Modern-Day Masters of Portraiture

Written and produced by Doris Athineos with Julia Szabo

Portraiture brings to mind oil paintings of royal families, the Mona Lisa, and old-world artists like Raphael and Édouard Manet. But modern-day portraiture, which includes artful photography as well as painting, fascinates too. New artists like John Swannell and Maria Teresa Meloni (whose Blue-Haired Child is above) are capturing entire lives, families, and personalities with their cameras and brushstrokes. Here are six of our favorite new masters of portraiture.

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