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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Color: Gray
Color: Purple
Crowd - People Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, XL
Located in Salzburg, AT
Large Format Oil painting
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Coper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cowboy /// Contemporary Pop Portrait Painting Funny Man Sheriff Dan May American
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Cowboy"
*Signed by May upper right
Circa: 2020
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Board
Framing: Framed in a contemporary black moulding
F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
Velours froid - Contemporary Oil on Wood Portrait by a french artist
Located in PARIS, FR
Huile sur bois par la peintre française Marina Taleb.
Ses visages, envoutants, souvenirs vagues de moments endormis entremêlent le désir d’atteindre une vérité et l’envie de rêver.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nomad
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Oil paint and pastels on paper
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil
Cate Blanchett Icon III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Model Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Cate Blanchett Icon III"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Portrait, Modern Expressive Painting
By Anna Ładecka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter.
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman Gives Message to Bird_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Pigment Spray_Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman Gives Message to Bird"
Oil, Acrylic, Spray Pigment on Canvas
19.5" x 19.5" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Mar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Marin sur le pont" by Edmond de Palezieux - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
oil on canvas without frame
One point of restoration
Category
1890s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tattoo me 2 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 2
2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
19th Century Italian School Portrait of Peasant Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th Century Italian School portrait of peasant girl by unknown artist, circa 1840. Partial signature lower right edge. Condition: fai...
Category
1850s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame
By Franz Ludwig Kiederich
Located in London, GB
'Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame', oil on canvas, by Franz Ludwig Kiederich (circa 1930s). A delightful depiction of a woman, comfortable...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HOLLYWOOD MARILYN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Formentera Ses Illetes 09
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
Tattoo me 1 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 1
2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Adaptation #5 Zahra Zeinali 21st Century art Contemporary art Iranian art girl
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Victor Manuel Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victor Manuel: 1897-1969. Well listed Cuban artist who has auction results as high as $319,000. He as an early member of the "Vanguardia" movement of ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Dove
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Girl with a pigeon. Symbol of peace
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Julie Has a Big Heart
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Oil painting of woman holding heart shaped balloon. Barron has a very distinctive stylization of the human figure. Both specific and general which makes the work relatable and calm...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Arone Couple
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
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Vert", Albert Bertalan, Original Oil, Green, Figurative
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Vert" is an original oil on canvas impressionistic portrait of a woman by Albert Bertalan. A red-headed lady in a purple and white striped collared coat sits in front of a green background daydreaming about something personal. 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...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Paper, Oil
Journey - Figurative acrylic painting, Colorful, Surrealistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MIKOŁAJ MALESZA (born in 1954) a painter and a stage designer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, at the Department of Interior Design, where he graduated from in 1979. He had over 20 individual exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czech and Slovak Republics...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Monkey with a Cigarette I - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artist Tomasz Bielak loves animals, but especially monkeys. He often portrays her. Old photos serve as templates.
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Acade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Feminine Figure - Oil Painting by R. Melli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Feminine Figure is a modern artwork realized by Roberto Melli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes vintage frame (fair conditions) : 42 x 2 x...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The inner peace
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The main thing in life is to save your own inner peace, on the left Buddha - he is calm and peaceful, on the right is our everyday’s life with all troubles...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African Child
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The young African boy is wearing native Zimbabwean dress to reflect the historic clothing of village life.
Carole Garland captures the questioning look of the boy and his wonder why are these visitors
here? The colorful burnt red stencils enhance the trim design of his costume.
Carole Garland has shown in many Southern California venues, most recently at TAG Gallery,
Bergamot Station; realART Gallery, Agoura Hills; West Los Angeles Art Gallery; the Rose Cafe; the Santa Paula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
tgb H. 1-17, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting by Sebastian Herzau, 2017
Located in London, GB
tgb H. 1-17, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting by Sebastian Herzau
Painting both portraits and landscapes, Sebastian Herzau’s artworks share a common blurred, enigmatic effect through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
A swallow - Figurative acrylic painting, Colorful, Surrealistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MIKOŁAJ MALESZA (born in 1954) a painter and a stage designer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, at the Department of Interior Design, where he graduated from in 1979. He had over 20 individual exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czech and Slovak Republics...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
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....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
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 included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Self Portrait,
Sise: 31.5x35.5 inches, (80x90 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
This oil painting is a sel...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gondolier (Figurative Painting of Man in Venice by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a muscular male gondolier with Venice's St. Mark's Campanile in the background
"Gondolier" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudony...
Category
2010s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Modernist Abstract Portrait Dancer Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Unsigned. Image size, 30L x 40H. Framing available.
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Belle Fille" Large Mid Century French Painting Portrait of a Beautiful Girl
By Etienne Ret
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful gouache on paper, by French artist, Etienne Ret, signed on top right.
Etienne Ret was born in Bourbonnais, France on Jan. 6, 1900. Ret graduated from the College of Mesnie...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Mid Century La Prima Vera Portrait of Girl with Balloon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of young girl with balloon in style of Raoul Duffy by Barbara "Mari" Berkman (American, 1930-2010), 1963. Titled "La Prima Vera...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary Portrait Painting, Modern Art: To Write Graffiti on her Back
Located in Delaware , OH
Contemporary Portrait Painting, Modern Art-To Write Graffiti on her Back
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
"To Write Graffiti on Her Back " is a custom mixed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
"Heat Lightning Herald II" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Heat Lightning Herald II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a face transposed over a red and blue stormy skyscape.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1840s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Blue_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Portrait, Figurative_Bust
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Blue"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
31.5" x 31.5" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
PRINCESA TIMIDA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on plexiglass with custom painted frame. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Size including frame 31 x 22 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condi...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Take me into the Future Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surrealism In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Take me into the Future Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surrealism In Stock
Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Frida Kahlo' Original Pop Artwork by PositivityAry
Located in Chattanooga, TN
'Frida Kahlo' Wrapped Canvas Original Pop Art features a multicolored collage of Frida Kahlo images placed in New York City's Times Square in multicolored hues. Introspective and playful Italian artist, Arianna Tascione...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"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...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Garden Dibble
By John Morfis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Art of Class" Colorful Pop Art Resin Collage Portrait of Audrey Hepburn
By Jim Hudek
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
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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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