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Self-Portrait by Paul Cézanne c.1862-4 Private Collection, New York

Cézanne’s Self-Portraits

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) often painted in series; the most worked motif being his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire in the outskirts of his native Aix-en-Provence. He approached portraiture with the same process of intense repetition. The National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition features a number of his portrait series including the early playful portraits of his uncle Dominique Aubert, eleven portraits of his lover and wife Hortense Fiquet and various self-portraits made throughout his lifetime.…

By Tanya Bentley, Assistant Curator, 20th Century – Contemporary

8 December 2017

Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul Cézanne, 1888-90. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1995.47.5

Charlie Clift: Telling people’s stories through portraiture.

Launching this year, our Photo Prize Blog series features blog posts by photographers from the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017. Explore the processes, motivations and stories behind the photographs, as well as the unique insights and experiences from the projects featured in the Prize.…

By National Portrait Gallery,

21 November 2017

Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul Cézanne, 1888-90. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1995.47.5

An Introduction to Cézanne Portraits

An Introduction to Cézanne Portraits By John Elderfield, Curator of Cézanne Portraits and Chief Curator Emeritus of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.…

By John Elderfield,

23 October 2017

Study of a Young Man, mid 1580s, Annibale Carracci, The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement

Curator’s Choice: Tarnya Cooper’s Top 3 Portrait Drawings

Co-curator Tarnya Cooper selects her favourite works from our current exhibition of Renaissance and Baroque drawings, The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt.…

By Dr. Tarnya Cooper, Curatorial Director

12 September 2017

Woman Wearing a White Headdress, Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1526-8, The Royal Collection

Curator’s Choice: Charlotte Bolland’s Top 3 Portrait Drawings

Co-curator Charlotte Bolland selects her favourite works from our current exhibition of Renaissance and Baroque drawings, The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt.…

By Charlotte Bolland, Collections Curator 16th Century

27 July 2017

Monika; Rima and Muhammed Ahmed by Laura Guoke, 2016 © Laura Guoke

BP Travel Award 2016: Laura Guoke

The BP Travel Award is a given to an artist to enable them to experience working in a different environment on a project related to portraiture. The BP Travel Award 2016 was won by Lithuanian artist Laura Guoke for her proposal to travel to refugee camps in Ritsona, Greece. Richard McLure speaks to Guoke about the project and how she documented the faces and stories behind the statistics.…

By Laura Guoke, Artist

23 June 2017