Portrait Paintings
Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Mid 20th Century Oil - Lady In Yellow And Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
A rustic and gestural portrait of a rosy cheeked woman in a yellow jacket. The painting is unsigned, on board. There is a fine oil graveyard scene on the reve...
Category
20th Century 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
Gary Player, South Africa
Located in Greenville, DE
Signed and dated, lower right.
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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
Materials
Canvas, Oil
E.B. Taylor - Mid 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and expressive oil painting by E.B. Taylor, depicting a seated lady in a pale yellow dress. The sitter assumes a stern position, with crossed ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
ZoyBA - Contemporary Oil, The Concert
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant, fun filled oil in a contemporary, naive style showing a quartet mid performance, wearing brightly striped clothing. The painting has been s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
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
Canvas, Oil
Walking Along the Beach, Bauer, German School, 19th Century, Signed P. Bauer
Located in Bruges, BE
Walking Along the Beach
German School
19th Century
Signature: Signed bottom right P. Bauer
Dimensions: Image size 31 x 24 cm, frame size 42 x 32 cm
Medium: Aquarelle
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"The Keyhole, Neue Constructivist Abstract Character Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is not framed.
Antony Squizzato is a talented French artist who likes to experiment with different styles and techniques.
Category
2010s Constructivist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Seeing What's To Come", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Seeing What's To Come" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine brunette model grasping her hair with both hands.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides
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.
The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Mujer con Jarra - human female form abstract cubism figurative modern artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
The original cubism painting by Borja Guijarro is painted on canvas. The many colours, shapes and patterns used in this painting make it an interesting and busy piece of modern art. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"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
Paper, Oil, Board
Edith Lawson - Signed Contemporary Oil, Girls In an Interior with Fans
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of young girls playing with fans, titled to the reverse "Grandmother's Fans" and inscribed "Ex M.O.D". Presented in a cream frame with hessian mount. Signed. On boa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman sitting in the garden oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Man Smoking a Pipe
Located in London, GB
'Man Smoking a Pipe', oil on carton (circa 1960s), by Raymond Debiève. The artist depicts a moustached man puffing on his pipe in his post-cubist style. The identity of the subject i...
Category
1960s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
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
Canvas, Oil
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, ...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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
"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
Modernist American Judaica Painting Gaon and his Disciples
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a Rabbi, or Rebbe outside the synagogue The vibrant colors used in this painting seem to overlay each other without being previous mixed.
Ervin B...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Contemporary Oil, Nude in Shoes
By Edward Lewis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Stylish Lady With The Green Features
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.
The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"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
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
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
Canvas, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"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
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
Mircea Marosin (1921-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Woman in Shawl
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished oil painting by the artist Mircea Marosin, depicting a female figure wearing a shawl. Unsigned. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Christopher Alexander (1926-1982) - 1948 Shoe Polish Drawing, A Portly Man
By Christopher Alexander
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine figurative portrait of a middle aged gentleman by the British artist Christopher Alexander ARE ARCA (1926-1982). Through a delicate treatm...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Karina, orange chrome, dusty white
Located in Las Vegas, NV
British artist Roni Stretch was born in England.
He currently works between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His work has been shown extensively in Cal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media
"Le Gilet Bleu” The Blue Jacket
By René Genis
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Football Match, large original French 20th century oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet
Title: ' La Match'
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 29.5 x 24.25 inches
canvas: 28.75 x 23.75 inches
Provenance: private coll...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Priscilla", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Priscilla" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine brunette model in green with a white background.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
'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
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Unrequited Love, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Mixed Media on Panel
Located in Austin, TX
Jasmine Zelaya is a multi- disciplinary first generation Honduran- American artist based in Houston, Texas. The daughter of parents who immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1970’s, mu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Crown Jewels, colorful, figurative, outsider, narrative, three women, hats
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil n canvas
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wr...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
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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