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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1990s
"Wild and Free" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by VIQA
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wild and Free" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by VIQA
Wild and free, she is like a whirlwind of passion, indomitable and daring. Her heart beats to the rhythm of freedom and her soul ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Turn Your Magic On_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"Turn Your Magic On"
Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 60 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Platform - Contemporary Expressive, Symbolic and Minimalistic 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, Acrylic
In The Cafeteria - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic Black-White 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, Acrylic
"It Was Summer" colorful contemporary female nude resting in artist's studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"It Was Summer" is a colorful contemporary oil painting of a female nude resting in artist's studio
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a block away from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Indoors, Figurative Painting Portrait in Black, Square Shapes in Yellow & Pink
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 Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - 7 Personnages Skate Park
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Waiting Room 2 - Contemporary Expressive, Symbolic Black-White 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, Acrylic
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
Our magnetic fields
Located in Oslo, NO
Our magnetic fields
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil, Acrylic
1000 Years, blue and earth tonehuman face, bark from birch tree, natural element
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made with the bark of the Paper Birch tree on a repurposed trophy plaque. The title was inspired by the song, "Scott Pilgrim," by the Canadian band, Plum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Birch
Silent dialogue
Located in Oslo, NO
Silent dialogue
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Acrylic
Contemporary portrait "Entomological Collection"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In winter, we will go to the Natural History Museum," my husband said. Winter has passed, but we never went to the museum.In this painting, I've interwoven the essence of nature's i...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
memories of summer
Located in Zofingen, AG
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...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lockdown Self-Portrait" contemporary realist portrait of artist in his studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lockdown Self-Portrait" is a contemporary realist portrait of the artist in his studio.
Framed Dimensions: 17 x 20 inches
Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Californi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Yellow Roses
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Orange Sun - contemporary oil on canvas portrait of artist Vincent Van Gogh
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Orange Sun" is a unique oil on canvas work by Milan Markovich from 2017. It portrays the face of Vinvent Van Gogh in the artist's special technique an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
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 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 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
Contemporary portrait "In the Center of the Metropolis"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I love walking the streets of the private sector when the weather is nice. It feels like being in a small town rather than in the center of a metropolis. I've aimed to capture the co...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
I have to save you
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"I Have to Save You" presents a compelling narrative of guardianship and intimacy, conveyed through the tender interplay between a nude figure and a gentle stag. Th...
Category
2010s Impressionist 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
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
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...
Category
Early 2000s Modern 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Leaving the Circus", Original painting, Figurative art, Women, Pastel, Ethereal
Located in Deddington, GB
Acrylic painting on linen canvas. Inspired by the Circus.
The painting shows a blurred portrait of a female. Pastel blues, greys, pinks and white fill the composition with an ethere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
C.Z Guest Time cover. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
C.Z Guest Time cover, 2024 by Manuel Santelices
From the Fashion series
Ink and markers on paper
Image size: 15 in. H x 11 in. W
Unframed
The artist have covered the New York Colle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman by the sea oil on canvas painting mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 69x60 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
The beauty of dance XIII
Located in Zofingen, AG
A continuation of the ballet topic. A beautiful ballerina in a dance moving. Realistic contemporary art with dancing ballerina. You can see also the beginning of the painting with gr...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bakeneko 2.
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their
shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"For the Shear Fun of it" Charcoal Painting 29" x 21" inch by Casey Baugh
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Contemporary Pop B/W Female Portrait. Yellow Background "Currency #139"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2023, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work executed on a treated c...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Brave Girl 18
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
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
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
Flores Amarillas
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 ...
Category
2010s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, 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
"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
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....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Large Abstract Cubist Style Multicoloured Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Art, Picasso Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
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
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 Zofingen, AG
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...
Category
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
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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