“There is no greater work of art than a great portrait.” Henry James A collection of images of artists and their models—or models and their artists. (Often artists as models; occasionally just the models.)Tumblr (3.0; @andwhatdoyousee)http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/778f952496f8cca376520040b7d0a6b4/tumblr_miapbwjEHk1rtb7hwo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://pvpool.tumblr.com/post/43201860292/willem-de-kooning-in-his-east-hampton-studio" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">pvpool</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Willem de Kooning in his East Hampton studio working on a ‘woman’ patining</p> <p><a href="http://www.artesmagazine.com/2011/11/new-york%E2%80%99s-museum-of-modern-art-offers-stunning-willem-de-kooning-retrospective/" target="_blank">1953 photo by Tony Vaccaro</a></p></blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/53348628631http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/53348628631Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e8511049e2cdde8f7ae783997e39f34d/tumblr_mokh8mGcbb1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artist and illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) and model, at work in Christy’s New York studio</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/53244829723http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/53244829723Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:21:58 -0400new yorkillustrationgibson girlchristy girl19th century20th centuryamerican illustrationamerican artartist's studioartist's modelfigure modelphotographblack and whiteblack and white photographysculpturedrawinghoward chandler christy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a1fb07fdc29d2f0cb15ed1a47655c27/tumblr_moa7y5YJ5K1ricmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mme-edna.tumblr.com/post/52787474210/photo-by-paolo-roversi-for-vogue-italia-february" target="_blank">mme-edna</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Photo by Paolo Roversi for Vogue Italia February 2006</p> </blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52804519088http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52804519088Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:34:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a781e2e7d560f834f547b78efbd25b7a/tumblr_mo30xgHz9w1qzpodjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52484167172http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52484167172Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:11:35 -0400carol ann duffypoetrypoem<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5c20511f3a617e975e2b014dda5f7fd/tumblr_mo2z2gZ5Eb1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kim Weston, <em>Self Portrait</em>, approx. 1993</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52465257965http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52465257965Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:30:16 -0400self-portraitartphotographyphotografyblack and whitenudenude modelinteriørframepicture in a framepicture in picturekim weston1990s1993<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdb2rqmhrP1qc7ly2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://inritus.tumblr.com/post/37498639150/another-arm-1973-photographed-by-imogen" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">inritus</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>Another Arm</em> (1973), photographed by Imogen Cunningham.</p></blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52299326800http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/52299326800Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:45:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb28effa3fbbcea8afb131095a947b93/tumblr_mnhfyzwKcc1qghk7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cavetocanvas.com/post/51575677681/cesar-santos-en-plain-air-painting" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">cavetocanvas</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=40763&size=large" target="_blank">Cesar Santos</a>, <em>En Plain Air Painting</em></p></blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51789937991http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51789937991Fri, 31 May 2013 03:28:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e6002ea0e8ee5cf58abbd0936cc6bbee/tumblr_mnj89jCNUE1qghk7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cavetocanvas.com/post/51640349473/julius-leblanc-stewart-in-the-artists-studio" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">cavetocanvas</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=61796" target="_blank">Julius LeBlanc Stewart</a>, <em>In the Artist’s Studio</em>, 1875</p></blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51789916713http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51789916713Fri, 31 May 2013 03:27:50 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gj9nHa7FtQQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Yves Klein’s <em>Anthropometries</em> performances</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51528614221http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51528614221Mon, 27 May 2013 22:42:27 -0400yves kleinpure colorliving brushesartperformancepainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/368842d5f07864fa7a01914a97c8e306/tumblr_mnhiymMp6D1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>The Studio of William Bouguereau</em> (engraving from <em>L’Illustration</em>, April 1886)</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2013/2013-jan-mar/esner-lillustration" target="_blank">via</a>]</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51522851331http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51522851331Mon, 27 May 2013 21:32:46 -0400bouguereaul'illustrationstudioengravingart19th centuryworking studiosalonfrancethird republicthe nudeeaselthe artistartist's studiopaintingpainting of nude model<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7b8a98df81b2c09b78e7abfb3cf4609c/tumblr_mnakx0WZs41qzpodjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780770435578" target="_blank">Eric Fischl’s <em>Bad Boy: My Life on and Off the Canvas</em> (2013)</a></p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51212764625http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/51212764625Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:18 -0400Eric Fischlpaintingart schoolcalartslife drawinglife modelfigure drawingfigure modelthe nudenudesportraitlitprosebiographymemoirpainting from the nudeart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/749f3c4384ffcf54b97f921f3c1a30a6/tumblr_mn3jsm7Vz51qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from the 1933 World’s Fair</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50902724356http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50902724356Mon, 20 May 2013 08:24:22 -0400artworld's faircentury of progresschicagoart class1930svintageblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af0f30291097a5862a04f6d18f46ad4d/tumblr_mk1gah6iqS1qc7ly2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inritus.tumblr.com/post/47300282774/camille-claudel-et-jessie-lipscomb-dans-leur" target="_blank">inritus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Camille Claudel et Jessie Lipscomb dans leur atelier du N° 117 de la rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs</em>, 1887. Photographed by William Elborne.</p> </blockquote>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50870449633http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50870449633Sun, 19 May 2013 21:23:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7f25ae5edeb11c3402fd2a3de901bdb/tumblr_mn28qslwES1qzpodjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Gerard Dillon (1916-1971), <em>The Art Class</em></p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50842744140http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50842744140Sun, 19 May 2013 15:28:04 -0400art20th century artirishirish artgerard dilloninteriorslinocutmodernismabstractionart schoolart class<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a3d28fd350c9a135c62d1ba766f2872/tumblr_mmt4doA9Wr1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tom Wesselmann, <em>Monica Nude with Cézanne</em>, 1993</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50750716811http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50750716811Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:38 -0400cezanneart19931990stom wesselmannsilkscreennudeportraitart studioThe Artist's Studio<p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/dd9e7f921b401b06acb6bc51ba8b5d2d/tumblr_inline_mmogs6aSyH1qz4rgp.png"/></p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50512937864http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50512937864Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:07 -0400artlee pricepaintingportraitself-portrait<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/999dfe3d064fe195fea5def1e596725f/tumblr_mmr1ym8msf1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Desiree Dolron, <em>Self-portrait, Sudan</em>, 1991 (printed 1997)</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50501716399http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50501716399Wed, 15 May 2013 12:07:55 -0400photographyartportraitself-portrait1990s fashion1990sGelatin Silver Printgelatindesiree dolronsudan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3689d1df45632ca9f4bc2d54a85c19a2/tumblr_mmof7xQEGM1qzpodjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blair Hughes-Stanton, <em>The model</em>, 1926</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50423260599http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50423260599Tue, 14 May 2013 11:21:27 -0400artBlair Hughes-Stantonbritishbritish artistswood-engraving1920sportraitartist's modelmodelthe nudenudeartist's studioartist in studiolife modelprintmakingengraving<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b1897df0b99fa4ab47df8f72c1efd04/tumblr_mmqa4oZ5u91qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Carol Jerrems,<em> Self-portrait, nude with hand on wall</em>, approx. 1974</p> <p>[<a href="http://nga.gov.au/Home/Default.cfm" target="_blank">via</a>]</p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50377022669http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50377022669Mon, 13 May 2013 19:30:09 -0400artphotographyblack and whiteself-portraitcarol jerremsaustraliaaustralian artistaustralian artaustraliannational gallery of australia1970s1970s art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0fdb2b40bf8546058be2fbc08919a1f8/tumblr_mmr5gaQFQw1qzpodjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.phillips.com/detail/DAVID-SALLE/UK010108/182?fromSearch=nude&searchPage=2" target="_blank">David Salle, <em>Pastoral with Nude</em>, 1999</a></p>http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50359864716http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/50359864716Mon, 13 May 2013 15:43:23 -0400david salleartpaintingoiloil on canvas1990sneo expressionismillustration1950snudethe nudepastoralportraitnude portrait