This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, b. Armenia, 1908-2002), one of the most admired portrait photographers of the 20th century. Throughout his long life, he photographed more than 15,000 individuals, among them such notable figures as Sir Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein. Artists and designers were frequent subjects, and some 20 of these portraits are the focus of the exhibition, which includes celebrated images of Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The photographs in Portraits of Artists have been promised as gifts to The RISD Museum by Estrillita Karsh, the artist's widow. Complementing Karsh's works is a selection of portraits of artists drawn from the Museum's distinguished print, drawing, and photography collections, on view in the Buonanno Works on Paper Gallery.
