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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Pop Art
Untitled (Spring I) - Figurative Portrait Green and Blue 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
Audrey Hepburn
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Audrey Hepburn" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. A...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Canvas, Acrylic, Giclée
Fairy Dream, Portrait, Flowers, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Contemporary Art
Title: Fairy Dream
Size: ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Lennon
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "John Lennon" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. Afte...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic, Giclée
Nude Reclining - Lady in the Artist's Studio Dappled Light Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful impressionist oil on board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a nude lady reclining on a blanket in the artist's studio. The work is very well ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1885 Signed Antique 19th century oil painting on canvas, Portrait of a Lady
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 19th-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a female portrait.
The young woman gazes directly at the viewer with an air of quiet confi...
Category
1880s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Impressionist Self Portrait Artist with Palette Oil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Self Portrait of the Artist
French Impressionist painter of the late 19th century
oil on canvas
canvas: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charlie Chaplin
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Charlie Chaplin" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Canvas, Acrylic, Giclée
"Anticipation" Oil painting 39" x 39" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anticipation" Oil painting 39" x 39" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has notabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Signed Oil Portrait Nude Lady Dancing with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tambourine Player
French School, circa 1950's-1960's
signed lower front corner
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18 x 16 inches
board: 14 x 12 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn Monroe
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Marilyn Monroe" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. A...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Giclée, Canvas
1900's French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Elderly Lady in Mirror
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elderly Lady, mirror behind
French Impressionist artist, late 19th/ early 20th century
extensively inscribed verso with details
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 x 18.5 inches
...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shelter me
Located in Sempach, LU
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Shelter Me" is an evocative portrayal of the human need for protection and emotional safety. The central figure, with her eyes closed in a serene, almost meditati...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blending into the landscape
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is from the series La Dolce vita. It is done with watercolor on a watercolor paper.
Linda Clerget focuses on the exploration of colors and textures, inspired by the na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Prince. Celebrities Portraits, Pop-art.
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Prince" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. After the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic, Giclée
Portrait of Henriette, Cubism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Cubism
Title: Portrait of Henriette
Size: 36.5" x 29.5" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
MALCHIK
Located in Santa Fe, NM
MALCHIK
Evgeni Samsonov was born in 1926 in the city of Irkutsk, Siberia.
Samsonov worked in the genre of “theme” painting and was a leading Social Realist, recognized for his superb painterly handling of anatomy. He made his artistic debut in 1951 and until his passing in 1988, participated in more than forty monumental art exhibitions in Russia and abroad.
Evgeni Samsonov’s paintings can be seen at the museums of Russia. The artist’s works are included in private collections in Japan, France, Italy, England, Germany and Sweden.
Since 1995, the Pushkin Gallery...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed French Impressionist Antique Oil Portrait of Man with Beard Paris Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed French School, Bouchet (19th-20th Century)
Title: Portrait of a bearded man
Medium: oil on board
Size: 11 x 8.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange Yellow Fight For Change - Biennale winner, pop art, urban, contemporary
Located in Dallas, TX
Orange Yellow Fight For Change - is a Biennale Winner 2021 and Golden Art Award Winner 2022.
Patrizia Casagranda's artwork comprises of a multi-la...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Jacques Madyol, Brussels 1871 – 1950, Belgian Painter, A Gypsy Lady
Located in Bruges, BE
Madyol Jacques
Brussels 1871 – 1950
Belgian Painter
A Gypsy Lady
Signature: Signed bottom right, verso signed Jacques Madyol, titled "Gitane" and placed Studio 5 Rue Gachard, Bruxel...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper
Two -Man Portrait by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947), in bright colors and abstract paint strokes. Wearing ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink
French School - Portrait 22 PS 19 Frida on Fire (Large) Oil Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait 22 PS 19 Frida on Fire
Portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo with Blue Hair
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ballpoint pen on paper mounted on wood 64 x 49cm (25,2x19,3 inch) wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink, Acrylic
Woman on the beach Spain oil on canvas painting impressionist spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Woman on the beach - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 47x56 cm.
Frameless.
It presents restorations.
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Van Gogh. Celebrities Portraits, Pop-art.
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Van Gogh" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. After t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Canvas, Acrylic, Giclée
Etude de travailleurs - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Henri Cross
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Impressionist watercolour on paper circa 1890 by French Neo-Impressionist painter Henri Edmond Cross. The work is a rear view study of three workers in standing and kneeling position...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Christ as a Gardener by Edouard Manet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edouard Manet
1832-1883 French
Christ as a Gardener
Oil on canvas
Beloved for his invaluable role in the development of the Impressionist movement, Edouard Manet's artworks are foundational to the canon of art history. The revolutionary artist's rare religious works, while lesser-known, are some of the most intimate paintings he ever produced, offering insight into the artist’s fascination with the idea of humanity’s beautiful and transcendent relationship with suffering. Begun in 1856, Christ as a Gardener is one of his earliest renderings of Christ and offers a view into nascent motifs that would later define Manet’s monumental legacy. In the painting, Christ’s profile is turned toward the viewer, though his face is turned to the bottom left of the frame and his downturned eyes avert the viewer's gaze. His brown robes contrast the warm light of his halo and the dramatic sky behind him.
As with all of Manet’s work, this image is rich with symbolism. A partial self-portrait, as seen in the similar facial hair and iconic appearance of a paintbrush-like garden tool, the painting renders the biblical scene of Mary Magdalene mistaking the risen Christ for a gardener with personal intimacy. As the biblical tale relays, when Mary Magdalene recognizes Christ, she reaches out to him; he replies, “Touch me not.” The highly charged relationship between the Christ figure and the viewer, standing in as Mary Magdalene, is further emphasized by Christ’s hand that appears to reach out for contact. Through this extension of touch, Christ’s presence is tangible, reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel. This intimate initiation of human connection directly contrasts Christ’s biblical words, “Touch me not.”
Scholars have attributed this rejection, both in gaze and through words, to Manet’s conviction that Christ, as a human, embodied a spirit of renunciation and rejection of his earthly existence. Christ’s distant expression suggests a willingness to be elsewhere — an expression that Manet will later use in his most distinguished works of art.
Manet would go on to expand his view of Christ as a timeless embodiment of absolute commitment and suffering with his monumental Salon paintings...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait PS 194 So What, Mondrian (large) - French Oil Painting 21th
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 194 So What, Mondrian,
Portrait closeup of woman
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch
》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled (Spring V) - Figurative Portrait Green and Aqua 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
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Located in Sempach, LU
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" is an evocative piece that captures the transcendental moment of spiritual rapture. The central figure, poised in a state of divine surren...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Pink and Gold Tie) - 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 cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
TRUTH
By Greg Miller
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These innovative, mixed-media paintings render familiar imagery and text into assemblages saturated with poignant slices of Americana. Nostalgic nods to ubiquitous tropes, such as bi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Forest at Winterthur Garden, original 20x24 impressionist floral landscape
By Jim Rodgers
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
On a fresh spring day strolling on the red clay pathways through the famed forest at Winterthur Garden, the flowers simultaneously feel their way through the rich soil and lush green...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Sunlight, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Woman in Sunlight,
Size: 22" x 25" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Friendship Wharol/Basquiat"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I was inspired by the exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat held at the Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris ( from April till August, 2023). This p...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Post Impressionism
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Size: 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andy Warhol. Celebrities Portraits, Pop-art.
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "Andy Warhol" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″.
The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. Afte...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic, Giclée
French Oil Portrait of a Gentleman with Moustache Signed & Dated 1916
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, signed and dated 1916
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 14.5 x 11 inches
canvas: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Portrait of Man Playing Music with Horn
By Henry Bacon
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Henry Bacon served as a soldier and war artist during the American Civil War, and was badly wounded in the Second Battle of Bull Run before he began his art career. He then studied i...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2)
Located in New York, NY
Shepard Fairey
Jasper Johns Red, 2010
Silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood. Hand signed twice - on both the front and the back
23 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches
Frame included
Edition HPM 2/2
This wonderful and culturally significant hand painted multiple on wood board is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Obey Giant Art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen, Acrylic
Lady in the Artist's Studio - Beautiful Dappled Light Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful impressionist oil on canvas board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a lady reading in the artist's studio with a portrait on an easel. The work is very well painted with a wo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid 20th Century French Painting Portrait of Man with Moustache in Flat Cap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School
Title: Portrait of Man in Flat Cap
Medium: oil on board
Size: 12 x 10 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The painting is in o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in the Artist's Studio - Beautiful Dappled Light Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful impressionist oil on canvas board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a lady in the artist's studio. The work is very well painted with a wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Woman Artist, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2014
Style: Portrait
Title: Woman Artist,
Size: 27.5"...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fierce No.02 - Impressionist Frida Kahlo Portrait Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Fierce No.02' is an impressionist portrait painting of Frida Kahlo by urban impressionist painter Steve Javiel. The piece incorporates a blend of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Pastel
Portrait of a Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Post Impressionism
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Size: 37.5" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New Day, Portraits Abstract, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2011
Style: Contemporary Art
Title: New Day
Size: 31.5...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Dew, Portrait, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2010
Style: Surrealism
Title: Morning Dew
Size: 31.5" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1888 Ch. Rotzer Antique original oil painting on canvas, Genre Scene, Gold Frame
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an interesting antique 19th-century original oil painting on canvas depicting an interior scene with a knight and a cavalier competing for the attention of a young lady. CONTINENTAL SCHOOL.
Signed and dated in the lower-left corner Ch.Rotzer, and dated 1888.
Condition: stable craquelure overall. Very good condition. Relined.
Presented in a gorgeous antique ornate gold frame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Water Carrier, Portrait, Still Life, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2012
Style: Portrait Surrealism
Title: Water Carrier
S...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait Young Girl Beautiful Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl
by Anna de Banguy (French circa 1960's)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 17.5 x 14 inches
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Like A Dream IV) - Figurative Portrait Blue and Aqua Woman Pop Art
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
Untitled (Fire IV) - Figurative Portrait Pink Orange 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
Temptation, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Post Impressionism
Title: Temptation
Size: 35.5" x 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jeune femme à l'ombre d'un arbre
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961)
Jeune femme à l'ombre d'un arbre
Circa : 1903
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Format of the work: 27 x 36 cm
Stamp of the artist on the back...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I was inspired by the exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat held at the Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris ( from April till August, 2023). This p...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
BE A SOMEBODY WITH A BODY (UNIQUE)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique acrylic painting and silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed and dated by Andy Warhol on verso. Authenticated on verso by Andy Warhol Authentication Board. Custom framed as pictu...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Screen
Watercolor Portrait of a Little Girl in the Fur
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This American Impressionistic portrait by Elizabeth Baker (1860-1927) is signed in the lower left center. The charming little blue eyed blond little girl's soft gaze engages the viewer. This impressionist's specialty is portraits in pure aquarelle and in oil. She painted many life sized portraits...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
AVE MARIA
Located in Sempach, LU
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The painting "AVE MARIA" presents a figure of tranquil beauty, with eyes closed in a moment of inward reflection. The striking pink hair adds a modern flair to the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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