#National Portrait Gallery London

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Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1654) • Saint Margaret of Antioch • 1631 • National Gallery, London

#francisco de zurbarán #religious painting #baroque art #fine art #painting #art #art history #national portrait gallery london #portrait #old masters #women in paintings #school of seville #italian painter #italian baroque #17th century painting #paintings of women

[foryouwereinmysong]

My favourite photo of John at the Eyes of the Storm exhibition:

And my favourite quote:

»This shot of John with his guitar: that's how we worked and that's how I knew him. Looking back at it, they're so special for me because they're like family snapshots.«

#it was so lovely #eyes of the storm #paul mccartney #john lennon #the beatles #london #national portrait gallery

[lionofchaeronea]

Narcissus, variously attributed to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio or a follower (Gian Giacomo Caprotti?), ca. 1490

#art #art history #Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio #Gian Giacomo Caprotti #classical mythology #mythological painting #Narcissus #imaginary portrait #Renaissance #Renaissance art #Italian Renaissance #Quattrocento #Italian art #15th century art #oil on canvas #National Gallery #National Gallery London

[fashionbooksmilano]

The Sitwells

Joanna Skipwith

National Portrait Gallery, London 1994, 240 pages, 22x27,5cm, ISBN 978 1855 141414, The 250 illustrations, 150 in color, include works by Cecil Beaton and Pavel Tchelitchew.

euro 50,00

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Published for the exhibition: The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s, held at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 October 1994 to 22 January 1995.

'Battle is in the curve of their nostrils', wrote Arnold Bennett of the Sitwells. 'They issue forth from their bright pavilions and demand trouble.' Poets, patrons of the arts and ardent self-publicists, the three siblings, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell, rarely missed an opportunity to promote themselves or denounce their sworn enemy, the philistine. They were natural subjects, and targets for the media. Unconventional, aristocratic, physically imposing (all more than six feet tall), they were bold, talented and provocative, and there were three of them. This book celebrates their lives and their artistic crusade, which brought them into contact and conflict with many of the leading figures of the arts in the early part of this century. Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Evelyn Waugh were among their friends; their favourite enemies included Wyndham Lewis, Noel Coward and D. H. Lawrence.

14/03/24

#The Sitwells #exhibition catalogue #National Portraits Gallery London 1994-95 #Cecil Beaton #Tchelitchew #Sargent #Cocteau #Arts 1920s 1930s #fashionbooksmilano

[princesscatherineblog]

The Princess of Wales

#kate middleton #catherine middleton #catherine princess of wales #princess of wales #national portrait gallery #london #june 2023

[homeisaplaceinthehills]

Botticelli, Sandro. Portrait of a Young Man. c. 1483, tempera on panel. The National Gallery, London.

#Sandro Botticelli #portrait #painting #tempera on panel #tempera #London #The National Gallery #Londond #Firenze #1483 #1400s #art #human #history

[vox-anglosphere]

Architectural phenom, Conor Lynch, in profile with King George IV

#Conor Lynch #architect #National Portrait Gallery #London #King George IV #royal artwork #mimicry #unfinished portrait #monarchy #genius #profile #humour #parody #painting #UK

[seeking--the--essential]

#the national portrait gallery #london #me #my photos

[resplendentoutfit]

Bartholomeus van der Helst (Dutch,1613-1670) • Portrait of a Lady in Black Satin and a Fan • Unknown date • National Portrait Gallery, London

The outrageous, extravagant, often humorous, and sometimes beautiful outfits worn by the subjects of old portraits

This one's all in the details!

The lady in Bartholomeus van der Helst’s portrait may be unknown now, but she appears to have been a woman of some status. Standing out against a severe, plain black background, her clothes announce her wealth and status – and little else. Although she appears modest and unassuming her gaze is direct and steady.With no attempt at flattery, van der Helst painted her wispy hair hanging unfashionably straight under a long lace cap, both accentuating her high forehead and the length of her face. She holds her delicately decorated stomacher out towards us – the embroidery incorporates silver thread and pearl beads, making this uncomfortable, restraining garment appear sparkling and almost frivolous. She also presents her fan, its bow – like the one at her breast – made partly of silver thread; the fan would have been hand painted, perhaps with flowers or a scene from a Greek myth.

— National Portrait Gallery, London

#portrait #art #bartholomeus van der helst #dutch golden age #dutch artist #anonymous portrait #female portrait #painting #fine art #painter #art details #national gallery london #art history #painted lace details #art lover #museum aesthetic #the resplendent outfit #art blog

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Artist of the Week

Gwen John (Welsh, 1876-1939) • Self Portrait • c. 1900 • National Portrait Gallery, London

#art #painting #fine art #art history #early 20th century art #women in paintings #welsh artist #british artist #national portrait gallery london #self portrait #woman painter #artist of the week

[ohdeargodwhy]

the joy of seeing ncuti's happy face massive in town

#london #national portrait gallery #i bought a postcard of it too because it is so joyous #ncuti gatwa

[inabigdanceskin]

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64 Eyes of the Storm, National Portrait Gallery, London. Friday 11 August 2023.

#b/w photography #visual diary #memories #london #national portrait gallery #paul mccartney #the beatles

[lionofchaeronea]

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos, Diego Velázquez, 1619-20

#art #art history #Diego Velazquez #religious art #Christian art #Christianity #imaginary portrait #John the Evangelist #St. John the Evangelist #Baroque #Baroque art #Spanish Baroque #Spanish Golden Age #Siglo de Oro #Spanish art #17th century art #National Gallery #National Gallery London

[godkilling]

in an odd situation re: not wanting to use twitter anymore but also being so out of practice posting about LIFE on here... Anyway I got a tattoo and spent 3 days in London recently 🥳

#not pictured: the CRUCIBLE #such a fun show #would recommend if youre in london any time soon #we did hampton court and went around counting the HAHAs :') #so funny btw that both the fricke museum and the national portrait gallery have the crom/more paintings beside each other

[fashionbooksmilano]

Branded Youth and other Stories  by Bruce Weber

designed by Dimitri Levas. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and Patti Smith; Poems by Charles Bukowski, A. E. Houseman and Allen Ginsberg; and essays by Ingrid Sischy, Martin Harrison, and Charles Saumarez Smith.

Bulfinch Press/Little Brown and Company, Boston New York 1997, 278 pages, 28 x 22 cm., ISBN  9780821225257

euro 110,00

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“Branded Youth And Other Stories” was published in conjunction with Bruce’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery London in 1997. The title refers to a story of some wild-child teenagers he met in Montana, who in an act of teenage bonding had branded each other on the shoulder with the heated blade of an army bayonet. The reckless romance of this band-of-brothers fable sets the tone for the photographs of this volume–images that evoke youth, freedom, adventure…and the ties that bind. This book opens with a portfolio of Hollywood’s brightest lights, actors of todays’ A-list like Leonardo diCaprio, Christina Ricci, Natalie Portman and Mark Wahlberg, all caught at the moment just before their biggest breaks.  Their innocence stands in stark contrast to the “Court TV” chapter that follows, Polaroid stills from the time when when cable crime reportage became a national fixation, the lurid underbelly of fame represented by the Menendez brothers, Amy Fisher, and Lorena Bobbitt. “Branded Youth” is very much concerned with a search for lost innocence, that “big fantasy life” only dangerous because of its elusiveness. The book traces Bruce’s travels and adventures over the course of several years, from Vietnam to South Africa, Mississippi to Montana. Everywhere he witnesses and documents families celebrating together, children, elderly folks, life-long friends, enchanted landscapes. The prevailing feeling is of possibility and love and faith, the desire people share to build communities and live in harmony with one another, regardless of the injustice or violence of the past. In these photographs, Bruce captures an openness to life as it presents itself to his lens–the pictures resonate, above all, with hope. The book ends as it began, with a study in contrasts. Youthful friendship and loyalty are celebrated in photographs of athletes (at Dan Gable’s Wrestling Camp in Iowa) and Boy Scouts (specifically, Troop 1426 of Virginia). Adolescence and sexuality get their due in a series of figure studies which end the book. But even with its prevailing exuberance, Bruce Weber closes “Branded Youth” with a thoughtful essay expressing the ephemeral nature of such joy. 

09/03/23

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#Bruce Weber #Branded Youth #photography exhibition catalogue #National Portrait Gallery London 1997 #Hollywood #Vietnam #South Africa #athletes #photohraphy books #fashionbooksmilano

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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Self Portrait in a Straw Hat

1782

National Gallery, London

#national gallery #london #self portrait #art history #18th century