I visited a local museum and these two pictures were in one exposition. You probably can guess which one was painted when racism was the norm and which one was painted when it was no longer the norm (at least officially). Of course, correlation does not imply causation. I just want you to remember what they took from us.
@union One thing I've heard more of on this is more that photography is what decreased demand for this kind of realistic portraiture. Having a painting like the one on the left was expensive, and if you can get equally good results from a fraction of the cost, then you're only going to get a small number of people going through with the older technology. (Such as the presidential portraits that are painted still.)
@union I imagine the best place for someone who wants to paint realistic looking portraits would be to get into the business of painting what doesn't exist in a realistic fashion, so science fiction portraiture.
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@union (This kind of thing is considered to be "kitsch" by the art world though and frowned upon.)