Word: portraitã
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Helen Maud Cam, who in 1948 became the first woman tenured by the Faculty, was the first female memorialized in a portrait??a painting that now hangs on the south wall of the Faculty room...
Rothko’s subjects in these early pictures are predominantly people, many in interaction with elements of the city—the subway or the street—and some still lifes. Perhaps best known is “Self Portrait?? (1936). Bordered by a rich warm brown, decontextualized background composed of relaxed and blotted brush strokes, the face is minimally painted with deep and intense blue around the eyes, and red accents on the lip and the tie. The expression shows neither contentment nor despair but instead reveals confidence or strength balanced with a reluctance...