Portrait of Roland Hayes

Winold Reiss's portrait study captures the American tenor Roland Hayes with precise attention to facial structure and skin tone modulation. Reiss, an Austrian-American illustrator known for his work in *The Crisis* magazine and commercial advertising, employed soft pastels and careful anatomical rendering to create dignified portraiture. Hayes, an internationally acclaimed concert singer, represents the cultural figures Reiss documented during the 1920s. The work demonstrates the illustrator's technical mastery of color and form—skills that would influence American commercial art and editorial illustration through mid-century.