The phrase "a dramatic portrait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a vivid or intense representation of a person, scene, or situation, often in artistic or literary contexts.
Example: "The artist's latest work is a dramatic portrait that captures the essence of the subject's emotions."
Alternatives: "a striking depiction" or "an intense representation".
We follow it less as dance than as a dramatic portrait of the artist.
Less a dramatic portrait or a thoughtful theatrical essay than a star turn with an excess of personality, the play even quotes "Do the Right Thing" (twice).
Imaginatively invoking sources neglected by other scholars — wartime songs, patriotic images on mailing envelopes and in illustrated publications, and regimental histories written during and immediately after the conflict — Gallagher gives a dramatic portrait of the power of wartime nationalism.
One such passing subject was the young Colin Wood, immortalised by her in a dramatic portrait entitled Child With a Toy Grenade in Central Park, in which he looks deranged while clutching his tiny replica bomb.
Morris, who has illustrated more than two dozen books, paints a dramatic portrait of the snow leopard and her environment; the big cat glides from flatness to depth across a landscape dressed in stark blue-whites and blue-blacks.
Still, looking at our data for the US against admittedly less reliable information on police killings elsewhere paints a dramatic portrait, and one that resonates with protests that have gone global since a killing last year in Ferguson, Missouri: the US is not just some outlier in terms of police violence when compared with countries of similar economic and political standing.
The moppy-haired, scruffy-bearded, soulfully bedraggled yet fiercely proud and discerning musician is a straightforward, dramatic portrait of an artist.
Craig Alan's curious method of depicting famous faces such as Elvis or Marilyn Monroe utilizes a small army of congregated people carefully painted onto wide open spaces, stopped at just the right moment in time to offer a recognizable and dramatic portrait, like a cloud passing by that's sure to dissolve into thin air at any moment.
"Lust is no excuse for thoughtlessness," snaps Mr. Lane, as Ben Butley, the suicidally clever title character of Mr. Gray's fine dramatic portrait of a man drowning in bad faith.
In the catalog for the antiquities auction, Christie's devoted four pages to the dramatic portrait of Trajan, a general who ruled over the Roman Empire between A.D. 98 and 117 during the height of its power.
Among them are a dramatic sepia portrait and a Hollywood-style black-and-white photograph of Coddington reclining on a sofa with a book and a glass of wine, bathed in a spotlight.
