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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Color: Silver
Color: Pink
Rebirth
Located in Miami, FL
“Rebirth”
2023
30x40 in
Acrylic on canvas
$3000
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Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brazilian Girls
Located in Miami, FL
Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a female street art collective and since then she has wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Novus Amor, Novis Vita XI, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita XI, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working proce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Marilyn Monroe - Sizzle
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Dimensions: 29.5" x 22.75"
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 55 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
As We Dance By The Moonlight
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of pink and orange, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
First Sight
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original art, mixed media on canvas.
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
SOCIAL Losas "I"
Located in Natchez, MS
This work is from the artist's SOCIAL series, based on the iconic Cuban magazine of the same name. Conde, uninterested in painting his home town of Havana as it currently is, hearkens back to the heydays of Cuba, time of SOCIAL magazine. Conde has revived SOCIAL magazine, if only in his head, and is creating 240 new covers for the magazine. He will symbolically close the magazine on the date of the revolution. The artist often uses gold, silver and palladium leaf in the works to symbolize the power and wealth which Cuba once possessed.
In this work, SOCIAL "I", a stylized woman from a bygone era has plucked the silver I from the word SOCIAL, in the background the pattern is representative of the ever present Cuban tiles.
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver
Dimitri Likissas - Candy Modulations #2
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Abstract
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Cute with the e
Located in New York, NY
Cute with the e
2022
oil pastel, pen, acrylic, and watercolor on paper
6.5 x 4.5 inches
Christina Nicola’s paintings are a direct reflection of herself — a liberated, queer, Black f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Inner Circle
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Clinton Odhiambo popularly known as Clinton Artisto is a self-taught composite realism artist from Kibera Nairobi, Kenya whose work generally investigates and portrays the beauty of struggle faced by common people especially women in their daily life, environment, and the environment he faces. He uses women as a symbol of strength and hope for the future.
His motivation comes from people around him and their environment, memories, photographs, and sometimes conceptualizing his ideas from dreams and imagination. His main inspiration has always been hope for a better tomorrow.
He uses acrylic paint as a medium to portray his subjects in a realistic manner while he also uses color according to the mood he wants to support the story of his subjects.
born in 1997 in Asembo Kenya, Clinton moved with his parents to Kibera slums in Nairobi to look for a greener pasture, he joined Kibera primary school and later started painting while in class seven in order to pay for his school fees.
He has been featured in several group exhibitions Hamptons Fine Art Fair, NYCartwalk, Kenya Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Liberty Icon VII /// New York America Statue Liberty Pop Art Portrait Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Liberty Icon VII"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2023
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 48" x 48"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Shipping: This painting will be shipped canvas rolled with its stretcher bars to greatly reduce shipping cost and ensure its safety during transport
Notes:
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad.
Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...
Category
1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver
Native American Children, Oil on Canvas Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Roberta De La Vega, Three Sisters and a Kittie Cat,
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated 1981
Originally framed
Excellent condition of use
Roberta De La Vega (...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carmine (2023), pop figurative portrait, street art, pink, purple, red, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Carmine" (2023), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state
Figurative portrait painting, pop portraiture, street art, stre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Tired and Brazilian
Located in Miami, FL
“Tired and Brazilian”
2022
35 1/2 x 39 1/2 in
Acrylic on canvas
$3000
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Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
General #2
Located in Southampton, NY
Inspired by various facets of his own life story, Salvadoran-American artist J Oscar Molina creates work that seamlessly bridges cultures, industries, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas
Lean on Me I Lean on You
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Venus Queen of Indian Cinema, Acrylic on Canvas Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - The Venus Queen of Indian Cinema
Acrylic on Canvas, 36 inches (Diameter) , 2022
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Dilip is one of the most promising young artists with his works very nominally Priced.
Oinam Dilip was born in 1982 in Bishenpur, Dileep received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Delhi College of Art. In the early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms of art, which were inspired by the metro cities...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 63 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 16/16"
By Orit Fuchs
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 55 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 19.6/19.6"
By Orit Fuchs
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 55 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 29.5/29.5”
By Orit Fuchs
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
"Blue Ridge Resolve" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Blue Ridge Resolve" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a face transposed over a red and blue landscape.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
At Dawn Oil Painting on Panel Ladies Portrait Cow Animal Landscape In Stock
By Tino Luciano
Located in Utrecht, NL
At Dawn Oil Painting on Panel Ladies Portrait Cow Animal Landscape In Stock
Tino Luciano (1953, Sardinië) Like most artists, Luciano started painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
REINA ROJA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 63 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 24/24”
By Orit Fuchs
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Untitled (Pinks XVI) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
By Hilary Bond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Other Side 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The other side is a piece of art that describes how humans possess the two identities, the ability to be subject to peace, harmony, and Ego, and pride. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Portrait miniature after Boucher's portrait of Madame de Pompadour
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique portrait miniature was made after Boucher's famous painting of Madame de Pompadour, the highly celebrated official mistress of King Lo...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver
Cara Delevingne Icon VII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Fashion Model Actress
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Cara Delevingne Icon VII"
Series: Icon
*Signed, titled, and dated by Graves on verso
Year: 2018
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Ladies Trying to Out-Mystify Each Other, Semi Abstract Figural Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
'Two Ladies Trying to Out-Mystify Each Other', Original 1969 semi-abstract cubist style oil painting portraying two female figures with still life. Figural abstraction, oil paint on ...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Meme Money 000: Goochi Sponge, ' by XVALA, Mixed Media Painting
By XVALA
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this mixed media 24"x24" painting by XVALA, 'Meme Money 000: Goochi Sponge,' the artist colorfully plays with the 'Gucci' brand in tandem with the childhood cartoon series, SpongeBob. SpongeBob as a Goochi sponge takes center stage with orange glasses glasses in a palette of purple, green, and red on a fuschia pink background.
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
Mixed Media, Oil, Screen
Untitled (Pinks XV) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
By Hilary Bond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soulmate
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Can two walk together, except they are agreed?
"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life... to strengthen each other, to be at one w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cute with the e
Located in New York, NY
Cute with the e
2022
oil pastel, pen, acrylic, and watercolor on paper
6.5 x 4.5 inches
Christina Nicola’s paintings are a direct reflection of herself — a liberated, queer, Black femme. With the erotic and intimacy front and center on her canvases, whether they’re miniature or large, Christina’s work offers a lens into this moment in her life — a moment intentionally focused on reclamation & personal exploration.
In addition to honing in on her practice, she has also carved out spaces for Black and brown femme and non-binary artists to showcase their work with a series of exhibitions, the most recent being Sapphic Summer at Brian Leo Projects. Looking forward, the self-proclaimed “AfroRomantic Lyrical Abstractionist ” plans to publish a memoir in conversation with her paintings, debut her first solo museum exhibition, and continue to co-create curative spaces for artists of color...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Acrylic, Oil
In Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
Love? Love? Love is not safe, my lady silk, love is dangerous. It is dec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
California Sun - 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 paintings that speak to the en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Mixed Media, Canvas
Jimi Hendrix original painting Fillmore East 1968 concept acrylic on acetate
By David Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
For Rock and Roll art collectors this is one incredible rare work of art. It is an original painting created by David Byrd based on David's original 1968 first drawing for Hendrix's first 1968 appearance at The Fillmore East. It is featured numerous times in the new coffee table book on David Byrd's art titled "Poster Child"
This original painting on acetate of Jimi was painted in 2006. It was based on David's 1968 original drawing of the very 1st version for Jimi's first Fillmore East appearance. When Bill Graham asked David if he can "add the other two guys" to the image, David created the now famous orange poster with all 3 members of the Experience and this first version of the poster was never created until 2006 when we asked David if he could create an original painting based on the very first drawing that he did for the concert. This original painting was exhibited at the Bethel Woods Museum which is on the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
This original art was painted in the same exact way that David painted his other painting for the famous Hendrix poster...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cool and Calm", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Cool and Calm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman holding a pink ice-cream cone with a pink background....
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Mood Stain - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Mood Stain is a colorful original oil on canvas realized in 2018 by Anastasia Kurakina .
Signed and dated on the lower left margin.
Original Title: Macchia dell'umore .
In excelle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (Pinks XII) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
By Hilary Bond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stunning Woman In Light Blue Dress
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
Untitled
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
Chevrolet Bel Air 1957
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Word For What Binds
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Pink Africa, Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pink Africa" Manuel Santelices
12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored through the illustrations of Man...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
In an Absent Dream
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Celine - Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Lindsey McCord creates artworks that encapsulate the fun of being stylish and the a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Lauren Bacall Icon V /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Model Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Lauren Bacall Icon V"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Hidden secrets Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian art outsider art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tiana - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, femi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Gold Vines - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Jacques Henri Lartigue Icon (Florette Orméa) /// Contemporary Street Pop Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Jacques-Henri Lartigue Icon (Florette Orméa)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 40" x 32"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Notes:
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Florette Orméa was Jacques Henri Lartigue's third and last wife. They were married from 1945 till Lartigue's death in 1986. Orméa was a regular model to Lartigue for his art photography.
Biography:
Jack Graves III is an American artist, born in 1988 in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up surrounded by inspiration having an art dealer as a father, John Graves...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Pink VII - Figurative Portrait Woman Vibrant Pop Art Painting
By Hilary Bond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled (Pink V) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
By Hilary Bond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mystical love Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian outsider art paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Self-Portrait with Pink Hat" Oil On Canvas 28"x28" by Betsy Podlach
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self-Portrait with Pink Hat. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
"IN BETSY’S SENSUAL PORTRAITS, I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Trapper
By June Glasson
Located in Denver, CO
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She live in Laramie, WY. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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