Portrait Research

Graham Sutherland

Graham Sutherland was an English artist who painted portraits. This is a portrait of Somerset Maugham which is one of the most famous portraits that he has painted. The way Somerset is presented, from his posture and facial expression the viewer is able to identify the personality of the character.

Francis bacon

Francis Bacon was also an English Artist who is very well known for his dramatic and emotional images. "My painting is a representation of life, my own life above all, which has been very difficult. So perhaps my painting is very violent, but this is natural to me." is a quote by Francis.

David Hockney

David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. The image is  “Mother I” created in 1985.This portrait shows that the mther has many different hidden faces.

Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud is an English painter and is well known as working in a representational style and is described as Britain's greatest living painter. This painting of the queen brought a lot of attention in the media as people did not think it was a flattering image of the Queen.