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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Latin Lady, Original Signed Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Latin Lady, Original Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Painting, 2021 30" x 15" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Mixed Media and Acrylic on Paper bonded to a Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Spanish School 19th century, Santa Justa and Santa Rufina, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Spanish School of the 19th Century Santa Justa and Santa Rufina Oil on canvas 40 x 27 cm In quite good condition, the paint surface presents numerous crack...
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1840s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 37 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 16/16"
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...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Giclée

Francesco - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Francesco is a superb original oil on canvas realized in 2015 by Anastasia Kurakina . Signed and dated on the lower right margin. In excellent conditions. This Contemporary artw...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Carmel Home, California Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity. Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Cardboard, Watercolor

Antique American School Modernist Tropical Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 18H.
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Girl Thinking, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Decisions, Decisions, original 40x30 realist figurative landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Today is the big day! All of the lessons, studying and practicing are coming to a crescendo! The only item left to do before the concert is to select the flowers to be presented on stage to our conductor. Tulips? Roses? Sunflowers? Lilies? Decisions, decisions! Selecting a mixed bouquet would certainly ensure that she would receive her favorite flowers! This realist figurative landscape is the portrait of a young girl seen in soft lighting, appropriate to her tender age, making what feels like the most important decision of her life! This original oil painting was envisioned and painted by noted artist Joseph Sundwall...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

"On a Flower of Recognized Faces" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "On a Flower of Recognized Faces" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic face with fields of color. Artist Bio: Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Alabama...
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Panel

"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu", Albert Bertalan, Original Oil, Blue, Figurative
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu" is an original oil on canvas impressionistic portrait of a woman by Albert Bertalan. A red-headed lady sits with her hand pressed upon her cheek thoughtfully thinking in front of a blue background. The painting is framed with an ornate gold frame. From the late 19th century until World War Two, Paris was the center of the art world. Artists and intellectuals from around the globe descended on Paris, drawn by the atmosphere of creative freedom established by the French Impressionists. Because of the Impressionists’ innovations the direction of art had changed forever, the times were ripe for another Renaissance. The School of Paris, as this broad-based group of artists are referred to embodied the spirit of modernism. Albert Bertalan was born on September 21, 1899 in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He is known for painting compositions of figures in unique environments, including women by the sea, among other similar subject matters. He studied at the Nagybanyai Art School under some of the most important Hungarian artists, including Ivànyi Grünwald...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Board

"Denizen No. 15, " Oil on Paper, 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painting by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a body of work he calls his “Neighborhood of Infinity.” Fitzgerald use...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Board

"Red Rover, Red Rover" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michelle Jader's "Red Rover, Red Rover" is an original, handmade oil painting on 2 acrylic panels that depicts a child playing on a playground toy and t...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Gayane
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting is oil on canvas, signed lower left and the date and signed on verso. The gallery certificate of authenticity is available.
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Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Art of Class" Colorful Pop Art Resin Collage Portrait of Audrey Hepburn
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait collage of cultural icon and actress Audrey Hepburn encased in resin. The background features a collection of pop cultural magazine prints as well as the iconic Vogue Magazi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media

Garden Dibble
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an antique tool, a Garden Dibble, which is a long stick-like tool used to make holes for seeds, to make sure they are sufficiently buried in the soil without damage. This particular object that Morfis chose to paint has a wooden handle, and a metal point. The dibber rests atop a nail, against a gray wall. Bright studio-light casts a sharp shadow directly beneath the tool. Painted in the academic realist style of "trompe-l'oeil" which is French for "trickery of the eye". BIOGRAPHY John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown. John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. ARTIST STATEMENT Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Le Gilet Bleu” The Blue Jacket
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) "Le Gilet Bleu” The Blue Jacket. Portrait of a young man in a blue jacket/sweater with an insignia on the breast and a blue ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Laid Paper, Acrylic

North Sea, Portrait, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: North Sea Sise: 37.5x47.5 inches, (95x120 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. This stunning oil painting "No...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Love from Afar 3
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

Interlude no. 8 Oil Painting on Panel Face Portrait In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Interlude no. 8 Oil Painting on Panel Face Portrait In Stock Maya Kulenovic’s paintings have been exhibited in over thirty solo exhibitions and many more group shows and art fairs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

2-9-22 (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

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Canvas, Oil

No Name
Located in Sempach, LU
In fact, everything is fed up, life is fed up, Avatar is fed up, eyesight is failing, we need more and more light, the heating in the workshop is electric... In short, as I painted i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Between the past and the Future, Portrait, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Between the past and the Future, Sise: 33.5x43.5 inches, (90x110 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. "Betwee...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Margot Robbie Icon II (Barbie) /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Margot Robbie Icon II (Barbie)" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled,...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

Vogue Marilyn Monroe Mixed Media Contemporary Collage
Located in Houston, TX
1950's pop star Marilyn Monroe portrait with collage aspects encased in resin. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. Jim Hudek is an emergin...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Resin

Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy. Oil on Panel 17 1/2 x 13 inches 44.4 x 33 cm ABOUT THE ARTIST:  Jacques d'Agar  was a French portrait painter born i...
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17th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Chaise 19, Minimalist, Pop Art, painting, Figurative, Poolside, Male
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chaise #19 by California artist Jeffrey Palladini is a minimalist figurative painting featuring a male figure. It is Oil and Charcoal on Wood Panel. It is 12x48. With the wood fram...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel

The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed and d...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'A Best Friend' by Carl Haag, Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein, German
Located in Bruges, BE
Carl Haag Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein German Painter 'A Best Friend' Signature: Signed middle right Medium: Mixed media Dimensions: Image size ...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil Pastel

Original French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors....
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1-9-22 (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

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Canvas, Oil

'White Face Red Lips' Opera Singer Portrait in China Original Contemporary O/c
Located in Carmel, CA
Artist Duan Z. Born in 1955 in Yunnan, renowned Chinese Opera Figure Painter, Educator, Playwright and Producer. Mr. Duan serves as Director of Chinese...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

‘Family Time ‘Figurative Contemporary Original Painting Colorful 36" x 41
Located in Carmel, CA
Innocent is an artist who harnesses the beauty of colours to create a certain brilliance in his work that portrays the graceful ambience of the African culture. Using his dexterity a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

people of ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1-4-22 (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

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Canvas, Oil

"Irresolute" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Irresolute" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the back of feminine figure looking at a painted self portrait contemplatively. Artist Bio: Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Large Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Seated Woman in Blue"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique, large oil painting on Belgian linen canvas, stretched on a timber support frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Felt. Mixed media fashion portrait photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Felt, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Image size: 21 in H x 16 in W Unframed The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Novus Amor, Novis Vita XII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita XII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working proc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Haight Ashbury
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen 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 d...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Royal Couple (Drawing from the back)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Loved Ones, Portrait, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Loved Ones, Sise: 33.5x41.5 inches, (85x105 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at this oil painting...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
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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1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

The Winner V, Oil on Canvas Painting by Ognian Zekoff, 2019
Located in London, GB
The Winner V, Oil on Canvas Painting by Ognian Zekoff, 2019 Through the plethora of meaningless images that flood our daily experiences, there are very few, which we encounter, that...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

tgb C. 1-17, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting by Sebastian Herzau, 2017
Located in London, GB
tgb C. 1-17, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting by Sebastian Herzau, 2017 Painting both portraits and landscapes, Sebastian Herzau’s artworks share a common blurred, enigmatic effect th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Meditation #1
Located in Singapore, SG
Humans need a balance between the physical world and the inner consciousness. One way to get there is through meditation. Meditation has a positive and constructive impact on the psy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Break Free - original painting - oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Original, unique painting, oil on canvas, 27.5 x23.5in / 70x60cm. Inspired by Magritte's "The Lovers". This particular painting was part of Nude in Interior solo show in 2022. Shippi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Roma 02
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

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Oil, Canvas

Krishna, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary, Blue, Yellow, Green "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Das - Krishna - 30 x 30 inches, 2019 (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas. Can be sent framed or unframed as per requirement Style : Subrata Das's works are a poetic represent...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas

Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Contemporary Oil, Nude in Shoes
Located in Corsham, GB
Cool hues are applied in an expressive impasto fashion to render a fine study of a nude. The textured surface and the liberal application allows the artwork to hold a refreshingly im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Dreaming Dali, #2270, Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreaming Dali #2270 by Natasha Zupan Mixed-media on paper Measures: 13 in. H x 13 in. W One of a kind Signed lower right on recto by the artist Numbered on verso 2018 Natasha Zupan'...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Hannah and Her Dog
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Hannah and Her Dog" is a painting by Kathryn Keller. The piece is 17.5 inches high and 19.5 inches wide. "Hannah and Her Dog" is framed. The framed dimensions are 25.5 inches high, ...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Bloodhound, minimalist black and white dog painting of a by Ian Mason, British
Located in Charleston, US
Bloodhound, this stunning large minimalist black and white painting of a Bloodhound dog, is a contemporary portrait in acrylic on canvas. Ian Mason's portr...
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2010s Minimalist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

"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

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Paper, Acrylic

Directive Forces. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Directive Forces, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Image size: 20 in H x 15.5 in W Unframed The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Metal

"Painted For Life" The Tattooed Robot 36x24 acrylic on Canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to present the larger works on canvas of Chris RWK. Chris RWK’s robots are a fixture of New York street art. Known for his iconic Robot images that can be seen around ...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Surrealist Ocean Painting, "Jellyfish Dreams"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on panel surrealist painting by San Diego artist, Kelley Sutphin. Its dimensions are 16"x20"x.75. It is unframed. A...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Impressionist Painting of a Young Spanish Flamenco Dancer by J.C. Arter
By John Charles Arter
Located in Rochester, NY
Wonderful impressionist painting. Full of light, color, and movement. "The Flamenco Dancer by J. Charles Arter ( American 1860-1923). Oil on canvas. Signed upper left. Circa 1900. Unframed. Born in Hanoverton, Ohio, Charles Arter studied in Cincinnati and Paris at the Academie Julian. He had studios in Venice, London and New York and painted portraits of many famous personages including Pope Pius X...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

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