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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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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

REINA DE LA NOCHE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
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2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

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

A Synaptic Disconnect
Located in Nashville, TN
From Gallatin, TN, I forged a deep connection with visual art at an early age. I have always drawn and created. I continued my passion throughout my schooling. In college, at Sewan...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signatur...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon V /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Actress Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon V" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, tit...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

MODELO
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is sretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasona...
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2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

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

Celluloid Manga Characters 2
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch White wooden frame with plastic protection 42.5 x 32.5 x 3.5 cm
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

Ripple
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"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

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

'The Blue Princess' Contemporary figurative painting of a black woman, blue
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The figure has a dreamlike quality, giving the piece a tranquil and serene feel. The beautiful detailing is so colourful and Vibrant. 'The Blue Princess' by Ignacio Trelis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

LA DUDA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front by Ivan Guayasamin. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outstanding in His Field
Located in London, GB
'Outstanding in His Field', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève, 1976. The artist depicts a salt-of-the-earth farmer seated on a fence post, arms crossed with a look of wholeh...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Celluloid Manga Characters 1
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch White wooden frame with plastic protection 32.5 x 42.5 x 3.5 cm
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

Celluloid Manga Characters 3
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch White wooden frame with plastic protection 42.5 x 32.5 x 3.5 cm
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

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

The Other Side 2
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

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
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1960s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

Fauve Portrait of Three Women in Blue Holding Red Abanicos
Located in Miami, FL
Bernie Fuchs's painting "Fauve Portrait of Two Women in Blue with Red Abanicos" captures a festive scene of three Spanish women in traditional dress at...
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1960s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UNTITLED (FLAUTA)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front by Ivan Guayasamin. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Meditation No.2
Located in Paris, IDF
A person's life is full of excitement, anger, sadness, joy, separation, and convergence. Some people win, some lose, some are famous, some are unknown, some gain fame and fortune, some are full of pride, some are depressed and unhappy. Only by letting go of obsessions can we live happily and easily. If you want, close your eyes and sit quietly for a few hours, you will find another true self, understand what you really need, why you live, and how to live more meaningfully. Jia Yuan-Yua is a Chinese artist born in 1980 who lives and works in Beijing, China. Jia works mainly with oil and acrylic in his painting. His contemporary artworks focus on social issues such as the protection of historical buildings, the inheritance of traditional culture, the conflict between tradition and contemporary times, education reform and the sustainable development of the natural ecological environment. There are two main forms of expression in his works. One is a common realistic technique known for paintings. The other is to use an oil painting knife...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

'My Blue Peace' - contemporary abstract portrait - expressionism - Ed Clark
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My Blue Peace" features hues of orange, blue and yellow. 24 by 20 inches framed Sachi Rome is inspired by the works of Gerhard Richter, Deborah Dancy, Ed Clark, M. Florine Démosthène, Morel Doucet and Kassou Seydou. Sachi Rome is a painter and a mixed media artist who views her process as a ritual. Utilizing expressive mark making, movement and texture through an experimental use of tools and materials, she creates a visual dialogue that explores spaces for Black people to exist without fear. Connections between identity, memory and African spirituality are entry points for creating a protected and safe space, free from the contrived world that fights to sustain the deception that Black bodies are a threat, and thus unworthy of peaceful existence. Her subjects are colorful, textured figures living in a visual space left open and void of outside negative forces. In creating visual avatars of these souls, she is regifting them with life, presence and audience. They are at home in their space and assured of a rarefied and precious safety, scarcely afforded to and felt by Black people. It is within her work that she offers portals and talismans of hope, healing and protection. Sachi Rome was born, raised, lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Education from Morris Brown...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Midnight, From the Musica nocturna series. Abstract painting on Canvas.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Midnight, by Sergio Bazan Oil on canvas Image Size: 63 H x 63 W inches Unframed Signed by artist _______ The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist impr...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Girl By The Sea, Florence, Italy, 2018
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

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Oil

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

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

Portrait No. 64, Woman and Teapot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Working out of Beijing, China, Ren Hong’s most distinguishing feature of her work is the intense design feeling in her paintings. She uses flags, arrow poin...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Head No. 11, 2018
Located in Burlingame, CA
Head No. 11, 2018' by John Goodman. The artwork is 12 x 12 inches. Artist signed, dated in ink verso. Condition is excellent, as new. Goodman’s signature restrained palette and im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

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

1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in a artists studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Male Portrait
Located in Wien, 9
Oswald Oberhuber's art was rich in diversity of expression, as well as in the media he used. This work, coloured pencil and pencil on paper, shows a portrait of a man, reduced to few...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

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

Miembro del Ejercito de Gomez
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Padura was born in Havana in 1957. "I was four years old when my family moved to Rodas, in the province of Las Villas. My father was an engineer, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

"The Cautious Guardian, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "The Cautious Guardian" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas. About the Artist: Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary art in Denver fo...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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

"I Know Not How to Find the Spring, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "I Know Not How to Find the Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers in he...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

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

Louis Armstrong - Acrylic by Ivana Burello - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The painting belongs to the MUSIC series, dedicated to the classic jazz of the 1950/60s. It is made on a rigid panel, it is a unique piece and is authenticated by the artist.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Mosaic, Mask
Located in Paris, IDF
What are people's criteria for judging beauty? A beautiful face? A different existence? A feeling of pleasure? Or just follow what others say and make yourself feel the same way? A woman with a slender body but an ugly face, do you think she is beautiful? A girl with a beautiful appearance but a heart like a scorpion, do you think she is beautiful? An ugly but kind-hearted girl, do you think she is beautiful? What is it that blurs the eyes of human beings and makes people's judgments of beauty vary widely? The painting use knife...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Standing Girl - Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art
Located in Warsaw, PL
PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The gallery is the representative of the artist. The Gallery of Katarzyna Napiorkowska is one of the first private art gall...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fiesta de Loco
Located in Austin, TX
"Fiesta de Loco" Artist: Gustav Likan Medium: Mixed media Size: 10" x 13" Framed
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Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Portia LaBeija
Located in New York, NY
Portia LaBeija 2022 Signed Binder and glitter on acrylic 30 x 30 inches (73.2 x 76.2 cm) Portia LaBeija was a prominent and beloved member of the House of LaBeija. She passed awa...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Adhesive, Plastic, Glitter

Metamorphosed Narcissus Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting myth
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Signed lower right
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Atoke Oni Koroba
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Atoke Oni koroba is the true beauty in a black culture that rests not only in its great artistic history but in the natural values which our African women keep maintaining the African heritage. This art shows a lot of values from the dark shinning skin tune to the hair styling, bids neckless, and clothing the vintage fashion and heritage. The hairstyle on Atoke’s head is called koroba which are done by Royal women to show greatness and prestige (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 Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic

“Drifting In and Out” Peach & Blue Vectorized Female Portrait with Head in Hand
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 her head in her...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Spirits Through Time VI, " Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract portrait by Ned Martin blends realistic and abstracted styles. Part of his Spirits Through Time series of female portraits, the woman's face is rendered realistically, ...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of a woman with two beaks Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary draw
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

What is above is like what is below Timothy Archer 21st Century painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Signed lower right
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pop Art Style Portrait of Freddie Mercury
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil portrait of Freddie Mercury by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 24x24. It is unframed. ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Cara Delevingne Icon XIV /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Cara Delevingne Icon XIV" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2022 Mediu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

untitled
Located in Spetses, GR
Original artwork by Sofia Fotiadou, captivating surrealistic portrait with bright and vivid colors. Signed at the bottom left corner. Certificat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pain - New Expressionism Painting, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lichtenstein Meets Warhol, Pop Art Oil Painting by Corinna Heumann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Corinna Heumann, German (1962 - ) Title: Lichtenstein Meets Warhol (Crying Camouflage Girl) Year: 2002 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled, ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Twins, 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

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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