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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Couronne de Marguerite - French Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting of Paris Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942).
The painting – which depicts a young French beauty wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and ...
Category
1910s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Victoria Montesinos, hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx. 30" x 40" (image).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover D...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Portrait of Aristocratic Gentleman Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic English Gentleman
circle of Thomas Hudson (British (1701-1779)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 53.5 x 45 inches
painting: 45 x 40 inches
provenance: private...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. SIgnés and Dated 1851.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. Dated 1851.
Technique: watercolor and pencil on painter's cardboard.
Some defects ( please see photos).
Partially legible signatur...
Category
1850s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #2, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
English 18th century portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle.
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles (née Godolphin) (1701-1776), Duchess of Newcastle, standing in a wooded landscape with a river beyond, three-quarter length wearing an ivory silk ...
Category
1720s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil/Canvas_ Figurative/Pop Western/Female Portrait_Billy Schenck_Last Chance
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
BILLY SCHENCK
"Last Chance"
Oil on Canvas
30 x 36 in. 36 x 42 in. Framed
Billy Schenck utilizes specific frames of reference in his oil on canvas depictions of the American West, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Counterparty Art, Self Portrait, Serj Tankian.
By Serj Tankian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This artwork, created by the multi-talented artist Serj Tankian, is a captivating self-portrait rendered in a vibrant and eclectic mix of media. Executed on paper with a blend of col...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
SOUP BOX - ONION (UNIQUE)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique acrylic painting and silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed and dated by Andy Warhol on verso. Martin Lawrence provenance label on verso. Canvas size 20 x 20 inches.
The artwor...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Screen
Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #13, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Dipinto Ritratto maschile 1833
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola francese. In basso a sinistra sono presenti la firma e la data scritte al contrario; la firma è leggibile come H. Faillade. In basso a destra è presente invece...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portraits "As We Wait for the Taxi"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I want to go somewhere. I wish to visit a place with a peaceful atmosphere, where I can enjoy nature and take a break from daily routine.
For texture on the primed canvas before pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait #3. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #3, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa "Spring"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring is coming, lilacs will bloom, and we'll be able to wear ripped jeans again. In creating this piece, I fused figurative elements and realism to capture a moment, timeless yet i...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Figurative oil painting titled Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961)
Oil on canvas
100 x 56 cm (39 ⅜ x 22 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, G. Manzana 1905
This work is accompanied by...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
By Arthur Heyer
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow"
Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right "Heyer A."
25 1/2 x 21 (29 1/4 x 3...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Portrait of a Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Powerful oil on board original painting of a portrait of a man’s head by the American National Academy artist John R. Grabach. Signed lower left, “John R.Grabach N.A.” Signed verso ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
17th century Flemish old master painting - Adoration of the Shepherds Christmas
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Victor Wolfvoet the Younger
Surrounded by an elegant and broad black frame, i...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
English satirical painter - 18th century painting - Connoisseur and Tired Boy
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (late 18th century) - The Connoisseur and Tired Boy.
39.5 x 32 cm without frame, 46 x 38 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden frame.
-...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Portrait of Man with Beard
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait of Man with Beard
Original mid century abstract expressionist of man with beard by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904 - 1...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
(1934-2022) LARGE ORIGINAL oil painting MODERNIST EXPRESSIONIST PORTRAIT STUDY
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Robin Hambro (1934-2022) American
TITLE: "Expressionist Portrait"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 120cm x 95cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Born ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Come Out and Play", Child Portrait, Chicago transport, Acrylic on found wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Come Out and Play" is an original piece by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic paint on found wood. This piece measures measures 24"h x 14"w unframed.
"Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies.
There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
William Harisch (1914-1967) - 1951 Oil, Bavarian Pipe Smoker
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study depicting a man in traditional Bavarian dress smoking a pipe. The elderly gentleman wears a colourful jacket over his lederhosen and a charismatic smile. Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Denise Jones Adler, Endangered, 2022, Mixed media, Mystical
Located in Darien, CT
Denise Jones Adler's work is both personal and archetypical and seeks to memorialize a moment in time, the fragile nature of life, and the emotional impact of the past on the present. Her portraits and dreamscapes pinpoint an unsettled view of the world, layered with a subtle sense of amusement and innate feminism.
Adler is influenced by the Feminist Art Movement as well as Expressionism and the Dada movement. The collages of Hannah Hoch...
Category
2010s Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Linen, Acrylic
Saul on the road to Damascus
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Frances Bannerman 1844-1944, was a Canadian born painter. She travelled to France, Italy and England where she lived for the remainder of her life. In 1886 she married an English art...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Woman in Purple - Parisian Art Deco Female Figurative
By Dominique Amendola
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in Purple - Parisian Art Deco Female Figurative
Colorful and quirky art deco style figure painting of a seated Parisian woman dressed in light purple with decora...
Category
1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
'Reut' by Roni Taharlev - Nude Portrait of a Young Woman - Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
In "Untitled," a 20" x 20" oil on canvas, Roni Taharlev captures an intimate moment of introspection. The painting's muted palette, with soft earth tones against a subdued backdrop, ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Saint Jerome Francesco Fracanzano Saint Skull Oil on Canvas Red
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 92 x 77 without frame and 107 x 82 cm with frame , depicting a Saint Jerome in ancient philosopher and ascetic version, typical of the greatest tra...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unknown
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Richard Hayley Lever (1876-1958)
Original portrait done on paper and mounted on cardboard. Signed on back of the cardboard by artist.
Lever was born in Australia studied art in bo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wake
Located in Denver, CO
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Original 1920's/ 30's Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original pencil drawing on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
signed
piece of paper is 12 x 9.5 inches
In good condition, though with ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Portrait Of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone By George Frederic Watts
Located in New Orleans, LA
George Frederic Watts
1817-1904 British
Portrait of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Oil on canvas
This exceptional portrait captures the stately likeness of the famed “Gra...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
We Live Everyday Like
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With nods to urbanism, graffiti, and youth subculture the artwork adds a powerful emotional layer to any space it inhabits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
As We Dance By The Moonlight
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of pink and orange, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa "New Hat"
Located in Zofingen, AG
1 March. Today is spring, which means autumn is coming soon.
These are the associations. In this visceral depiction, I've merged timelessness with contemporary energy. My strokes in ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 3 - Series Final Fantasy, Minutiae Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"Breakfast", Woman Figure, Interior Food, Morning Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Breakfast" is a piece by Akira Gordon made from acrylic and oil on canvas. This piece measures 40"h x 30"w unframed.
Akira hopes to give black people images that they can relate t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Two Black Cats on the Sofa"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, I've juxtaposed the timeless elegance of a poised figure with the playful curiosity embodied by two black cats. My brushstrokes in acrylic and oil dance across the c...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
I Get My Light Right From The Source
Located in London, GB
In this large painting, pop art meets contemporary realism. With a lively, bright palette of red and sky blue, the artist interweaves vibrant acrylics and inks to capture an evocativ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Portrait Of Ferdinando I De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Serving Bread
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Ferdinando I De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Serving Bread
Italian School - inscribed "Qui Bene Servire Optime Ducker Scit" To Serve Well, Is To Lead Well
Large antiq...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Summer Fashion. Young Victorian Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alice Anne Renshaw.
English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ).
Young Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Watercolor & Gouache on Artist's Board ( An embossed stamp in the top left hand corn...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
"Warhola" Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
By Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Warhola" Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood
"The Modern Renaissance" series
Historically, the art world has been an exclusive soc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil Crayon, Oil, Spray Paint
"Hyde Park", Woman Figure, Portrait, Chicago business, Acrylic on Wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Hyde Park" is an original artwork by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic and paper on found wood. This piece measures measures 17"h x 24"w unframed.
"Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies.
There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
"An Invasion", Chicago, Woman figure, social change, Acrylic on Wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"An Invasion" is a piece by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic paint and beads on found wood. This piece measures measures 24"h x 24"w unframed.
"Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies.
There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Found Objects
Harness
Located in Denver, CO
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
young woman with basket of flowers oil on canvas painting
By José Royo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 83x72 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fall of Autumn
Located in Denver, CO
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Surrounded By Fuzzy Friends", Human Figure, Bedroom, Stuffed animals, games
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Surrounded By Fuzzy Friends" is a piece by Akira Gordon made from acrylic and oil on canvas. This piece measures 48"h x 60"w unframed.
Akira hopes to give black people images that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Eyes Wide", Female figure, Bedroom, Diptych, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Eyed Wide" is an original artwork by Akira Gordon made from acrylic and oil on wood panel. This piece is a diptych and measures measures 48"h x 46"w complete.
Akira hopes to give...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Dandy in the garden of black roses &Terrifying night of the first transformation
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dandy in the garden of black roses & Terrifying night of the first transformation, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Overall size: 19.7 H x 31.4 W in.
Individu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique Dog Painting: Cane Corso ("Bodyguard Dog") Jules Chardigny, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gilt frame.
9 x 7 1/4 (15 1/4 x 1...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bleasure 6 (The Converse Man)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Honestly, I have been doing everything I can to become a human being again. I blink my eyes like people do, walk casually, sit with my legs crossed as if I were enjoying myself, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Scruffy Terrier Dog Staring in Gilt Frme
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Alert Terrier
by Martin Theodore Ward (British 1799-1874)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15.5 x 17.5 inches
canvas : 10 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire, Engl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Measure
Located in Denver, CO
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Ian and Oliver Hartt, Portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ian and Oliver Hartt, Diptych, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Overall size: 15.7 H x 23.6 W in.
Individual Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in.
Signed on the back by th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Figurative/Portrait_Earth Tones_Woman on Lawn Blanket_America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman on Lawn Blanket"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
45 x 80 in. 46.75 x 81.75 in Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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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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