Portrait Paintings
1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Brass
1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Screen, Paper, Acrylic
20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Brass
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Enamel
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1860s Portrait Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1860s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1830s Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1670s Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Paint, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
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
1880s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Linen, Oil
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Ink, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Masonite, Oil
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
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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