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Portrait Paintings For Sale
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David.
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Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
Peacefulness
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
$500 Sale Price
33% Off
Portrait of a Lady with Pink Bow - British c 1820 Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is a seated half length portrait of a beautiful lady in a b...
Category
1820s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,371 Sale Price
20% Off
A portrait of John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, ca. 1644 - 1674
By Hans Holbein
Located in New York, NY
A portrait of courtier and politician John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, circa 1644 - 1674. This painting is based on a drawing by Hans Holbein, part of the drawings collection of the ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fauvist Still Life with Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Antonio GUANSE (1926-2008)
Still Life with Flowers, 1962
Oil on canvas panel
Signed lower right
Countersigned and dated on the back
On panel, 37 x 45 cm (14.5 x 17.7 in) visible
Pre...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier- "The Shah" George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
By George Earl
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier: “The Shah”
George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
Circa 1870
Oil on canvas.
12 ¾ x 12 ¾ (21 x 21 frame) inches.
Orig...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 19th Century French Portrait of Lady with Roses & Smart Dress oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 29 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sou...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,755 Sale Price
30% Off
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION BOTANICA PERSONAL
Located in New York, NY
Born in 1957 and trained in Paris's École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Ruiz's career has been a rich tapestry of artistic exploration and professional achievement. His format...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ornament, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Ornament" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude blonde woman reclining on a white chaise lounge, her red skirt s...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dancing Lovers
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've blended abstract, figurative, and surreal elements to capture the fluid motion and raw emotion of an intimate dance. The intertwining forms, awash in shade...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Identity Portrait No 1
By Edi Dominique Dubien
Located in Paris, FR
Impressive, powerful and psychological strong big size painting on wood, silver collage, oil painting base, signed by the artist.
Contemporary French Art. Many prizes and exhibitions.
Exhibitions and acquisitions in important museums as
Mac Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Centre Georges Pompidou Metz, Cape Town Artfair, Biennale de Lyon, etc
For more details, information, please contact Parisian Parrots...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portrait Knight Venetian School 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Venetian School, early 17th century
Portrait of a knight in armour
The inscription at the top, ‘MAR...DIT...VICO’, is only partly legible
Oil on canvas. 81 x 71 cm. - Framed: ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,122 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Man, Surrealist Mixed Media Painting by Elisa Merino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elisa Merino, Spanish - Portrait of Man, Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Linen, signed lower right, Size: 22.75 x 19 in. (57.79 x 48.26 cm), Frame Size: 32.25 x 28.5 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sheer Whimsy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This colorful portrait painting is inspired by Picasso and the mid-century masters.
Framed and matted in a vintage gold frame, can hang or stand, 10 in. wide x 12 in. high
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Les Rois de Legendes #24 Musicien" The Kings Of Legend #24 Musician
Located in Berlin, MD
Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) Russian/French 1892-1990. "Les Rois de Legendes #24 Musicien" The Kings Of Legend #24 Musician. A beautiful, original gouache and ink piece (this is not a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Post Impressionist Portrait Painting with Antique Frame
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016).
Oil on masonite
Measures 25"L x 23"W.
Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame.
Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,688 Sale Price
24% Off
A Personal Throne
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
"A Personal Throne", a figurative work in multi color, including mainly gray and blue with red. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22.5 inches / framed 35 x 27.5 inches. John Casado’s painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Antique American or European Trompe L'oeil Realist Macabre Skull Framed Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European realist skeleton still life drawing. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pencil
Cardinals & Explorer Discussing Maps Grand Elaborate Interior Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Studying the Maps
Italian School, late 19th century
signed lower corner
watercolour on board, framed
framed: 24.5 x 17.5 inches
painting: 20.5 x 14 inches
provenance: private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,388 Sale Price
30% Off
"The Norwegian Madonna" Original realistic portrair. Large vertical oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was created specifically for the New masculinity collection on Singulart.
The topic is very relevant and concerns many people .Gender roles have ceased to be as specifi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Sculptor
By Andrea Del Sarto
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
After Andrea Del Sarto 1486 - 1530, who was an Italian Renaissance painter and draughtsman. Del Sarto worked in Fresco decorating, portrait painting and as a painter of alter pieces,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Thru an Open Window... I Saw You" (2012) By John Tarantola, Nude Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Thru an Open Window... I Saw You" (2012) is a beautiful surrealist painting done with oil on panel, which depicts two nude male figures, one ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Bloody Shouldered Arabian Horse Oil on canvas 18th Century
By John Wootton
Located in London, GB
John Wootton (1686 - 1764)
The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian
Oil on canvas
Inscribed below, 'Bred by Lord Oxford in 1755 & Sire of many famous Racers, including the Duke of Bolton's 'Swe...
Category
Early 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Rabbi Oil Painting Judaica Jewish Synagogue Scene Paris. Lichtenstein.
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 26 x 13 image 20 x 6.5 inches.
YITSKHOK LIKHTENSHTEYN (ISAAC LICHTENSTEIN) (1888-1981) (Icchok, Izrael) was born in Lodz, Poland. Initially he was studying at Yehuda Pen s...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lady in Red, Framed Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Lady in Red
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 44 inches
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Set of Four Chinese Immortals Screen Paintings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes—the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Gouache
Moment on the Sea - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Modern Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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, Oil, Acrylic
Man with an umbrella by Sean Durkin, man, contemporary art, walking
By Sean Durkin
Located in Deddington, GB
original painting of "Man with an umbrella" by Sean Durkin. Sean uses very toned colours but draws attention to his bag and trousers, as well as uses white tones in his socks and shi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Flemish Baroque painting, 17th Century Portrait "Medici" Oil on canvas.
By Justus Sustermans
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Flemish Baroque painting, 17th century, portrait, Medici. Oil on canvas.
The painting is probably attributed to the Flemish painter Justus Sustermns.
Pictured is most likel...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American artist Portrait German lady 19th century Oil painting by J. Eichholtz
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceremonial Portrait of Noble German Lady - amazing discovery of hidden monogram "J.E. 1826" disclosing Great American portraitist Jacob Eichholtz (17...
Category
1820s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Mythological III (Bacchus) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Red, Green, Grape
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Mythological III (Bacchus), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue '...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nu Bleu III
Located in Naples, Florida
Nu Bleu III
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
$4,900
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Members of the Winning Team
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel
Price includes $200 additional cost of framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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20th Century French Modernist Painting Three Men in Black Beret's on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Old Friends
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 18.5 x 16.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nude Figure Portrait in Bright Color, Orange Towel by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Orange Towel"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
72 x 36 inches; 73.5 x 37.5 inches, Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin dra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$11,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Edmund Xavier Kapp (1890-1978) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Chopin
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking composition captures a moment of musical concentration, depicting a lady seated at a piano in a warmly lit interior. The artist's skilled use of light and shadow create...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boxers
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Boxers' by David Shevlino's, oil on canvas, 37 x 40 inches unframed. Painted in 2024, created with a minimal range of colors, and featuring the artist's sensuous application of pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,000
The Cardinal Fine Antique Portrait Oil Painting in Ornate Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cardinal's Letter
Otto Eichinger (1922 - 2004)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 15 x 12 inches
board: 12.5 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,170 Sale Price
30% Off
Young Swimmer (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting in Antique Gold Frame)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative oil on canvas painting of a young athletic male
24 x 20 inches, 29.5 x 23.5 inches vintage gold painted wood frame
signed B. Sargeant in red in upper right hand corner
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''Swimming 3'' Contemporary Oil Painting in Blue of a Girl Swimming, Pool
Located in Utrecht, NL
Christine van der Cingel (1966) paints mainly cityscapes, people and animals. In her portraits the emphasis is on movement. It is more about t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Mother, Child, and Dog titled "The Cradle and the Companion"
By Henry Bacon
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This tender interior scene by Henry Bacon captures a moment of warmth and domestic harmony. A young mother leans gently over a carved red cradle while her daughter, dressed in a whit...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Contemporary Oil Painting On Canvas. "Person"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Contemporary oil painting on canvas of a person in a meditative state with a fantastic appearance in yellow tones, on a background of earth tones, with some colors around him. He is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
French Rococo 18th-Century Portrait Young Boy Playing a Flute Oval Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy
French Rococo School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 20 inches
Canvas : 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Echoes of Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Elie HATUNGIMAN...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Convent Boat - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite art religious oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Hughes. It was painted circa 1874 and has extensive provenance. The composition is of a novice n...
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Seeing Shadows" Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Seeing Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female portrait with her face in profile wearing a fur coat with a blue background. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Joy Within -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Woman Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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 Authenticity.
"JOY WITHIN" is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas
Abstract Cactus, Sculptured Totem 3D Shapes in Green, Purple, Pink on Beige
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Abstract Cactus" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculptura...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kerstin McGregor (1962-2012) - Contemporary Oil, Martini Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
An original work by contemporary artist Kerstin McGregor (1962-2012). Unsigned. Acquired with a collection of signed works. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$438 Sale Price
20% Off
Currency #222: Orange Painted Coin with Face of a Cuban Woman About Foreignness
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This artwork by Natasha Lelenco, part of her Currency Exchange series, features a striking orange coin portrait of a Cuban woman, symbolizing themes of foreignness, identity, and mig...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Folk 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Styrian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine folk portrait depicting an Austrian woman in traditional Styrian region attire. She sports a tall, beaded headdress typically seen in Styrian folk wear with a complementary co...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Chic Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Chic Lady
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$136 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique American Modernist WPA Female Portrait Interior Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Exhibition provenance verso. Image size, 25"L ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Modernist Surrealist Lady With a Hat Oil Painting, Signora dal Cappello
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977), "Signora dal Cappello," oil on panel, signed lower left, signed, titled and dated verso, overall (with frame): 22.5"h x 24.5"w
Lazzaro Donati wa...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Count Your Rainbows, Not Your Thunderstorms -21st Century, Contemporary Portrait
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; it is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Progressive Youth - Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Tim Okamura
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautifully rendered large-scale contemporary figurative painting of two African American women. Oil and mixed media on canvas. Size: 76 × 60 in 193 × 152.4 cm
Through a mode of portrait painting that acknowledges tradition but also tries to capture the rawness and urgency of contemporary elements of street art, graffiti, and urban motifs, Tim Okamura seeks to celebrate the individual but also – and importantly – discover through his models, metaphors for greater aspects of the human condition.
Okamura uses an academic-based, realist approach to painting and incorporates the mark-making and spontaneous language of spray-painted graffiti, collage, and iconographic “signage” in an attempt to weave the nuances of relationships of ethnicity, social identity, and inner-city sub-culture into his subjects’ stories, as captured on canvas.
The stories that he has sought out in recent years have belonged primarily to African-American and minority subjects – in particular women – a segment of our society who he feels have been under-represented in the history of figurative painting and narrative works, and whose strength, courage and stoicism he most often finds very inspirational.
Tim Okamura’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Toronto Congress Center, the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Canada, the Jiménez Colón Museum, and Standard Chartered Bank in London, England.
Celebrity collectors include Uma Thurman, musicians John Mellencamp and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (The Roots), director Ben Younger and actors Bryan Greenberg, Vanessa Marcil, Annabella Sciorra, and Ethan Hawke, among others.
Exhibition History: Solo Retrospective - "This Story Has Not Yet Been Told...The Work of Tim Okamura," - The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, The Sonia Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina (2013).
black history month, African American, portrait, figurative art, figurative painting, black portrait, female portrait, black women, black female, women's history, African American painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,141
French Romantic School, 19th Century, Manly head of bearded man, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School
19th Century
Manly head of bearded man
oil on canvas
46 x 37.8 cm
In fairly good condition, some inpaintings visible under UV light, mainly in the backgrounds ...
Category
1850s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Good Samaritan
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$960 Sale Price
76% Off
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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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