TRONIES, also known as "character heads“, explore the spectrum of human physiognomy and expression of emotions: often also half figures, whose faces are portrayed as realistically as they are expressively strong.

In the past, TRONIES were characterized by a particularly virtuoso use of artistic means and reflected characterological ideas that belong to the early history of psychology. These works are not intended as portraits but as studies of expression, type, physiognomy or an interesting character such as an old man or woman, a young woman, the soldier, the shepherdess, the oriental, or an artist etc.

Sepp AUER | Silvia BÄCHLI | Slater BRADLEY | Rebecca BRODSKIS | Felix BURGER | Lovis CORINTH | Leslie De MELO | Jimmie DURHAM | Per DYBVIG | Heinz FRANK | Leon GOLUB | G.R.A.M. | Al HANSEN | Cathrin HOFFMANN | Adéla JANSKÁ | Ray JOHNSON | Johanna KANDL | Susanne KLOBASSA | Běla KOLÁŘOVÁ | Susanne KORTAN-GIMBEL | Radenko MILAK | Thérèse MULGREW | Oswald OBERHUBER | Julian OPIE | Sikelela OWEN | Cora PONGRACZ | Arnulf RAINER | Paul RIEDMÜLLER | Derek ROBERTS | Gerhard RÜHM | Kristof SANTY | Mima SCHWAHN | John STARK  | Rita VITORELLI | et al.