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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, 19 Mar. 2026 Celebrated Rococo portraitists including Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, François Boucher, and Jean-Baptiste Perronneau frequently used these soft shades in their paintings, indelibly linking pink with wealth, power, and sophistication.—Adam Mansuroglu, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 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 See All Example Sentences for portraitist