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  portraitist - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Although born in Wales, Harris spent his formative years in the province of Prince Edward Island.
Harris, Robert (1849-1919), Canadian portraitist known for capturing on canvas the leading personalities of his day.
Sully, Thomas (1783-1872), American portraitist, born in Lincolnshire, England, and brought by his parents to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1792....
encarta.msn.com /portraitist.html   (96 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Boston's 'pre-eminent portraitist'
He made the trip at the age of 36, having already established himself as Boston's pre-eminent portraitist, and having proven, by marrying into a wealthy and prominent local family, that even in the culturally deprived and aesthetically backward Colonies, a painter could aspire to be something more than a mere artisan.
Soon he was painting portraits of the English aristocracy, trading the hard-edged style of his Boston portraits for a freer, more romantic style resembling that of the fashionable portraitist Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Copley, whose renown as a portraitist derived from the unflinching accuracy of his likenesses, brought the same exactitude to his history paintings.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/05.13/31-copley.html   (1367 words)

  
 NCAW Spring 05 | Leanne Zalewski on Alexandre Cabnel's Portraits of American "Aristocracy"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cabanel was well known as a portraitist and in the 1870s and 1880s he was the painter of choice for Gilded Age Americans, particularly women, who desired an aristocratic image to match their wealth.
Praised as a portraitist of women, Cabanel expressed that he was particularly adept at painting portraits of American women.
His reputation as a portraitist of men was solidified the following year by the success of his portrait of Adolphe Thiers, the first of several French presidents he painted.
www.19thc-artworldwide.org /spring_05/articles/zale.html   (5122 words)

  
 The dog portraits Museum presents watercolor dog portraits and superrealist dog paintings
The artist explains you why his style changed from simple dog portraits to his last collector's dog paintings, where the dog brings the life in a composition, a scene staging his master's hobby.
At the same time, a virtual gallery gathering his dog portraits painted on commission all over Europe, a very complete press-book for the journalists and the synopsis of a book on his dog paintings which is intended to the editors.
Dog portraitists on the Net: The Dog Museum selected interesting artists and pet portraitists 's websites from around the world presenting pet portraitists 's paintings, drawings or sculptures.
www.thedogmuseum.com   (658 words)

  
 Portraitist Richard Avedon dies - People - www.theage.com.au
Portraitist Richard Avedon dies - People - www.theage.com.au
Richard Avedon, who died on Friday aged 81, was probably the most influential fashion photographer of the postwar era and arguably the greatest American portraitist of any epoch.
In a career that began before the end of the Second World War, Avedon created an extraordinary portfolio that documented the gamut of American public life, from "Ike" Eisenhower to Andy Warhol, and from Marilyn Monroe to Nastassja Kinski.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/02/1096527987486.html?oneclick=true   (398 words)

  
 210mm and what other focal length recommended (for aspiring portraitist?) - Large Format Photography Forum
To complete kit, would someone please suggest any ot her ocal length which might be standard for this type of work.
A second lens, after 210mm, is often a semi-wide angle, a 135mm or a 120mm.
Some opt for a 90mm as a second lens, but I have not found a 90mm too useful, since it is too wide for my taste.
www.largeformatphotography.info /forum/showthread.php?t=1596   (500 words)

  
 The Armenian Weekly Online: August/September 2002
During the course of his brilliant career, as an internationally recognized portraitist, he has been showered with innumerable honors.
In essence, the mark of his greatness as an artist is that very few portraitists have penetrated as deeply as he, “with a photographic eye,” into the very depths of human character.
The much sought-after portraitist uses an inexpensive white camera, an 8 x 10 with costly lens and a long cable release.
www.hairenik.com /armenianweekly/august_september_2002/culture002.html   (4373 words)

  
 About Suzanne Rachel Forbes, Portraitist
Suzanne Rachel Forbes was born and raised in Manhattan, and attended Parsons School of Design for two years, then finished her BFA at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, in the Fine Art Program.
She has worked as the courtroom artist for CBS Television, CNN and several newspapers, as the regular artist on DC Comics’ Star Trek, The Original Series, as a book illustrator and as a portraitist.
Her paintings, comic art and courtroom illustrations are in collections across the United States.
www.rachelforbes.com /about.html   (111 words)

  
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The Portraitist is so elegantly written, and with such exact attention to historical detail, that it would be easy to accept it as the actual biography of a young Englishman who went to India at the end of the eighteenth century to make his fortune a.s a painter.
After you are established as a portraitist, you can pay me back.
I could see now why young lads took to the sea, and it occurred to me for a moment that maybe, instead of being a portraitist, I might become a painter of seascapes, after getting to know the life of sailing ships and their crews.
members.aol.com /chalidze/portr.html   (24022 words)

  
 PopPhoto - camera reviews, digital imaging, photo equipment, galleries, lenses, film, photography tips, news and forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Portraitist Peter Bellamy offers tips on how to get the most out of your subjects.
The just-announced 10MP Pentax K10D ($899 estimated street, body only) is sure to amaze Pentax lovers, and the photo world in general.
Lens Test: Sigma 70-200MM f/2.8 APO EX DG HSM AF A compelling choice for nature and wildlife close-ups.
www.popphoto.com   (524 words)

  
 Linda Leah Wolitz Portraitist ~ Celebrations in Pastels
Linda Leah Wolitz Portraitist ~ Celebrations in Pastels
Portraitist Linda Leah Wolitz paints portraits and wildlife because “I delight in capturing the inner self of my subject.
Each one is special, and my challenge is to bring forth that uniqueness.
celebrationsinpastels.com   (284 words)

  
 Trials of a Pet Portraitist
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June 12, 2001 11:37 AM jenlongshaw - Re: Trials of a Pet Portraitist
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www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/animal_art_craft/61203   (416 words)

  
 Trials of a Pet Portraitist
But then there are moments that make this business worthwhile.
I really enjoyed readind about your work as a pet portraitist.
For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Jen Longshaw's Wildlife Art topic, please visit the Discussions page.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/animal_art_craft/71666/2   (307 words)

  
 Art Poster Print - Portraitist - Artist: Karl Spitzweg- Poster Size: 14 X 12 - SHOP.COM
Art Poster Print - Portraitist - Artist: Karl Spitzweg- Poster Size: 14 X 12
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www.shop.com /op/aprod-p40362304   (211 words)

  
 The Portraitist Prints by Carl Spitzweg at AllPosters.com
The Portraitist Prints by Carl Spitzweg at AllPosters.com
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www.allposters.com /-sp/The-Portraitist_i142427_.htm?aid=398737   (49 words)

  
 Portraits by Avra
Born in Athens, Greece and now living in Indiana, Avra Economakos Hopkins works in oils and creates stunning one of a kind fine art portraits.
Avra started as an award winning FASHION DESIGNER GRADUATE back in Athens Greece and has been  for years working as a traditional portraitist.
She has a deep knowledge of the human figure and her background as a fashion designer makes her glamour artwork presented here an outstanding example of figurative art of very high aesthetic standards.
www.indy2athens.com   (265 words)

  
 Celebrate With Art, celebration of art, best artists, fine artists, commissioned artwork, commissioned art, order work ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Choosing an artist, or letting us choose an artist for you, from the list below:
I want ArtPiazza to choose a portraitist for me
I want ArtPiazza to choose a caricaturist for me
www.artpiazza.com /Orders.htm   (929 words)

  
 Oakland portraitist searches for the essence of subjects
Oakland portraitist searches for the essence of subjects
Oakland's Andre White describes himself as a "mostly" self-taught artist, acknowledging the three summers he spent on scholarship at the Cleveland Institute of Art almost 40 years ago.
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www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/08/DDG1944M6S1.DTL   (1071 words)

  
 Portraits are Forever
from a New Zealand Pencil Portraitist with a website!
A fourteen year old boy once picked up a sketchpad, driven by the need to capture a moment, an expression, a thought in someones eyes.
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www.draw.orcon.net.nz   (2056 words)

  
 Adeimantus: The Instant Rehabilitation of a Saddam Portraitist (Updated)
Adeimantus: The Instant Rehabilitation of a Saddam Portraitist (Updated)
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
In his report on the transfer of sovereignty, Associated Press writer Tarek el-Tablawy includes the following quote to buttress his assertion that "the response [to the handover] in Baghdad was mixed":
adeimantus.blogspot.com /2004/06/instant-rehabilitation-of-saddam.html   (4265 words)

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