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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Peter Robert Keil Gold Framed Painting on Canvas Signed and Dated with COA
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Keil's textured painting on canvas. Signed and dated 1997. This one is stunning in person. Background paint is textured on the canvas. Amazing gilt frame with a textured fabric...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow" Zacharias Noterman ca 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow"
Zacharias Noterman (Belgium, France 1824-1890)
Circa. 1870s
Oil on wood panel (mahogany)
Original stucco and gilt frame
13 1/2 x...
Category
1870s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nude Female Holding a Seashell, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
"Femme Nue Avec Coquillage" , 19th Century
School of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Large 19th Century French portrait of a nude female holding a shell, oil on canvas scho...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet' three-quarter-length portrait, oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
Canvas Size: 50 x 40" (127 x 102cm)
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" (147 x 122cm)
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet (1628 – 11 January 1719) was a Welsh landowner a...
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1710s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady
French School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches
Stylish ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Regency Gentleman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century British oil painting depicts a sturdy country gentleman wearing a black coat, white shirt with an upstanding collar, and a white cravat.
He’s dressed accordi...
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1810s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Painting "The Other" - Oil on Canvas
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
The other - Figurative magic. This painting shows the other that dwells within me, the other that I want to understand and master.. Painting 21" x 21" inch by Ion Xiua. Mixed techni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait and Sunflower
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of an elegant woman in the park at sunset. Circa 1845
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of an elegant woman in the park with a white handkerchief at sunset.
Circa 1845.
The painting depicts a young woman with a delicate and luminous porcelain-like face, possi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Gentleman with his Dog - Possibly Abraham Tucker. Oil on Canvas
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman - 1894 - 1744
An excellent example of Seeman's work. It is typically unsigned as was the case of many portraits of that time. A three quarter length portrait showing a r...
Category
1730s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Painting on Canvas 'Paloma' Signed and Dated with COA
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Keil's gold framed painting on canvas. Signed and dated 1997. This one is stunning in person. Amazing and decorative gold frame compliments Keil's Picasso inspired painting of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sam Uhrdin, The Twilight View
By Sam Uhrdin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful mid-20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964) depicts a woman playing the guitar in a gently lit room at twilight.
Bathed in a warm radiance ...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with Flowerpot, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl with Flowerpot" is a portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Mona Lisa in Blue 20" x 16 " Oil on Birch Panel Unique Iconic Style Contemporary
Located in Houston, TX
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Mona Lisa in Blue measures 20 x 16" x 1.5" and is oil on birch panel . Ready to hang with wire on the back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
The Sequestration Of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl Of Leven (1580-1661) Edgar Bundy
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Sequestration Of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl Of Leven (1580-1661), 19th Century
by Edgar BUNDY (1862-1922) sales to $35,000
Large 19th Century English Civil War scene of the Seq...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Young Lady w Tiny Dog 19th Century Watercolor from Wallace Collection
Located in Stockholm, SE
François Theodore Rochard (1798 – 1858) “The Pet Dog”, french, watercolourist, painter, draftsman, miniature painter. Born in Paris, exhibiting at the RA from 1820, brother of the po...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary Portrait Wooden Coin. Vibrant Red Fluor And Blue. "Currency #209"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. In this case, the painting is a profile por...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"DON'T EXPLAIN" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"DON'T EXPLAIN" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose unique
blend of architectural sensibili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Obras" Painting 39" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Obras" Painting 39" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
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Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Woman In Gray
By Anna Raczka
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Woman in Gray, Contemporary Portrait
Anna Raczka is a Polish Contemporary artist. Since 2010 she is painting and drawing full time. For some time she was involved in graphic design,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diane with Braids Oil on Panel Figurative Painting Contemporary
Located in Houston, TX
Diane with Braids is from 2012 and is 12 x 10 and comes to you framed in minimal hardwood. This oil on panel painting by Shevlno link traditional representation with abstraction. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ritratto figurativo maschile scuola toscana del XVII secolo olio su tela
Located in Florence, IT
Dipinto di scuola toscana della seconda metà del XVII secolo raffigurante un ritratto maschile di tre quarti, immerso nell'eleganza e nella maestosità proprie dell'epoca. La figura è...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escape 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Oil On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer French school 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
Beautiful Oil On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer French school 19th century
This is a French 19th century school with large dimensions .
Very decorative and exclusive portrait paint...
Category
1890s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sisters in Yellow 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Art Deco Portrait by Wladyslaw Roguski Poland 1937
Located in Oakland, CA
Wladyslaw Roguski (1890-1940) was a Polish artist known for his contributions to the Art Deco movement, particularly in the realm of portraiture. His works are highly regarded for th...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Portrait Christ Titian 16th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Venezia Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anonymous Titianesque, 16th century
Portrait of Christ the Redeemer
Oil on canvas
cm. 50 x 40/ Framed cm. 72 x 62
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Intense portrait o...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lady with the Green Collar - Portrait “Style of” Frank Duveneck
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately portrait circa 1900 of a woman in dark clothing with a green collar which is a copy of a similar portrait by Frank Duveneck 1875-1879. The woman i...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative/Portrait/Sunglasses/Pop_Sunset Style, Anja Van Herle_Acrylic
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Sunset Style"
Acrylic on Wood
40 x 60 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with an American sense ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Lilith
Located in Milano, MI
This painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) embraces the "figurative post-cubism" style.
In fact Salvador Aulestia was artistically grown during the maximum su...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Nude woman
Located in Zofingen, AG
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud.
"Nudes are interesting to paint; I've had people say my Ladies are ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Badinter by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, politician, vivid background
Located in Paris, FR
Badinter is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Floral_A Way To Escape (Diptych)_Anna Kincaide, 2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"A Way To Escape (Diptych)"
Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
72 x 36 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Thomas Carey
By Paul II van Somer
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Circle of Paul van Somer (Antwerp c. 1577-1621 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Thomas Carey (1597-1634), youngest son of Thomas, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Oil...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adèle Kindt, Portrait Of A Lady With Roses & Forget-Me-Nots
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Adèle Kindt (1804-1884) depicts a lady wearing a beautiful white off-the-shoulder dress with an attached posy of pink roses ...
Category
1850s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Life in My Head
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scribbler in Autumn
Located in New York, NY
Helen West Heller
Scribbler in Autumn, 1952
Monogrammed and dated lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on board
47 x 38 inches
After growing up close to nature a...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "UNTITLED" Bunnies on Green
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "UNTITLED" Bunnies on Green
Four black gestured bunnies on a dark green background, framed in an antique golden wood frame.
Unframed: 9 x 25.5 inches
Framed: 12.5 x 29 i...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem "Lilac" Purple Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Lilac" Purple Diamond Dust Bunny
A light purple gestured bunny on a lilac diamond dust background. Framed in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 x 12....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Red Rouse" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red Rouse" Bunny
A bunny gestured in black on a red background. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
*Painting is ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Tribute to Rodin 5 by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting, dark tones
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
Tribute to Rodin 5 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounted on canv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving
Ecce Homo Coxie Paint 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Flemish Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Circle of Michael Coxie (Malines, 1499 - Malines, 1592)
Ecce Homo with Pontius Pilate
Oil on panel
Flemish school 16th-17th century
112 x 81 cm - framed 121 x 90 cm.
The proposed p...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil Painting Woman Seated in Cafe Interior in Pensive Mood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Cafe Interior
French school, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th c. Dutch School William III, Prince of Orange, studio Constantin Netscher
Located in PARIS, FR
William III of England, Prince of Orange, workshop C. Netscher (The Hague, 1668-1723)
Late 17th c. Dutch school
Oil on canvas, dimensions: h. 31.49 in, w. 24.80 in
Giltwood and carve...
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Late 17th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No. 200 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, mixed media, orange
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
No. 200 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, charcoal, pastels and acrylic on canvas, dimensions are 150 × 100 cm (59.1 × 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, India Ink, Acrylic
"Coquelicot" Oil painting 12" x 12" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Coquelicot" Oil painting 12" x 12" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on linen on panel
Coquelicot - “Wild corn poppy” in old French vernacular, the term is nowadays also used to des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
The Girl with the Green Ribbon - Contemplative Female Figure, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hints about the story in the piec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ramparts - Inspiration Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer, Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake’s oil painting asks us to perceive the powerful layers of history that shape both art and memory. In Blake’s painting is a man, but what Blake painted is an idea. Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory.
Artist, William Blake channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
Ramparts
oil on linen
24h x 30w in
60.96h x 76.20w cm
WIL048
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Large South Eastern European Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Southeastern European oil on canvas portrait of a lady wearing a white headdress.
This intriguing work is expertly painted with thick impasto paintwork which has been built up across the surface.
Indistinctly signed lower right and presented in a reverse profile frame.
We think that this work was painted by an artist working in Southeastern Europe, most likely Greece or Macedonia.
Artist: Southeastern European School...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Samaritan by Joachim van der Vlugt - Contemporary religious themed painting
Located in Paris, FR
The Samaritan is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 170 × 140 cm (66.9 × 55.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No. 196 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, blue, abstract
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
No. 196 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with mixed technique on canvas, dimensions are 90 cm × 70 cm (35.4 × 27.6 in).
The artwork is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Valentin by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, young man, yellow and purple
Located in Paris, FR
Valentin is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 80 × 80 cm (31.5 × 31.5 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait d'un Modele" Painting 10" x 8" inch (1955) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait d'un Modele" Painting 10" x 8" inch (1955) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Ink on paper
1955
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and s...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Bike Crash (Portrait of Langston) - Oil on Hospital Gown, Painting, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Within this series, I made paintings and sculptures which examine the traumatic experience of illness, medical treatment and the medical industry. This body of work draws from person...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Venetian Holiday, American Realist, Representational, Landscape, Venice Italy
Located in Houston, TX
Venetian Holiday is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is a Representational Italian landscape which is the Plaza in Venice. This realist painting was done on sight on a vacation to Italy. The artist painted himself into the realist painting.
Gary J. Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award winning artist in the style of Realism portrait ,landscape and floral paintings He received training from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School of Art specializing in Realism and Figurative Art.
He specializes in representational art as seen in Venetian Holiday with an emphasis on the human figure and florals as seen in Her Majesty's Lilies. He was a finalist in The Artist's Magazine International Art Competition, an Award of Excellence winner in the Manhattan Arts Magazine Competition, finalist in Hunting Art...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ratzinger Chocolat by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, pope, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Ratzinger Chocolat is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 80 × 80 cm (31.5 × 31.5 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No.215 by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting, abstract, face
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
No. 215 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas, dimensions...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, India Ink, Canvas
Augustine's Crisis, Muscular Male, Wearing a Loin Cloth, Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
A muscular male, his arms outstretched towards the sky, seems to cry out to the world. Set upon an intricate backdrop of ornate floral designs in gold tones, the figure is framed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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