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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Street Art
Bigger Guns, Street Art, Pop Art, Wolf, Wall Street
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
2 guns in street art style
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Br...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Timeless classic, Street Art, Pop Art, bust
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
A bust in Street art style
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Br...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"The Greatest Possible Success", Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Greatest Possible Success” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 20 inches in greys, silvers and whites. The dramatic verticality of Gotham’s architect...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Being and Time: An Imaginary Portrait of Martin Heidegger", Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Being and Time: an Imaginary Portrait of Martin Heidegger” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in green, greys and silver, with maroon highligh...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Beauty of the Bride
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The inspiration behind "Beauty of the Bride" stems from the age-old practice of African kings selecting brides of great beauty to grace their courts. This tradition, often intertwine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sax duo
Located in Zofingen, AG
Welcome to my world of Monkeys and Lions smoking cigars, the Egg family, my Lovers Jazz Conspirators and Ladies in Red.
Someone once said of my work. 'I often wonder why people worl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Face II (Aquiles).
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Face II (Aquiles) is a large format work that is part of the classical series, continuing its exploration of the iconic figures of mythology. In this Rostro II, the protagonist is Ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Self Portrait, Street Art, Pop Art,
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
Self Portrait of Jay-C
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Mixed Media Yellow Portrait Coin Inspered Artwork on Wood, Currency #192
Located in FISTERRA, ES
The Currencies series by Natasha Lelenco is designed for versatile display, working either as a standalone contemporary artwork or as part of a modular art installation, allowing co...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Happy Easter, Street Art, Pop Art, Bugs Bunny
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
Bugs Bunny is doing a selfportrait painting
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a dis...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"NATALIE", surrealist oil painting, nude woman, portrait, classic pose, tattoos
By Tslil Tsemet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"NATALIE", 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 47x62". One of a series of portraits by the artist of her friends. "Nat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Colorful Face Coin. Naive "Currency #215"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
These artworks are designed to function both individually and in multiple compositions, allowing for installations tailored to the space with as many artworks as desired. Please cont...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Antique Spanish School Surrealist Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Spanish school modernist surreal portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 18 by 24 inches overall and 15 by 21 painting alone.
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Diaphanous, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's " Silent Melody" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers on her dark hair, as she...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Egg flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud
My hero, Vincent Van Gogh, painted his sunflowers in Arles, in the Sou...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Surrealist Figurative Painting, "The Journey of Self-Discovery"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 36.5"x48.5"x1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
Charlene Mos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Childhood, Portrait, Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Portrait Art,
Subject: Childhood
Size: 36" x 24" x 1'' inch, 92x61x3 cm,
Unframed, Stretched on Wooden Bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang.
Tigran Hovoumyan was born on November 8, 1969, in American Armenia...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Extra instagram fame, Street Art, Pop Art, Balenciaga
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
A girl is riding on a sneaker
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Other Side 7
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Saint Minecraft V (Block Building, Pixel Art, Gaming Creativity)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani
Saint Minecraft V
2024
Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil
Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm)
Signed and dated ...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
"Pink Moon, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Pink Moon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form cradling a small moon i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Portrait of a Man" Grey Cubist Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist portrait of a man with multiple shades of black, grey, and white. The painting is signed and dated in the bottom right corner. The painting is framed in a black frame with...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Moon Glow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Moon Glow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form holding a full moon in ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Moderato, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Moderato" is an original, handmade oil and alkyd painting that depicts a portrait of a woman juxtaposed with white and blue patterning.
About the Artist:
Sy...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Alkyd
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Conspiracy
Located in Zofingen, AG
Unlike many surrealists, who present their dreams, the central subjects of Ta’s work are people and bold colours. Her work opens up new art dimensions to explore. Her Blue Valentine ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Last Leaves (young girl yellow shirt fall leave portrait figurative oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Last Leaves is a hauntingly poetic oil painting that blends contemporary figurative painting with surrealism and symbolic composition. A young girl, her face rendered ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nightfall, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Nightfall" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in blue cradling a smal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Mechanical Heart" Contemporary Green and Yellow Surrealist Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work shows a man with pastel colored features opening his shirt to reveal his mechanical heart and robot parts set against a vivid, yellow background. Signed at bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Antler" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Antler" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with a white branch appearing as an antler on her head.
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Shadow Self", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Shadow Self" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face with blue lipstick fading into the darkness of spa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"CONTROL", surrealist oil painting, breast feeding mother, Jerusalem, cats, baby
By Tslil Tsemet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"CONTROL, 2014, is a surrealist oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 70x47". At once provocative and serene – a woman on a carved w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Driot dams Les Yeux - Right in the Eyes" Abstract Portrait Street Art on Canvas
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Night Bloom, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Night Bloom" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in profile with a full moon behind her and white Moonflowers blooming amidst her form.
About the Artist:
Sara Scribner (B. 1982 Fremont, California) is a figurative painter living in Oklahoma. She earned a BFA in painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has exhibited in museums and galleries across the US and in Europe, including European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) museum in Barcelona, Spain, Wausau Museum of Art in Wausau, WI, Wally Workman Gallery...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Don't Say it Outloud", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Don't Say it Outloud" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face surrounded by darkness, gently holding an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Muse: Time in Time (Model: Natalia Gubanova)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item does not include frame.
Throughout his evolution as a painter, Antonio Torres has dedicated him...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
“Comme un Rayon de Lumière” Like a Ray of Light, Colorful, Abstract Street Art
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
JM Robert's portraits start with a bright a bold background done with spray paint. As JM started his career as a graffiti artist, he is now able to bridge fi...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
"Roses Are Not Only Red" (2022) By Ifeoluwa Alade, Original Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Roses Are Not Only Red" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model with a rose and butterfly cast in a deep red glow.
Ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Citadel" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Citadel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life woman reclining in a seaside landscape.
Artist Autobi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Eating and Drinking I", Surrealist, Red, Green, Yellow, Acrylic Painting, 2022
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in reds, greens and yellows against a neutral background. What at first glance appea...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
"Beak" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Beak" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with her face in profile with a yellow triangle that resembles a beak.
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
MICKEY MOUSE (DISNEY)
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,000 Sale Price
50% Off
SUENO PROFUNDO
By Sofia Ruiz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
SUENO PROFUNDO
OIL AND ACRILIC ON CANVAS
SIGNED, 2013
EXHIBITED MUSEO DEL BANCO CENTRAL
DE COSTA RICA
43.25 X 35.5 INCHES
Sofía Ruiz was born in 1982....
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
“Le Grandiose" The Grandiose, Colorful Street Art Pop Abstract on Canvas
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE", surrealist oil painting, skeleton, family
By Tslil Tsemet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE, 2019, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 62x55". At once provocative and serene, the wel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Silver Cord, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Silver Cord" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vibrant purple and red eye and face.
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Unicorn's Garden, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "The Unicorn's Garden" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grey unicorn in a lush garden of cat faced flowers and rollin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pocket Full of Dreams", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Pocket Full of Dreams" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure surrounded by darkness, gently holding...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"MIDDLE POINT", surrealist oil painting, woman, cat, blood ritual, cosmos, saint
By Tslil Tsemet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"MIDDLE POINT", 2016, is a surrealist oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 37x32". It's a mysterious canvas. A woman of a certain a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MEJOR SOLAS
By Sofia Ruiz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"MEJOR SOLAS"
OIL AND ACRILIC ON CANVAS
SIGNED AND DATED 2010
EXHIBITED MUSEO DEL BANCO CENTRAL
DE COSTA RICA
47.5 X 59 INCHES
Sofía Ruiz was born in ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Les Beaux Jours" The Good Days Colorful, Abstract Street Art, French Art
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the flash of a beautiful face seen in an in...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
What U Done Done?! (Lauren Hill - Lost Ones), large original painting
By Mark Drew
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front edge; hand signed and dated on verso by Mark Drew. Canvas size 34.6 x 34.6 inches. Frame size 35.5 x 35.5 inches.
A...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Street Art, Portrait Painting, Color Changing Art-Deep Blue, See?
Located in Delaware , OH
Street Art, Portrait Painting, Color Changing Art-Deep Blue, See?
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
Made from portrait photography turned into modern street art on canvas, "Deep Blue, S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010)
Untitled, 1950
Oil on canvas
36 x 25 in.
Signed lower right: RJE '50
Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child.
Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist.
After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study.
After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago.
He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953.
For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983.
As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known.
Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring Harbor...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
United and Fate Challenge I
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mental closeness connects two dissimilar beings, despite great differences.
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait, "'Prince' The Guide" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 16” x 2” Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Acrylic and Graphite by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
Panda rainbow SAVE THE HUMANS
By K.K.
Located in East Hampton, NY
5 layer stencil painting ( Pink, Silver, Red, Black )
Panda Bear holding a FEMINIST sign
Political statements in text
These are NOT prints. Original works on paper,
Comes rolled in ...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Pajares Big Vertical Red Rai Charles HEY. Original street art painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
HEY. Original street art painting
PAJARES
Done in mixed media on canvas and collage.
PAJARES, Juan Manuel (Lleida 1957 )
Pajares was introduced to the impact of large-scale canvas pa...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled - Surrealist Unique painting on paper/board - Max Walter Svanberg, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Max Walter Svanberg (1912-1994)
Untitled, 1957
Gouache on paper
Paper: 36 x 29 cm l 14 1/8 x 11 in.
Frame: 57 x 49 cm l 22 1/2 x 19 1/3 in
Signed and dated
Exhibition history: Nord...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Laid Paper
Gens With The Dent in Her SL500 Bens-Figurative Ink Painting Los Angeles Artist
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Flirt. 1970. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flirt. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Abstract/Surrealist composition with two fasec
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, grap...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
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.