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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Portrait Philippe Jacq 21st Century art Contemporary figurative painting red dot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Roller Games
By Joe Waks 1
Located in New York, NY
Joe Waks
Roller Games
2012
Oil and mixed media
24 X 24 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil
Pool Side - 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” in Piussi’s own words, is “a reflection on the consciousness of self. This is a person who holds herself up to her own gaze, stepping outside her physical self to see her place in the world. Quoting the film “King Kong”, here the giant is replaced by an enormous version of ourselves which supports us, by a Queen, ruler of our destiny.”
Listing is for UNFRAMED canvas. Inquire within for framing.
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Color, Figurative, Flowers, Home, Italy, Landscape, Men, Women, Portrait, Suburban, Swimming, Family, Pool Side...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue World, Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue World, Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By British School artist, 21st Century
Signed indistinctly on the back top corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 23 x 19.5 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Aurora" Acrylic Painting
By Julio Labra
Located in Denver, CO
Julio Labra's "Aurora" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face framed with curly hair and pink & blue tiled patterning.
Artist Biography:
Born in Idaho F...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Untitled - 11 x 8.5 inches ( unframed size )
Watercolour on Paper
** Shipped in roll form.
Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fash...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Stardust" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Stardust" is an oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in profile wearing blue in a blue interior ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Gordon Hunt, Just Swim V, Original Impressionist Painting, Affordable Artwork
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
Gordon Hunt
Just Swim V
Original Seaside Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: 30 cm x 30 cm x 4 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Radha, Pastel on Board by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 11.5 x 13.5 inches (unframed size)
Pastel on Board, 2008
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Suhas Roy's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Pastel on p...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
JAZZU –Tête en réflexion 2020
By Jazzu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
JAZZU - Reflection head
2020
21x29,7
Watercolours and pencils on 220gr Canson paper
Signed on the back
Jazzu is the signature of an autodidact whose modesty borders on timidity. ...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 101A - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 35.5/47”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
"Ziggy" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kaitlin Ziesmer's (US based) "Ziggy" is an original, handmade AcrylaGouache painting that depicts a portrait of a black bird wearing a red frilly colla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Orange Backstage, Fashion shows NYC 2021. Watercolor drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Orange Backstage by Manuel Santelices
Ink pen, gouache, and watercolor
Image size: 6 in. H x 8 in. W
One of a Kind
Unframed
2021
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pen
“Ell Es Magia / She is Magic / Kendall Jenner” Teal Toned Pop Art Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful pop art painting by modernist Houston, Texas artist Mario Humberto Kazaz. Teal, yellow, light blue, red, and orange toned painting incorp...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Helena
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Anthony Palliser was born in 1949 of an English father and a Belgian mother. He studied at Downside school and graduated from New College Oxford. In 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ibiza scene Spain oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic ...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RESTING BUT COMPLICATED - Contemporary Realism / Textiles / Female Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by New York-based Sharon Sprung.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
''Spin 2'' Contemporary Underwater Portrait Painting in Neon Colors
By Amy Devlin
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amy Devlin portrays people, animals, or nature in her works. But what really matters to her is light and water, which she wants to capture in the form of a physical memory. By following her passion for paint, she tries to represent reality and thereby express her feeling in the expressive colors she uses. Her paintings show a fascination with the movement and texture of water, which is depicted in vivid colors in her works. Her hybrid painting style combines realism with impressionism in a very interesting way, providing a different view of the world and our memories of it. Devlin loves the unexpected, looks at things from a crazy angle and imagines. Since 2014 she mainly paints underwater portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
S.R. II
By June Glasson
Located in Denver, CO
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She live in Laramie, WY. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous. Featuring astronaut and a bottle of Tide detergent. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen H...
Category
2010s Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Starburst" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Starburst" is an oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in three quarters view wearing blue in a b...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 20 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Sir Thomas J. Lipton
Located in Bristol, CT
Hand-colour lithograph c1931 of Sir Thomas J Lipton, Bart by Gordon Ross (1873-1946) aboard his yacht 'Erin'
Print Sz: 22 3/4"H x 15 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 31"H x 23"W
w/ coral mat & antique bamboo frame...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Travel Plans
Located in Denver, CO
Travel Plans, 2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Maybe See You Tonight", Woman with Mask in Venice Figurative Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Arts in Paris, Françoise Collandre entered the fine art workshops in the city of Paris in painting and engraving and has ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Le Amiche 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saying Hello
Located in Denver, CO
Saying Hello
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Andrea
Located in Miami, FL
A. Laurenti has been exhibiting since 1984 universal, visionary and contemporary paintings.
His images bring back to us through his colors, landscapes and personalities that have exi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pigment
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 37 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Self Portrait, Expressionist Figurative Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Self Portrait" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 47" x 28.5" oil on canvas portrait features Harmon at a young age of about 25 years old. ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eat! Pray! Die of Heart Disease!, Painting, Simpsons, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Homer Simpson with donut.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Bri...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"The Day Rises", Nude Laying Woman in Transparent Cloth Figurative Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This is a painting with mixed media collage by French artist Françoise Collandre.
A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Ar...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
Woman Bicycling on a Summer Day, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
My work is about the rediscovery of the poetry and beauty in the everyday, and this painting was inspired by my view from a pier of the pedestrians and bicycl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Desolate yet undaunted -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider art, Figurative
By Daniel Erban
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper
Signed
Unique work
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
There's No P in Our ool
By Joe Waks 1
Located in New York, NY
Joe Waks
There's No P in Our ool. . .
2010
Oil and mixed media
36 X 24 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait En Plein Air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of the artist, Tina Orsolic Dalessio. She is a beautiful, modern day woman with a keen resemblance to Audrey Hepburn. She wears a straw hat, to keep the sun out of her f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Lungomare Le sain'
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
signed and dated on back 1973
inscribed verso
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
Fabulous 1970s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Chief
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Chief," 2019. Enamel on panel, sign painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
HUGE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - R. LEROY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed no signature
Size: painting: 32 x 23.5 inches
Provenance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl On Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020 ( Oil on Canvas)
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Small Christ 2 - 21st Century, Figurative Art, Blue, Contemporary, Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 2, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Man On A Rock, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carrier Pigeon - oil painting by American Realist, moody blue tones
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on linen painting of a bird on a branch, seen through Contemporary Realist painter Stephen Bauman's signature cerulean lens. The pigeon appears blue, with a pink belly, and a ...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
God save the Queen, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
print with Diamond Dust - Price on request
Queen Elisabteh with gas mask.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar fi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Sam" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kaitlin Ziesmer's (US based) "Sam" is an original, handmade AcrylaGouache painting that depicts a pink and green woodpecker wearing a black frilly coll...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Celestial Clouds", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Celestial Clouds" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a gymnast in blue with pink and yellow clouds in the background.
Bio/artist statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger, and Fender Guitars.
Christopher’s painting skills are not his only talent in the arts. He has won several national swing dance championship competitions, and also studies tango and blues dancing. He has played guitar since the age of 12, and during his time as lead guitarist for a rock band, he opened for Blue Oyster Cult and Eddie Money, as well as headlined “the Whisky A Go Go” and “The Roxy” in Hollywood. Christopher has played trombone since high school, and for the last 20 years has played with all-trombone Christmas band in Orange County, California called the Balboa Bachelors, with whom he has played for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Opus Magnus, Street Art, Pop Art, Scrooge McDuck
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Portrait of Scrooge McDuck
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Embers Stare 1, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with orange hues and black geometric patterni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Embers Stare 2, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with yellow hues and black geometric patterni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
JAZZU - L'envol d'un Homme - 2019
By Jazzu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
JAZZU - One Man's Flight - 2019
195 x 130 cms
Mixed media on cotton canvas not on stretcher
Unique work signed by the artist
With artist's certificate
Sold without chassis
JAZZU - L...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
PALOMA - Figurative oil painting on floral fabric, December 2020 Vogue Cover
By Omari Booker
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
PALOMA by Omari Booker was inspired by the December 2020 Vogue cover featuring Paloma Elsesser. The model was styled by Booker's cousin for the shoot, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fabric
Small Christ 3 - Contemporary Art, Figurative, Painting, Blue
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 3, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Waiting" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Waiting" is an oil painting that depicts a female figure juxtaposed with a busy city avenue.
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, w...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mysterious to Ourselves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "Mysterious to Ourselves" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser made of oil paint on canvas. This piece measures 46.75"h x 42"w framed and is shipped in the pictured framed.
Katherine Fraser has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening in a Bar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is another work where my focus is on an ordinary subject matter depicted with strong color and sparkling light effects.
About the Artist
Romanian-born painter Diana Chelaru’s paintings are colorful and contemporary interpretations of human emotion. For Diana, art is a means of communication. “It is how I express my thoughts, hopes, regrets and joys,” she says. Though she gets great pleasure from applying paint to canvas, it is the expression of emotions that she finds to be most important. Diana’s style is influenced by Byzantine mosaics as well as Gustav Klimt’s subject matter and use of decorative patterns within his compositions. Each artwork is created intuitively, resulting in paintings that speak to the soul.
Evening in a Bar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Model"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 18.25 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by the widely exhibit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Twins On A Beach, Florence, Italy, 2021
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Dwyer, Rachel Carson, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
The inspiration for Mary Dwyer's work revolves around storytelling, historic events, a love of political cartoons and early portraiture paintings. An integral part of this work is research. Spurred by an innate curiosity, she creates political, historical and personal paintings. In the last few years Dwyer has been researching and painting the American Suffrage movement. In this research she discovered that the people working as both Suffragists and Abolitionists also started their own newspapers and published their own pamphlets. They became journalists, as no one was covering their story.
Dwyer's paintings are a celebration of both the voter’s rights activist and the visual pageantry of the Suffrage movement. The use of color in her Suffrage paintings speak to the vibrant pageantry and the visual marketing used during the movement. Sashes, button, banners, flags and ribbons were made by women and marketed for women.
The significance of free press is paramount in a free and fair society. The importance of journalist has become a theme that has continued in her present work.
Recently she has been working on a Memorial Paintings...
Category
2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
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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