Modern Artists in Portraiture

Biographies and analysis of the work of important modern artists that practiced portraiture. We are adding more artists every week.

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	Abbott, Berenice (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Anguissola, Sofonisba (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Arbus, Diane (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Astrup, Nikolai (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Auerbach, Frank (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Avedon, Richard (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bacon, Francis (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Balthus (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Baroness Freytag-Loringhoven (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Baselitz, Georg (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Basquiat, Jean-Michel (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bazille, Frédéric (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bearden, Romare (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Beaton, Cecil (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Beckmann, Max (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bell, Leland (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bellini, Giovanni (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Benton, Thomas Hart (Summary, Biography, Artworks)
	Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (Summary, Biography, Artworks)

The artists above are the individuals in the Portrait Artists category that The Art Story has had a chance to research and write up so far. Please let us know who is missing by Contacting Us. Or to look at other artists, please select criteria from the left menu (go to Top of Page for full menu).