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Portrait Paintings For Sale
INDIAN SUMMER - XL Format, Modern Colorful Expressive Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
We offer 2 shipping options : 1) Canvas is unstretched. The painting would be shipped in a rolled state without stretcher, This is then the cheaper option. 2) The more expensive sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Festa Da Ballo, 19th Century by Francesco VINEA (1845-1902)
Located in Blackwater, GB
La Festa Da Ballo, 19th Century
by Francesco VINEA (1845-1902) sales
Large 19th Century Italian scene of a dancing party in a tavern, oil on canvas by Francisco Vines. Excellent ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting on Wood Panel Biblical Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Biblical Figures, Large Gathering around Christ?
Dutch Old Master, early 17th century
oil painting on wood panel, stuck on velvet backing board
velvet board: 27 x 29 inches
board: 25.5 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition, obvious old panel...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Giancarlo
Located in New York, NY
This oil painting by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Death of the Young Men 1938 - British art figurative Surrealist oil painting
By Jack Sassoon
Located in London, GB
An oil on canvas painted by Jack Sassoon which was certainly a premonition of what was to come. Entitled Death of the Young Men and dated 1938, it depicts men in gas masks and a woma...
Category
1930s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forever Young
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Pre-Raphaelite Beauty - Victorian art nude oil portrait - British female artist
By Sara Wells Page
Located in London, GB
Painted by Sara Wells Page this is a large stunning half-length Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting of a semi clad young woman. It was painted circa 1900 by Page who worked and exhi...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Old Master Scottish art oil painting by RSA president
By John Gordon Watson
Located in London, GB
A fine Old Master British portrait oil painting which dates to circa 1830 and depicts a girl. Painted by the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, Sir John Watson Gordon...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Suzanne Steinbacher - Austrian Surrealism
Located in London, GB
The work is unsigned.
Provenance: Given directly by the artist to the present owner who was a friend of the model.
Condition: Good condition apart from some scratches and pressure ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Björk 1 - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Expressive Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seeking Peace of Mind
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Seeking Peace of Mind," a compelling artwork by Lindokuhle Khumalo, captures a poignant moment of introspection and tranquility. At the center of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Madonna & Child St Jerome St Francis, Archangel Michael, St John, Triptych
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna & Child St Jerome St Francis, Archangel Michael, St John, Triptych 15th Century
follower of BENVENUTO DI GIOVANNI (1436-1518) Sienese School
Large 16th Century Italian Ren...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Florentine Signed Gordigiani Portrait Landscape Painting 19th century oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The scene is set in a luxuriant and blossoming garden-on which we can see a pergola vine training and an ionic column-outlined with fast and wide brush strokes of faint and pastel colours. In some parts of the background is revealed the preparatory layer, because it’s unfinished, but we can presume the presence of a light blue sky with some clouds, deducing it from a confrontation with the left side, where the sky was started.
In the foreground a boy dressed up with a style reminding medieval echoes looks like observing a flower or a small animal that he’s holding, as the position of the fingers-that seems caressing something-make suppose. It's signed on the right side: MG. (Michele Gordigiani).
The physiognomy, the expression and the hairstyle recall Edoardo Gordigiani...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Antique British Portrait of Elegant Lady with Flower Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
British School, late 19th/ early 20th century - circa 1900
oil on canvas, framed in oak wood frame
framed: 30 x 26 inches
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenan...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pajares 14 Big Vertical Red Rai Charles HEY. Original street art painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
HEY. Original street art painting
PAJARES
Done in mixed media on canvas and collage.
PAJARES, Juan Manuel (Lleida 1957 )
Pajares was introduced to the impact of large-scale canvas painting using acrylics, collages and paints. Driven by insatiable creativity and his search for perfection, he instantly conveys to his audience the sincerity that he has for his work. His work can be seen in exhibitions throughout the whole of Catalan.
He broke through and developed his prospects following his exhibition at “Agora...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Place of Peace (The Guitar Boy)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"A Place of Peace (The Guitar Boy)" by Makama John is a poignant masterpiece that resonates with serenity and emotional depth. This artwork beautifully cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Country House Portrait Faringdon House Oxfordshire Grade 1 Listed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
English School, mid 20th century
inscribed to label verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman at the Seashore - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in Pink - Victorian Impressionist art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1890 oil on canvas which is unsigned and attributed to the circle of James Abbot McNeil Whistler. A fine late Victorian portrait oil painting. It depicts a stunnin...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Distinctive Lady, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed "A. Berlin"??
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
board: 18 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunday in Recife, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sunday in Recife, 2020-2021 by Ramonn Vieitez
Oil, acrylic, 24k gold leaf and pink Dutch leaf on canvas
Size: 39.3 H x 26.7 W in.
Unique
Signed on the back by the artist
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Ramonn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Between Fragilities
Located in Porto, 13
Ritchelly Oliveira, visual artist, began his work in 2012, shortly after enrolling in visual arts at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), he found...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely French Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Painted circa 1810 it is a head and shoulders profile of a beautiful woman, resting her head on one hand. There is superb attention to detail and vibrant colouring. An excellent example of a French Old Master portrait of the period.
Provenance. London estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 20 inches by 17 inches framed and in good condition.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, it is his portraits, both painted and drawn, that are recognized as his greatest legacy. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of modern art, influencing Picasso, Matisse and other modernists. Born into a modest family in Montauban, he travelled to Paris to study in the studio of David. In 1802 he made his Salon debut, and won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the tent of Achilles. By the time he departed in 1806 for his residency in Rome, his style—revealing his close study of Italian and Flemish Renaissance masters—was fully developed, and would change little for the rest of his life. While working in Rome and subsequently Florence from 1806 to 1824, he regularly sent paintings to the Paris Salon, where they were faulted by critics who found his style bizarre and archaic. He received few commissions during this period for the history paintings he aspired to paint, but was able to support himself and his wife as a portrait painter and draughtsman. He was finally recognized at the Salon in 1824, when his Raphaelesque painting of the Vow of Louis XIII was met with acclaim, and Ingres was acknowledged as the leader of the Neoclassical school in France. Although the income from commissions for history paintings allowed him to paint fewer portraits, his Portrait of Monsieur...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Rabbi Israeli judaica Oil Painting
By Nicky Imber
Located in Surfside, FL
Nicky Imber (Vienna, Austria, 1920 -1996) was a multidisciplinary Jewish artist best known for his sculptures on Jewish themes. Grand nephew of Naftali Herz Imber, author of the Isra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a young man with a tie
Located in Genève, GE
Illegible signature
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
49 x 44 x 4 cm
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled II - Contemporary figurative painting
By Khalid Nadif
Located in East Quogue, NY
Brightly colored contemporary figurative painting by Moroccan artist Khalid Nadif.
The painting is offered in a simple wood frame.
Size: 40 x 32.5 inches (framed)
Signed on the ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
The Gossip - Scottish 19thC art Victorian oil painting young romantic couple
By William Fettes Douglas
Located in London, GB
A fine Victorian Scottish genre oil on canvas painting which dates to 1868 and is titled The Gossip by famous Scottish artist William Fettes Douglas RSA. It is a stunning depiction o...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yu Xia Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Woman Next To Window"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Woman Next To Window
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 7.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique 19th Century Yorkie Terrier Dog Portrait in Carved Gilt Frame
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a great portrait of a Yorkie Terrier, signed to its lower left, 'Sister Phoebe' and stamped with a dogs paw.
This is a great example of 19th century pet portraiture as...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary British Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Woman in Pink
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British contemporary)
signed oil on board, unframed
dated feb 2001
board: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Comfort Zone
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In the captivating artwork titled "Comfort Zone," artist John Ali masterfully captures the essence of introspection and the complex interplay between identity and personal space. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Solace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In the captivating piece titled "Solace," artist John Ali unveils a profound exploration of introspection through the gaze of a young woman lost in thought. The poignant portrayal ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sweet dreams in the Moonlight -21st century interior painting with figures
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
'Sweet Dreams in the Moonlight'
100 x 80 cm
Oil on linen
Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Portrait of a Young Boy Thomas Wagstaff - Scottish art 18th century oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth. Painted circa 1790 the sitter is of the Wagstaff family, either Thomas o...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Vertical Bardot" Mixed media collage with acrylic on canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
One of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop and Portrait artists whose work is collected by Elton John, Rod Stewart, and Alice Cooper among others. He has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media. We are excited to present this original mixed media 5 collaged canvas strips with spray paint, acrylic, oil paint and photography on canvas by Ceravolo titled "Vertical Bardot". The work is framed in black under plexiglass.
We have included in this listing an image of Ceravolo with some of his famous collectors. Ceravolo's art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create five large scale paintings for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City of Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Zappa, Neil Young and Hall and Oates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Monoprint
Race Horse Phoenix with Guilermo Kemmis - British 19th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British 19th century equine oil painting is by noted horse lover, George Gascoyne. Painted in 1889, this French born chestnut horse is Phoenix. While he was essentially a...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Turquoise Bunny_2023, America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait_Blue
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Turquoise Bunny"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 16 in. ; 17.625 x 17.625 in. Framed
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Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Am...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Portrait - Russian Ukrainian Cubism
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "Kremegne" in the lower right part.
It was painted circa 1920's.
Provenance:
Madame Line Playfair, Chiswick, London
Exhibited:
Redfern Ga...
Category
1920s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Woman Bathing-Scottish 20's Impressionist nude interior oil painting
By David Foggie
Located in London, GB
A large, original Scottish portrait by noted Scottish artist David Foggie. This oil on canvas depicts a woman bathing and is one of his best portraits. It dates to 1924 and is in fin...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Lady and Her Dog-UK Awarded Artist-Expression-Portrait-Deep Box Canvas
Located in London, GB
This artwork by Shizico Yi is not only a deeply personal expression but also a visually joyous celebration.
This rare piece, recently unveiled from the GSY Gallery Archive, makes it...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Oil, Acrylic
Philip Guston Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Portrait of William Willis - Royal Marines Major - 19th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This impressive late 19th century portrait oil painting is by British artist James Edward Barclay. The sitter is a Major in the Royal Marines, William Wynch George Back Willis who wa...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Priest King of Knossos, Muscular Male, Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on a discovery in 1901 by archeologist Sir Arthur Evans, this "Priest King of Knossos" by artist Richard Gibbons, takes a more modern tone. The muscular male, his arms outstre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemplation - British 1950's art female portrait oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This captivating British portrait oil painting is by noted exhibited and listed female artist Alice Mary Burton. Painted circa 1955, the painting is a portrait of a woman gazing out ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman in Green Coat -British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
By Francis Cotes
Located in London, GB
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Francis Cotes. It was painted circa 1760 when Cotes was preferring oil as a medium and comparison...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady Eugène Pegg walking in Saint Germain park (Paris)
By James Tissot
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
James TISSOT
(Nantes 1836 – Chenecey-Buillon 1902)
Madame Eugène Pegg walking at Saint Germain
H. 49 cm; L. 32 cm
Watercolor over pencil lines
Titled, located and dated on the back
...
Category
1870s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Portrait of Chlorinda with Letter - British art Victorian genre oil painting
By George Wells
Located in London, GB
This charming oil portrait painting is by noted British Victorian artist George Wells. Painted circa 1880 we know the elegant sitter is Chlorinda but her relationship to Wells is unk...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danseuses a la barre - Impressionist Figurative Pastel - Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative pastel on canvas circa 1910 by French genre painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. The work depicts three ballerinas wearing white tutus, warming up in a studio. Carrier-Belleuse was a contemporary of Edgar Degas and they exhibited simultaneously at the major Salons in Paris. This classic example evokes the Belle Epoque period in french history and is superbly executed.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 29"x24"
Unframed: 26"x21"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and the interior decorative artist Pierre Victor Galland. He started out as an oil painter and produced genre compositions, such as his Final Rendezvous. From 1885, however, he opted to work exclusively in pastel, producing a large number of sketches and portraits but always remaining faithful to his earlier genre compositions. Examples include Pierrot, Harlequin, Woman with Cat. The periodical Figaro Illustré published a large number of his sketches of dancers, a recurrent theme throughout his work.
From 1875, Pierre Carrier-Belleuse exhibited frequently at the Paris Salon, receiving an honourable mention in 1887 and being awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
Museum and Gallery Holdings:
Dunkirk: Dancer Adjusting her Shoe (pastel)
Gray: On the Dunes; In the Sun
La Rochelle: Dancer
Le Puy-en-Velay: Fantasy
Mulhouse: Mule's Bonnet
Paris (Municipal Collection): Tender Vow (pastel)
Versailles...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Antique French Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Bonnet with Basket Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Picking Roses
French School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Waiting for a Sign" Original Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
"Waiting for a Sign" is a thought-provoking oil on panel painting by the artist Matt Talbert, completed in 2023. It measures 22 x 28 inches (55.88 x 71.12 cm), and the framed dimensi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
19th century portrait military officer 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, East Lancs
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil on canvas portrait stated to be Captain Paul John Henry Butler, 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, half length, wearing breast star. Hou...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Watching her Sketchbook -21st century interior and portrait painting of a girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
'Watching her sketchbook''
75 x 75 cm
Oil on linen
Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings look...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Alba" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado López presents "Alba," a compelling 2023 artwork that masterfully blends acrylic and oil on canvas. This handmade original piece exhibits the artist's adeptness in manipulati...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
A portrait of John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, ca. 1644 - 1674
By Hans Holbein
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A portrait of courtier and politician John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, circa 1644 - 1674. This painting is based on a drawing by Hans Holbein, part of the drawings collection of the ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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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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Vintage Wheel Of Fortune
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Circle Of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Donal Judd
Young Lady With Cat
Edward Francis Wells
Queen Elizabeth 2 Portrait
Tiffany Background Images
Abe Lincoln
Gentleman In Armor
Hollis Dunlap
Rubens Circle
Charles Edward Stuart
Shannon Wood Paintings
Pilgrim Portraits
Dali Travel Poster
Crime And Punishment
18th C French Lady Paintings