http://portraitreviews.com All About Portraits Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:36:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Santa Claus Pictorial Review Framed Art Print Buy at AllPosters.com Pictorial Review was an American glossy magazine targeted at women. The publication included sections on fashion, dressmaking, style and home-making. The magazine lasted from 1899 to 1939, eventually becoming one of the Great Depression's many victims. http://portraitreviews.com/2007/11/19/santa-claus-a-vintage-pictorial-review-magazine-cover/ Sertab Erener is a popular Turkish singer who came to worldwide prominence when she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 with the song "Everyway That I Can". Prior to that competition Erener was well-known for many years in Turkey, releasing her first album Sakin Ol in 1992. http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/11/sertab-erener-concert-poster-portrait/ Buy at AllPosters.com Portrait of Dr. Gachet is a late 19th century masterpiece by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh and one of the most valuable paintings ever. Van Gogh actually painted two versions of this portrait—the painting above, currently held by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and an earlier version ... http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/07/portrait-of-dr-gachet-vincent-van-gogh/ Although the scan is not as clear as it could be, I still love this photo. The white of the inquisitive young camel contrasts beautifully with the red sand, brown rock cliffs and bluish sky. Other camels loiter in the background. The white camel's two front legs are tethered by ... http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/06/white-camel-portrait-wadi-rum-jordan/ Buy at AllPosters.com Framed Andy Warhol is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Warhol came to be known as the central figure in the 'pop art' movement. Instead of producing single copies of elaborate works of art as traditionally done in the art world, Warhol produced multiple ... http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/05/marilyn-monroe-art-portrait-by-andy-warhol/ Mazar-e-Quaid is the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah, otherwise known as Quaid-e-Azam or Baba-e-Qaum. It is located in Karachi, Jinnah's places of birth and death and Pakistan's largest city. http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/03/soldiers-at-the-mazar-e-quaid-mausoleum-in-karachi-pakistan/ Buy at AllPosters.com The above black and white portrait photo is of Jules Verne and was shot by Félix Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a notable French photographer and caricaturist. http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/02/famous-writer-portrait-jules-verne/ One for live music lovers! The above photo portrait is a of Eddie Vedder, lead singer of rock band Pearl Jam, at their 14 September 2006 concert in Bologna, Italy. http://portraitreviews.com/2007/08/02/concert-portrait-eddie-vedder-from-pearl-jam/