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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Through Storm and Fire
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 Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait, Classic Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2018
Style: Portrait, Surrealism,
Subject: Portrait,
Size: 11" x 11" x 1''...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Down Is The New Up 8 - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992)
signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2)
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Woman, Signed Folk Art Oil Painting by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of a Woman
Miriam Bromberg
Oil on Canvas
Size: 36 x 14 in. (91.44 x 35.56 cm)
Frame Size: 43 x 21 inches
Category
1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Walk Back Home" A Monumental "Exhibition" Painting by Carl Lasch
Located in Queens, NY
Carl Lasch (1822-1888 German) "The Walk Back Home" A Monumental Exhibition Painting,
Oil on canvas laid to masonite in original gilt-wood frame.
...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Woman with Pearls" Impressionistic Oil Painting of Figure Seated
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A depiction of a young woman wearing long pearls and a loose dress. A romantic air is felt throughout this piece with a dreamy atmosphere and lush colors. She has dark black hair, we...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Stunning Mid Century French Portrait of Young Lady, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner.
Title: Portrait of a Young Girl
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 17 inches
Pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inner Nature 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Listen to your inner nature… for it is a deep and powerful source of wisdom, beauty and truth, ever flowing through you… Learn to trust it, trust your intuition, and in good time, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Audrey "I Believe" Large Textural Original Audrey Hepburn Pastel Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major’s "Audrey - I Believe" is a mesmerizing contemporary portrait that blends realism with expressive text overlays, creating a visually and emotionally compelling artwork. This 84 x 57-inch painting captures the timeless grace of Audrey Hepburn, her luminous features emerging from a soft, ethereal palette of cool blues, warm peaches, and gentle neutrals. Layered over her serene expression are hand-painted phrases inspired by Hepburn’s wisdom and humanitarian legacy, adding depth and narrative to the composition. The interplay between the hyperrealistic portraiture and textured text invites viewers to engage with both the subject’s beauty and the empowering messages woven into the piece, making it a captivating addition for collectors of figurative art, contemporary paintings, and pop culture iconography.
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's current creative research focuses on the traditional form of the portrait as a powerful form of representing an individual and how meaning can be expanded through scale, brushstroke, color, texture, composition, and the many variables that portraiture deals with.
This one-of-a-kind oil painting is 84 inches tall and 57 inches wide. It is signed by Major on the back. The artwork is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Major expands the traditional portrait painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Abstract Picasso Style Red Colour Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large French Abstract, Picasso Style, Red Colour, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 26 x 20 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by the French female artist, Beatrice Werlie (born 1974).
A wonderful nod to the Picasso style of abstract art, using the artists supreme technique of mixing unusual colours together. The striking mix of red, yellow and blue brings a rich sense of warmth to the piece.
The concept of 'abstract' was defined by Picasso, but many artists have looked to the Spanish iconic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Flamenco Dancer Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Original Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Georges Regnault (French mid 20th century)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 27 x 24 inches Canvas: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, France
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lyra. original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, I've interwoven realism and surrealism with expressionistic strokes to bring to life a profound narrative. Using the tactile qualities of pastel, colored pencil, and...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
1930's French Impressionist Oil The Musical Band Orchestra Playing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Orchestra
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: great condition
For more any ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Empress in Ankara
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting depicts a proud and confident black African woman with her afro hair as her crowning glory. The intricate and detailed portrayal of her features and hair are rendered in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Beach (Triptych) Thailand
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bing Zhang’s The Beach (Triptych), a large-scale oil on canvas painting presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California, is a striking testament to the artist’s command of realist fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting on Paper "Couple"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting on paper, framed with a thin, black aluminium box frame. Artwork floated and raised to the back board. Ready to hang. Size of 100 x 70 cm is that of the artwork...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
The Beginning of the Road
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my artwork, I explore the symbolic intersection of journey's end and new beginnings. Using acrylics, I depict a person next to their classic car by a "road ends" sign. The spaciou...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
African Boy I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks captures the response and attitudes of African young adult...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Reclining Male Nude - by Paula Craioveanu - Female Gaze series
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x21.5in / 70x60cm . Part of Nude Men series. Male Nude seen by a female artist - part of "female gaze" series. Varnished and ready for hanging. Shippin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish
"Set Us In Stone II" (abstract, pink, women, Parisian, graphic, bust, natural)
Located in Paris, IDF
SET US IN STONE II
2022
Paris, France
Originally created as part of Nicholas' solo exhibition "This, and Thereafter (Plumes)," December 10, 2022 - January 7, 2023. The theme illustrated the enigmatic uncertainty around what might happen after life. A range of paintings were presented – vibrant and ethereal – touching on different aspects of this notion. Each painting had a different point of view, oftentimes focusing around the inevitability of what is to come, and if and how it influences the present.
This particular piece centers around personal legacy, how you will be remembered, and how your life vanishes into an abstraction as time goes by. This notion is visualized with a bust set in stone. The technique Evans used was a mixing of water-based ink with a hint of pink, that he knew would react when overlaid with white acrylic, pulling out a lighter hue of the pink ink. The white silhouette of a portrait set in stone creates a ghostly continuation of the underlaid pattern.
Option to create a pair alongside "Set Us In Stone I" (as pictured). Price and size are per painting. Evans Deventer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
"Draped in White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Draped in White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a seated brunette model draped with a white sheet.
A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature.
To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Black Leather Jacket and Black Leather Boots
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Price includes $400 cost of framing.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
Signed in red, u.r.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17.5 x 24.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Shepherd Boy with Dog late 19th Century Framed Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This young shepherd clearly didn't want to pose for the artist, but something caught his attention, and in this expression and look, the artist masterfully depicted the whole range o...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Musician in Blue
Located in Austin, TX
"Musician in Blue"
Artist: Bartolome Sastre
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28.75" x 36.25"
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900's French Oil Painting Impressionist Portrait Sketch Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Young Lady
French School, early 1900's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fulfilled II - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Women, Colourful, City
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Bride, circa 1900
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Bride, circa 1900
circle of George CLAUSEN (1852-1944)
Circa 1900 Impressionist portrait of a young bride with a French landscape b...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,885 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Paris School Early 1900's French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait oil painting of two young girls. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 10L x 18H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist ...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Self-Portrait of the Artist
Located in London, GB
'Self-Portrait of the Artist', oil on canvas, by Lilian E. Whitteker (1952). This may be the only self-portrait (or portrait) of Lilian Whitteker as her favourite subjects to paint w...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,274 Sale Price
20% Off
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino - Año 1855
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1855
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco ...
Category
1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$861 Sale Price
20% Off
Clan Murray, Coat Of Arms, Duke Of Atholl, 18th Century Scottish School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Clan Murray, Coat Of Arms, Duke Of Atholl, 18th Century
Scottish School
Large 18th Century Scottish Clan Murray Coats of Arms, oil on canvas. The shield bearing allegiance to the c...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Light - Figurative Ocean Fish Swimming Realism Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dutch Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Country Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
Dutch Impressionist, late 19th century
oil on wood - looks like a cigar box lid?
framed
framed: 11 x 8.5 inches
board: 8...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy & His Dog, 19th Century by Jules BRETON (1827-1906)
By Jules Breton
Located in Blackwater, GB
Boy & His Dog, 19th Century
by Jules BRETON (1827-1906) sales to $1,500,000
Large 19th Century French country portrait of a Boy and his Dog, oil on canvas by Jules Breton. Large 19th century portrait...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,995 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Laura Keppel, later Lady Southampton
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed, upper left: “Miss Laura Keppel”
Provenance: Commissioned from the artist and by descent in the Keppel family estate, Lexham Hall, Norfolk, to:
Major Bertram William Arnol...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Knitting woman by Anne Marie Mulder - Oil on canvas 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 48x58 cm
Anne Marie Mulder was born in 1921. After secondary school she trained at the national Academy of Visual Art in Amsterd...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Napoléon before the Battle of Moscow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emperor Napoléon I was and remains one of the most legendary military and political figures in history, having held, for a brief period, the fate of the Western world in his hands. Composed by the French painter Joseph Franque...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Girl Sewing" Post-Impressionist Portrait of Seated Girl Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicting a portrait of a seated girl sewing. The subtle tones and bright pops of colors are what makes this piece so attractiv...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV, workshop of René-Antoine Houasse, c. 1690
Located in PARIS, FR
Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV,
Workshop of René-Antoine Houasse, (Paris, c. 1645 - Paris, 1710)
Late 17th century French school, c. 1690
Oil on canvas, h. 100 cm, w. 80 cm
Importa...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl With Harpoon - Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture.
Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance.
Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident.
“Queen Kong...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Profile of a young boy
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
42 x 34 x 3.5 cm
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,699
'A Family Group with a Pet Dog'. Antique painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
William Richard Waters
Picture Size: 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm)
Outside Frame Size: 44 x 36" (112 x 92 cm)
Oil on Canvas signed bottom right and dated 1847
This painting is nearly 200 year...
Category
1840s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,882 Sale Price
20% Off
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Floral_A Way To Escape (Diptych)_Anna Kincaide
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"A Way To Escape (Diptych)"
Oil on Canvas
72 x 36 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kincaid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster 19th century France
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster
19th century France
Oil on board
Signature to be read
18 x 15 (19 3/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches
A very finely painted and expressive rendition of a...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$3,100 Sale Price
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French School Mid 20th Century Oil - The Smell of Spring
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine impressionist style portrait study of a young woman in a garden filled with flowers. She pulls a branch of blossom towards her to smell, her eyes drifting to the distance in t...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$493 Sale Price
20% Off
"Literary Cats, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat and Kitten
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Literary Cats" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat holding her kitten and reading a book. The piece is a collage on wood and is read...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
1950s French Post Impressionist Signed Nude Lady Artists Studio Interior Easels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Studio
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MID 20TH CENTURY FRENCH OIL PAINTING - HEAD & SHOULDERS PORTRAIT YOUNG LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: Head and Shoulders portrait of a young Lady.
Medium: oil painting on canvas laid to board , unframed.
Size: painting: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de una dama
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
El estado de la obra es muy bueno
Se presenta bien enmarcada la pintura
Medidas obra: 80 cm de altura x 71 cm. altura
Medidas marco: 10...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mrs Anne Neale Tucker Lauzun - British Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn. Painted circa 1800, the sitter is Anne Neale Tucker Lauzun. She was born in St Geo...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,985 Sale Price
20% Off
Itzchak Tarkay Original Oil Painting "De grands amis"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Itzchak Tarkay (1935 – June 3, 2012)
De grands amis
Original Acrylic on canvas
2005
Image 40 W x 51.5 H in.,
Framed 46 W x 57.5 H in.
Itzchak Tarkay (1935 – ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Southern Bell Female Portrait Oil Painting 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4096 A 1920's oil painting on canvas of an elegant southern lady
.Artist unknown.
Unframed
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Italian Oil Pastel Young Girl with Pig Tails
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5197 Italian oil pastel of a young girl with pigtails
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with a frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Lost and found- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a man laying down
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Victor Schegin 'Seehund'
Lost and Found
130 x 97 cm
oil on canvas
The French artist Victor Schegin 'Seehund' lives and works in Paris.
At the age of 15, young Victor discovered tag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady Sitting on a Garden Bench
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood
75 x 65 x 6 cm
Category
1950s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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