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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Abstract
Durga, Acrylic on Paper, Red, Yellow, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Gangopadhyay - Durga, 22 x 14 inches (Unframed Size) Acrylic on Paper, 2020 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Should you want it framed and ready to hang ..please let us know and we will be happy to assist . Style : Subrata Gangopadhayay is widely considered one of India's leading painters in the modern realistic tradition. The strength of his lines and the life-like quality of his figures are features that have contributed to his enormous popularity and success. Subrata's artistic vision is informed by swirling colors, a sense of movement and a vivid array of color. The characters are in oil and acrylic canvases, come alive in all of their colorful glory. He has the skills of a virtuoso draftsman, skills that he honed during his years as the Senior Artist of the Ananda Bazar Group of publications. Subrata's women are all of these - charming 'adorable, seductive, vulnerable...compassionate... as with great controlled skill he expresses their moods through their eyes, smile & open body language. Each canvass is an excellent blend of technique & feeling as it evokes a nostalgic mood, each element expresses and emotional involvement - such is the charm & magic of his canvasses just as overwhelming is the variety of his work done. Undoubtedly a Master painter he is also a distinguished portrait artist, who paints in a mixed style within the broad expressionist format, standing firmly on the solid technical foundation derived form his training in academic realism. Brushwork ranges form smoothly realistic to the patchy impastos of vibrant expressionist bristles. About the Artist & his works : Born : Kolkata in 1959. Education : 1980 - Graduated form Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata First class First Diploma in Paintings. Solo Shows : 1990 : Expressions, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 1991, 93, 95, 96 & 99 : Galerie Ganesha, Delhi 1992 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai & Gandhara Art...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Yellow Roses
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career. Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The turbaned Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The dancer Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The red hat Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

EFFIGY EMERGENCE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on board. Hand signed on front by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be c...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

The Man With The Beretta - Seascape Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

A Windy Day - Contemporary Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Self Portrait #4 City of Angels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mindset
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Remember ye, not former things, neither consider the things of old." Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have ne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Forward Motion - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Recovery - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soulmate 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Our mindsets dictate our product and output. The mind presides over our endeavors The Power of mindsets should be trained and nurtured towards achieving the best and making great imp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

THE GORGE WALKER - Painting of the Artist's Wife Hiking Through a Gorge
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In THE GORGE WALKER, Charlie Newton attests to the spiritual reality of our human relationship with nature. Emphasizing the linear qualities of nature, its ability to permeate deep i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ole Lukoje, Sandman
Located in Oslo, NO
Controversial hero in Scandinavia-Ole close your eyes. The image of the Sandman can have both a positive connotation , he is a kind creature who calms naughty children and brings goo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Embers Stare 1, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with orange hues and black geometric patterni...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

C.Z Guest Time cover. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
C.Z Guest Time cover, 2024 by Manuel Santelices From the Fashion series Ink and markers on paper Image size: 15 in. H x 11 in. W Unframed The artist have covered the New York Colle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

"Leaving the Circus", Original painting, Figurative art, Women, Pastel, Ethereal
Located in Deddington, GB
Acrylic painting on linen canvas. Inspired by the Circus. The painting shows a blurred portrait of a female. Pastel blues, greys, pinks and white fill the composition with an ethere...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Against All Odds 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The face of this black woman shows the expression of victory, success, and triumph. As humans, it is inevitable sometimes to experience difficulties, but this period strengthens us and prepares us for the greater future. This is always a reminder that..there is light at the end of the tunnel. (Written by the Artist) 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 (Issue by The Galley) - About the Artist Damola Ayegbayo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Other Side 6
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I don't know why I keep believing That one day they'll bring us together When they've shown, in more ways than one That all they care about is the money You belong to the one politic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bakeneko 2.
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and realistic styles, with a focus on port...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Female Figure 1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brave Girl 18
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Be Thy Self with Glory
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sisters
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career. Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vision of Hope 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I was inspired to paint the portrait of an African girl, so people could see life through her lens. For you to see what it is for a disadvantaged, underprivileged child growing up in a world that doesn't care about them. Yet despite all of this, what is it that you see when you look into his eyes? Every child regardless of their background has the right to Education, grow up in a healthy environment, proper feeding and agriculture, clean water, adequate medical program, economical development, and skilled programs, All these bring immediate and lasting solutions to children and families living in extreme poverty and provides a greater future. - I choose to use my art as a voice for all those children who do not have one. To the governments and other civil organizations who have a moral responsibility to stand up and be counted, that time is now. 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 (Issue by The Galley) - About the Artist Damola Ayegbayo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame By European schooled artist, Late 20th Century Gouache and Ink on canvas Framed size: 14.5 x 16 inches ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

What's New? by Annemarie Ambrosoli Oil on Canvas Abstract Expressionist
Located in Kiens, BZ
What's New? (2017), oil on canvas, 50 x 65 x 2 cm, by Italian contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli. Hand-signed by the Artist front lower center, dated and signed on the verso of...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Goya Disorders, Pastel Tones Diptych, Black Gestures, Urban Forms, PinkGeometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Narcissus Awoken Visage, Dark Tones Face Painting on Papyrus Paper, Pink, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Large Abstract Cubist Style Multicoloured Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Art, Picasso Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist Oil painting on canvas, unframed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Brave Girl 15
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Twirling, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An elegant figure dances among decorative floating shapes, her glowing gown swirling with motion as she twirls with delight. Painted with a palette knife, she s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mama
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic, latex on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Latex, Acrylic, Canvas

Vermilion
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Hide and Seek (portrait) - abstract art , made in black and white, blue colors
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Hide and Seek (portrait) - abstract art , made in black and white, blue colors. The game of hide and seek. The leitmotif of the repeatability of the plot causes fear, fear is very romantic, this is the main motive of surrealism. Intrusive repeat of the plot. No fate. There is a choice. If everything is predetermined, there is no one to judge. In the modern world, the artist is a peculiar explorer of the time that he lives In. The “main character” of this world is a man whose gaze is turned inward. This view projects its existential reality, where the figurative language of painting is a method of transmitting abstract images of the experiences of the main characters and the time in which they exist on an equal footing with the viewer. Pictures of Daria Kotlyarova have no plot, at first glance, they have no action, but there is a moment. The moment before the second “before” ... and the viewer stops and freezes in tension, this is almost a psychological “cinema reception” that refers us to David Hockney...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Brave Girl 16
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Brave Girl II
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Lonely Hearts
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Gingham
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Brave Girl 12
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Brave Girl 14
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 notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Bakeneko 3
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Bakeneko.
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Color Pencil, Canvas, Linen

Atlas
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait dragons
Located in Oslo, NO
Portrait in kitsch style with a Chinese pipe and two dragons. If you look closely, there are three dragons in the picture.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Color Pencil, Acrylic

Violet
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing and conveying its contents, with particular involvement of methodologies from geography, anthropology, sociology to cultural studies. Her works have been in the past approached to the works of Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1770), but in Gullotta's paintings the absence of color makes the spaces particularly ethereal, allowing them to be ideally lifted to new places and to new life. An artist of international caliber who has decided to entrust her return to her homeland to Almach Art Gallery in Milan, while maintaining connections with important galleries, such as Marlborough Fine Art in London and Galerie Koch in Hanover. The artwork represents the famous Velasca Tower in Milan. This artwork was exhibited during the Daniela Gullotta...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Sandstone

Large Abstract Cubist Style Multicoloured Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Art, Cubist Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist Oil painting on canvas, unframed C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Calm Before The Storm #3, Original painting, Seascape, landscape, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
The Calm Before The Storm #3 - An seascape painting by Lucy Moore. When winter roles in it slowly strips the earth of her colour and vibrancy, the grey storm clouds creep along the s...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

MMHC PATIENT #3, MS. PATIENCE BROWN
Located in Santa Monica, CA
I have long found inspiration in the everyday. Intrigue and beauty in the nooks and crannies of ordinary life pulling stories out from overlooked places and the offbeat characters. T...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Plywood, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel

Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Stay Forever Free_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE "Stay Forever Free" Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas 40 x 30 inches Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna K...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Canvas, Oil

The Boy Kuba - Modern, Contemporary Portrait Painting, Pop Art, Joyful
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Janina Trojanowska-Zborowska - Modern Expressive, Symbolic Oil Potrait Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_In The Garden_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE "In The Garden" Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas 30 x 40 inches Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kinca...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

Anna Wajcowicz liaison Zośka - Modern Expressive, Symbolic Oil Potrait Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Ewa Matuszewska, Medical Orderly - Expressive, Symbolic Oil Potrait Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

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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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