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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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4-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Next Generation", Neue Constructivist Abstract Character Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork on paper is not framed. Antony Squizzato is a talented French artist who likes to experiment with different styles and techniques.
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2010s Constructivist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Original French Mid Century Oil - Vibrant Greens & Blue Duck Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Mr Duck'' by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front and back oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors. very good conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Verde
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia. In his s...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Selfie 1
Located in Singapore, SG
The "Selfie" series is influenced by the obsession with social media in modern day society. Each painting has an abstract portrait of a person with a landscape of buildings and billboards. About Abhijit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Wicked Genius
Located in New York, NY
Pop Art. Americana. Homage to Basquiat. Ephemera, Oil, Acrylic, Resin on Panel. About the Artist: John Joseph Hanright is a contemporary painter and assemblage artist who bring...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Aegean Sea
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...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Red man" by Eugène Gilliard - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame. Total size with frame 43x54 cm
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hopeful
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Hopeful is an original painting by Ifebunmi Emmanuel Anaiye. Ifebunmi Emmanuel Anaiye created "Hopeful" with Acrylic on a 48W by 48H inches Canvas. The artwork titled "Hopeful" is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Bats the Matter" Large 36x24" Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 2022
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to present the larger works on canvas of Chris RWK. While his street art painted on buildings around New York City and Brooklyn are very large, most of his fine art pa...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Verde
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia. In his s...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Enamel

B. Simon - Signed & Framed 1999 Acrylic, Sweat Lodge
Located in Corsham, GB
Native American woman sits around a small hut as spirits fog a deep blue sky during a purification ceremony, also known as a sweat. The sweat is intended as a religious ceremony, with its purpose being for prayer and healing. Every aspect of a sweat lodge...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Self Portrait w/ Red Drawing 1" Teal & Red Abstract Contemporary Self-Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This painting features the artist, Saralene, with face paint and a green...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Silk, Canvas, Pigment

Tim in Blue
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a practice rooted in materials and found objects, Cal Lane (b. 1968 in Halifax, NS) toys with gender roles and social expectations. Soft mattresses coated with layers of paint, protecting from found particles left from those who slept there before, where others now have their sleeping portraits...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Acrylic

Carol in Orange
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a practice rooted in materials and found objects, Cal Lane (b. 1968 in Halifax, NS) toys with gender roles and social expectations. Soft mattresses coated with layers of paint, protecting from found particles left from those who slept there before, where others now have their sleeping portraits...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Acrylic

Beautiful Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Woman - Mid Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fiberboard, Gouache, Graphite

Responsibility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Omidan 6
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The rhythmic beads on her waist miming to the soft music of the two bilabial mountains flouncing in majesty on her back. I see her and I trance. The curvaceous smile on her face quie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Munich
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...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Jessica
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Afro Blue (2020), pop surreal figurative portrait, street art, muralist, pattern
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Afro Blue" (2020), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state Figurative portrait painting, pop surreal portraiture, street art, ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic

Young Marilyn at the Beach tug of war, Large 68x88 Oil and Acrylic on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
This large almost 8 feet wide oil and acrylic on canvas painting brings the feel of the ocean right into your home. The blues and aqua of the background of the painting along with th...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Blue is Cool, Negro Are Cool
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Remix’D-4 (Blue Slushie)" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Grant Gilsdorf's "Remix’D-4 (Blue Slushie)" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model eclipsed by other figural forms. About the Artist: Grant Gilsdorf is a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of Woman with Irises
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman with Irises', oil on cardstock paper (1976), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a young woman holding a bunch of enchanting iris flowers in his post-cubist...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Eye of the Sparrow
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic

The Gaze
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Solemn Promise
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This work is meant to cherish and embrace love and give love to those who definitely deserve love from every individual. The inspiration from this work is from personal experience at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mermaid by José Gerson - Ink on paper 46x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink

Growing Up - Contemporary art, Portrait, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Liang Li Born in 1985 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing In 2003, he joined the Basic Department of CAFA Modeling In 2004, he joined the Second Studio of Oil Painti...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Contemporary French Oil Painting - Portrait of a Figure in Blue, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century/ early 21st century Title: Abstract portrait of a figure Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed Size: canvas: 29.5 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cute Thief
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 Free Shipping in US and Europe [Standard...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Kansas City, MO
Marcus Cain Untitled Acrylic on paper Year: 1999 Size: 16.75x13.5 Framed: 20.25x17x1.75in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1067 Marcus Cain is a resident of Kansas City, MO and Manager of ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Steve McQueen - Portrait Painting Beige Yellow Green Orange White Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Steve McQueen" is a painting by Maestro Vlado Vesselinov. About the painting: Style and Technic: POP ART, Contemporary, Acrylic paint, oil on canvas The painting is unframed. The...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Good Old Days
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Childhood is a golden part of our life that we can never go back to. Days are filled with good and exciting moment, that helps us to shape our future. The days spent with our family...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Angel of Ephemeral Immortality
Located in New York, NY
Ieri Pnoi Angel of Ephemeral Immortality, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 60 cm The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Gree...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Looking Beyond 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
No matter what life throws at you to discourage or change your good personality, or change the reflections people see on your Face or identity, one should try to look beyond and ahea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Allergies No.22, 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...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Couple With Cargo Ships, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awokose (The Role Model)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Massilia
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Terry Shelbourne (1930-2020) - Contemporary Oil, Portrait in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

‘Standing Young Woman’ Figurative Nude Female Model Contemporary Original Art
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untited (2018), figurative portrait, female face, street art, geometric pattern
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Untited" (2018), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state Figurative portrait, female face, profile portraiture, geometri...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic

Pop Art Style Portrait of Madonna
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on panel portrait of Madonna by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 24x24. It is unframed. A certificate of authenticit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Disobey, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 Dagobert Duck is selling magazines JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Boy With Golden Hair
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Neoclassical Mythological Portrait of Pluto, "Revelation"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic on wood panel neoclassical painting depicting Pluto, Greek mythological ruler of the underworld, by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 30x30. It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow its delivery. The collection of paintings in Palmerin’s “Legends” is inspired by classical art paintings...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Panel

1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided The sketch is original, v...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Greta Thunberg “Greta” Blue, Yellow, and Black Abstract Contemporary Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary painting of Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg by Austin, Texas artist Ed Booth. Large blue, yellow, and black vectorized por...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting on Paper "An Uncertain Future"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique oil painting on hand made paper, framed and ready to hang. Size of 100 x 70 cm is that of the artwork itself, excluding the frame size.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS ''Circus, Fire Eaters'', 1989, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom center, titled in pencil on paper verso Paper 12''h, 9''w. Provenance: Estate of Laura Fis...
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1980s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

The Other Side 6
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I don't know why I keep believing That one day they'll bring us together When they've shown, in more ways than one That all they care about is the money You belong to the one politic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Over and Under" Soft Blue Toned Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Victorian Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of a Victorian woman attributed to American Modernist artist, John O'Neil. This painting depicts a pale white woman with rosy cheeks wearing a sky blue Victorian garment, sitting against an abstract light blue background. The canvas used for this piece was originally painted with an abstracted landscape and was painted over for this work. This piece has not been authenticated. Signed, dated, and titled at the back. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: John O'Neil (1915-2004) was a painter, educator, and writer best known for his Abstract Imagery and Early Modern (before 1950) styles. O'Neil was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He studied at the Colorado Springs Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson, Paul Burlin, and Henry Varnum Poor; Taos School...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abraham
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Abraham Series: Abraham Lincoln Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Dramed Dimensions: 25" x 21" Signature: Signed Editi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
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...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

I’m Different 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“In Africa, Yoruba land to be precise where I grew up the nourishing attitude of Omoluwabi, our facial looks is been used to define us as a person, a guy with ear piercing and dreadlocks on his head being looked at as a thug, frauds tars, and so on, Meanwhile, these guys are a cool and calm-hearted person Though there are guys like these that are truly counted in the act not all of them are like that Good and God fearing youth still exist” (Written by the Artist) Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. - About the Artist Joy Eyitayo Alagbe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas

Coco Chanel Icon III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Coco Chanel Icon III" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

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.

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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