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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1840s
“The Horse Race" #50 A Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) circa 1950s
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“The Horse Race" #50 A
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Oil n canvas
Signed lower right
12 x 15 inches
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It is an art of pure ex...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Polo Player" Pierre Bosco (Italy/France) 1909-1993) circa 1950s
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Polo Player"
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Oil n canvas
Signed lower right
15 x 12 inches
Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1970.
Signed. Image size, 5.5"L x 8.5"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait, Oil Painting on Canvas by Carlos Irizarry
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carlos Irizarry, Puerto Rican/American (1938 - )
Title: Portrait
Year: 1963
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
Size: 36 x 24 inches
Frame: 44 x 31.5 inches
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jazz, Expressionist Portrait of Woman with Violin by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Jazz" is a figurative painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1968. The 34" x 40" oil on board portrait features a young African American woman playi...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
American Indian - Androscoggin River Falls, Manufacturers National Bank Study
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
11.5 x 14 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal drawing, she beautifully portrays a quiet moment between mother ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Listed American Artist Jacob Binder (1887-1984), oil painting, Portrait, 1969
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a vintage original oil painting on canvas, depicting a portrait of a woman by listed American Artist Jacob Binder.
Signed in the lower-le...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Woman, Modern Oil Painting by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, American (1899 - 1987)
Title: Seated Woman
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 29 x 25.5 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Patterns and Shapes, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Patterns and Shapes" is a portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. "St...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Woman - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 80x60.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rom...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
Portrait of Maurizio - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 39x34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Soldier Beats Up Muggers on Subway - Stag Magazine story illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed (as Emmett Kaye) lower right it was Mort Kunstler's pseudonym, unframed
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Surreal Eskimo Fairy Tale - Indigenous People Folklore Story-Teller
Located in Miami, FL
This work celebrates the customs and folklore of Indigenous People / Eskimo native life. Illustrator Gianni Benvenuti shows a partially clothed Eskimo man lying on his back in a tran...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Girl Thinking, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"MICK JAGGER"
Located in New York, US
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions on canvas, which ingeniously incorporated photographs. His artistic jo...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silk, Cardboard
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
13 x 14 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
Anita’s charcoal portrait reveals a deeply introspective expression with minimal yet evoca...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Death of the Minotaur - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Abstract by G. De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne, Paris. Returned to Budapest to study art at the Fine Arts Academy, then continued his studies at the Academie Julienne, Paris, where he was influenced by the post impressionist artists including Picasso, Salvadore, Dali and Chagall. His motto was “history is the inevitable conveyance of great situations by great personalities.”
He came to England due to the Hungarian uprising in 1956 where he taught history of art and art appreciation. Started receiving commissions for book and commercial illustrations in 1961.
Keywords: Oil, Abstract, Mid 20th Century, mixed media, The Death of the Minotaur, mythical, wood, techin, hand, 2 headed snake...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Saturday Evening Post Illustration. “ The Devil’s Stronghold” Original Magazine
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Miami, FL
The work is mostly black and white to indicate that this is a night scene. On closer inspection, you will see areas of magenta and ivory throughout
The publisher's label on verso ide...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache, Pencil
The Family - Oil Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Martin Bradley in 1974.
Hand signed and dated in top right corner; hand signed and titled on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil on board group portrait of three musicians playing t...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
Category
1960s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat
By René Gruau
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Petite Fille de Fleur - Mid Century Parisian Flower Girl Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Exquisitely precocious portrait of a little flower girl or "Petite Fille de Journal", paper girl in Paris by Roger Etienne (French, 1923-2011). Signed and dated lower left, "Etienne ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
Homme d'armes, 1968, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre DE MARIA (1896-1984)
Homme d'armes, 1968
Oil on painting
Signed upper left
Dated and titled on the back
25 x 20 cm
tiny cracks, tiny paint jumps visible on photos ; frame in e...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl at the Beach with wide Brim Hat
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful 60's chic is on full display in this beach scene. It's masterfully designed. The beautiful model horizontally fills the center space while supporting players fill background spaces. The style is very flat with lots of gray muting the colors and defining the artist's palette. Fuch's was a giant talent who is overlooked by today's art world participants. His style could be described as a post-post impressionist. This particular work is so deftly designed and exhibits the most intriguing positive and negative spaces. The model is rendered with loose, quick and authoritative brush strokes which give an air of chic confidence. Most of all, it's her dreamy blue eyes that truly captivate the viewer. All parts of the eye ( Iris, Pupil, Sclera ) are composed of a soft robin's egg blue which is in counterpoint the pink day-glow color on her lips. She looks at you. You look back and the process is repeated and repeated. Fuch's not just a great painter, designer, academic artist but a brilliant and innovative colorist as well. To demonstrate how great this simple work is, out of a world population of 7.2 billion people, as a betting man, I would say there may be no other artist who could render a scene this good. An artist such as Peter Doig, who does nice and beautiful work, may come close to the talent of Fuchs.
Bernard Fuchs
American, 1932 - 2009
Girl at the Beach...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
10 x 16 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal sketch, Anita Roy Chowdhury captures the gentle innocence of a you...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak's Lucille Ball, TV guide cover is a seminal work. With its stylized design and use of punchy color, this work constitutes a powerfully innovative pai...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
Portrait of D'Un Jeune Peintre Americain, Modern Oil on Board by Marie Paneth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marie Paneth, Austrian (1895 - 1986) - Portrait of D'Un Jeune Peintre Americain, Medium: Oil on Board, initialed 'MP' lower left, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Reflections, American 20th Century Oil Painting
By Philip Campbell Curtis
Located in London, GB
Philip Campbell Curtis
American 1907 - 2000
Reflections
Oil on board, signed and dated 1960
Image size: 12 ½ x 5 ½ inches
Original frame
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Beating - Police and Man
Located in Miami, FL
Watercolor and gouache on paper laid on board
Magazine Illustration defined by bold graphic composition and limited color palate yielding a powerful image that jumps off the page. u...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ruth Gutman with Sculpture, Portrait Oil Painting by Henry Allman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ruth Gutman with Sculpture by Henry Allman, American
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas (unsigned)
Size: 31 in. x 28 in. (78.74 cm x 71.12 cm)
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Large Renaissance Nobleman Portrait
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4069 Italian nobleman oil painting
unframed
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-Portrait in the Studio
By Moses Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974)
Title: Self-Portrait in the Studio
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame: 32 x 28 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excellent condition,...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960’s French Stylish Portrait of a Woman Modernist Oil 1965
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School signed A.Bertin
signed on back, dated 1965
Title: Period portrait of a woman
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
Board : 18 x 12 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Old Man with Cat in Capestrano - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 58x48.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Untitled (Abstract Female Nude), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Female Nude)
Year: 1963
Medium: Acrylic on illustration board
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Surreal Portrait, Oil Painting by Richard Kirk
By Richard Kirk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Kirk, American XXth
Title: Surreal Portrait
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Frame:...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Haitian Couple in Bed Simultaneously Adjusting their Radios, Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame.
Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Young Girl - Oil on Canvas by Pietro Alimonti - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Young Girl is an artwork realized by Pietro Alimonti, 1969.
Oil on Canvas.
49 x 39 cm ; 88 x 68 cm.
Handsigned in the lower left margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in White
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Daniel Brennan
Title: Girl in White
Materials : Oil on Canvas
Date : 1960's
Dimensions : 46 1/2 x 32 in.
COA provided
In the late 1960's, Danie...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
The Kids
Located in London, GB
'The Kids', pastel on paper (1967), by Raymond Dèbieve. Picasso's influence is undeniable in this artwork yet Dèbieve's own naive artistic style is on display ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Antonella at Carnival - Oil on Board by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969.
Good condition except for some minor scratches and losses of colors on edges.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
High Drama Adventure Scene - Italian Illustrator Mid-Century Jules Verne
Located in Miami, FL
Original illustration was done by Renna for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, published in 1963. What makes this work special is how brilliantly the subj...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
Portrait of a Lady - Large South Eastern European Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Southeastern European oil on canvas portrait of a lady wearing a white headdress.
This intriguing work is expertly painted with thick impasto paintwork which has been built up across the surface.
Indistinctly signed lower right and presented in a reverse profile frame.
We think that this work was painted by an artist working in Southeastern Europe, most likely Greece or Macedonia.
Artist: Southeastern European School...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Ink on Paper (Recto-Verso) by Modern Artist Indra Dugar "In Stock"
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size)
Ink on paper
Two Side drawing on the note book Total of 9 drawings
Inclusive of shipment in framed form.
About the Artist &...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen
The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic and flatwork was an Interior illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.
George Giusti( Italian - American 1908-1990)- ''The Last Snapshot''- ink and acrylic on illust...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
"Milton Avery #4"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...
Category
1960s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Gouache
baby with rattle oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894-1989) - Baby - Oil on burlap
Oil size 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
MId Century Animal Portrait: "Rooster" Pierre Bosco (1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Rooster"
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Gouache on paper
10 x 9 (18 x 14 frame) inches
Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to painting...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Ross Bleckner Geometric Abstract Painting, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (Geometric Abstraction)
Acrylic on board
19 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Ross '66
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, N...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
16.5 x 11.75 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal drawing, she beautifully portrays a quiet moment between moth...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Santa Claus Amoco Advertisement
By Harry Fredman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1960
Medium: Gouache and Tempera on Board
Dimensions: 11.25" x 24.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
"I switched too..." Amoco
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Board
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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