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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
1930's French Impressionist Oil Painting Sketch Portrait Lady with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady with the Tambourine
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 20 inches high by 14 inches wide
condition: overall very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of a Woman with Pearls
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a woman with pearls and a blue shirt by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Laid Back Lady Portrait Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
black pastel drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981)
Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame : 67 X 76 cm
HERVE J...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of Three Figures In Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
3 Figures
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thin paper, unframed
paper: 13 x 10 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: from the ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Girl with the Gun 1990's Stylised Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl with the Gun, Stylised Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
by Larissa Ickx, Belgian 20th century
Signed on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 47...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large American Impressionist Painting Sailor Girl with Toy Boat Richard Zolan
By Richard Judson Zolan
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Judson Zolan (1931-2001)
"Be Calm"
A sailor girl (or sailor boy) with a toy boat in a pond.
Oil painting on canvas, hand signed upper left,
Dimensions 40 x 30”, framed to...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Posed Elegant Lady In V Neck Shirt Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Lady
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8.25 inches wide
condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Portrait of Madame Susanne, the Artist’s Wife
By Louis Valtat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis Valtat
French, 1869-1952
Portrait of Madame Susanne, the Artist’s Wife
Oil on canvas
19 ⅝ by 25 ⅝ in, w/ frame 28 ½ by 34 ⅜ in
Initialed lower left
Louis Valtat was a French ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Study of a Moor', Post-Impressionist Figural Oil, Othello, Moroccan, Tunisian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American school, Signed indistinctly lower right and dated 1988.
A bravura, psychologically-penetrating oil study of a man, shown wearing a turban and contrasted against a scumbled ...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
"Study of Morgan, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Study of Morgan" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman, face downturned, with her long dark hair trailing down her porcelain fig...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
1950s French Interior Scene Lady Seated at Chair Fauvist Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in the Interior
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Girl in Red, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl in Red, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, M.Russell, mid 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'A Portrait of a Fisherman' by Jos Van Belleghem (1894 – 1970) Belgian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Van Belleghem Jos
Beernem 1894 – 1970 Veurne
Belgian Painter
'A Portrait of a Fisherman'
Signature: Signed bottom right
Medium: Oil on canvas...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary British Modernist Oil Portrait Of A Blonde Lady In Pearl Earrings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape
signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
dated 93'
oil painting on board , unframed
board: 15 x 12 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: all the pain...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosa
Located in Denver, CO
Interior Portrait
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Waterloo Bridge-original impressionism cityscape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Waterloo Bridge" by Michael Alford is a mesmerizing original ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Woman in Aqua', De Young, Oakland Museum, LACMA, CWS, AWS, San Francisco
By Jade Fon Woo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jade Fon' for Jade Fon Woo (American, 1911-1983) and painted circa 1955.
A charming and character-filled study of a young woman, shown brimming with life and h...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Just Another Sunday" by Louis Recchia, Oil Painting, Pop Art
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Just Another Sunday" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas. T
About the Artist:
Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary art in Denver for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Flora and Fauna, Portrait, Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2005
Style: Portrait & Surrealism
Title: Flora and Fau...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Sierra Mountains Double Sided Landscape - (w/ Clown verso painting)
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury impasto landscape of Sierra Mountains with stream in foregrounds snow-covered mountains in background. Signed "Lorie '65". Clown is painted on verso. Presented in carved a...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Characterful Portrait French Man with Hat & Pipe Signed & Dated 1903 Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe
French School, signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Composition, Abstract Art, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Abstract Portrait
Title: Composition
Size:...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman posing oil on canvas painting
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Woman in pink- Oil on canvas
Oil measures 61x50 cm.
Frame size 67x56 cm.
Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors and w...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Elegant Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Pencil
1940's French Impressionist Oil Portrait of Young Blonde Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Blonde Lady
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s French Post Impressionist Portrait Of A Elegant Lady In Brown Jacket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers In Grand Vase Watercolour 1930's French Impressionist Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Interior
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting: 15 x 22 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock
Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pen, Illustration Board, Oil
Turn of Century English Portrait of Mrs. Rogerson
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Victorian original oil portrait of Mrs. Rogerson by John Charlton
Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer this fine example of Victorian portraiture of Mrs. Frances Mary...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Early 20th Century Old Civil War Soldier Portrait of Honor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful turn of the century oil portrait of old civil war soldier circa 1900, by an unknown artist. Soldier is depicted wearing the Medal of Honor...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Young woman watercolor
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curos - Young woman - Watercolor
Watercolor measurements 40x32 cm.
Frame measurements 54x46 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He tra...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1930's French Portrait of Lady Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Impressionist artist, circa 1930
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Dappled Light" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Dappled Light" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a man napping in the sun while leaning against a tree with sun stre...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large French Impressionist Oil - Elegant Abstract Portrait Of A Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021)
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter.
Title: Lady Portrait
Medium & Size:
oil painting
canvas: 35 x 26 inches
Condition:
the painting is very sound and good.
Provenance:
private collection, France
The painting is for auction with no...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dongxing Huang Modernist Original Oil Painting "The Sound of Music"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Sound of Music
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 16.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Dongxing Huang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady In an Egyptian Red Off The Shoulder Dress Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady In Red
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 13.75 high by 13 inches wide
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait Young Spanish girl INGLADA Impressionnist catalan painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Francisco INGLADA Barcelona, 1850 - 1903 Oil on canvas 56 x 43 cm (74 x 62 cm with frame) Signed top left "Inglada"
Very good condition (only a small restoration not visible on the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Original Oil Painting - lady in hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1991
oil painting on canvas
canvas: 44 x 30 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg boy with his friend the Iguana
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 Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
At Doug's Place
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
At Doug's Place by Lu Haskew
Oil 12x10" image size
Plein Air artists sit by a river discussing on break from the day of painting.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lu considered it a must to work...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch.
André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 24.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings t...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stylish Blonde Lady In White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Victorian School Boys in Top Hats, Signed Original Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The School Boys
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 40 inches
Very good condi...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
mulled wine time
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I poured my soul into capturing the warmth and introspective comfort of a quiet winter's eve. I chose acrylics and delicate gilding to breathe life into the minimal...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Portrait Lady With Closed Eye Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
At the Foot of the Statue - Scottish art Impressionist figurative oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine large oil painting by Scottish listed artist William Strang. This is a super evocative oil on canvas which depicts a family at "The Foot of the Statue". It was exhibited in 1904 in Bradford exhibition of fine arts lent by L W Hodson of Wolverhampton who was a patron of his work. This is a fine example of an early 20th century Scottish oil with good subject. It is a good size and signed. This wouldn't be out of place in Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow.
Signed lower left.
Provenance. Bradford Art Gallery 1904.
Sotheby 19th June 2002 Guide price £20000-30000GBP.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 25 inches and in excellent condition.
Housed in a fine period frame, 39 by 34 inches framed and in good condition.
William Strang (1859-1921) was born at Dumbarton, the son of Peter Strang, builder, and educated at the Dumbarton Academy. He worked for fifteen months in the counting-house of a firm of shipbuilders before going to London in 1875 when he was sixteen. There he studied art under Alphonse Legros at the Slade School for six years. Strang became assistant master in the etching class, and had great success as an etcher. He was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and his work was a part of their first exhibition in 1881. Some of his early plates were published in The Portfolio and other art magazines. He worked in many manners, etching, dry point, mezzotint, sand-ground mezzotint, and burin engraving. Lithography and wood-cutting were also used by him to create pictures. He cut a large wood engraving of a man ploughing, later published by the Art for Schools Association. A privately produced catalogue of his engraved work contained more than three hundred items. Amongst his earlier works were Tinkers, St. Jerome, A Woman Washing Her Feet, An Old Book-stall with a Man Lighting His Pipe from a Flare, and The Head of a Peasant Woman on sand-ground mezzotint. Later plates such as Hunger, The Bachelor's End and The Salvation Army were also important. Some of his best etchings were done as series—one of the earliest, illustrating poet William Nicholson's Ballad of Aken Drum, is remarkable for clear, delicate workmanship in the shadow tones, showing great skill and power over his materials, and for strong drawing. Another praised series was The Pilgrim's Progress, revealing austere sympathy with John Bunyan's teaching. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Strang's own Allegory of Death and The Plowman's Wife, have served him with suitable imaginative subjects. Some of Rudyard Kipling's stories were also illustrated by him, and his likeness of Kipling was one of his most successful portrait plates. Other etched portraits included those of Ernest Sichel and of J.B. Clark, with whom Strang collaborated in illustrating Baron Munchausen...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
New Day, Portraits Abstract, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2011
Style: Contemporary Art
Title: New Day
Size: 31.5...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Grandfather and grandson" Oil cm.140 x 122 , 1996
Located in Torino, IT
Grandfather, Grandson, Countryside, summer, child, dog,impressionist
Published in a monographic catalogue
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
193...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blonde Lady In Red & White Vest Portrait 1930's French Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Portrait
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on board, unframed
painting: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in North...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Sisters - British Edwardian art Newlyn School portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Newlyn School artist Albert Chevallier Tayler. Painted circa 1905 the painting is of the head and shoulders...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of The Artist In A White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artist
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on card, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.5 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impressionist and Post Impressionist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
1930's French Impressionist Portrait of Man in Beret Cap Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a French man in beret/ cap
French artist, circa 1930's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait in Studio - British art 19th Century interior oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine interior oil painting which dates to circa 1870 by listed artist Alfred Stevens. It is a superb British Impressionist painting which depicts the artist in his studio in front ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unknown
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Richard Hayley Lever (1876-1958)
Original portrait done on paper and mounted on cardboard. Signed on back of the cardboard by artist.
Lever was born in Australia studied art in bo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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