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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Color: Blue
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Tattoo me 4 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 4
2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socia...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
Amazon - original painting on round canvas Paula Craioveanu Neo-Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures.
Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings.
Amazons, mysterious female warrior, were recognized as heroines and embodied features like independence, courage, strength. This double portrait of an amazon is a combination of a deconstructed, sectioned ancient marble head...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Band of moonlight
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Over the last few years Francien has created a series of paintings, which stylistically dovetail into its overall work. This interesting new series came about by the birth of her lon...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Bill Bate, Reflections, Original Figurative Painting, Nude Artwork, Water Art
By Bill Bate
Located in Deddington, GB
Reflections by Bill Bate [2022]
original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:122 cm x W:92 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:122 cm x W:92 cm x D:3cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Muse - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu - Mask - Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Muse".
This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series.
Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20cm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 101B - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 14.5/20”
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
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 101B - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 21.5/32”
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
The Angel oil on canvas painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Angel - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 92x73 cm.
Frame measures 94x75 cm.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
3-9-22 (Duptych) - 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Eos'' Contemporary Underwater Portrait Painting, Girl Swimming in Pool
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
Self Portrait #3
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Acrylic on canvas board
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Age of Innocence - original round painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Age of Innocence", original unique painting
A feminine, innocent presence, portrait of a girl with a Venetian mask.
acrylic on canvas
20in / 50cm, round
Shipped directly from the artist from Forest Hills, NY. Registered airmail, well packed.
Don't hesitate to contact me for any info.
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Wisdom" Contemporary portrait of black woman with white hair and floral crown.
Located in Edgartown, MA
Lily Sol’s current work “Flower Goddess” is a symbol of blooming into her true self and honoring the divine femine energy within all of us. Through her paintings she is able to celebrate the fierce women in her life and shine light on the diverse and unique beauty of cultures around the world. She loves exploring different mediums in her art journal, playing with collage, acrylic paints, watercolors, and pressed blooms. While painting she tries to stay in an intuitive mindset and allow her works to transform naturally—always seeking the harmony between staying loose yet in control, yin & yang of life. Bright colors, a playlist she can dance...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Young Marilyn at the Beach tug of war, Large 68x88 Oil and Acrylic on canvas
By Ceravolo
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled 3
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Novus Amor, Novis Vita VIII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita VIII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
''The Crinaeae'' Contemporary Underwater Portrait Painting, Girls in Pool
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
Stained glass window with naked woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Sabaté Casanova - Stained glass window with a nude woman - Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas - Hand signed - c.1990
Oil measures 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Quimet Sabaté will enter the...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Tim in Blue
By Cal Lane
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...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Acrylic
The Gaze
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mermaid by José Gerson - Ink on paper 46x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
You can have my rose
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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 Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Newsprint
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Red man" by Eugène Gilliard - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame. Total size with frame 43x54 cm
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Summer Swim
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elise Remender captures the romantic glamour of a bygone era in her contemporary figurative paintings that blend classical fine art and contemporary pop realism. Fantasy, mid-century fashion, and the glamour of travel and coastal living inform soft brush strokes and abstracted beauty; reminiscent of vintage advertisements and dusted sunlight.
This original 37-inch square acrylic on canvas painting evokes a sense of delight and playfully nods at summery vintage aesthetics. It is signed by Remender on the front bottom right corner of the artwork. The sides are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Free delivery within the local Los Angeles area. Affordable Continental U.S. and international shipping available. This artwork includes a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery.
Remender grew up in Arizona and is based in Southern California, but she has traveled all over the world gaining inspiration for her work. Her most recent series, Bathing Beauties, which captures the human form and abstracts it through light and reflection, was inspired by the vintage elegance and history of Southeast Asia’s historic hotel pools and gardens. It evokes a bygone era when Ernest Hemingway and Jackie O. were among the clientele.
“I’m a bit of an old soul and there is a sense of elegance and beauty that has been lost in modern-day society, and I seek to recapture this essence in my work. I’m creating a sort of fantasy world of luxury, leisure, and old Hollywood glamour.”
Her work has appeared in galleries in the US and Asia and in GQ Magazine, Architectural Digest, Dwell, California Home, People, among many other publications. Her paintings hang in luxury properties including The Ritz Carlton San Francisco, The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, and Hilton properties across the United States, as well as in the homes of celebrity collectors including Ryan Seacrest and Kylie Jenner.
REPRESENTATION:
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “The Beauty Myth”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “All American Inspired,” Merritt Gallery/Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
“At the Shore,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA
“Color in Motion,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA
“Having a Ball,” Jules Place, Boston, MA
Meritt Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
Studio E. Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2017 “Distant Memories,” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Merrit Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
“Holiday Gift Guide...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abraham
By Hunt Slonem
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oloju Ede (One With Beautiful Eyes)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silk and Sweat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is heavy in mood but playful, it shows some "imperfections' ' deliberately left behind. The painting considers femininity and power, and the pressure of being put toget...
Category
2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Bats the Matter" Large 36x24" Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 2022
By Chris RWK
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...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A group - Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish artist
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
ARTIST
Joanna Woyda (b. 1981)
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2000-2005). She received her honorary degree in 2005. She was also a scholarship holder of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Esosa
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"White Swimsuit White Sunglasses" Figurative Collage Composition on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of a Pin-up model from the 1950s, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right.
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines.
His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair.
It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
GÈLÈ 1 (Head Tie)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Gele is essentially a type of head tie worn by women in the Western African country of Nigeria. In contrast to the head ties worn in some other African countries, like Ghana, Gele is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled 2
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,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman with Yellow Blouse
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Yellow Blouse', oil on cardstock paper (1979), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a woman posing in front of her home under a blue sk...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
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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