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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Ojulari I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Ojulari" is a series of three (3) paintings which does have a similarity of a big eyeball.
Ojulari simply means "Exterior Appearance" of a person.
There is one Yoruba adage that s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Official Like A Referee Whistle - Original Sports Artwork Soccer Painting
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Canvas
Untitled (Field)
Located in New York, NY
Marc Andre
Untitled (field)
2022
Acrylic and oil stick on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Marc Andre meditates on the moments we step out of our comfort zone. Infused with neo-expressionist influences and demonstrating a figurative approach akin to the portraits and sculptures of Benin infused with a refreshing wave of energy. By channeling a playful flirtation with mark-making, Andre shows us that childhood creativity is “as pure as it gets”.
Andre was born in Toulouse, France and spent much of his childhood traveling the world and frequenting museums with his mother, primarily visiting exhibitions featuring Pan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Crayon
Lenny
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
original painting; acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. 23.6x31.5". The sides are painted and it's ready to hang (unframed).
Based on a great shot of Lenny Kravitz
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Self Portrait, Street Art, Pop Art, Basquiat, red
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Self Portrait of Jay-C
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British sense of humour,
he addresses stereotypes of modern society and his work, both playful and profound, stimulates us to question conventional social conceptions. JAY-C is a barometer responding to the world around us.
Having had his first solo exhibition in 2018, in the same year he did a collaboration with BoConcept on their iconic Imola chair...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Invisible Women Negre
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most n...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Addiosnjones artwork, Neon Noir pop painting
Located in Delaware , OH
Addiosnjones artwork, Neon Noir pop painting
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors and screen p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Possibilities
By Suzy Smith
Located in Nashville, TN
Suzy Smith is a Wyoming native, who has lived in Albuquerque, NM, for the past 20 years. She paints women from a female perspective, painting the uniquely American culture she grew u...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Look See
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sena Tues is a talented artist who creates thought-provoking artworks that capture the essence of modern life. One of her latest works, "Look See", features ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Invisible Women Vermell
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most n...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Contentment
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.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Pop Painting, Yellow Pop Painting, Portrait Artwork-Pop Chic
Located in Delaware , OH
Pop Painting, Yellow Pop Painting, Portrait Artwork-Pop Chic
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2)
Located in New York, NY
Shepard Fairey
Jasper Johns Red, 2010
Silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood. Hand signed twice - on both the front and the back
23 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches
Frame included
Edition HPM 2/2
This wonderful and culturally significant hand painted multiple on wood board is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Obey Giant Art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen, Acrylic
Portrait of a young African American woman
By Chuck Tingley
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by Chuck Tingley.
Chuck Tingley is one of four artists responsible for the monumental public art mural commissioned by the Albright Knox Art Gallery, entit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Denied Andy Warhol Photo Booth Self Portrait Green Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Green Self Portrait Photo Booth Painting by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authent...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
First landing
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The boy planted seedlings with his mother for the first time
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Huge 1960s French Signed Oil - Portrait of Fashionable Woman Emerald Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed with monogram
Title: Portrait of a fashionable lady in an emerald green dress.
Medium: oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Opium Dance
By Serj Tankian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Green Abe
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Green Abe
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 23" x 19"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unspoken- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boycouple
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Unspoken
63 x 45 cm
Oil on wood panel
First we can announce some wonderful news! 3 May 2022 Tania Rivilis did win the first price of the Royal Academy of Portraitpain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Bellic"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract cubist portrait by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x20"x1.5". It is unframed.
This style could be best describ...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue flowers Abstract Colorful Portrait of Girl with Flowers by German Artist
Located in Sempach, LU
Original portrait painting by the German artist Ljubow Jung.
Jung is a professional artist and clothes designer.
Imitation of stained glass windows. Stained glass windows are made o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Little Wine
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is inspired by everyday life .... the struggles and the chaos. In the midst of it all, We have choices to take pleasure in little things too.
Painting
Ships in a well-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Roses Are Not Only Red, " Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Roses Are Not Only Red" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model with a rose and butterfly cast in a deep red glow.
Ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figurative Expressionist Bold Pop Art Oil Painting Self Portrait Carlo Pittore
By Carlo Pittore
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlo Pittore
Oil on canvas, 1984,
Self Portrait, initialed and dated lower left,
slat framed, 21"sqr (frame) 20 X 20 canvas.
Provenance: The Private Collection of Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason
Carlo Pittore (1943 – 2005) born Charles J. Stanley was an American painter, educator, art activist, and publisher, whose primary study, teaching and body of work was figurative art and portrait painting. He was a pioneer in the Mail Art movement, he corresponded with such mail art luminaries as Buster Cleveland and Ray Johnson. Pittore is noted for opening the first independent art gallery in the East Village, Manhattan. In 1987, Pittore founded "The Academy of Carlo Pittore" in Bowdoinham, Maine.
Pittore (née Charles Stanley) was born to Stanford and Estelle Stanley in Queens, New York. He grew up on Long Island, in Port Washington, New York with his sister Marion and brother Elliott. Pittore graduated from Port Washington High School (1961), where he was active in the political and debating scenes. He then went on to graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (1966), and post graduate from the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1978).
Pittore changed his name in the 1970s while studying abroad in Rome, Italy. The children nicknamed him "Carlo Pittore", (”Charles the Painter"). From there he went on to study at the Chelsea College of Arts in London.
In 1978, Pittore received the Max Beckmann Scholarship in Advanced Painting. It allowed him to begin studying with American feminist painter Joan Semmel at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. He also studied with visual portrait artist Alice Neel. After which, he taught art at the New York Cultural Foundation.
In the 1970s, Pittore and his close friend Bern Porter...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wonder Woman
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Faceless Wonder Woman
Female POWER
Oil Painting
There are more super hero painting
Comes ROLLED in a tube
Needs framing
NY Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting.
...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy Waiting, Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Boy Waiting" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a young man with somber expression, sitting on a chair. This work features a second environmental portrait on verso. The painting is 41.75" x 35.75" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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
Yoko - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia.
In his s...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Red - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K's floral portrait is consuming and empowering. Inspired by strong, feminine women, she creates pop-realistic paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Green Dario Agrimi Hyperrealism Children Walking
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia.
In his s...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
TIGER WOODS - VICTORY!
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
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait (2021) - vibrant, expressive, red, male, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this haunting self-portrait by Canadian realist Dan Hughes, the artist’s face seems to emerge from a rich red background. Hughes is known for his sensitive and engaging figurative...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sade
Located in Nashville, TN
"Sade" is an acrylic-on-canvas painting of the Nigerian-born British singer/songwriter Sade Adu by Nashville artist James Threalkill. People being his prima...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lisa Palombo, "Big Red Flag Portrait #5" Secretariat Equine Acrylic Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This bold and patriotic equine impressionist painting, "Big Red Flag Portrait #5" by artist Lisa Palombo is a 24x18 acrylic sketch on watercolor paper. De...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Lantern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Symbolically representing the ordeals of the young man and the necessity for a sharp vision to see through the hurdles.
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Mother Nature - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Mother Nature is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2016.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Technique, dimensions, and date are writt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Marion Lewis - 20th Century Acrylic, Bluebird
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautifully vibrant portrait showing a finely dressed woman delicately holding a bluebird to her chest. The artist has signed and inscribed to the reverse. The painting has been pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Fox
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil on Canvas
28 × 22 in
71.1 × 55.9 cm
This is a unique work.
This work includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Provenance: Owned by artist
Free Shipping in US and Europe [Standard...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Playing the Harmonica, Post Cover
By Eugene Iverd
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Saturday Evening Post Cover, October 6, 1934
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she ende...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Self Portrait, Street Art, Pop Art,
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Self Portrait of Jay-C
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Luxury Redefined, Richi Rich, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Richi Rich keeps toilet paper in his vault.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British sense of humour,
he addresses stereotypes of modern society and his work, both playful and profound, stimulates us to question conventional social conceptions. JAY-C is a barometer responding to the world around us.
Having had his first solo exhibition in 2018, in the same year he did a collaboration with BoConcept on their iconic Imola chair...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Mosaic, If
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 60 x 50 x 3 cm
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? People say the Winged Victory is very beautiful. Admirers come to the Louvre from all over the world. A lot of them just to take a picture to prove they saw it and say to friends, look, this is Winged Victory, how beautiful! Is it really that beautiful in her mind ? not necessarily. If it has head, do you still think it is beautiful? I am afraid many people will have a negative opinion. What is it that blurs the eyes of human beings and makes people's judgments of beauty vary widely?
The painting uses knife...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Child and Her Companion 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Solace (2022), figurative portrait, floral, flowers, pink, street art, muralist
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Solace" (2022), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state
Figurative portrait, face, profile portraiture, hair, braids, fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
Regina - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Meme Money 007: Green Goochi, ' by XVALA, Mixed Media Painting
By XVALA
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this mixed media 24"x24" painting, 'Meme Money 007: Green Goochi,' by XVALA, the artist colorfully plays with the 'Gucci' brand in tandem with the childhood cartoon series, SpongeBob. SpongeBob, as a green 'Goochi Sponge,' takes center stage with a green letter pattern on the canvas background. The work is a screen print with additional painting and iridescent oil stick by the artist with predominant colors of green and gold.
XVALA's art illuminates the hidden fallout spawned from our high tech Internet age. His 'Fear Google' campaign exposed the decay of privacy and No Delete used hacked nude celebrity photos to highlight loss of control over personal information. The artist has worked with trash from the homes of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and others, as well as dirt from the graves of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. The dirt appears in the New World Order collection as part of a pyramidal, 3D printed, living ant farm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Screen, Oil, Mixed Media
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Two Fine Lady Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed.
proven...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
KLIM
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
KLIM, 2021
Acrylic, African wax print sewn on canvas
198 x 205 cm
78 x 80 3/4 in
Exhibition:
RAPHAEL ADJETEY A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
YELLOW WATCH
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
YELLOW WATCH, 2022
Acrylic, African wax print sewn on canvas
205 x 149 cm
80 3/4 x 58 5/8 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
God is a Negro 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pop Art Style Portrait of Al Capone
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic portrait of Al Capone by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 60x60. It is unframed...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pop Art Style Portrait of Frida Kahlo
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic portrait of Frida Kahlo by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 60x60. It is unframed. A certificate of auth...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Seduction
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Self-portrait
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)," (2021) by artist Anne-Louise Ewen is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 24" x 20" x 1.5". The painting features pink, oran...
Category
2010s Contemporary 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.
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