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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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17th Century Large Italian Old Master Oil Christ and the Penitent Canaanite
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th Century Italian School
Christ and the Canaanite Woman
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 30.5 x 35 inches in an antique gilt 'hollow' fra...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Byzantine Style Icon Painting Christ in Majesty Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ in Majesty
French School, 20th century
oil on panel, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 25 x 15.5 inches
board: 23 x 13.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: some paint loss and chipping but overall good and sound condition
The painting appears to be a depiction of Christ in Majesty, a common motif in Christian religious art...
Category
20th Century Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Fauvist Interior Scene Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early American fauvist interior scene. Great colors and composition. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Measuring 20 by 24 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Sir Henry Wotton in a Black Doublet & Ruff, Fine & Rare Carved Frame
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
A feature of this exquisitely rendered oil on panel portrait, presented by Titan FIne Art, is its remarkable seventeenth century carved auricular / Sunderland frame...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of the Holy Family - Italian 17th century religious art oil painting
By Bartolomeo Schedoni (circle)
Located in London, GB
This superb Italian 17th century Old Master religious portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Bartolomeo Schedoni. Painted circa 1610 it is a portrait of the Holy Family. Ma...
Category
1610s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Couple #4- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Couple #4
50 x 40 cm
Oil on wood
Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence.
For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections.
For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject.
This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples.
The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone:
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'A Fashionable Young Woman in a Chiffon Ball-Gown', Scandinavian Oil Portrait
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicately-observed, three-quarter length oil portrait of a young woman in society, fashionably dressed in a pinch-waisted, embroidered chiffon ball-gown and wearing a gold pendant and teardrop earrings with tea roses in her hair; the subject shown gazing towards the viewer with candor and good humor. Displayed in a period, black-walnut frame with period gilt liner. Danish School...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary hand painted acrylic on canvas pop art Disney red blue figurative
By Wizard Skull
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted acrylic on canvas - lives and works out of Brooklyn NY and is represented by Krause Gallery in Manhattan NY.
signed on edge of canvas
Pai...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Bird in Snow' French Vintage Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Bird in Snow', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a unique still-life painted by the artist in warm colours in an Impressi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings throu...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Zeus and Ganymede - Paula Craioveanu oil canvas Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm
Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede.
Part of my NeoMythology project.
Shipped as it is, stretched.
"Z...
Category
2010s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress With Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil - Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 17th Century Italian School
Title: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: canvas: 21” x 16” (53.3 x 40.8cm)
Pro...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
James P Barraclough, Portrait of a young woman, Royal Academy exhibit
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delicately painted portrait of a pretty young maid imbued with a beautiful light.
James P Barraclough 1891 - 1942
The Kitchen maid
Signed and dated 1923
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inc...
Category
1920s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Giovanni Carbone (Genoese Master) - 17th century figure painting - Portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
Giovanni Bernardo Carbone (Genoa 1614 – Genoa 1683) - Portrait of a gentleman.
200 x 142 cm without frame, 212 x 154 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame....
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meditacion Kowa, Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas by Ivan Guayasamin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ivan Guayasamin, Colombian - Meditacion Kowa, Year: 1998, Medium: Acrylic on on Unstretched Canvas, signed, Size: 56.5 x 69 in. (143.51 x 175.26 cm)
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Country House Portrait Faringdon House Oxfordshire Grade 1 Listed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
English School, mid 20th century
inscribed to label verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Limelight
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in bright colors and shapes
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Saint Michael Archangel Reni 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art
By Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael Archangel
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642) Workshop/Follower of
17th-18th century
Oil on canvas (104 x 68 cm. - In frame 109 x 68 cm.)
This high quality painting is b...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Roch with Saint Jerome + Saint Sebastian - British Edwardian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb religious figurative oil painting is by noted artist Wilfred de Glehn. Although some experts rank de Glehn alongside Sargent, he is considered as something of a late British Renoir, for his deft use of sunlight and shadow. Indeed he was good friends with John Singer Sargent and collaborated with his on some projects. This painting, painted circa 1910 is of three saints, from left to right they are Saint Jerome, Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian. It is based on a work attributed to 16th century artist Alessandro Oliverio. Saint Jerome was a biblical translator and monastic leader and is depicted in red, holding books. Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian were known as the Plague saints - Plague saints offered hope and healing before, during, and after times of plague. A specific style of painting, the plague votive, was considered a talisman for warding off the plague. It portrayed a particular saint as an intercessor between God and the person or persons who commissioned the painting – usually a town, government, lay confraternity, or religious order to atone for the "collective guilt" of the community. Rather than a society depressed and resigned to repeated epidemics, these votives represent people taking positive steps to regain control over their environment. Paintings of Roch represent the confidence in which renaissance worshipers sought to access supernatural aid in overcoming the ravages of the plague. The thirteenth-century Saint Roch (or Rocco), whose death is still commemorated in Italy, is especially invoked against the plague. He attended plague victims in public hospitals in Italy according to traditional accounts of his life. Images attributed to the Spanish historical painter Nicolás Borrás in the Royal Cornwall Museum, or other works in institutions from The National Gallery to the Wallace Collection, show him baring his thigh to show the mark of the plague, as he is in this painting. Saint Roch is also the patron saint of dogs, after one carried food to him in the prison where he died...
Category
1910s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Back View 11, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Back View 11" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the nude back of a brunette woman sitting in a chair with white fabric delicately...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady with her dog
attributed to Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, Dutch 1622 - 1672 *see notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 40 x 33.5 inches
provenance...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Torera: the Spanish Girl who could take on a bull latin art nouveau period oil
Located in Norwich, GB
My analysis of this striking art nouveau period painting evolved as I studied it. Initially, I thought it was simply a portrait of a dashing, stylish, somewhat androgynously dressed ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century XIV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century XIV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait Duchess Woman 17th Century Paint Van Gelder Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jan van Gelder, Italianised as Giovanni Vangheldri (Antwerp 1621 – Modena 1685)
Portrait of the Duchess Vittoria Farnese d'Este (Parma, 1618 – Modena, 1649) wife of Francesco I d'E...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Isabella Blackett, Countess Of Buchan, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Isabella Blackett, Countess Of Buchan, 18th Century
English School
Large 18th Century English portrait of Lady Isabella Blackett, Duchess of Buchan oil on canvas. Excel...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th century 1950's Portrait of Stylish Lady Seated by Fireside Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Francis Wynne Thomas (1907-1988), signed
Painter and art teacher born in Bromley, Kent. He was an architectural graduate from Cambridge University but went on to study art at Heatherleys (193-34) under Frederick Whiting.
Title: Portrait of a Stylish Lady...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Pre-Raphaelite Oil Portrait of a Young Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School Circa 1900
Title: Portrait of a young woman, head and shoulders
Medium: oil on board, framed within an antique 'Florentine' gilt frame.
actual pain...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"I Defy Gravity" Marilyn Monroe Portrait Pop Art Street Art Colorful Painting
By Gieler
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous icon, Marilyn Monroe. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romantic beauty. Its compos...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Woman Seated in Yellow Armchair"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted portrait oil painting on stretched Belgian linen canvas, ready to hang. Framing options available on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Sky Light" Blue Oval Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Sky Light" Blue Oval Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a light blue background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 12 x 10 inches
Framed: 17.5 x 15.5 inches
*Painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge 17th Century Spanish Old Master Oil Painting Wounded Pilgrim with Angel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pilgrim and Angel
Spanish School, 17th Century
oil on canvas, gilt framed
framed: 48 x 37 inches
canvas: 43 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, Barcelona, Spain
condition...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bide Your Time - 21st Century, Surrealism, Figurative, Women, Africa, Globe
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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.
About Artist
Bor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
17th Century Flemish Baroque Old Master Oil on Panel Flagellation of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flagellation of Christ
Flemish Baroque, 17th century
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 31 x 42 inches
wood panel: 19.5 x 26 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Rocky Mountain Stream" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Rocky Mountain Stream" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist nude portrait of a woman walking through a stream in a vibrant green forest.
About the artist:
Quang Ho was b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Portrait of a Black Man - Mid 20th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very interesting 1960's French oil on canvas portrait of a black man wearing a hat. The work is superbly painted and in very good original condition. Indistinctly signed lower righ...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century English Portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson's great grandfather
Located in Norwich, GB
A fascinating portrait dating from circa 1695-1700 with wonderful provenance: it belonged to the British industrialist Leonard Pelham Lee (1903–1980) and hung in his manor house in W...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Realist" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "A Realist" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a man deep in thought, it measures 8 x 8 inches. This painting is framed and ready to hang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of West Highland Terrier White Dog Vintage English Oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Snowy"
English School, 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1707 Antique 18 cent. original oil painting on canvas, Portrait Maria Adelaida
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 18-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a beautiful woman In a dress of dark gold brocade trimmed with lace. A bright bl...
Category
Early 1700s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
GIRL WITH KITTEN- In the Manner of F.Ballavoine's - Italy Oil on canvas paint
Located in Napoli, IT
Girl with kitten - Giulio Di Sotto Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x50
Frame available on request from our workshop.
This painting is Giulio Di Sotto’s personal reinterpretation of the 19th century French painter Jules Frédéric Ballavoine...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden Spirit no. 17, original painting, contemporary, abstract, portrait
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting by Agnese Negriba. Female figure is depicted in a reclining position and is enjoying a moment of contemplation and relaxation in a fragrant and blooming space. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Man with Pipe - 19th Century French Impressionist Smoking Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb late 19th century French impressionist oil on board portrait of a man with a pipe. Painted with short and fast brush strokes by a highly competent artist.
A striking period...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sighthound Dog Painting of an Italian Greyhound with a Beautiful Collar
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's sighthound dog painting is of an Italian Greyhound with a beautiful collar. The Italian Greyhound, a sighthound dog, has the poise...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Young Beautiful Framed Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American modernist portrait painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Is There Anyone Here?..
Located in Zofingen, AG
A cozy café with three visitors: two in dark attire, one figure in a checkered coat. The interior is understated with retro details, and soft blue light filters through the windows. ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
self portrait mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - self portrait
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frame size 63x55 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) i...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman Selling Fruit oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman Selling Fruit
Author: Rosendo González Carbonell
Technique and Support: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31.9 x 25.6 in (unframed)
Period: 1970s
Style: Costumbrist realism with impressionist influences
Condition: Part of a private collection
Description of the Artwork
The painting portrays a woman holding a basket filled with fruit, notably apples and pears, focusing on warm and dark contrasts that add depth and realism to the composition. The artist creates an intimate atmosphere, skillfully manipulating light to highlight the woman's facial features and the textures of the fruit. The figure’s attire evokes a classical style, likely inspired by costumbrist themes.
Rosendo González Carbonell, renowned for his focus on traditional scenes and female figures, employs in this piece loose yet precise brushstrokes, creating dynamism that enhances the composition. The warm hues of the fruit and the serene expression of the woman reflect the artist’s intention to capture a moment of everyday life with sensitivity and expressiveness.
Author’s Biography
Rosendo González Carbonell (Barcelona, 1910 - 1984) was a Spanish painter recognized for his focus on female figures, portraits, and landscapes. He studied at the Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sabadell under the mentorship of Mayoral and Antoni Alsina i Amils and also attended the "Llotja" art academy in Barcelona. He was a disciple of Bonaventura Puig Perucho and maintained a close friendship with painter Alejandro Huerta Lucas.
He participated in the National Fine Arts Exhibitions held in Barcelona in 1942 and 1944. His work reflects the tradition of Catalan painters such as Joaquim Mir and Santiago Rusiñol, as well as influences from impressionist masters like Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. González Carbonell often depicted small villages, rural churches, and tranquil landscapes, balancing meticulous detail with impressionist brushstrokes that bring his compositions to life.
Similar Artists
González Carbonell shares artistic sensitivities with other renowned painters who captured the essence of landscapes and human figures through light and color:
Joaquim Mir: Renowned for his luminous interpretations of the Catalan landscape.
Santiago Rusiñol: Famous for his delicate depictions of rural scenes and local architecture.
Josep Amat...
Category
1970s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century English Antique Bay Hunter horse in a stable, called Business
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Calvert was an animal painter, particularly of the sporting variety and best known for his depictions of horses, hunting scenes and equestrian hunting portraits...
Category
1840s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Purgatory Heaven" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Purgatory Heaven" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon. Portrait Oil painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil on canvas. "Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon"
In this painting, a vivid and joyful spectacle unfolds before us, as if a sunbeam has penetrated directly onto the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Artist White Suite, Wild Tie" Modern Abstract Cubist Figurative Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features his signature Cubist-inspired bearded male figure wearing a brightly colored t...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cuzco School - A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish, 1800s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anonymous, Cuzco School
A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish
oil on canvas
1800s
canvas dimensions 22.24 x 15.74 inches (56.5 x 40 cm)
frame ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Blake of Night" (2012) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Blake of Night" (2012) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure crawling forward on a slab o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Egg girl in green
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an elegant lady sitting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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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