Portrait Paintings
Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Portrait of Miles Davis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Portrait of Miles Davis, 1998
C.E. Miller
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Klor - 2001 Oil, True Love
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful contemporary depiction of the bond between a mother and her baby. The artist has captured the intimacy between their bodies and the mother's expression of joy and love in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Oil on canvas by Dimitri Godicky Cwirko - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by Dimitri Godycki Cwirko (1901-1987).
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Label on the back with details about the artwork.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in Pink Playing The Piano Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
oil on canvas, unframed
18 x 24 inches
signed front and back
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-portrait of the artist
Located in Zonnebeke, VWV
Frantz CHARLET
(Brussels BE, 1862 - Paris FR, 1928)
"Self-portrait of the artist"
880 x 1200 mm
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Signed lower left 'f. Charlet'
In its original (...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
"Lavender Chanel" Audrey Hepburn with Flowers Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A bold and elegant piece depicting Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast At Tiffany's juxtaposed with Chanel on an elegant lilac background. With impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are dr...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
L'Atelier Mourlot by Fernand Leger lithographic poster
Located in New York, NY
This colorful lithographic poster was printed in 1982 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris was printed for an exhibition of Atelier Mourlot prints in Tokyo at Seibu Department Stores, 198...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Pink and Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Allergies No.23, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionist, Portrait
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Zhixiang Wang
2017 M.F.A- University of Academia Albertina Belle Arti di Torino in Italy.
'Allergies' is a series of artworks that the artist cu...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Remix’D-6 (Peach Tea)" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Grant Gilsdorf's "Remix’D-6 (Peach Tea)" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Black female model eclipsed by flora iconography.
About the Artist:
Grant Gilsdorf is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nobu (Whites, Y3), Mixed media on canvas
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, ...
Romantic Portraits, Herman Richir, Brussels 1866 – 1942, Belgian Painter
Located in Bruges, BE
Romantic Portraits
Richir Herman
Brussels 1866 – 1942
Belgian Painter
Signature: Attributed to Richir Herman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 67,50 x 62,50 cm, frame size 69,50 x 64,50 cm
Biography: Richir Herman Jean Joseph was born in Ixelles (Brussels), on November 4, 1866. He was a Belgian painter of portraits, still lifes, genre paintings, nudes and landscapes. He made decorative paintings to fit into private homes.
Richir mainly painted portraits. His clients usually belonged to the higher circles. He portrayed amongst others King Albert and Queen Elisabeth, Cardinal Mercier and Countess d’Oultremont. Less known are the landscape paintings he made Limburg and Kempen, where he regularly stayed with befriended artist Emile Van Doren (1865 – 1949).
Herman Richir first studied at the Sint-Joost-ten-Node Academy with Gustave Biot and Charles Hermans, continued his education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels (1884-1889) with the master teacher and artist Jean-Francois Portaels (1818 – 1895). In 1886, during his studies, he won second Prize of Rome for Painting.
Richir lived in Schaarbeek. In 1900 he became a teacher of drawing and in 1905 first teacher of painting after nature at the Brussels Academy. He was director there several times 1906-1907, 1910, 1911, 1915-1919, 1925-1927. He was retired in 1927.
His pupils included Albert Alleman (1892 – 1933), Éliane de Meuse (1899 – 1993), Paul Hagemans (1884 – 1959), Maurice Mareels (1893 – 1976), Guy Onkelinx (1879 – 1935), Georges Rogy (1897 – 1981), José Storie (1899 – 1961), Charles Swyncop (1895 – 1970), Maurice Schelck...
Category
20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Country Girl”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful expressive portrait of a blue eyed country girl by the American artist David Pallock. Signed top right and dat...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Last Chukka" oil of Polo groom with his obedient Polo horse in Wellington, FL
Located in Charleston, US
Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting, "Last Chukka" of a Polo groom with polo horse in Wellington, FL in the US depicts the life of Palm Beach Polo Season. McEwen is renown ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
LARGE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - RENE LEROY (B.1932)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932) signed
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: mixed media, material and oil on canvas, framed, signed
Size: frame: 29.5 x 37 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Improvement - Surreal Android Portrait in Oil on Canvas with Textured Gesso
Located in Soquel, CA
Dark surreal portrait of an humanoid cyborg performing surgery on itself by Andy Smith (American, 20th Century). The android is pulling on a wire emanatin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
20th Century Original Expressionist Oil Painting Quirky Abstract Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century)
oil on canvas, unframed
size: 26 x 19.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate, France...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman's Profile - Original Mixed Media Painting by Alkis Matheos - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman's Face is an original painting artwork in mixed media on paper realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos .
Very good conditions.
Signed by the artist's stamp on the r...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Pastel, Mixed Media
Mondi paralleli #2
Located in Wien, 9
For years, Lucia Riccelli has been fascinated by the depiction of people with their multifaceted expressions and the variety of their movements. Playing with presence and transparenc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Yellow Boots, Pink Boots_America Martin_Oil Pastel/Ink/Cotton Paper_Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Yellow Boots, Pink Boots"
Oil Pastel & Ink on Cotton Paper
30.25” x 44.25”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-Am...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink
Clifton Heights
Located in Greenwich, CT
William Nelson’s latest body of work, titled Pretty, Desirable, Delightful, Dangerous, invites us into a dynamic world of glamour and mystery, rich with symbolism, history, and intri...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Granny with glasses by Hans Berger - Engraving 50x39 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Ed: 24/100
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Engraving
"Portrait of Yet and Alie" Blue Toned Abstract Portrait of Two Women
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of two women by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This portrait features two sitters that the artist recalls as Yet ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pierrot Surpris! - Impressionist Oil, Portrait by Armand Francois Henrion
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on panel circa 1910 by French painter Armand Francois Henrion. This charming work depicts a portrait of a surprised Pierrot - a French clown - with a white powdered face wearing white ruffles and a pink hat. The pierrot is set against a brown background.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Unframed: 7"x5.5"
This painting is not currently framed but a suitable frame can be sourced if required
Provenance:
Private French collection
Armand François Joseph Henrion...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Bear
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil on Canvas
28 × 22 in
71.1 × 55.9 cm
This is a unique work.
This work includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Provenance: Owned by artist
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Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of artist's wife, Rachel
By Abraham A. Manievich
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This painting depicts artist’s wife Rachel on the beach. The three little figures in the background are Vladimir Mayakovsky (who visited Manievich in New York), David Burliuk and Abraham Manievich...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Viewed from the Back
Located in London, GB
'Nude Viewed from the Back', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1937). The world of art has for centuries depicted nudes in one form or another. Kvapil's wonderfully alluring versions may likely be inspired by Courbet and Cézanne. This nude appears on a chair with her back to the artist and viewer. There are plush reds, sensuous pinks and darker, patterned curtains...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States.
The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
Category
1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Springfield
Located in Greenwich, CT
William Nelson’s latest body of work, titled Pretty, Desirable, Delightful, Dangerous, invites us into a dynamic world of glamour and mystery, rich with symbolism, history, and intri...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bird, cage & key
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil on Canvas
28 × 22 in
71.1 × 55.9 cm
This is a unique work.
This work includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Provenance: Owned by artist
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Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (green face)
Located in New York, NY
Pia Chavarria
Untitled (Green Face)
2021
Water color on archival paper
14.5 x 10 inches / framed 20 x 16 inches
Pia Chavarria is a visual artist born an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
At the Camp (Academic Figurative Painting of Young Male Hunter by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas of a young man undressing in a rural camp setting with a mountain landscape in the distance
"At the Camp", Painted by Mark Beard as ...
Category
2010s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne. Ink and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne, by Manuel Santelices
Ink and watercolor on paper
Image size: 14 in. H x 11 in. W
Unframed
2022
The worlds of fashion, society, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Colorful Contemporary Chuck Close Style Abstract Self Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract self portrait painting by contemporary artist Matt Aston. The work features the mosaic-like cells that were popularized by the iconic arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venus and Amor by Annemarie Ambrosoli, Oil on Canvas
Located in Kiens, BZ
Venus and Amor (2016), oil on canvas stretched over wooden frame, 60x80 cm, by Italian contemporary artist ©Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist)
Hand-signed by...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
ALBERTO BLANCHART - Your Ending . Darth Vader
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Title: Your ending...
Technique: Graffiti
Material: Acrylic paint on canvas mounted on a wooden rack
Size: 100 cm x 70 cm x 5 cm
Philosophy of the artist:
Graffiti from the wall...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
“Eclipse” Contemporary Blue, Orange, Red, & Pink Vectorized Female Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary vectorized painting of a young woman by Austin, Texas artist Ed Booth. The work features a black outline of a woman with blue, orange, r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
AOC - Contemporary Political Portrait of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Yellow
By Amy Smith
Located in Gilroy, CA
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019
Collage...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
King Portrait Clementi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Maria Giovanna Battista Clementi known as La Clementina (Turin, 1692 - Turin, 1761), Attributable to
Portrait of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (Turin 1666 - Moncalieri 1732) king of Sardinia, duke of Savoy, marquis of Saluzzo and duke of Monferrato, prince of Piedmont and count of Aosta, Moriana and Nizza from 1675 to 1720.
Oil on oval canvas,
79 x 62 cm., Framed 98 x 82 cm.
The portrayed in this fascinating virile portrait is King Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy, portrayed in ceremonial armor and red cloak according to the traditional courtly iconography, represented half-length, slightly three-quarter-length, with the towering "courtly" wig, according to the dictates of fashion of the first decades of the century, of French inspiration.
In order to represent the power embodied in our austere portrayal, the sovereign is immortalized with the symbolic attributes of the power of the family, identifiable in the ancient crown of the Kingdom of Sardinia, in the scepter with the Mauritian cross and in the necklace of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunziata, established in 1364 by Amedeo VI, as the highest honor of the House of Savoy...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Capt. D. Chapman Andrews - 20th Century Oil, Mary Threading Beads
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil painting, depicting a young girl threading beads in an interior setting. There is an 'Armed Forces Art Society' label on the revere. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blinking Butterfly_Anja Van Herle_Acrylic/Swarovski Crystals on Panel_Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Blinking Butterfly"
Acrylic & Swarovski Crystal on Panel
12 x 12 inches.
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Panel
Bright Expectations - 21st Century figurative Painting of a young pregnant woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
Bright Expectations
100 x 95 cm
Oil on canvas
The painting is not framed, if you wish to have it framed, we will be happy to advice you on this.
This portrait painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Young Female nude Model Original Contemporary by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Contemporary Oil, Melancholy Nude
By Edward Lewis
Located in Corsham, GB
In an expressive style falling somewhere between Lucian Freud and Egon Schiele, Lewis renders an honest study of a nude in an expressive, melancholy manner. The artwork is unsigned.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Card Players_America Martin_Oil Pastel/Acrylic/Cotton Paper_Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"The Card Players"
Oil Pastel & Acrylic on Cotton Paper
20” x 32”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angele...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Allure v1, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Allure v1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with long flowing red hair that curls into ringlets with straight across ban...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Citadel" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Citadel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life woman reclining in a seaside landscape.
Artist Autobi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Colloquio senza successo (talks without success) - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994)
Located in Milano, MI
This is a masterwork by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994).
There are very few paintings such this one as for rarity than for quality.
Two women on the beach who, as...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sophia Loren x2 Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting Actress Fashion
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Sophia Loren x2 Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 35" x 48"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Shipping: This painting will be shipped canvas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Murkage Love One
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In this series of portraits, Birch materializes enigmatic, ectoplasmic figures in his psychologically charged canvases linking sympathies between external forces and interior emotion...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Wikie - Signed and Framed 1979 Oil, Goatherd with Flock
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting oil painting depicting an Arabic goatherd sat on a donkey, with a herd of goats in font. Presented in a gilt frame. Signed and dated. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with Blue-Flax Flowers, 2022_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative_Nude
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman with Blue-Flax Flowers"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
94" x 38.125"
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspirati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Princess Diana Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Portrait Royal Family Crown
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Princess Diana Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2017
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Framing: Framed in a contemporary gold moulding
Framed size: 31.38" x 27.25"
Canvas size: 30" x 26"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In excellent condition
Notes:
This is Graves' first ever "Princess Diana Icon" painting.
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales—the heir apparent to the British throne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Untitled Original Figurative Young Women With Black Robe Chinese Art Painting
By Duan Zhaonan
Located in Carmel, CA
Artist Duan Z. Born in 1955 in Yunnan, renowned Chinese Opera Figure Painter, Educator, Playwright and Producer.
Mr. Duan serves as Director of Chinese...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
'For a While' Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Girl with a Brown Dress
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karoline Kroiß (1975), born in Austria, mainly paints realistic female figures with acrylic paint on paper or canvas.
The women in her work seem to be lost in thought, serene scenes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flower Balloon Love Explosions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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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.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
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