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I just painted all those portraits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I paint portraits and I know my face better than other people.
The Sun (2016)
Not so much a portrait picture as a landscape.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And what is a portrait of a woman?
George Eliot Middlemarch (1872)
He tried his hand at landscape painting and portraits as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The other is a photograph of her portrait.
Louise Carpenter AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004)
What is the point of painting a portrait?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Portrait sculpture is likely as old and universal as sculpture itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She said she could not trust portrait painters and wished to see him in person.
Jane Dunn ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
The portrait had been painted the year before she died.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
It is the earliest known portrait sculpture in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His tender and often shocking book is full of telling portraits of characters from all walks of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a touching and sometimes funny portrait of rural life.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are all sorts of other images - from news pictures to informal portraits and controversial artworks.
The Sun (2012)
What could be more flattering to a middle-aged woman than a portrait?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Portrait paintings from a time of massive social upheaval in Scotland.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But because a photograph is a portrait of a single moment, they looked sinister.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For obvious reasons programmes about photography are not always successful on the radio but here we get a vivid portrait of a vanished age.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A stirring and shaming portrait of a life fought on the ropes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A gallery full of exquisite portrait drawings of rococo ladies showing off their heads from all the best angles is scarily enticing.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Dark, sardonic and often very funny portrait of today's young.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The official portraits were taken in the throne room of Buckingham Palace.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
When the official departure portrait was taken, and filed for posterity, the players turned and boarded the plane.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Another side of the artist in portrait drawings of family, friends and models from early in the artist's career.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Art lovers will be eager to see how the Gothic Revival portrait gallery has been restored and transformed to show off more of its collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He constantly measured himself against his predecessors as his choice of classical subject matter - nudes and character portraits and still life compositions - makes plain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
portrait
British English: portrait /ˈpɔːtrɪt; -treɪt/ NOUN
A portrait is a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person.
...a portrait of my mother.
American English: portrait
Arabic: صُورَة
Brazilian Portuguese: retrato
Chinese: 肖像
Croatian: portret
Czech: portrét
Danish: portræt
Dutch: portret
European Spanish: retrato
Finnish: muotokuva
French: portrait
German: Porträt
Greek: πορτραίτο
Italian: ritratto
Japanese: 肖像画
Korean: 초상화
Norwegian: portrett
Polish: portret
European Portuguese: retrato
Romanian: portret
Russian: портрет
Latin American Spanish: retrato
Swedish: porträtt
Thai: รูปวาดของคน
Turkish: portre
Ukrainian: портрет
Vietnamese: chân dung
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All related terms of 'portrait'
portrait lens
a lens used for taking portraits of people
portrait mode
an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
self-portrait
A self-portrait is a drawing , painting , or written description that you do of yourself.
studio portrait
a photograph of a person taken in a studio
portrait gallery
a gallery where pictures are displayed
portrait painter
an artist who paints portraits
portrait photographer
a photographer who specializes in portraits
portrait photography
the activity or art of taking portrait photos
National Portrait Gallery
an art gallery in London , established in 1856, displaying portraits and photographs of eminent figures in British history
to do portrait photography
to be a portrait photographer
Chinese translation of 'portrait'
portrait
(ˈpɔːtreɪt)
n(c)
(= picture) 画(畫)像 (huàxiàng) (幅, fú)
1 (noun)
Definition
a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, often only of the face
oversize portraits of royal ancestors
Synonyms
picture
drawing a small picture with coloured chalks
painting
a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria
image
All people want to see is an image on the TV screen.
photograph
He wants to take some photographs of the house.
representation
a life-like representation of Christ
sketch
a sketch of a soldier
likeness
The museum displays wax likenesses of every U.S. president.
portraiture
2 (noun)
Definition
a description
a beautifully written and sensitive portrait of a great woman
Synonyms
description
He gave a description of the surgery he was about to perform.
account
I gave a detailed account of what had happened that night.
profile
The newspaper published comparative profiles of the candidates.
biography
an unauthorised biography
portrayal
an often funny portrayal of a friendship between two boys
depiction
the depiction of politicians in the media
vignette
characterization
thumbnail sketch
Additional synonyms
in the sense of account
Definition
a report or description
I gave a detailed account of what had happened that night.
Synonyms
description,
report,
record,
story,
history,
detail,
statement,
relation,
version,
tale,
explanation,
narrative,
chronicle,
portrayal,
recital,
depiction,
narration
in the sense of biography
Definition
an account of a person's life by another person
an unauthorised biography
Synonyms
life story,
life,
record,
account,
profile,
memoir,
CV,
life history,
curriculum vitae
in the sense of depiction
the depiction of politicians in the media
Synonyms
representation,
description,
portrait,
illustration,
sketch,
portrayal
Synonyms of 'portrait'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of image
Definition
an optical reproduction of an object, formed by the lens of an eye or camera, or by a mirror
All people want to see is an image on the TV screen.
Synonyms
picture,
photo,
photograph,
representation,
reproduction,
snapshot,
TIFF,
JPEG,
avatar,
thumbnail
in the sense of likeness
Definition
portrait
The museum displays wax likenesses of every U.S. president.
Synonyms
portrait,
study,
picture,
model,
image,
photograph,
copy,
counterpart,
representation,
reproduction,
replica,
depiction,
facsimile,
effigy,
delineation
in the sense of painting
Definition
a picture produced by using paint
a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria
Synonyms
picture,
portrait,
sketch,
representation,
illustration,
image,
work of art
in the sense of photograph
Definition
a picture made by the chemical action of light on sensitive film
He wants to take some photographs of the house.
Synonyms
picture,
photo (informal),
shot,
image,
print,
slide,
snap (informal),
snapshot,
selfie (informal),
transparency,
likeness,
JPEG,
thumbnail,
avatar
in the sense of portrayal
an often funny portrayal of a friendship between two boys
Synonyms
description,
account,
representation
in the sense of profile
Definition
a short biographical sketch
The newspaper published comparative profiles of the candidates.
Synonyms
biography,
sketch,
vignette,
characterization,
thumbnail sketch,
character sketch
in the sense of representation
Definition
anything that represents, such as a pictorial portrait