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Renowned Spanish genre painter and portraitist Raimundo de Madrazo’s paintings of people will be on display.—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026 Interdisciplinary artist Carl Cheng won the Career Achievement Award, while portraitist Greg Breda won the Public Recognition Award.—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026 Has Shriver lost her playful self-awareness and allowed the curmudgeon to overwhelm the literary portraitist?—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 The exhibition was among the last events marking the famous cult film’s 50th anniversary, and featured Rock’s famous photographs alongside pieces by pop star designer Michael Schmidt and digital portraitist Plasticgod.—Lina Lecaro, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portraitist