portraiture

The Frick Collection - Fragonard's Room

Masterpiece Mimesis: On Walter Gay’s ‘The Fragonard Room’

Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably seen Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s work. His painting, “The Swing,” even makes a cameo in Disney’s “Frozen” (2013). Amidst pre-French-Revolution tensions, the French court painter built a career depicting hedonism, eroticism, and extravagance. Purchased by Henry
December 5, 2024
Portrait of Aja Washington smiling in the woods

Aja Washington ’25 on Personal Portraiture 

Portraiture is incredibly intimate. A few years back, my art teacher shared an anecdote in class. Using her husband as a model, she practiced a new viewing technique. Trying to better understand the physicality of portraiture, she gazed at him, slowly caressing
December 5, 2024

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