Portrait Paintings
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Wood, Oil
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Gold Leaf
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Poplar, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 18th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Oil
1860s Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Ink
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
Three stylized figures stand against a vibrant orange background. Their animated features and exaggerated use of color infuse the scene with personality and whimsy. Artist John McCabe created this artwork as a promotional poster for the band Good at Rockets' performance at the Orange County Fair in 2024.
About the Artist
Artist John McCabe produces graphic illustrations that take a progressive spin on pop art. He typically takes influence from his music to create vibrant caricatures of people, places, and things significant to the industry. Growing up, one of the highlights for John when buying music is the artwork on the packages. Inspired by that, he created art for his first EP, and every subsequent release includes artwork for each single, plus a front and back cover for the record. "The pieces are normally tied or related to the lyrics of a particular song," shares John. "In the case where I have made a series structured around music, a unique narrative unfolds within each." As imaginative as he is, John usually paints from the island surface of his kitchen or the dining room table. His music studio also doubles as a work area where he does pre-sketches. John has had several profiles from VoyageLA, Shoutout LA, and Queen City Arts and Sounds. His record label has featured his works along with his eclectic music releases.
Words that describe this painting: band, stripes, polka dot, men, trio, small, group, friends, musicians, people, pop, fashion, acrylic painting, orange
Green Room...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard
17th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Portrait Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Commuters on a Monday morning in midtown Manhattan stride purposefully through the city streets. Lost in thought about the past or the coming weekend, they fa...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, 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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