"simple portrait" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a basic or uncomplicated portrayal or representation of something. Example: She drew a simple portrait of her dog using just a pencil and paper.
Those who know Keane better dismiss a simple portrait of an angry man, intolerant of the failings of others.
The power and reach of one simple portrait, in ivory silk underwear, was a masterclass in the ability of image to define identity.
Presenting neither an argument for medication nor its rejection, "Billy the Kid" is a deceptively simple portrait of a shockingly self-aware and articulate young man.
Tullie House, Carlisle, until 10 June Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Madame Moitessier, 1856 The reflection of Madame Moitessier in a mirror behind her transforms this painting from a simple portrait into a reflection on the nature of beauty.
How easy would have been a simple portrait statue of the young colonel on his horse, — a monument, but to a man whose place the passing eye would have no knowledge of without consultation of histories; but here it is, an epochal record, set forth in enduring bronze, and so inscribed that none need ask why these stones were raised".
Medusa was his nickname for Louisa as he had first encountered her on a boat where her hair had reacted to the humidity, this is reflected in this deceptively simple portrait, an unruly curl and a wayward hair that bisects her forehead.
But there aren't simple portraits in the book.
Perhaps most poignant are the simple portraits of neighborhood figures — the flower seller, the bakery owner, the guy who break dances.
Rivera painted Mexican movie stars and members of high society, but it is his simple portraits of Indian peasant women that are the strongest.
Mr. Guerrero, 29, an anthropologist and aid worker who spends part of the year in Africa, opted to forego sharp political statements for simple portraits, often of young Africans or of worn-out faces that reflect a life of destitution.
Milton Avery's deceptively simple portraits and landscapes, a reassuring chapter of mid-century American painting, are exhibited in the soaring, techno-Gothic addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
