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Her activity as a portraitist, the subject of one section of the exhibition, flourished and would continue throughout her long life, reflecting her numerous ties to artistic and literary circles.—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Instead, the expert believes that the gifted portraitist and Turner contemporary John Opie painted the 24-year-old artist in circa 1799.—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 An especially visually striking debut, Mosquitoes exists in a saturated hyperreality that is consummately engrossing, and announces the Bertani sisters as formidable portraitists of girlhood cast against the backdrop of an alternately beautiful and oppressive world.—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 Renowned Spanish genre painter and portraitist Raimundo de Madrazo’s paintings of people will be on display.—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portraitist