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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Rococo
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Portrait Of A Blonde Curly Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blonde Curls
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick grey paper, unframed
signed
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good condition
proven...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Color Pencil
Agnes Cleve, Portrait Of Jan Bolinder, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This majestic portrait by Swedish artist Agnes Cleve (1876-1951) depicts Jan Bolinder wearing a blue shirt, grey jacket and red tie. He’s chiselled and exu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Man in a Gold and Coral Turban', Copenhagen, Royal Academy, Benezit, Rajah, Oil
By Hugo Vilfred Pedersen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hugo V.P.' for Hugo Vilfred Pedersen (Danish, 1870-1959) and painted circa 1900.
An antique oil painting of an Indian gentleman wearing a saffron and coral turban...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Portrait Man in Green Jacket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in Green Jacket
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 13 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady Gardener - Modern British Impressionist Fauvist Oil Painting
By Paul Beauvais
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful post impressionist/fauvist impasto oil on board portrait of a lady gardener resting on a bench, by modern British artist Paul Beauvais.
Excel...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Portrait Johann Theodor Bavaria, Son of Prince Elector, by Joseph Vivien, Rococo
By Joseph Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703-1763)
by Joseph Vivien
Johann Theodor of Bavaria (* September 3, 1703 in Munich; † January 27, 1763 in Lièg...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Son Of A Man
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique painting, oil on canvas, stretched on wood.
Sold with it's certificate of authenticity.
Category
2010s Pointillist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Josianna, Jeune Femme au Ruban by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
1889-1962 French
Josianna, jeune femme au ruban
(Josianna, Young Woman With Ribbon)
Signed "Jean Gabriel Domergue" (lower left)
Oil on panel
A young French beauty known as Josianna is the subject of this work by Jean-Gabriel Domergue, and the oil on panel is a perfect example of the portraits for which the artist is renowned. His model embodies the concept of the la belle Parisienne: slender, swan-like women bearing an unmistakable grace and style. Domergue includes a delicate pink ribbon around her neck, suggesting a fashionable garment, set against a soft pastel-colored backdrop. The artist's oeuvre encompasses women from all facets of society, from aristocratic figures such as Liane de Pougy and Nadine, Baroness de Rothschild...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Fernand Audet (1923-2016) French Signed Oil Elderly Lady Sleeping on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Park Bench"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches
A fine oil painting by the listed French Impres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Jeune femme blonde - Contemporary oil on canvas portrait painting, 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
Peinture à l'huile sur bois par l'artiste Etienne François. Présenté par la Collection Haensel Leith.
Etienne François est un peintre français, basé à Montreuil.
Son esthétique est une rencontre entre la peinture contemporaine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
El
Located in New York, NY
Oil paint on paper.
Category
2010s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbis
By Mane Katz
Located in Larchmont, NY
MANE-KATZ
RABBIS, c. 1935
Oil on canvas
18 H. x 14 W. 1/2 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.)
Signed
PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Christies, New York, November 04, 1982. Lot 177: $11,000
Private Collection, New Jersey, 1982-2021
Estate of the above, 2021.
Raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Russia, Mane-Katz was born in the Ukraine and became an early 20th-century artist, known especially for portraits and paintings with Jewish themes. From childhood, he had been influenced by stories of Jewish mysticism, which was reflected in his paintings.
He had a peripatetic life between Russia, France, Israel, and America. He first studied art in Kiev at the Beaux Arts Academy, and in 1913, went to Paris where he associated with Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall and continued his art studies there at the Beaux Arts Academy.
During World War I, he tried to join the Foreign Legion but was rejected because he was too short. He went back in Russia again, this time joining the Soviet Revolution but rejected the cause because he was so horrified by Josef Stalin. He worked briefly for the Russian ballets, and in 1921, he returned to Paris where in 1927 he took French citizenship. For the next twelve years, he traveled widely, showing his art work and doing many paintings.
In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there until 1945, exhibiting his paintings at Katia Granoff Gallery and Wildenstein Gallery. After the war, he returned to Paris where he had exhibited in the Salons. In Paris to the end of his career, he worked happily, painting hundreds of portraits of rabbis...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Collier de Perles by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
Le Collier de Perles by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ⅝ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Ludovic Rodo 1927...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Elegant Blue Eyed Lady French Portrait Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front and back
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
Colors: Grey colors, pink, red, blue, brown and c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Itzchak Tarkay "A la mode magnifique"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Itzchak Tarkay (1935 -2012)
"A la mode magnifique" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Post-Impressionist Oil Trout Painting On A Plate Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Trout Painting
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 22 x 18 inches
Colors: Red colors, brown, grey...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Nap Before Entering the Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Hasidic Rabbi
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaic oil painting by Krakow, Poland born artist Mark Siegband.
Signature on top left. Framed w title plaque on frame.
He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School, Portrait of a Lady, Actress, Young Woman, French , Rococo, Oval
Located in Greven, DE
French Art
Rococo
Portrait of a Woman, Young Lady, perhaps an actress
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Artist Self Portrait in an Orange Sweater - Fauvist Portrait
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a the artist sketching by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). The seated figure is juxtaposed to a fun and vibrant two-toned background of...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Original French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Country Girl”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful expressive portrait of a blue eyed country girl by the American artist David Pallock. Signed top right and dat...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Renée
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Renée', oil on board, by Louis Latapie (1941). When combined with the artist's passionate brush strokes, the wood panel upon which this piece is painted, creates both a ...
Category
1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original French Mid Century Oil - Vibrant Greens & Blue Duck Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Mr Duck''
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front and back
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors.
very good conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Horse Painting "Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right" Georg Wolf dated 1907
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
“Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right”
Georg Wolf (Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1907 lower right
27 x 19 (35 x 27 frame) inches
With it's bobbed tail cut short so it doesn't become tangled, it's apparent that this fine specimen was a draught horse...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait de Madame Martin - Post Impressionist Divisionist Oil by Henri Martin
By Henri Martin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Beautiful signed and dated divisionist oil on canvas portrait by sought after French post impressionist painter Henri Martin. The depicts a side view the artist's wife who is wearing...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French 20thC Modernist Oil Painting - Portrait of Blonde Lady Pink Swirls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Blonde Girl
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front and dated 1992
inscribed verso, 'Paris'
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto o...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red man" by Eugène Gilliard - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame. Total size with frame 43x54 cm
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
people of ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 60x73 cm.
Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Signed Oil, Portrait of Young Lady in Turquoise Dress 1930s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, signed very lower right corner and inscribed verso
Title: 'Jeune Fille'
Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed in a period gilt ...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Model Reading a Book, French Impressionist 1930’s Nude Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model Reading a Book
French School, Early 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 17.5 x 14.75 inches
This exquisite nude painting is absolutely beautiful. The pale green backdrop to the painting has faint coral pink flecks...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of modernist Paris oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 33x41 cm.
Frame measures 59x67 cm.
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro Palmero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, 1949 Watercolor Painting by Roger Etienne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roger Etienne, French/American (1922 - )
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed and dated
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 29 x ...
Category
1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Woman sitting in the garden oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Young Girl With Two Braids" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with hair tied up against a light blue background and she wears a red dress. The bright colors used and quick brush strokes...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's English, Portrait in oil of a Bowler Hatted man, Photographer John Bean
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Herbert Buckingham Holland was born in Northampton, the son of a grocer. He studied at Leicester School of Art. He made his living painting portraits of Northampton dignitarie...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's French Signed Oil, Portrait of Young Man in Blue Jersey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed Clayson and dated 55'
Title: Portrait of a Young Man
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful 1950's French Signed Oil, Portrait of Tunisian Lady Colorful Clothing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed and inscribed lower right corner and upper left corner.
Title: Portrait of a Lady.
Medium: oil painting on b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Woman by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
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Portrait of a Woman by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm (21 ⁵/₈ x 18 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ballerina, Clown and Festival Performers - like Edgar Degas
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Miami, FL
It is a work by Edgar Degas? A stunning and beautiful study of three members of a fair in an off moment. Dramatic underlighting creates a dramatic mood. Deftly rendered in the ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil, Portrait of a Man with Mustache & Bow Tie, green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed lower right corner
Title: Portrait of a man, with mustache and bow tie.
Medium: oil painting on board, framed
board: 22 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Art, Rococo, Portrait Queen Marie Antoinette France, Oval, Circle Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Pastel /oil Pastel on Paper, Rococo, 18th Century. The Pastel is made in the style...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Fauvist Portrait of Ogden
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous fauvist portrait of man, in a vivd and expressive colorful palette, titled "Ogden" by Henri O’Connor (American, b. 1921), 1996. Signed and dated lower right corner and on verso. Condition: Professionally cleaned and restored three tears and inpainting. Presented in black painted wood frame. Image size: 16"H x 20"W. Framed size: 21.75"H x 17.75"W.
Henri O’Connor, the son of an American father and a French mother was born in 1921 and grew up in Nantes, France. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Nantes and in the late 1930s, studied at the Beaux Arts, the Atelier de la Grande Chaumiere and the Academie de l’Arts et Publicite in Paris
“He was basically one degree removed from all of the great masters of the turn of the century,” David Deitch, a freelance art curator in New York, says of O’Connor’s education. “His teachers were associates of Matisse, Derain — all of the big players at the time.” The curator says that the influences of O’Connor’s teachers, which reflect the Fauvist style in vogue at the time, is apparent in his paintings, particularly some of his later work.
O’Connor and his parents and siblings left Europe at the beginning of World War II and moved to the United States, eventually settling in Sacramento, where O’Connor’s father had relatives. O’Connor was offered a job teaching art at the Sacramento Art...
Category
1990s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge Antique French Rococo Oil Painting Mythological Lovers in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunter
French School, late 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed size: 32 x 42 inches
provenance: private collection, France
Superb large scale French oil painting,...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Femme à la cravatte by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
Femme à la cravatte by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 21 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1910
This work is accompan...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame
By Franz Ludwig Kiederich
Located in London, GB
'Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame', oil on canvas, by Franz Ludwig Kiederich (circa 1930s). A delightful depiction of a woman, comfortable...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies.
Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman holding bouquet of red poppies in a fine pink satin dress.
The painti...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young Lady In The Landscape
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Elegant Young Lady In The Landscape.
Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman in the landscape dressed in a tulle dress and hat decorated with pink roses...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and colorful mid century Fauvist portrait of a man by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). The expressive and vibrant color palette, a signatu...
Category
1960s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Introspective Woman / Actress on Movie Set. Mid Century Art, Female Illustrator
By Lorraine Fox
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for were Woman's Day, ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Pencil
Fauve Portrait of Three Women in Blue Holding Red Abanicos
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Miami, FL
Bernie Fuchs's painting "Fauve Portrait of Two Women in Blue with Red Abanicos" captures a festive scene of three Spanish women in traditional dress at...
Category
1960s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil - Portrait of Man Writing at Desk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed with initials and fully verso.
Title: Portrait of a Man sitting writing, wearing spectacles and a green jacket/ jumper.
Me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School, Portrait of a Young Lady, Actress, Louis XIV sculpted frame, 1700
Located in Greven, DE
French School,
Portrait of a Young Lady, perhaps an actress
Oval
Louis XIV sculpted and gilded frame
French Art, Roccoco Art
The oval portrait of a young woman measures 61 by 50,5 cm canvas sight size and its 18th century oak carved and gilded frame...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Young Girl with Blue Shirt" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with short brown hair against a light green background and she wears a blue dress. An emotion is felt with in her face. The...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Wood Panel, Oil
The Japanese, 1970. Oil on canvas, 100x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jadviga Žilvinska (1918-2010) was born in Tallinn.
She grew up in Liepāja, where her great interest in art began and strengthened, which led the young artist to study at the Art Aca...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lord Cardigan, Charge of the Light Brigade, British Army Military Officer
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic composition depicts Lord Cardigan on horseback commanding an equestrian military unit with the Union Jack flag proudly displayed. The famous battle scene "Charge of the Light Brigade...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century fauvist portrait of a girl with colorful, textured impasto by Mary Sheppard (American, 20th Century), 1956. Signed and dated "Mary Sheppard '56" lower right. Unframed. Im...
Category
1950s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Cardboard
Portrait of Girl in Pink with Lemons, French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Portrait of a Lady in Pink"
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front and back
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors.
v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A child for humans by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 130x97 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas, excellent state
Category
1990s Fauvist 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.
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