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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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"Evening Lawn" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Figurative Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Evening Lawn" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 28 x 32 inches. This vibrant painting captures a contemplative moment in a lush, evening landscap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Mapplethorpe - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Masami Teraoka Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Marsden Hartley Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Aubrey Beardsley Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Edvard Munch Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Christo Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Macabre Bar Scene - School of Charles Addams - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Even without the punch line, Gahan Wilson's highly stylized paintings are marvelous to behold. He is one of a few artists with a unique style instantly recognized as his own. In this...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Woman with Jug-original cubism figurative still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the vibrant world of Borja Guijarro's "Woman with Jug," a captivating cubist figurative still life that mesmerizes with its dynamic energy and bold colors. This original ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Frederick III Cranach Rohrich Paint Oil on table 19th Century Flemish Portrait
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Follower of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553)
Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Nuremberg 1787 - 1834)
Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise (1486-1525)
Oil on ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Lady of the Rose Portrait of Hilda, the Artist's Wife - British oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. The influence of Lord Frederick Leighton and the Italian Renaissance can easily be seen....
Category
1910s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady Arranging Flowers - British 1940's art oil painting
By Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Festus Kelly. Painted circa 1940 it is a half length portrait of an elegant lady in a light blue dress, pearls an...
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Profuno' Contemporary Portrait painting of a woman holding a rose, reds, pink
By G. Golia
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The beauty and special nature of Golia’s work make it unforgettable.Everything about it is a tribute to nature, reflected with selflessness and poetic beauty by an artist who perfect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreamy Rat
By Herakut
Located in Dallas, TX
COA included
Herakut is a German artist duo comprised of Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) and Akut (Falk Lehmann). In 2004 both artists combined their works and names to create Herakut. Their ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Cardboard, Acrylic, Spray Paint
The Taste of Tears XV
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist COA included
Ruben Alpizar is a Cuban artist of academic training with an admirable mastery of painting technique.
Postmodern dimension in which his work enrolls is recogni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Queen- original-royal cubism figurative-portrait painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into regal elegance with Borja Guijarro's striking portrait, "The Queen." This original cubist masterpiece breathes new life into the iconic image of Queen Elizabeth, portraying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman With A Glass-original abstract figurative still life painting-contemporary
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the enchanting world of Borja Guijarro's "Woman with a Glass," a captivating cubist figurative still life that transports viewers to a realm of elegance and intrigue. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Marie Louise Bion (1858-1939) – Portrait of a Young Woman – 19thC Oil Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Marie Louise Bion
(Swiss, *1858 ; † 1939)
• Portrait of a young Woman
• Oil on canvas
• Stretcher ca. 56 x 46 cm
• Original 19thC frame ca. 68 x 59 cm
• Signed and dated ‘ 7/85 ’ ...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
French Impressionist Laid Back Lady Portrait Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
black pastel drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Pop Surrealist Portrait on Wood. Slovenian. Black And Red Tones. "Currency #212"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This sculptural painting by Natasha Lelenco, crafted on a wooden circle with a thickness of two centimeters and a diameter of 26 centimeters, is one of the recent works from the Curr...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Portrait in Blue", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Girl
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Portrait in Blue" (2021) is a captivating original oil painting on panel, measuring 10 x 8 x 2 inches. This exquisite piece showcases a delicate profile of a youn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Decisions", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Man
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Decisions" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 14 x 11 x 2 inches. This striking piece portrays a young man in deep contemplation, with his hea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Saint Jerome Angels 17th Century Venetian School Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Jerome supported by two angels
Early 17th century Venetian painter
Oil on canvas
86 x 67 cm. - In frame 103 x 84 cm.
The proposed painting offers us an intense portrayal of S...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Adam", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Man
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Adam" (2024) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 14 x 11 x 2 inches. This striking artwork features the detailed portrayal of a male torso, emphasizin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Scribbler in Autumn" Modernist, Figures in Landscape, Abstract elements
Located in New York, NY
Helen West Heller
Scribbler in Autumn, 1952
Monogrammed and dated lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on board
47 x 38 inches
After growing up close to nature a...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tenderness
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
Portrait of Mrs William Tisdall Elsie Gardiner - British Edwardian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb large British Edwardian exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. It was painted in 1909 and exhibited at the Royal Academy the same year ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait in Green", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Portrait in Green" (2021) is an exquisite original oil painting on panel, measuring 10 x 8 x 2 inches. This stunning piece captures the profile of a young woman w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Life in My Head
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red & Cheese
Located in Zofingen, AG
Imbued with vibrant hues and a playful essence, my acrylic creation captures the joyous spirit of summertime bliss. As an artist, I've mingled the whimsy of pop art with the symbolic...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Messy Bun", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Messy Bun" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 6 x 6 x 2 inches. This charming artwork features the back profile of a young woman with her hair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Sleek Ponytail", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Girl
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Sleek Ponytail" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 6 x 6 x 2 inches. This elegant artwork features the back profile of a young woman with her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
John Miers late 18th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period.
John Miers (1758-1821)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Watercolor
"Self Portrait" Female Self Portrait, Early American, Robert Henri School
Located in New York, NY
Theresa Bernstein
Self Portrait, circa 1915
Signed upper right
Oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
Theresa F. Bernstein was born in Philadelphia in 1895 to cultured, middle-class ...
Category
1910s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Restful Moments
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
Oil, Giclée, Canvas
"Eve", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Eve" (2024) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 14 x 11 x 2 inches. This exquisite artwork features a detailed portrayal of a female back, capturing t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Co-Conspirators", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Women
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Co-Conspirators" (2024) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 16 x 12 x 2 inches. This captivating artwork features a double portrait of two young women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Shying Away", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Shying Away" (2023) is an evocative original oil painting on panel, measuring 18 x 12 x 2 inches. This captivating artwork features the delicate profile of a youn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pop Surrealist Portrait on Wood. Naive. Green and Red Design. "Currency #210"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This sculptural painting, part of Natasha Lelenco's Currency Exchange series, depicts the figure of an anonymous wooden face inscribed with a Dutch phrase, "Nu ik een beetje mijn ple...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Thoughtful
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
"Tired" Portrait in Interior, Water Color on Canvas, American Impressionist
By John White Alexander
Located in New York, NY
John White Alexander
Tired, circa 1910
Inscribed on the reverse: Mrs Lee Bauer, _____,
Inscribed on the reverse: "Tired"
Watercolor on paper
16 1/2 x 13 inches
John White Alexander...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Meditation", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Meditation" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 18 x 12 x 2 inches. This evocative artwork depicts a young woman in a meditative pose, seated w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)
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
Splendor
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
Colorful Hyperfigurative Portrait on Wooden Coin. Latino. German "Currency #217"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece from Natasha Lelenco's Exchange Currencies series, painted in acrylic with yellow and ochre tones against an intense red background, features a hyperrealistic profile port...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Peter Skeolan mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette a Victorian gentleman
Peter Skeolan (1815-1871)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile to the right, wearing coat and cravat
Watercolour on gold highlighting ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Portrait of Lillian Gardiner Mrs Jack Allen British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson and is dateable to 1913. The sitter is Lillian Gardiner ( Mrs Jack Allen) and is the sister of Wats...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Breastfeed the Bad, Illustration Style Painting, Primary Tones, Neon Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Spray Paint
Pop Surrealist Portrait on Wood. Romanian. Vibrant Pink Fluor. "Currency #211"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This sculptural painting, part of Natasha Lelenco's Currency Exchange series, consists of a profile portrait on a wooden tondo with intense fluorescent pink colors of a character fra...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 4 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 29.5/29.5”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Frederick Frith mid 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian clergyman.
Frederick Frith (1819-1871)
The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the right, wearing coat and cravat
Inscribed to t...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Volto" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2021 - Marker on Paper, Portrait, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Face".
Marker on paper.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single drawing.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
On The Fence
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abeni
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Adetutu
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silence
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Life is Elsewhere
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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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.
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