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Originally Posted by Grethe Angen
Illaria,
I have a few questions to those who would be interested to discuss it.
Is this an example of an artist that paint portraits, rather than a portrait-artist? Is there at all a difference to those terms?
Grethe
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Very interesting these portraits of the King and Queen of Norway! I really like the first one of the Queen, it's so different.
In reply to your question, I just placed a reply to an other topic on British portraiture last week, where I touch the same subject. I will copy paste it here:
"Kinstler said he is not a portrait painter but an artist who paints portraits, I find that very inspiring. That is the difference between a craftsman and an artist. A craftsman mostly gets his craftsmanship from studying old techniques and looks back and learns from what others before him have done. An artist I think, also looks at what others do and have done before him, but then feels free to do something totally different or takes only fragments of this information for his own use. Is there maybe a parallel if you look at the American portrait artists and the British/European portrait artists?"
For the whole thread see:
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