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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure with Cherubim in Wilderness
Italian School, 17th century
oil painting on wood panel
framed 13 x 11 inches
condition: overall for its age very good, though the work is most likely a preparatory...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid 19th Century English Miniature portrait of a young gentleman
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very delicately painted small scale portrait on marble of a handsome young gentleman. Superb detail and colour - a very striking piece and a rare example of a work by this first ra...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Marble
Lovers At Rue De Anges Villeneuve-Loubet, circa 1920
Located in Blackwater, GB
Lovers At Rue De Anges Villeneuve-Loubet, circa 1920
Large circa 1920 portrait of two French Lovers at Rue De Anges, Villeneuve-Loubet, oil on canvas. S...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1-5-23 (diptych), 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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Portrait of a Lady
By Alexandre-François Caminade
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alexandre François CAMINADE (1789-1862)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on wood signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Wood size : 22 X 15 cm
Frame size : 40 X 30 cm
Alexandre-Françoi...
Category
1850s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), dated 1840
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), dated 1840
by Daniel MACLISE (1806-1870) sales to $600,000
Large 1840 portrait of a young Charles Dickens, oil on canvas by Daniel Maclise....
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady With The Golden Flower
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Lady with the golden flower shows how special and beautiful the flower seems to the lady holding it. It helps to explain that African ladies are as well known to be golden and specia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Angel Freia
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this piece, I poured my heart into capturing the essence of innocence and wonder. Utilizing acrylic, spray, and ink, I embraced fine art and impressionist techniques to i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Academic 19th Century portrait of a young woman by Cabanel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a prominent French academic painter known for his mastery of Neoclassical and Academic art. Born on September 28, 1823, in Montpellier, France, Caba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Vignette of a Hunter and his Brittany Spaniel's Day in the Field
Located in Charleston, US
Renowned sporting artist, Sandra Oppegard's charming vignette of a hunter and his Brittany Spaniel's active day in the field captures the essence of the sport of bird hunting. In t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Dutch Old Master Large Oil Painting Portrait Gentleman in Ruff Collar Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Ruff Collar and Robes
Dutch School, 18th century
oil on canvas laid over panel, unframed
board: 28.5 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Melancholic Sappho - 19th Century Pre-Raphalite Exhib Oil Painting Greek Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - Woman with White Irises
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil portrait depicting a woman with a vase of white Irises. She wears a flowing pink dress and pearls as she looks into the distance. In Victorian flower language white ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph Thraves, Portrait Of A Scholar, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming portrait by Derbyshire artist Joseph Thraves (1805-1851) depicts a scholar proudly standing with his hand on an open book. It’s likely that the family commissioned this...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holy feeling
Located in Sempach, LU
This piece conveys the enchantment of nurturing love. Symbols intertwine in every corner of the canvas, seemingly disparate at first, but together they form a harmonious composition....
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Strength in Diversity 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
We tend to lose a lot when we are divided probably because we are from different parts of the country or the world.
Inside our differences lies a strong force that can never be defea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
State of the Nation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
He made the decision to go closer after hearing a disturbing noise coming from the upper room. When he arrived, he carefully pulled back the green curtain at the enormous room's entr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sisterhood, Original Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Five women gather together, each striking a unique pose in their continuous yellow scalloped skirt. Pompom-like shapes dangle from below their hair, complementi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Caspiu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flirt, set of 9 separate paintings
Located in Sempach, LU
It's a set of nine separate paintings. The position of each of them can be changed. You can also use each picture separately.
The size of one painting is 20x20 cm
The edges are pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
6-11-13 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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Portrait Sleeping Girl by Danish German Genre Painting Master 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Johann August Frederik Carl Lorange (1833 - 1875) was highly skilled Danish artist of German roots. Not much known on his biography, unfortunately, but most of his works were produc...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Love
Located in Oslo, NO
Crafted with delicate brushstrokes in oil, my work captures a timeless moment of introspection and stillness. It embodies the deep connection with one's inner self, exploring the com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Resurrection Christ Tiziano 16/17th Century paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
By Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Resurrection of Christ
Follower of Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Venetian school of the late 16th/early 17th century
Oil on canvas
108 x 78 cm. - Frame...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wonder
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this piece, I sought to capture the essence of childlike wonder and the enchanting dance of life. Through layers of acrylic, collage, and ink, I crafted a figurative real...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Study for 'Regroup'" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "Study for 'Regroup'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a city scene where many strangers are gathered , waiting on public transit toget...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Morning
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've used acrylics and oils to capture a serene yet poignant moment. The figurative style embraces the complexity of human emotion, as the subject's thoughtful gaze in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The modest faun Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting blue mythology oil
Located in Paris, FR
OIl painting and oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
1930's French Oil Portrait Of A Forlorn Lady In Orange Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Of A Lady
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting canvas paper stuck on board, unframed
measures: 18 high by 14.5 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Set Alight
By Zoe Hawk
Located in Denver, CO
My work deals with the complex experience of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and belonging. These themes are tackled within scenes of play, group interacti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Not a Race
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
You are not in any competition with anyone, life is not a race but a journey, be honest with yourself. Search for your purpose and do it as best as you can. Step by step, day by day,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait Of A Girl, 19th Century by Robert ANDREW (19th Century) Newlyn School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of An Birmingham Industrialist, dated 1904
by George F. HARRIS (1856-1924) Birmingham Society Painter
Large 1904 Late Victorian era portrait of a Birmingham Industriali...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Benjamin" Benjamin Franklin Impressionistic Colorful Abstract Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of Benjamin Franklin. The thick brush strokes and fun marks creates an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists fro...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Face Your Fears 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Face Your Fears" by Simon Obeka is a thought-provoking artwork that captures the essence of courage and self-discovery. At its core, the painting features a young woman adorned in a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1-4-9, 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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Late 19th century oil on board portrait of a lady with book and lace
Located in Oostende, BE
Unsigned oil on board painting painting of a 19th century woman holding a book and dressed with a lace hat and collar. The level of det...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Carina - Original Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erin Hammond is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist whose free-form paintings capture the essence of her inner, subjective realities. With a vibrant palette and dynamic mark...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
White Table 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
"On house arrest" nude painting china ink on canson paper framed 92x72cm 2009
Located in Roscoff, FR
"On house arrest" nude painting china ink on canson paper framed 92x72cm
the enclosed beauty that can no longer give the measure of its potential
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
"Bond"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I seek harmony in my interpersonal relationships. The sense of harmony gives me a feeling of well-being and peace. For me a harmonious relationship is life-changing and mutually nurt...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic
Early English Victorian Large Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Bonnet & Lace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
English artist circa 1830-1850 period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 x 33 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: over...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1935 English oil of a terrier dog portrait, Bonzo
Located in Woodbury, CT
W.Redworth, English portrait of a terrier dog, circa 1935
Wonderful oil on canvas portrait.
A very English animal portrait and a very well painted painting, framed in an amazing a...
Category
1930s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cool Breeze-original impresionism figurative landscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Cool Breeze" by Kelly-Anne Cairns captures the essence of summer leisure and seaside tranquility in a mesmerizing tableau. This original still figurative painting, executed with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FIGURATIVE painting magical "Study for magenta spirit" textured mixed in rose
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
The one who is absent Painting 20" x 21" inch by Ion Xiua. Mixed technique. Oil on canvas made with professional Winsor & Newton colors protected with gloss varnish with UV protecti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pops, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "Study for 'Closer Than We Thought'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark interior portrait of a man in warm light with multiple sha...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pablo Picasso (+ quote says believe in your imagination and it’s real) - Artwork
By Peter Engels
Located in London, Chelsea
Peter Engels' "Pablo Picasso" is a compelling acrylic on canvas that serves as a profound homage to the creative genius of Picasso. The monochrome palette chosen by Engels is strikin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid 19th Century Oil - The Stocking Knitter
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished oil study depicting a Victorian lady wearing a long gown embellished with lace and a matching bonnet. The study is a great insight into 18th century craft, showing th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In Green Round Neck 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 9 x 6 inches
In...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Crayon
Ray Simonini, "Emmett" 16x8 Pig Farm Animal Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Emmett" is a 16x8 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a pink pig against a colorful background.
About the artist...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The flood priestess Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting mythology blue oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
The nostalgic nymph Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting mythology blue oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Pastel, Paper
19th century Portrait Painting of Young Girl with Doll and Pop-up Toy
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Portrait painting of young girl with doll and pop-up toy
Beautiful carved in gilded frame
Oil on canvas
14 x 28 unframed
23.5 x 37.5 framed
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-portrait to the arcane thief Timothy Archer Contemporary art mythology blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paiinting and oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Totem of ubiquity Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting mythology blue green
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Oil Pastel
Model And Painter 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
Untitled Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red mythology oil paint pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint ond oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Oil Pastel
Meeting 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
Old Man: Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sympathetic portrayal of old age, really very pretty work by this British artist.
oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted and very good condition
Category
1990s Modern 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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