Collection Section
Portrait & Drawing
The portrait line shows a shift toward a complex task — conveying not only likeness, but the depth of character, emotional state and human dignity.
About the Section
The portrait line shows a shift toward a complex task — conveying not only likeness, but the depth of character, emotional state and human dignity.
From sketches and study drawings, the artists move to a more complex task: gesture, the turn of the head, a pause in the gaze, tension or softness of line all matter.
Sketches and drawings have value in their own right: they reveal the studio's inner workings — how character is born out of line.
Context
Sketches and drawings have, in this context, a value of their own. They reveal the studio's inner workings: how an image forms from a first impression, how compositional search becomes a finished work.
The graphic foundation — pencil and charcoal drawing — supports the duo's whole painterly language.
What the portrait speaks through: gesture, the turn of the head, a pause in the gaze, tension or softness of line — the means by which a portrait conveys character and state.
The genre's means: gesture, the turn of the head, a pause in the gaze, line, sketch and quick study, pencil and charcoal.
Works in the Section
Works from this section are being prepared for publication.
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Curator's Note
Portraiture here is not about likeness but presence. Look for the moment where the face stops posing and begins to be.
Linger at the sketches. A quick line sometimes holds more character than a finished canvas.