Portrait Mode
To celebrate the reopening of the UK National Portrait Gallery, and in honour of all portrait galleries across Europe, Europeana has curated a gallery of queer portraits so you can enjoy both Pride Month and #portraitmode at the same time!
22 objecten
Lettering: Gerda Wegener.; Portrait of Lili Elbe. Gerda Wegener. Watercolour, c. 1928 This watercolour depicts the artist Lili Elbe, born Einar Wegener, who lived most of her life as a man. In 1930 she travelled to the Institute of Sexology in Berlin to u…
FAN: 518635
Muruais Collection
Landesdigitalisierungsprogramm Sachsen: Altbestand Deutsche Fotothek (Digitalisierung)
Figure/Person: Josephine Baker
Portret en face van Andy Warholl met hand voor de mond.
On the back of the cards, Selma Lagerlöf has written a thank you to a person. The photo used on the 20-crown banknote.
This portrait of Selma Lagerlöf was commissioned by Frithiof Hellberg, editor of Idun. When Lagerlöf, as the first woman, took her seat in the Swedish Academy in 1914, this portrait was printed on its cover. It is one of many friend and author portraits e…
Hans Christian Andersen; Hans Christian Andersen, ofte omtalt som H.C. Andersen, (født 2. april 1805 i Odense, død 4. august 1875 i København) var en dansk forfatter og poet. Bildet tilhører billedsamlingen etter Helge Væringsaasen. Denne eies av Elverum …
Eugène Jansson’s later paintings are populated mainly by nude, muscular men in gymnasiums or, as in this picture, at public baths. His paintings are regarded as typical of what was called vitalism, a movement focusing on health and the human body, which d…
Figure/Person: Isadora Duncan
portrett, kvinne, skuespillerinne, halvfigur, profil