This issue is called Portrait Mode. I have a thing for art history. Here’s a list of my top ten favorite portraits.
10. Flora by Rembrandt, 1634, oil on canvas. Location: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
9. Harmony in Pink and Grey: Lady Meux by James McNeill Whistler, 1881, oil on canvas. Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
8. Jeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater by Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, oil on canvas. Location: Guggenheim.
7. Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardener by John Singer Sargent, 1888, oil on canvas. Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
6. Helene Vary by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889, oil on canvas. Location: Kunsthalle Bremen.
5. Girl in White by Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas. Location: National Gallery of Art, East Building.
4. Elvira Resting at a Table by Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, oil on canvas. Location: Tate Modern.
3. Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt, 1912, oil on canvas. Location: Unknown, private collection.
2. The Desperate Manby Gustave Courbet, 1845, oil on canvas. Location: Unknown, private collection.
1. Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Stripe) by Henri Matisse, 1905, oil on canvas. Location: National Gallery of Denmark.
