The face is the oldest subject in the history of art, and the most demanding: everything plays out in a glance, the tilt of a head, the tension of a mouth. Our portrait posters bring together figures from very different worlds, from the restraint of a single line to the chromatic saturation of Japanese pop.
Here you meet the Art Deco dancer in black and white, the couple waltzing in the snow, the Bauhaus cubist faces, Matisse's Blue Nude II and Red Nude, Edward Hopper's deserted diner and Yayoi Kusama's dotted eyes. Human figures handled as architectures rather than likenesses. A portrait sits well in an entrance, a hallway or above a desk, wherever a gaze keeps you company.
Discover also: Matisse Cut-Outs, Japanese Art and Vintage. Collection favourites: Poster Nighthawks Diner Exhibition . Edward Hopper and Poster Dotted Woman Face Japanese Art . Yayoi Kusama.
A face hung in the right place changes the mood of a room. Eye-level placement, single piece or pair, warm light, the right frame: how to live with a portrait rather than endure it.
A face hung in the right place changes the mood of a room. Eye-level placement, single piece or pair, warm light, the right frame: how to live with a portrait rather than endure it.
At 77, bedridden after an operation, Matisse invents a new technique to keep painting. Seven final years of work that change the entire graphic design of the 20th century.