This gallery is dedicated to portraits from different time periods and cultures. In the most basic sense, a portrait is a depiction of a specific individual. However, the goal of portraiture is not simply to record an exact likeness. Rather, a portrait often seeks to express something of the sitter’s personality, as well as the cultural values and norms of the time it was produced. Portraits frequently record socially constructed identities by following the traditions of the time, as well as the needs of the sitter and the suggestions of the artist.
Image Credits:
Kehinde Wiley, Jacob de Graeff, 2018, oil on linen, 71 3/4 × 60 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds from the Carolyn A. Hill Collections Endowment and the Pauline Morrison Ledbetter Collections Endowment, 2018.103, © Kehinde Wiley, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Fritz Scholder, Laughing Indian, ca. 1976, acrylic on canvas, 72 × 56 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase from the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1977.011, © Estate of Fritz Scholder, Image by Google
John Singleton Copley, Anne Boutineau Robinson, 1769, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase in memory of James C. Meade with funds from the Carolyn A. Hill Collections Endowment, the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions, the James C. and Virginia W. Meade Collections Endowment, and the Pauline Morrison Ledbetter Collections Endowment, 2020.044, Image by Google
