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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Surrealist
Bloom (Oil Painting, Symbolist, Ancient Cultures, Pop, Surreal, ~47% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
Bloom
2024
Oil on canvas
Size: 31.49 x 23.62 x inches (80 x 60 cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
Stella J Richey is an international visual artist and designer. Her works ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shape of Face No. 5 - Framed Textural Expressionist Surrealist Figurative Art
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Blue World, Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue World, Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By British School artist, 21st Century
Signed indistinctly on the back top corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 23 x 19.5 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Portrait - Original OIl Paint on paper, SIGNED
By Simon Hantaï
Located in Paris, IDF
Simon HANTAI
Surrealist Portrait, 1950
Original OIl Paint on paper
Signed and dated in the upper right corner
On paper 34 x 24 cm (c. 14 x 10 in)
Created for the artist exhibition a...
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Abstract Series - Abraham Lincoln" , Abstract, 21st Century, Acrylic, Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany.
König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Blue Coloured Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Coloured Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Titled 'Lavande' in the lower right hand corner
Oil paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Continuity 1 -original abstract expressionist figurative painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Continuity 1" by Magdalena Morey is a stunning exploration of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Guinovart. Thoughtful Man Black and White. drawing on cardboard
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Guinovart. Thoughtful man. black and white. drawing on cardboard
Josep Guinovart i Bertran (Barcelona 1927-2007) was a painter, draftsman and engraver from Catalonia, Spain.
After ...
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin paper, unframed
paper: 10.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Pari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Heart Love Glow In The Dark Day - Square Colorful Textured Heart Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Saint Minecraft IV (Block Building, Pixel Art, Gaming Creativity)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani
Saint Minecraft IV
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 Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman reading, seated
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman seated reading in an interior.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during t...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
self portrait 1 oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - self portrait 1 - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 70X50 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green and Blue Abstract Portrait of a Bald Man
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract portrait of a man by artist Carla Nickerson-Adams. This portrait depicts a seated bald man with a green garment with a red and yellow lining. Signed ...
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Nude
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edwin Kosarek (b.1929). Reclining Nude, 1952. Oil on wood panel, 17 x 48 inches. Signed and dated on verso.
Edwin Kosarek
Born: 1929
Studied: The Cit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The sun. Portrait. 1973. Cardboard, oil, 33x46.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The sun. 1973. Cardboard, oil, 33x46.5 cm
Woman portrait in orange colors
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family.
Vladimir Glushenkov...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Antique American Modernist Surreal Original Framed Figurative Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist drawing. Framed. Drawing on paper. Signed. Image size, 14H by 11L.
Category
1980s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'O Happy Day' - pure abstract, meditation, red clay, moody
Located in Atlanta, GA
This large-scale pure abstract painting features hues of blue, orange, brown and green. This piece includes acrylic, diamond dust, red clay & mica on canvas.
Sachi Rome is inspired ...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Contemplation
By Christian Landier
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Subtle colors and composition were combined by Christian Landier to create this lovely work of art that would enhance any room in your home.
This is an original oil signed by the ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Seduction Series" D4RE7, Abstract, Portrait Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Art measures 19.68 x 19.68 inches
Frame measures 27.55 x 27.55 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding.
Color: Gold patinated
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
'Naiad' - Abstract Profile of a Woman by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Presenting 'Naiad,' a stunning abstract portrait by Masri, celebrated for its vivacious flow and splatter techniques. This singular piece portrays a woman in profile, her form crispl...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Street Smart: Contemporary Surrealist Portrait
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
His time in New York City has ingrained Berlin with the whole vibe of the culture that existed in the city at that time. He is so passionate when talking about it and the lasting eff...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Egg Girls on a bike
Located in Zofingen, AG
I’ve written a book based on my Egg people and Characters such as the Conspirators. It is a fantasy novel that takes place in Egg Island and London. The story has a mix of good and bad characters, full of excitement, sadness, and intrigue.
Egg Island is a mysterious place where you can find all sorts of creatures, such as dolphins, including a giant one as big as a ship and one even bigger one that sleeps at the bottom of the sea. Baboons who think they own the place, firebugs light up the village, giant turtles protect kids while swimming, Bright orange coconut crabs...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lovers, I’ll put a spell on you. (I was listening to Nina Simone)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Each of the Lovers comes from Ta's memory and imagination, "my feelings, my memories, some good, some not so good, but I try to focus on the good ones, a dance I remember, a hug afte...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Laßt Blumen sprechen. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Laßt Blumen sprechen, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating
Image size: 20.8 in H x 15.7 in W
Frame size: 28.5 in H x 22. in W x 1 in D
Black wood frame
The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation.
Using infrared black and white...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Directive Forces. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Directive Forces, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating
Image size: 20 in H x 15.5 in W
Unframed
The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation.
Using infrared black and white...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Bright & Colorful French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Stylish Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
Oil on artist paper, unframed
7.25. x 7 inches
Signed initials ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
ORIGINAL FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - RENE LEROY (b.1932)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932) signed
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, signed
Size: painting: 21.25 x 28.75 inches
Provenance: all ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Minecraft III (Block Building, Pixel Art, Gaming Creativity)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani
Saint Minecraft III
2024
Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil
Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm)
Signed and date...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
"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
"Silent Melody, " 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, her fa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
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
Surrealist Acrylic Portrait Painting, "Mr.P" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 12” x 19” x 5” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum with Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Vellum
"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
Stylish Man in Glasses, Portrait, Blue Colour , Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stylish Man in Glasses, Portrait, Blue Colour ,Original Oil Painting
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 26 x 21 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by French female artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Psychic Fallout
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Psychic Fallout is an original painting by Elisha Nyong. Elisha created Psychic Fallout with Oil on a 42W by 45H inches primed canvas.
Psychic Fallout ac...
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
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
Egg Boy on a windy day
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Egg girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
King of Jazz
Located in Zofingen, AG
Ta has a vibrant personality and loves nothing more than a happy toe-tapping audience appreciating melodic jazz. Jazz and lady in red oozes musical finesse and sultry song.
Ta is ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Rona Wars: Cyberpunk Edition, ' by XVALA, Mixed Media Painting
By XVALA
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 61" x 44" mixed media painting by the artist XVALA is from his series 'Pandemic Collection: 6.' The painting was created with iridescent oil stick and spray paint on a screen print of a Star Wars poster. The abstracted "Basquiat-inspired" work depicts a silver robot with red eyes and large white teeth on a purple and blue background with the text 'cyber punk' in red at the bottom of the painting.
2020 twisted human reality in a number of ways no one could ever have predicted. XVALA pays tribute to this by melding the original Star Wars movie poster with the unexpected weirdness of the 21st Century. By combining a classic sci-fi villain with a modern symbol of literal Cyberpunk, XVALA shows the COVID-19 virus aimed straight toward the earth with a mission to destroy it.
Exhibited during the Pandemic Paintings exhibition at the Meme Ranch August 7th, 2020.
XVALA's art illuminates the hidden fallout spawned from our high tech Internet age. His' Fear Google' campaign exposed the decay of privacy and 'No Delete' used hacked nude celebrity photos to highlight loss of control over personal information. The artist has worked with trash from the homes of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and others, as well as dirt from the graves of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. The dirt appears in the 'New World Order' collection as part of a pyramidal, 3D printed, living ant farm...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Spray Paint, Screen, Canvas, Acrylic
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
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING - MOTHER AND CHILD PORTRAIT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
signed with initials
oil painting on board
board: 18 x 14.75 inches
Mid 20th century oil painting on board by the French ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary French Abstract Picasso Style Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regal Style French Abstract, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie.
The abstract style painting shows a medley of coloured flecks, based on a ochre background, with a soft range of reds and greens.
There is a faint outline of a face with what we believe to be a crown, lost amongst the cubist paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Strength in Diversity 4
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 Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a Black nude woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a black nude woman seated on a chair.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Oils on ...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
LOVE AT FIRST PIPE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"LOVE FIRST PIPE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, C.2006
20 X 16 INCHES
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Vibrant Colour Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century)
oil on canvas, unframed
size: 21.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate, France...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HUGE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - R. LEROY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed no signature
Size: painting: 32 x 23.5 inches
Provenance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) LARGE ORIGINAL PAINTING - FERNAND LEGER ASSISTANT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
signed verso
watercolour/ gouache paint on artist paper, stuck on board
25.5 x 20 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
LEROY - FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING WITH COLLAGE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: mixed media - material and oil on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 21.25 x 28.75 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pale Yellow Portrait, Cubist, French Abstract, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pale Yellow Portrait, Cubist, French Abstract, Original Oil Painting
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pen on thin paper, unframed
paper: 8.25 x 3.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pen
"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
Persona YB2302
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST : Alex Senchenko ©
Title : Persona YB2302 .
Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas
100cm. x 100cm.
Original Painting on a 1.5 cm Deep Canvas
Ready to hang
2023
...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Persona YB2306
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST : Alex Senchenko ©
Title : Persona YB2306 .
Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas
100cm. x 100cm.
Original Painting on a 1.5 cm Deep Canvas
Ready to hang
2023
...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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.
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