i'm looking for artists that paint people looking lonely/emotional?

Question

artists that really capture emotion in people's faces? for my art project.. perhaps just artists with a unique style of painting people? thank you!

Answer 1

How about the intensely emotionally sad and lonely faces of Kathe Kollwitz?

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Kathe+Kollwitz+art+images&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Wf2CS77dKcehngfTwo2NBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQsAQwAA

http://www.encyclopedia.com/RankImages.aspx?topicid=19747



I always felt that the people in the paintings of artists Edward Hopper and Raphael Soyer looked quietly lonely.



Edward Hopper’s lonely people:

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=edward+hopper+people++painting+images&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0



Raphael Soyer’s lonely people

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=RApHAEL+SoYeR+painting+images&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Z_uCS4qqDpL_nAf5q6TOBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQsAQwAA

Answer 2

Edward Burne Jones' figures always look very depressed.

Simeon Solomon's paintings feature isolated figures looking very detached from the world.

Answer 3

Hi:



The first artists who came to mind are El Greco and Edvard Munch.



Hope these help.



Good luck, Shari

Answer 4

sam walsh has a couple of decent portraits..i think thats his name

Rembrandt van Rijn also if you like the old looking stuff

(excuse my lack of art terminology)

henri matisse, he's alright xD

Answer 5

love the self portrait of joni mitchell on the cover of 'both sides now' album

Answer 6

please visit this link - http://javedhashmi786.googlepages.com/photopaintings to see different type of portrait paintings with face emotions if you like so contact them.