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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1960s
Our magnetic fields
Located in Oslo, NO
Our magnetic fields
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Color Pencil, Acrylic

Sisters
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career. Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

A Windy Day - Contemporary Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Urianium Oil Painting on Panel Pareidolia Surrealism Still Life In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Urianium Oil Painting on Panel Pareidolia Surrealism Still Life In Stock Daniel Douglas (Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, 1984) Growing up on the countryside of the Netherlands, Dani...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Couple on the balcony. Large format young woman and man portrait.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Couple on the balcony" is an interior scene of a young woman and a young man sitting comfortably watching the street from their balcony. Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Alfredo Rold...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Man With The Beretta - Seascape Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Goya Disorders, Pastel Tones Diptych, Black Gestures, Urban Forms, PinkGeometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Recovery - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The knitter Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
OIl painting on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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 Authenticity. About Artist Ogu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Youth" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Youth" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2023 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocativ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In Her Prime
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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 Authenticity. About Artist Ogu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The dancer Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The turbaned Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The red hat Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Stay Forever Free_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE "Stay Forever Free" Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas 40 x 30 inches Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna K...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Comfort Zone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Forward Motion - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

memories of summer
Located in Sempach, LU
In this vibrant acrylic painting, I've channeled the essence of summer memories into a whimsical medley of colors and forms. I've drawn from comics, pop art, and symbolism to capture...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and realistic styles, with a focus on port...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

By the Shore, a close up side profile of a swimmer by the beach
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Brave Girl 15
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Isabella" by Joris Ghilini, 27.5 x 17 x 6 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
"Isabella", 2024 Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is rooted in his studio, a place of...
Category

2010s Medieval Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Plexiglass

Float, a close up large depiction of a woman sunbathing on a floaty
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic

Elisabeht
Located in Oslo, NO
In my artwork, I've poured my soul into capturing the complex tapestry of human emotion. With each stroke of oil paint, I've interwoven a sense of resilience amidst adversity, the su...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Board

Narcissus Awoken Visage, Dark Tones Face Painting on Papyrus Paper, Pink, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Portrait #1. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #1, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Woman by the sea oil on canvas painting mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 69x60 cm.
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Marguerite de Habsbourg" by Joris Ghilini, 29 x 19 x 6 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
"Isabella", 2024 Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is rooted in his studio, a place of...
Category

2010s Medieval Portrait Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Acrylic

Twirling, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An elegant figure dances among decorative floating shapes, her glowing gown swirling with motion as she twirls with delight. Painted with a palette knife, she s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Amos A. Langdown (1930-2006) - South African Oil, Two Ladies with Shopping
Located in Corsham, GB
Amos Archibald Langdown (1930-2006) - original artwork. Study of two ladies carrying shopping bags. Signed lower right. Presented in a smart gilt-effect frame with double card mount....
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vermilion
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary portrait "New Look for an Old Jacket"
Located in Sempach, LU
Sometimes you dig into the closet, find a long-forgotten item, and start trying it on in different ways. You try it on, and it seems pretty cool, but then you think: Where am I going...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Brave Girl 16
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Brave Girl II
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Brave Girl 12
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Gingham
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait dragons
Located in Oslo, NO
Portrait in kitsch style with a Chinese pipe and two dragons. If you look closely, there are three dragons in the picture.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Color Pencil, Acrylic

John Britton - Framed Contemporary Acrylic, He dreamt that he was Still 21
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed lower right. Presented in a strip frame with artist label verso. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Clive Fredriksson - 2023 Oil, Woman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. On board.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_In The Garden_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE "In The Garden" Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas 30 x 40 inches Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kinca...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Brave Girl 14
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

R. Poch. Figures Faces Blue acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
54. Ramon POch. figures. faces. blue painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La C...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ole Lukoje, Sandman
Located in Oslo, NO
Controversial hero in Scandinavia-Ole close your eyes. The image of the Sandman can have both a positive connotation , he is a kind creature who calms naughty children and brings goo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil, Acrylic, Canvas

"For the Shear Fun of it" Charcoal Painting 29" x 21" inch by Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"For the Shear Fun of it" Charcoal Painting 29" x 21" inch by Casey Baugh Medium: Charcoal on paper ABOUT THE ARTIST: Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Portrait of Norwegian girl
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I endeavored to capture a poignant moment, the gaze that conveys the silent strength within. I used an impressionist touch to evoke emotions and depth, harmoniz...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Figurative/Portrait_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Clam Shovel, America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Clam Shovel" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 71 x 48 in Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from her Co...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Girl With Harpoon - Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing and conveying its contents, with particular involvement of methodologies from geography, anthropology, sociology to cultural studies. Her works have been in the past approached to the works of Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1770), but in Gullotta's paintings the absence of color makes the spaces particularly ethereal, allowing them to be ideally lifted to new places and to new life. An artist of international caliber who has decided to entrust her return to her homeland to Almach Art Gallery in Milan, while maintaining connections with important galleries, such as Marlborough Fine Art in London and Galerie Koch in Hanover. The artwork represents the famous Velasca Tower in Milan. This artwork was exhibited during the Daniela Gullotta...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Sandstone

Anna Wajcowicz liaison Zośka - Modern Expressive, Symbolic Oil Potrait Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Joint II" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Joint II" - Contemporary figurative oil painting of a couple lying together on a bed by Chelsea Gibson Medium: Oil on linen Size 32 x 48 inches. Offered unframed. "Joint II" i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Love Must Reciprocate
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
What is love worth than this? We breathe in free air. Nature gives us radiant services. Only us was created in his image? His dear son he gave for us. Who then ought to be your Valen...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Calm Before The Storm #3, Original painting, Seascape, landscape, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
The Calm Before The Storm #3 - An seascape painting by Lucy Moore. When winter roles in it slowly strips the earth of her colour and vibrancy, the grey storm clouds creep along the s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

My Ex - Modern Art Portrait Acrylic Painting Colors Lilac Blue Orange Red Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"My Ex" is a painting by Maestro Pancho Malezanov. About the painting: TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, painting on canvas STYLE: POP ART, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approx...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Janina Trojanowska-Zborowska - Modern Expressive, Symbolic Oil Potrait Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Boy Kuba - Modern, Contemporary Portrait Painting, Pop Art, Joyful
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary portrait "Don't Tell Me what to Do"
Located in Sempach, LU
In this piece, I capture the spirit of independence and defiance. The central figure stands poised yet resolute, a silent assertion of self in a structured environment. The cats, wi...
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Imagine Not
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Imagine not the impossibilities, imagine not the when and How, imagine not yourself. Just do that which you can do and must do. Even when you fall, you will rise again, when you try ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

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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