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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Blue
By Kris Knight
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kris Knight (b. 1980) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for his dreamy portraits of young men.
Knight's work is acclaimed for his distinct portrayal of conte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Diver" Contemporary Figurative Surrealist Portrait painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Diver" - Surrealist portrait painting of a female emerging from the water with a pearl on her tongue by Paul Green. Acrylic on panel. Signed on back by art...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Denim series.From the life of Bastian .Ice cream.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've woven layers of acrylic and ink to capture a joyful moment in time, where youthful exuberance shines through a child's delighted expression. Marvel at the fine ar...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
French School, 17th Century, 'Portrait of the Marquise de Grugieres', oil canvas
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
French school, 17th Century
Portrait of the Marquise de Grugieres
Oil on canvas
26.1/4 x 21.5/8 in. (66.7 x 54.8 cm.)
In a gilded composite frame, later production (possible early 1...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a notable with a mustache
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1910s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bullet Hole Justin Bieber - graphic, pop-art, acrylic, spray paint, on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This painting has an incredible provenance, once stolen from his exhibition at Toronto's International Film Festival in 2017, it was returned unharmed and is now available at Oeno Ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Vignette of a Brittany Spaniel Pointing at Pheasants in Flight
Located in Charleston, US
Renowned sporting artist, Sandra Oppegard's charming vignette a Brittany Spaniel pointing at pheasants in flight captures the essence of bird hunting. In this captivating hunting v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a birdman
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Portrait of a bird man in oil born from the mystery of painting. 36" x 64" inches, made with professional Winsor & Newton colors protected with gloss varnish and UV protection. Shipp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
At The Bridge
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julius Friedländer, Portrait Of The Artist’s Mother, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century oil painting by Danish artist Julius Friedländer (1810-1861) depicts his mother, Rebecca Friedländer (1777-1858).
Friedländer was predominantly a genre paint...
Category
1830s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
"Au Fait" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Au Fait" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic portrait of a modern male figure.
About the Artist:
Artist Mark Bailey’s painte...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
4-1-16, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil
"Jean Michel" Basquiat Colorful Pop Art Portrait Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By Gieler
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romantic beauty. It...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Eva By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Self Chaperone", surrealist, woman, portrait, mixed media, acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Self-Chaperone” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in flesh tones, yellows and greys. The portrait depicts the inner conflict between uninhibi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow Country
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century - Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century
circle of Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Large 19th Century French classical scene of The Death Of Icarus, oil on canvas circle of Alexandre Cabane...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Holy Family with saints Anne and Joseph. Tuscan school. Circa 1610.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Holy family with St. Joseph and St. Anna.
Tuscan school. Late mannerist period, Circa 1610.
Oil on canvas.
Size 102cm x 77cm
Painting by an unknown Tuscan painter from the lat...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of The Artists Daughter "Margaret Gainsborough", 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of The Artists Daughter "Margaret Gainsborough", 18th Century
Circle of THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727–1788)
Large 18th Century portrait of Margaret, daughter of Thomas Gainsb...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zeus and Ganymede - original painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm
Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede.
Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist's studio.
Category
2010s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spur, Noiseless and Stuttgen Triptych. Mixed media on a B&W photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Spur, Noiseless and Stuttgen Triptych 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series INFINITE
Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating
Overall size: 21.6 in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Huge 17th Century Spanish Old Master Oil Painting Wounded Pilgrim with Angel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pilgrim and Angel
Spanish School, 17th Century
oil on canvas, gilt framed
framed: 48 x 37 inches
canvas: 43 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, Barcelona, Spain
condition...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Franken School Crucifixion of Jesus Pannel
Located in Pasadena, CA
Frans Francken the Younger (1581, Antwerp – 6 May 1642, Antwerp was a Flemish painter and the best-known and most prolific member of the large Francken family of artists.[1] He painted large altarpieces for churches as well as smaller historical, mythological and allegorical scenes. His depictions of collectors' cabinets established a popular new genre of art in the era. Francken often collaborated with other artists, adding figures and narrative elements to scenes created by specialists in landscape, architectural and floral still life painting
Francken was a versatile artist who practiced in many genres and introduced new subjects into Flemish art. Many of his works are small historical, allegorical and biblical...
Category
17th Century Flemish School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Basic Instincts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This abstract portrait painting is inspired by the work of Picasso. A unique patchwork style composition by artist Ilana Greenberg. The work is framed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Tempestas" - Contemporary Nude Figurative Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Braquet is a top-selling artist in New Orleans, and as his paintings sell out quickly at the Royal Street gallery that represents him we are thrilled to have been chosen to sho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Cumulonimbus
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fair Price
By Fabio Fabbi
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Fabio Fabbi, born in Italy in 1861, stands as an acclaimed Orientalist painter renowned for his devotion to capturing the exotic allure of the Orient. His mastery of oil painting on ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
By Enoch Seeman
Located in York, GB
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
A very fine 18th century portrait of Sir Francis Seymour as a boy,oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame, circle of Enoch Seeman
The size of the painting is 49 x 39.5cm (19¼ x 15½ in.) whilst overall the size is 65 cm x 56 cm
The painting is in very good condition, the Canvas has been relined, and recently cleaned.
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's, 19 January 1945, lot 34 Anonymous sale, Crewkerne, Somerset, 24 April 2009, lot 1947
SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR
Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590 – 12 July 1664), of Marlborough Castle and Savernake Park in Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
In June 1611 he was accused of abetting the escape of his brother William Seymour and his wife Arabella Stuart, but protested his innocence. He was knighted by King James I at Royston on 23 October 1613. In 1612 was settled on him by his grandfather the manor of "Puriton with Downend" in Somerset, formerly one of the many possessions of his great-grandfather the 1st Duke of Somerset.
In June 1642, Seymour signed the declaration that the king had no intention of war. He followed the King to York, offering to raise twenty horse in his cause, and Parliament accordingly declared him a delinquent. In autumn 1642 he went with his brother, the Marquis of Hertford, into the Westcountry to organise the royalist forces and suppress the parliamentary militia. He crossed the Bristol Channel...
Category
18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sarah Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Large 1800's English Oil Country Gentleman in Parkland before Stately Home
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The English Gentleman and his Country House
English artist, circa 1800-1820 period
Fine Georgian period portrait of a young English gentleman, seated with distant view of his country...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of a Young Girl
Oil on canvas, c. 1895
Signed lower right (see photo)
Edmondson studied in Paris with Lefebvre and Aman-Jean. This work shows the influence of Aman-Jean.
Con...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mayor of Lyon' - Portrait of an Older Man - Vibrant Abstract Geometric Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
"Mayor of Lyon" by Robert Glick is a 36" x 36" oil on canvas that exemplifies contemporary abstract expressionism with a distinct geometric twist. This st...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dimitri Likissas - Porsche 964, Painting 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Porsche 964
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
43.3" x 88.2"
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image show...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Located in Greven, DE
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel
No Man's Land
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emerald Lapels, Oil Painting
By Malia Pettit
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
With closed eyes and a subtle tilt of her head, a woman confidently flaunts her shimmery eyeshadow, tonal highlights, and plump red lips. Against the beige backdrop, her dolled-up face and glowing skin create a captivating contrast. The playful touch of green tips on her curly hair adds a fun element to the sensual quality of the piece. The artwork comes with a Larson-Juhl matte natural frame measuring 2.25 inches deep and 0.25 inches thick.
About the Artist
Malia Pettit sees her artistic process as an act of “liberating the paint†and “allowing for the unexpected to occur.†Her portraits of women stem from a fascination with glossy magazines and their portrayal of models, actors and celebrities. Her work has been especially influenced by Chantal Joffe and John Singer Sargent. She currently resides in Louisiana after having lived in both California and England for several years. When she’s not painting, she is a full-time mom and enjoys exploring estate sales, antique stores and used bookstores.
Words that describe this painting: portrait, woman, face, hair, lips, people, pop, oil painting, beige
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Regina dei Fiori - 19th Century Society Oil Painting Portrait of Italian Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Regina dei Fiori’ by Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933).
The painting – which depicts an aristocratic Italian beauty sitting beside a porcelain vase full of peonies – is signed by th...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuban Games- 21st Century Contemporary Painting, of a group of people playing
By Mitzy Renooy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Mitzy Renooy
Cuban Games
100 x 100 cm
Frame included in price, size with frame: 105 x 105 cm
Dutch artist Mitzy Renooy, a former camera woman for national television, did follow art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Boats in the Bay
Located in Sempach, LU
He loves to dive and swim underwater, like when, after many dives, he just lay in the sea with his arms outstretched on his back and rested. Suddenly I felt a movement under me ... a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century painting of the Dalbiac family in the gardens of a country house
By Charles Philips
Located in Bath, Somerset
The painting depicts James (Jacques) Dalbiac, his wife Louise (ne de la Porte) and their five children, James, Charles, Louise, Marianne and Martha in the ornamental gardens of a grand country estate.
The extensive gardens extend into the distance with gardeners working in the background and figures strolling through the avenues of trees. A peacock and peahen can be seen on the wall to the left and a potted orange tree to the right. Louise Dalbiac holds an orange taken from the orange tree, aluding to the family's faith and their loyalty to the protestant King William of Orange and their adopted country.
The Dalbiacs were wealthy London silk and velvet merchants of French Huguenot origin who had fled France at the end of the 17th century to escape persecution for their protestant faith. England offered safe refuge and their skills and industriousness allowed them to establish one of the most successful businesses in London's Spitalfields which became a new centre of the silk trade, effectively leading to the collapse of the once dominant French silk industry. Both sons, James and Charles followed their father and Uncle into the family business, successfully growing the family's fortune and each going on to own their own country estates.
A conversation piece is a genre of painting used to describe group portraits of families and friends, often depicted with their servants and family pets and set within an elegantly furnished interior or the garden of a grand country house. They were a celebration of the intimacy of family relations as well as a sign of status, property and the power of succession. The informality of conversation pieces grew popular in 18th century England, allowing the sitters to present themselves in a more relaxed pose, perhaps engaged in intellectual conversation or showing their talents or interests. In this present portrait, the Dalbiacs are shown richly dressed and and at leisure in a grand country house setting, conveying their success and cultural and social aspirations.
Charles Philips (c.1703–1747) was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century. He was the son of portrait painter Richard Philips...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Young Girl Reading a Book, Pointillist Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
"A Young Girl Reading a Book" is a captivating portrait by Swedish artist Gustaf Arnolds.
Arnolds was a prolific painter whose roots began in Vingåker and later in Ronneby from his teenage years.
His educational journey in art took him through prestigious institutions such as Althins målarskola and the Tallbergska grafikskolan in Stockholm,
followed by a significant period at the Konstakademien, Stockholm, between 1904 and 1909. His talent and dedication were recognized early on, earning him a scholarship to Paris, a city that would deeply influence his artistic direction.
This particular work, likely painted shortly after his return to Sweden, reveals a profound influence from his time in Paris. It portrays a young girl absorbed in reading a book, a simple yet profound subject that Arnolds imbues with a sense of tranquility and introspection. The background hints at a serene landscape, dotted with quaint houses, a nod to the everyday beauty surrounding us. What sets this piece apart is Arnolds’ technique, reminiscent of pointillism but distinguished by longer, more expressive brush strokes that add a vibrant texture and depth to the canvas. This method showcases Arnolds' unique adaptation of the techniques he encountered during his Parisian studies, particularly during his interactions with Nils Dardel...
Category
1930s Pointillist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Factory Girl" Marilyn Monroe & Campbells Soup Pop Art Acrylic Painting Canvas
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Marilyn Monroe juxtaposed with Andy Warhols iconic Campbells Soup. With impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is abl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fine 19th Century British Sporting Art Oil Painting Horse in Stable Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Horse in a Stable
by F. C. Partridge, signed and dated 1880's
English artist, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 28 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenan...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Holiday dress"
Located in Sempach, LU
I would like to wear an evening dress and go to a restaurant to celebrate the New Year. I would like to...
In this painting, I crafted a narrative of elegance and joy. The radiant fi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Black and Bold 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Black and Bold" by Loje Oluwaseun celebrates the essence of blackness as a symbol of beauty, grace, and confidence. In this striking artwork, Oluwaseun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Lena
Located in Sempach, LU
With a creative approach and strong inspiration, unique and emotional images created with brushes and palette knife on canvas, acrylic and oil,
using also silver and gold leaf is th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cuban Dancer (Female Portrait Cuba)
By Moses Soyer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 2, 1974. Cuban Dancer, ca. 1950s. Oil on panel measuring 15.25 x 18 inches. Signed upper right. Two original ACA Galleries labels affixed o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Chronos and the blade of destiny Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting myth
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Smile of Joy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Allegory of Music School After Lorenzo Lippi
Located in Pasadena, CA
After Lorenzo Lippi (Florence, May 6, 1606 - Florence, April 15, 1665) is a Baroque painter of the Florentine school and a seventeenth-century Italian poet.
Category
17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy
Located in Spetses, GR
Presenting an enchanting oil painting on canvas by the acclaimed Greek artist George Alekou, capturing the timeless beauty of youth. This figurative masterpiece portrays a young boy ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'écolier, 19th Century - Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)
Located in Blackwater, GB
L'écolier, 19th Century
circle of Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)
Large 19th Century portrait of a young village school boy, oil on canvas circle of Jules Bastien-Lepage. Excell...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The bearded man
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden molded wooden frame
60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Salud Johnny - Inspirational Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake’s oil painting asks us to perceive the powerful layers of history that shape both art and memory. In Blake’s painting is a man, but what Blake painted is an idea. Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory.
Artist, William Blake channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
Salud Johnny, 2023
oil on linen
76h x 36w in
193.04h x 91.44w cm
WIL049
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. This one looks like a Chassidic Breslov Hasidic man. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful.
Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky...
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Woman`s head etude
Located in Sempach, LU
The etude of the woman's head with deep shadows
Edges are painted, painting is ready to hang.
ABOUT ARTIST
Olha Vlasova is a Ukrainian artist who has been passionate about painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
After David Wilkie (1785-1841) - 20th Century Oil, The Artist's Sister
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study of David Wilkie's 'The Artist's Sister, Helen Wilkie' who was later Mrs William Hunter. The original is currently in the Scottish National Gallery's collection. ...
Category
20th Century 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.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
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