Silhouette Art
Etienne de Silhouette developed this art of drawing the outline of a person. This technique was used almost everywhere all over the globe before the invention of photography. After the invention of photography in the mid to late 19th century, the art lost its popularity greatly for a brief time period as photography captured an exact replicated image of the subject and was very amusing. It was not until the century had turned before people had turned an eye back to the then vintage of art of silhouettes. Through generations of papercutters, passing on tradition to their kin was this incredible art able to survive. Such as now in the beginning of the 21st century has Cindi Rose, a third generation paper cutter (another word for silhouette artist), continues to preserve the marvelous art for organizations to charities and even yourself if you want a genuine Cindi Harwood Rose portrait.
Silhouette of a famous person
As we all know that role of a popular person is very crucial in the popularity of the art. One of the most famous persons to use the silhouette art was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was the 32nd president of the Unites States of America. Nicknamed FDR, born on the 30th day of January in the year 1882; FDR was quite a memorable president who greatly helped the country prosper and held great interest in the art of silhouettes until his death 1945.
Cindi Harwood Rose is a famous silhouette artist. Cindi Harwood’s father was an attorney for Franklin A. Roosevelt in Washington DC, around 1944 or 1945. Although Cindi had not been born, she always admired the photos her father had of himself with FDR. Years later, most likely in the 70’s, Cindi Harwood (now Rose) did this more accurate silhouette of the President. You can see it captures a greater likness. His hair is not as curly, and his attire is accurate to his era. Silhouette artist, Cindi Rose, is considered the most accurate silhouette artist of all history, next to Augustin Edourt, to capture style of a decade. Oddly, she married Franklin Rose, MD, whose last name may have been Roosevelt, before his family shortened the name.
There are many silhouettes portraits of Roosevelt:
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This silhouette profile is of Franklin D. Roosevelt done by silhouette artist Cindi Rose. Pay attention to the refined details of the slight curls in the president’s hair, his glasses and the fine cuts of detail where his tie lies.
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This profile layout is of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is holding up a mic in his hand, maybe giving a speech on any event. In this portrait, the background is simple and clear with white color filled in it and all the other things have black color filled in them. The boundary of the portrait is circular.
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The above portrait is also of Franklin D. Roosevelt. As you can see, the portrait is full of colors except the middle part. The middle part of the portrait is considered the main part of the portrait. The boundaries display flowers and there is a snapshot of an eagle as well, below the snapshot of the eagle, some information is given for the readers. He is also seen wearing spectacles in the portrait.
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This form of silhouette art looks very interesting. Who says that the young generation is not showing interest towards this old art? Look at the boy in this picture. He is actually having a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on his T-shirt. In these cases, the portrait of a person is embedded on clothes like on T-shirts as shown in the above picture. The silhouette is simple with black background and white colors filled in the main portion of the portrait.
Now, we have seen that this art is still quite famous and is used by some immensely popular customers. Hopefully people will catch on to silhouettes as it can be seen trending again with images of the well-respected past president.
The Most Famous Silhouettes and Artists 