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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Artist: Katherine Fraser
"Layers of Meaning" Oil on canvas, female figure, party scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Layers of Meaning" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 68" x 58" and is shipped in the pictu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Results Are In" Oil on canvas, seated figure, balloons, unicorns, favors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Results Are In " is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 40" x 54" and is shipped in the pic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Second Wedding" Oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Second Wedding" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 48" x 54" and is shipped in the pictured...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"What Might Have Been", Red-Headed Woman and Parrot Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "What Might Have Been" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser made of oil paint on canvas. This piece measures 36.5"h x 36.5"w framed and is shipped in the pictured framed. Katherine Fraser has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mysterious to Ourselves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "Mysterious to Ourselves" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser made of oil paint on canvas. This piece measures 46.75"h x 42"w framed and is shipped in the pictured framed. Katherine Fraser has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Two Paths Diverged", Large Portrait Woman in Garden with Roses Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large oil painting on canvas of a woman in a garden with roses titled "Two Paths Diverged" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame measuring 49”h x 5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"What You See", Blue and Yellow Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Katherine Fraser. The piece ships in the pictured frame measuring 18.25”h x 16.5”w. PRESS RELEASE // Paradigm Gallery is pleased to pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Thought Process" Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Thought Process" is an original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser in an artist-made wood frame measuring 43”h x 41”w, as pictured. "My paintings depict moments of quiet ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Outward Bound", Figurative Oil Painting, Nature, Woman by Water, Blue, Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative blue, green, brown, white, and beige painting titled "Outward Bound" is an original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The War of Independence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The War of Independence" is an original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame measuring fifty-nine inches in height ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Revelation", Large winter landscape with woman oil painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Revelation" is a 48in x 62in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Doubting Mind
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Doubting Mind" is an original oil painting by Katherine Fraser measuring 15.25”h x 13.25”w. The piece ships in the pictured custom frame. Bio // Katherine Fraser's artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sphere", Large Oil Painting of Pensive Man with Globes, Planets
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Sphere" is an original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser. This piece measures 40in x 52in and is framed in an artist-made wooden frame. Artist Statement // This man is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Letter to the World" Hyper-realistic oil painting, woman and palm trees
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Letter to the World" is an original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame measuring 37”h x 45”w, as pictured. This p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Conversation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Conversation" is a 53.5in x 67.25in original oil painting on canvas by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. Artist statement // "Life often strikes me as a string of moments,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Shipwrecked Heart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Shipwrecked Heart" is an original oil painting by American artist Katherine Fraser. The piece ship in the pictured wooden frame and measures 64”h x 50”w. "I think a lot about ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Elegy", Figurative Oil Painting, Woman, Tree, Grey, Blue, Brown, Beige
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative, blue and grey oil painting"Elegy" is an original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame measuring 46.75”h x 48.5”w, as pictured. This piece is par...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Illusion of Progress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Illusion of Progress" is a 59in x 79in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. "Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of film ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"No Hay Nada Mas" Hyper-realistic, Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"No Hay Nada Mas" is a 31in x 43in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a serie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Good Instincts" Figurative, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Good Instincts" is a 37in x 47in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Always the Fool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Always the Fool" is a 51.5in x 61.5in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame. "Life often strikes me as a string of moments, lik...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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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.

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