Portraiture

After looking at examples of portraits we will learn the proportions artists use when drawing a realistic portrait of a human face.

Mary Cassatt
The Boating Party

Paul Cezanne
Boy in Red Vest

Vincent van Gogh
Joseph-Etienne Roulin

Michaelangelo
Mona Lisa

Amedeo Modigliani
The Boy

Pierre-August Renoir
Child in White

John Singer Sargent
Mrs. Sears

Jan Vermeer
The Milkmaid

Edward Hopper
Self-Portrait

All links are to WebMusuem, Paris.

Page created by: Gretchen Offutt
Updated: 8/28/01