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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Rococo
French School - Portrait PS 168 Les Quatres coins du coeur Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 168 Les Quatres coins du coeur.
Closeup - portrait of a woman head
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on canvas 61 x 46cm (24x18,1 inch)
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
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 sketch is original, vintage and me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Reading" contemporary oil painting of woman with book, painterly stylized
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Reading" is a painterly contemporary oil painting of woman with a book. A timeless image.
Framed in a simple, modern floating frame.
Kelly Carmody has exhibited at venues including the Portrait Society of America and the Art Students League. Most recently, she was selected for the 2015 BP Portrait Award Show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the 2016 Outwin Boochever Award at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. In addition, the historic Guild of Boston Artists...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Oil Portrait of a Fashionable Young Woman by Barrow c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th Century Oil Portrait of a Fashionable Young Woman by Barrow c.1970
Bright, bold and colorful painting - Classic vintage oil portrait
Or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
L'ENFANCE DE LEDA (PAINTING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Acrylic on canvas painting. Hand signed and titled on front by Theo Tobiasse. Frame size approx 33 x 41 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity incl...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Young Man in Striped Shirt
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1965 portrait of a young man (possibly the artist Don Bachardy) in a striped shirt looking back over his shoulder by Paul Sorel (American, b- 1920...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anna Maria in White
Located in New Orleans, LA
An absolutely lovely portrait of a young woman relaxed on a couch that perfectly captures the slackness in her relaxed body, much harder to achieve than it looks. Portrait/figure pai...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Dark Haired Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). The abstracted background has texture created with d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Ballerina"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Ballerina
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28 x 28 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man seated in Bar by Candlelight Signed Antique Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Figure by Candlelight
19th-20th Century European School (most likely French)
signed indistinctly, oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 29 inc...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Rose
Located in St. Albans, GB
'The Rose'
Canvas Size: 38.5 x 28" (98 x 71cm)
Outside Frame Size: 48.5 x 38 (123 x 97cm)
Oil on canvas
Emile CHARLET
1851 - 1890
Born 1851 in Belg...
Category
1870s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School - Portrait PS 126 De guerres lasses - Oil Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait of a woman with blue and yellow hair with a crown of flowers.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on 3D canvas extra thick 70 x 50cm (25,5x19,7 inch)
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
A Farmerette on a Wheat Field Landscape Painting, Framed and Signed
By Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite landscape oil on canvas painting featuring a farmerette ( lady farmer) enjoying the open view of a fertile wheat field with the farm home in the background and mountain ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Oil Couple in Green Lake Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School early 20th century, signed 'Guy Rose' to the lower left corner.
Title: Couple in a rowing boat on a lake within a landscape; v...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dongxing Huang Modernist Original Oil Painting "The Sound of Music"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Sound of Music
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 16.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Dongxing Huang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Watercolor Painting, "Embrace You"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind watercolor on paper figurative painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its framed dimensions are 15" x 18"x 1". It is framed. A certificate of authent...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the surfa...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Southern School Black Woman Walking Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Maitreya. Spring. Suzhou, China
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Oleksandr Khrapachov "Maitreya. Spring. Suzhou, China"
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910- 1985) oil painting, portrait
Located in Framingham, MA
This is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas, depicting the Portrait of a woman in a profile, titled "Sun and Shade".
Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed African-American Artist Charles...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Blue Eyed Boy Vintage Portrait California Impressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Blue Eyed Boy Vintage Portrait California Impressionist
Wonderful 1940s portrait of young boy on cusp of adulthood. His piercing blue eyes draw y...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait Johann Theodor Bavaria, Son of Prince Elector, by Joseph Vivien, Rococo
By Joseph Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703-1763)
by Joseph Vivien
Johann Theodor of Bavaria (* September 3, 1703 in Munich; † January 27, 1763 in Lièg...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the sur...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Elderly Man Beard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
French School, mid 20th century
inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 11 x 7.5 inches
condition: overall very good
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Milkgirl, Rococo-Style, Unknown Artist, Pastel Drawing
Located in brussel, BE
Not only in the 17th century, but also in the 18th century, genre painting, where people are portrayed in their daily life, was successful. The theme of the milkmaid, which we all kn...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
YiTao Chen Cinderella Series 1 - Nude Lady
Located in New York, NY
Title: Cinderella Series 1
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: YiTao Chen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School - Portrait PS 198 Le chaperon rouge - Post Impressionist (Large)
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait of a woman with sunglasses and headscarf.
Technique: oil, acrylic, ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm / 21,6x21,6inch
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Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family.
Vladimir Glushenkov...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Tempera
John Fishing
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
John Fishing by Lu Haskew
Oil 30x24" image size
Figurative Portrait of a man with fishing pole.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lu considered it a must to work with live models once or twice...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Watercolor Painting, "Patata"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind watercolor portrait painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 13.75" x 13.75"x .75". It is framed. A certificate of authenticity will...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Herman Hyneman Original American Portrait, Signed and Dated 1907
Located in Larchmont, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907)
Sunday Morning, 1907
Oil on board
15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/3 x 17 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Copyright 1907 by H.N. Hyneman
Inscribed verso: Sunday Morning by H.N. Hyneman
The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island."
Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master.
In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay.
In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
French School - Portrait Pachamama Glósóli 005 XXL Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
PPachamama Glósóli 05
Portrait closeup of a woman with blue hair. Vibrant and powerful stare.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on large canvas 120x80cm ■■ 47,2 x 31,7 inch
Structur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink, Acrylic
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain oil on board painting impressionist seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Sitges - Oil on panel
Oil measures 22x31.5 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
double sided
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Denver Gambit" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "The Denver Gambit" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a crowd of people gathered together playing matches of chess.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tango. 1998, cardboard, oil, 36.5x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tango. 1998, cardboard, oil, 36.5x30 cm
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mario, Oil on Linen/Panel, Impressionism, Oil Painters of America, Portrait
By Judy Crowe
Located in Houston, TX
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Mario is a portrait by Judy Crowe that was just completed in 2022 Mario is an example of the the Impressionist painters that the artist most adm...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Young Woman, American Impressionist
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait of a young woman in a white blouse in the style of William Merritt Chase. ( American Impressionism). This work was most likely painted from life and is wonderfully painted a...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bill Bate, Reflections, Original Figurative Painting, Nude Artwork, Water Art
By Bill Bate
Located in Deddington, GB
Reflections by Bill Bate [2022]
original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:122 cm x W:92 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:122 cm x W:92 cm x D:3cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Impressionist Oil - Elegant Abstract Portrait Of A Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021)
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter.
Title: Lady Portrait
Medium & Size:
oil painting
canvas: 35 x 26 inches
Condition:
the painting is very sound and good.
Provenance:
private collection, France
The painting is for auction with no...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Ballerinas - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Ballerinas - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock
Colorful portrait of two ballerinas by Jassen Marek (20th Century). Two ballerinas are shown in white, green, and blue. They are bendin...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Pen
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu", Albert Bertalan, Original Oil, Blue, Figurative
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu" is an original oil on canvas impressionistic portrait of a woman by Albert Bertalan. A red-headed lady sits with her hand pressed upon her cheek thoughtfully thinking in front of a blue background. The painting is framed with an ornate gold frame.
From the late 19th century until World War Two, Paris was the center of the art world. Artists and intellectuals from around the globe descended on Paris, drawn by the atmosphere of creative freedom established by the French Impressionists. Because of the Impressionists’ innovations the direction of art had changed forever, the times were ripe for another Renaissance. The School of Paris, as this broad-based group of artists are referred to embodied the spirit of modernism.
Albert Bertalan was born on September 21, 1899 in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He is known for painting compositions of figures in unique environments, including women by the sea, among other similar subject matters. He studied at the Nagybanyai Art School under some of the most important Hungarian artists, including Ivànyi Grünwald...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Paper
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Man
French School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed top right, 'Valadon'?
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 28 inches
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Yellow Background Portrait Of A 1960s Fashionable Lady In Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Claude Benard (1926-2016, French), signed
Portrait of a Fashionable Young Lady
oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed bottom right
painting: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: the artists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
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1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two friends 1991, cardboard, oil, 31x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two friends
1991, cardboard, oil, 31x22.5 cm
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
18th C, Original Oil on Canvas, Attrib. THOMAS PATCH (UK, 1725-1782), Caricature
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an unusual unique antique 18-century original oil painting on board depicting a figure of a gentleman wearing a white wig and dressed in a red jacket and white jabot, typical of the period. His face is almost comical in its expression and exaggerated features.
Possibly part of a larger composition. Attributed to THOMAS PATCH...
Category
Late 18th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School - Portrait PS 127 Blue Soey - Oil Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait PS 127 Blue Soey
Portrait of the artist Soey Milk wearing a blue dress
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on canvas 61 x 46cm (24x18,1 inch)
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Snow Fall from the Studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A serene depiction of a winter day. The artist's reflection is visible in the window, blurring the lines between the cozy interior and the cold exterior.
Framed Dimensions: 15.5 x 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Signed Edwin Austin Abbey oil painting of the Virgin and Child with saints
Located in Larchmont, NY
Original Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852-1911) oil painting of the Virgin and Child with saints, circa late 19th-early 20th century.
Signed low...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Armenian Beauty
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting's canvas size is 20"x16". Signed lower right and on verso. Gallery certificate of authenticity is included.
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl in Pink Dress, 1937 Portrait Painting by Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino Artist
By Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1978)
Signed: F Amorsolo 1937 (Lower, Right)
" Girl in Pink Dress ", 1937
Oil on canvas
26 1/8" x 19"
H...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Israeli Judaica Oil Painting, Holy Man Portrait
By Shaul Victor
Located in Surfside, FL
Shaul Victor, (1947-2016), Russian American Israeli artist, paints vivid Judaica/Israel scenes and portraits.
Shaul Victor, painter. Born in Russia in 1947, immigrated to Israel in the early 70's and lived in Safed. He became Orthodox religious.
Shaul Victor graduated from the Academy of Art in Kiev, where he studied between 1967-1973. Immigrated to Israel from the USSR with his wife and children in 1973 after having conflicts and difficulties with the Soviet authorities.
He was accepted as a member to the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association and received a studio and a small gallery in the Artists' Colony in Safed, where he worked for many years. He became a prominent painter among the artists of Safed and received great respect and favorable reviews in the leading Israeli newspapers.
He was also chosen to appear on the Israeli TV (the only channel in the 1980s) about art in Safed.
Select solo exhibitions:
1974 Safed and Bezalel, Jerusalem (Portraits Exhibition).
1976 Smith Gallery London.
1977 Edelstein House, Kiryat Shmona.
Shaul Victor participated in group exhibitions in the Artists' Quarter Gallery in Safed, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, in the Chai Gallery, Chabad Chassidic Art Institute in Brooklyn, and in other art galleries in Brooklyn. Shaul Victor is one of the artists championed by the Chai Gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn New York, they have represented all of the major Lubavitch Hasidic artists such as Baruch Nachshon, Hendel Lieberman...
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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LARGE 1980'S BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED OIL - THE BRIDGE & GROOM WEDDING PARTY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, circa 1980's, indistinctly signed and dated lower corner.
Title: The Wedding Party (with further work verso).
Mediu...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Pink and Blue Dress
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 corne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
French School, Portrait of a Lady, Actress, Young Woman, French , Rococo, Oval
Located in Greven, DE
French Art
Rococo
Portrait of a Woman, Young Lady, perhaps an actress
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Gayane
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting is oil on canvas, signed lower left and the date and signed on verso. The gallery certificate of authenticity is available.
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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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