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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Pop Art
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Grease
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greta Thunberg “Greta” Blue, Yellow, and Black Abstract Contemporary Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary painting of Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg by Austin, Texas artist Ed Booth. Large blue, yellow, and black vectorized por...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Powdered Wig at Rest
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas Listed price includes $150 additional cost for framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Pastel, Gouache, Board

Take With Water, 2021, female figure, vase & plants, blue & gold painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Female figure, vase, foliage, florals; acrylic ink, flashe and pastel on 300g Arches hot press paper; custom framed, shallow shadow box frame. Deep blue, marigold yellow gold. Fra...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pastel, Archival Paper

Pink VII - Figurative Portrait Woman Vibrant Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Alex and the Mawangdui Daoyin Tu
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil Painting / Figurative Art / Human Figure / Pastel Colors / Interiors From Macauley Norman's solo exhibition, CRYPTIC CLUTTER, "Alex and the Mawangdui Daoyin Tu" is a serene figu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Thread, Canvas

Summer. 2021. Oil on canvas, 70x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Summer. 2021. Oil on canvas, 70x70 cm Colorful bright artwork with two girls Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Frida Kahlo' Original Pop Artwork by PositivityAry
Located in Chattanooga, TN
'Frida Kahlo' Wrapped Canvas Original Pop Art features a multicolored collage of Frida Kahlo images placed in New York City's Times Square in multicolored hues. Introspective and playful Italian artist, Arianna Tascione...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Water the Flowers, 2021, female figure & plants, leaves, blue & gold painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Female figure, foliage, florals; acrylic ink, flashe and pastel on 300g Arches hot press paper; custom framed, shallow shadow box frame. Deep blue, marigold yellow gold. Frame dim...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pastel, Archival Paper

"Gemini" oil painting on panel figurative two women female red hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Gemini, 2020 oil on panel 17.5" x 12" unframed 21” x 15.5” framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that ble...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Poetic - Contemporary Art, Yellow, Red, Flower, 21st Century, Portrait, Diptych
Located in Berlin, DE
Poetic (diptych), 2014 Acrylic on canvas 39 3/8 H x 55 1/8 W in. 100 H x 140 W cm (reproduced at page 66, in the catalogue 'Mythical Flesh' by Mark Gisbourne, Diana Dochia - Printed ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Framework of Our Humanity - Large Multi-Portrait Portrait Mosaic, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A mosaic of individual portraits is combine into the large scale piece entitled the "Framework of our Humanity". Each gray scale portrait is done in painstaking detail portraying a multitude of what make each of us unique yet surprisingly the same. Bruno Surdo, trained classically, brings a modern twist to portraiture. Bruno Surdo Framework of Our Humanity oil on panel 98h x 77w in 248.92h x 195.58w cm BRS081 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nosiness - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Back Portrait III" Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Girl with Ponytail
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karoline Kroiß (1975), born in Austria, mainly paints realistic female figures with acrylic paint on paper or canvas. The women in her work seem to be lost in thought, serene scenes...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Riders - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Warm tones, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Oil, Acrylic on Canvas Fiber Glass Set of 5 by Contemporary “In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pragnesh Patel - Untitled - 15 x 15 inches Oil & Acrylic on Canvas with Fiber Glass ( Set of 5 works ) Inclusive of shipment in Stretched Form This wor...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Fiberglass, Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic

Unbreakable Resolve - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Mythological III (Bacchus) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Red, Green, Grape
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological III (Bacchus), 2016 Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner) 23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in. 60 H x 45 W cm (reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue '...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled (Pink V) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of William, April, 2020, Seated Male Wearing Gray Hoodie, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Waiting - it is what we all have been doing during this tumultuous year. Artist Peter Lupkin is no different. In his work entitled "Portrait of William, April, 2020" a family membe...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Donna Piazza - Oil Paint by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Donna Piazza is an original painting realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2017. Hand-made, dated, and hand-signed unique p...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paint

Electro-Magicism - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Portrait, Graffiti
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As well as the more widely acknowledged paint and brush the artist uses all manner of mediums, such as Correction Fluid, Spray Paint, Ink, Paint Markers, Texture Pastes, Charcoal, Graphite, Oil sticks and Collage. All applied in an equally diverse manner using brushes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Carità - Oil Paint by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2013
Located in Roma, IT
Carità is an original painting realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2013. Original oil on canvas hand-signed by the artist...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paint

Basquiat - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Easy Rider
Located in New York, NY
Pop Art. Homage to 'Easy Rider' - Peter Fonda. Painted. Oil on vintage comics over canvas. The artist is collected worldwide.
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

“Might and Mercy” Blue, Red, Yellow, and Pink Toned Abstract Vectorized Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary painting of a young woman with a bob by Austin, Texas artist Ed Booth. Large red, yellow, and black vectorized portrait painting of a wo...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Amy - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Portrait, Amy Winehouse, Graffiti
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As well as the more widely acknowledged paint and brush the artist uses all manner of mediums, such as Correction Fluid, Spray Paint, Ink, Paint Markers, Texture Pastes, Charcoal, Graphite, Oil sticks and Collage. All applied in an equally diverse manner using brushes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

CONSTANCE I - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Red Hair
Located in New York, NY
"In my paintings, I frequently use a tall vertical format. This makes it more challenging to develop a composition. As I proceed, I find it more interesting to work out the problems...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Great Horned Owl" by Anne Siems, figurative painting, owl in forest landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Great Horned Owl" by Anne Siems, is a captivating figurative-narrative painting featuring a wise owl, with an 18th century feel, surrounded by soft color palette and strong composition. ANNE SIEMS (b. 1965, Germany) Artist Statement I was born in Berlin, Germany. From 1969 to 1971 I lived near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student in 1986. Then in 1991, after finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Large Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Garageman"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large, unique oil painting on Belgian linen canvas, stretched on a timber support frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Miranda Priestly aka Ana winter Protrait in The devil wear Prada. 2021
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Miranda Priestly (Meryl Street The Devil Wears Prada), by Manuel Santelices Acrylic on panel Image size: 8 in. H x 6 in. W One of a Kind Unframe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

If I Die Too Young , or the Gunmen Come, I'm Full of Love, painting on linen
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Acrylic, lime wash and mirror on linen; figurative abstract painting; tribute portraits; doves, heart, poppy flowers; pastel colors, pink, yellow, turquoise, white, black, indigo, re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Mirror, Acrylic

Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Atrocity Exhibition" - Contemporary Framed Collage Figurative Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A painting (elaborately framed) with collage by important emerging artist Gunner Dongieux (New Orleans, San Francisco). As with many of his paintings, he's in the scene, depicted in a red Stanford sweatshirt, observing a scene with apparent horror that appears to be a game of "beer pong...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled (Like A Dream II) - Figurative Portrait Vibrant Blue Woman Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Frida Kahlo XXV, Orange Blue Yellow, Red Color, Acrylic, Canvas "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - Frida Kahlo XXV Acrylic on Canvas, 36 inches (Diameter) , 2021 FRAMED DOOR DELIVERED WITHIN INDIA ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY Dilip is one of the most promising young artists with his works very nominally Priced. Oinam Dilip was born in 1982 in Bishenpur, Dileep received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Delhi College of Art. In the early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms of art, which were inspired by the metro cities...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Audrey Hepburn VI, Orange Black, Orange Color, Acrylic, Canvas "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - Audrey Hepburn VI Acrylic on Canvas, 36 inches (Diameter) , 2021 FRAMED DOOR DELIVERED WITHIN INDIA ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY Dilip is one of the most promising young artists with his works very nominally Priced. Oinam Dilip was born in 1982 in Bishenpur, Dileep received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Delhi College of Art. In the early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms of art, which were inspired by the metro cities...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled, Figurative, Acrylic Paper, Green, Maroon, Yellow Black color"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Gangopadhyay - Untitled - 22 x 17.5 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Paper , 2016 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Should you want it framed and ready to hang ..please let us know and we will be happy to assist . Style : Subrata Gangopadhayay is widely considered one of India's leading painters in the modern realistic tradition. The strength of his lines and the life-like quality of his figures are features that have contributed to his enormous popularity and success. Subrata's artistic vision is informed by swirling colors, a sense of movement and a vivid array of color. The characters are in oil and acrylic canvases, come alive in all of their colorful glory. He has the skills of a virtuoso draftsman, skills that he honed during his years as the Senior Artist of the Ananda Bazar Group of publications. Subrata's women are all of these - charming 'adorable, seductive, vulnerable...compassionate... as with great controlled skill he expresses their moods through their eyes, smile & open body language. Each canvass is an excellent blend of technique & feeling as it evokes a nostalgic mood, each element expresses and emotional involvement - such is the charm & magic of his canvasses just as overwhelming is the variety of his work done. Undoubtedly a Master painter he is also a distinguished portrait artist, who paints in a mixed style within the broad expressionist format, standing firmly on the solid technical foundation derived form his training in academic realism. Brushwork ranges form smoothly realistic to the patchy impastos of vibrant expressionist bristles. About the Artist & his works : Born : Kolkata in 1959. Education : 1980 - Graduated form Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata First class First Diploma in Paintings. Solo Shows : 1990 : Expressions, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 1991, 93, 95, 96 & 99 : Galerie Ganesha, Delhi 1992 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai & Gandhara Art...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Move Out Of Sight - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Graffiti, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

RESTING BUT COMPLICATED - Contemporary Realism / Textiles / Female Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by New York-based Sharon Sprung.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mythological II (Faun) - 21st Century, Red, Blue, Flower, Myth, Contemporary Art
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological II (Faun), 2016 Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner) 23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in. 60 H x 45 W cm (reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue 'Myth...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

“Kickin’ Around” Blue, Yellow, and Pink Toned Abstract Vectorized Woman Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary painting of a young woman with by Austin, Texas artist Ed Booth. Large yellow, blue, and black vectorized portrait painting of a woman s...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Rain. Oil on canvas, 90X65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rain. Oil on canvas, 90X65 cm The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works. When Vadim was fiv...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ingorgo - Oil Paint by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Ingorgo is an original painting realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2018. A unique perfect hand-signed, titled, and dated...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paint

Untitled, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas with Fiber Glass by Contemporary “In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pragnesh Patel - Untitled - 5 x 5 inches & 5 x 6 inches Oil & Acrylic on Canvas with Fiber Glass ( Set of 12 works ) Inclusive of shipment in Stretched ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Fiberglass, Acrylic, Canvas

Pink XI - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

ISiS ISiDE
Located in Miami, FL
A. Laurenti has been exhibiting since 1984 universal, visionary and contemporary paintings. His images bring back to us through his colors, landscapes and personalities that have exi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Pigment, Canvas, Oil

Couple, Spiritual, Acrylic on Canvas, Green, Red, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Das - Untitled - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas. Style : Subrata Das's works are a poetic representation on Indian Mythological forms, skillfully rendered....
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

XXX
Located in New York, NY
Anita Kapraljevic Pepsi Generation 2010 Oil on canvas 150 x 119 cm signed, titled and dated on verso Anita Kapraljevic is born in Mostar and lives in Berlin. She studied in Nürtinge...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Oil and Charcoal on Canvas Portrait Painting "Traite D'Anatomie"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique artwork in oil on stretched canvas by world renowned artist Elly Smallwood. The artwork has thick paint strokes with a lot of texture, ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Charcoal

"Basquiat/Samo" Jean-Michel Basquiat Pop Art Painting on Canvas Red Background
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Basquiat/Samo. With impasto painting and silkscreening we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is able to engage his viewer with contrasting highlights and ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Jazz. Man with saxophone. Oil on canvas. 73x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jazz. Oil on canvas. 73x100 cm Man with saxophone The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Realization That Time Cannot Be Persuaded" female portrait with fruit, woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Realization that Time Cannot be Persuaded, 2016 oil on Dibond 10" x 6" unframed 13.5" x 9.5" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Unlocking Hidden Fortunes - 21st Cent, Contemporary Painting, Graffiti, Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

I Could Be Her
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

1-8-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lunas horse. Oil on canvas, 73X93 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lunas horse. Oil on canvas, 73X93 cm Horse in blue-cyan color The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creatin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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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