How to Use portraiture in a Sentence

portraiture

noun

• The museum is exhibiting portraiture from the late 19th century.
• Malcolm had to have known that this had the ring of self-portraiture.
  — The New Yorker, 17 June 2021
• This lovely piece of portraiture graces the arm of Derrick Rose, one of the finest athletes in the league.
  — Lansing Cai, CNN, 12 Feb. 2018
• Wiley is known for his portraiture of Black men and women in the style of the Old Masters.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 May 2024
• One of the roles of portraiture is to anchor you in history.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• The artist recently spoke with us about portraiture, sports, and more.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• But the primary subject of the Met show is Neel’s portraiture.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2021
• At the time, most modern artists ran from portraiture, but not Pearlstein.
  — Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
• And then Anna had this idea of doing them as portraitures.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• Indeed, it is said that the artist’s turn to portraiture in the nineteen-sixties was due, in large measure, to his having George to paint.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
• That manner comes off, here, as only one of his many aspects of self-portraiture.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022
• In the garden, Eisenman and her daughter, George, talked about portraiture.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
• Seth was best known for his portraiture, while John for his engravings.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 21 June 2018
• Sometimes alone, other times in a group, these shots have the quality of portraiture.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• This ruled out portraiture, which might otherwise have been a good source of income.
  — K.s.c., The Economist, 17 Sep. 2019
• He hasn’t bothered to wear a wig either, rare in Georgian portraiture.
  — Time, 2 Feb. 2018
• Lasser explained how, in this kind of portraiture, a figure might pose with the Bible or a scholarly tome.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• There’s so much time and care invested in [portraiture].
  — Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• This is the power of mourning, the power of being part of a community, and yes, the power of portraiture.
  — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
• Leadership and portraiture have long gone hand in hand in Western art.
  — Adrienne L. Childs, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
• Gump now does sign commissions and pet portraiture around town.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
• The celebratory portraiture that has gummed up our galleries over the last five years is out, too.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Will Marsden’s Anthon Raimund is a twist on portraiture.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 13 July 2019
• Then there’s the fact that Sultan’s sometimes staged portraiture is exquisitely composed in a way that the production isn’t.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
• One of the most prominent bonds in human portraiture is that of mother and child, one that returns again each spring in Mother’s Day cards.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2020
• Great portraiture happens when the people being photographed let down their guard enough to be seen in an honest light.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2019
• The tradition of self-portraiture is about unpacking the layers of the self and one’s surroundings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
• Dating from the 17th century to the present, the section rewrites history to highlight the beauty of Black portraiture.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• The book is elegantly written, in a brisk style that plays to Ms. Goldstone’s strengths in portraiture and the theatrical set-piece.
  — A. Wess Mitchell, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• Still, the whitewashing of Reagan’s red-baiting remains the movie’s defining sin, and a testament to how any sense of portraiture is swamped by the petty desire to win a one-sided debate.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024