. I've never seen such an artwork. It's the auto portrait of the artist, Pál Nagy.
This is a close up photo for you to see, it's made of dots. I suppose it's lithography or a related technique as it did not look like drawing. In any case, it was interesting.
Another portrait of the same artist. In my eyes this is rough art, as far as the lines and colors are concerned, but I like it. I think personal connection to the artist or the subject counts a lot here.
Portrait of Károly Molter, a Hungarian novelist, dramatist, literary critic, journalist and academic. Károly Molter is a know figure, so I can assure you, the portrait looks exactly like the person. It's an interesting technique though, a bit rough, but successful.
Portrait of a young boy. This is pencil on paper, or maybe charcoal as well and it is closer to me than paintings. Maybe because what I've tried so far was pencil on paper. I'm terrible with paint.
Portrait of a peasant boy, a very good one in my opinion. The colors are lovely.
This is a more serious one, a portrait of György Kovács, made in 1978.
The portrait of the wife of the artist. While I was looking at the painting I was thinking about how perfect a portrait has to be. I have no idea about the requirements, I suppose it depends on the taste of the artist and the model. How much tolerance and deviation is allowed.
Same artist, same model, different style. Portrait made in 1975.
Portrait of an actress (ruined by reflection).
So I saved all the portrait for this post. There was one, an exceptional one that I loved and could not take a decent photo of it, no matter where I stood. These are the times when I wish things could evolve so I don't have do deal with reflection, but I suppose it's going to take some time till we get there.
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Wow, the are so unique.
Thank you.
Your so much talented, what a skill 😲😲😲
Talented in what?
Very unique. I like really old portraits those before photography was a thing but those created now are still cool. Without portraits we have no idea what some looked like prior to the 19th century.
You're right, however you can't always trust those, especially those of nobles and royalties. Those portraits had to be beautiful, even if the subject was ugly 🙂
But in general you're right, those were very different.
We have a thing called the Archibald Prize for portraits which is run each year which is a coveted thing to win. You can have a look here if you're interested. The link shows past winners. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/
I don't mind portraits and find then fascinating, especially the historical ones, like of people that are no longer with is. I love history and find value in pondering who those people were in life.
You probably don't know this, but I was asked to sit for a painter to do my portrait. I felt self-conscious at first but knew the painter, a true master, would get it right...Do you want to see it?
Warning: It's a spectacular and perfect depiction of me; the likeness is uncanny.
Those portraits you showed me are interesting for sure. There are a few there I like.
Lol, your portrait is an exceptional one, spot on I'd say, so thanks for sharing it with me and the world 😂😂😂
I promised you a portrait and in March you might get one 😉 😏 🤪 Just get yourself ready.
That portrait of me hangs in the national gallery and attracts millions of people to view it every week. The Louvre rang up and asked if they could hang it there, they want to replace the Mona Lisa with it, I said yes. They better stock up the cafe there, they'll draw billions of people to the exhibit don't you think?
Lol.
I have obsession with making portraits. My first few portraits are so awkward to look at, but I was proud that I was able to draw them during those times. 😅😅😅
This is 2015
This is 2023
Certainly there are still so many areas to improve. But I can also say that I have gone far already.
I really hope that my works will be on an exhibit in the future just like these portraits you havr shown.
The first few works are always awkward but it's good to keep them as one day will be nice to look back and see where you started.
Thanks for sharing your works and good luck.
thank you so much! 😊😅
That's great art, I really like it sandor madaras portrait, it looks cool and the details are clearly visible
I'm glad to hear that.
If you like portraits,you should check polish artist Jacek Malczewski. He lived XIX/XX century and painted... above 150 selfportraits.
Such selfie lover 100 years ago ;)
@helcim has a few interesting posts about him e.g.: self-portrait of Jacek Malczewski.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to check it out.