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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." – Oscar Wilde "Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." - Oscar Wilde
Charles Willson Peale (1741) Peale was an American painter, inventor, and naturalist. After studying painting in London, he returned to America and became the preeminent portrait painter of the middle colonies. A captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he painted many portraits of his fellow officers. Later, he established a portrait gallery and founded the Peale Museum, the first major museum ...
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. John Singer Sargent Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.Painters and PaintingQuotations by John Singer Sargent
No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist. Oscar Wilde No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Portrait of Madame X American painter John Singer Sargent, at one time the world's most famous and highly paid portrait painter, is famous for his portraits of American and English social celebrities. In 1884, before he had achieved acclaim, a scandal erupted when he exhibited Portrait of Madame X in Paris. The subject, socialite Madame Gautreau, wore a low-cut gown, which critics considered erotic. ...