Picasso created this 1932 portrait of his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. The painting is housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Picasso took control of the 1932 retrospective exhibition at Galerie Georges Petit
Born in Berlin in 1922 to Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud. Moved to London in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. Studied at Central School of Art and East Anglian School. Served in British Merchant Navy during World War II
Two versions painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise. Depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, Van Gogh's homeopathic doctor and artist. Van Gogh created over seventy paintings during his stay with Gachet. Painting completed just six weeks before Van Gogh's suicide
Painted in 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger. Depicts Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, French and Catholic ambassadors. Possibly commissioned by Anne Boleyn as a gift for Jean de Dinteville
Created in 1889, currently in Courtauld Institute's collection. Depicts Van Gogh in blue cap with fur and green overcoat. Features Japanese woodblock print "Geishas in a Landscape" by Satō Torakiyo. Uses Impasto technique to show knife marks on canvas
Portrait painting focuses on capturing human faces and expressions. Artists must master anatomy, light and human emotion. Rembrandt excels in group portraiture, Kahlo specializes in self-portraits