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Ps. "Adamek Children" might be considered Figurative.
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Except to Ms. Adamek.
Claudemir,
I think Cynthia said it pretty well.
I've always thought of "figurative" paintings as those that use the human form to further along a narrative. The figure's specific characteristics being inconsequential. A portrait, on the other hand, would have as one of it's primary goals to capture the likeness of a specific individual.
It does get a little more complicated because we cannot know what the vision of the artist was. Must "we" be able to recognize the individual in the painting in order for it to become a portrait. This would suggest that the label of "figurative" or "portrait" would be decided upon by the individual viewer and not the artist.
Luckily this is one of those questions that will not determine the fate of the universe.
I've always liked Carole Katchen's figurative paintings.