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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1980s
Original Portrait of Noir Crime Writer Cornell Woolrich
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Portrait of 1940's Noir Writer Cornell Woolrich
Pencil portrait of famous 1930's 40's noir/crime writer Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, circa 1980. Cornell George Hopley-Woo...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Lilith
Located in Milano, MI
This painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) embraces the "figurative post-cubism" style.
In fact Salvador Aulestia was artistically grown during the maximum su...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Tennessee, 9/12/86
Oil on canvas
34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in.
Titled and inscribed upper left
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th-century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Owning a painting of two English Labrador Retriever dogs by D.J. Holdswor...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Board, Oil
English Dog Oil Painting The Staffordshire Bull Terrier Signed Original Artwork
By Arthur Thompson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Terrier (Staffordshire Terrier?)
by Arthur Thompson (British 20th century)
dated 1988
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 16.5 x 21.5 inches
board : 13.5 x 19 inches
provenance: ...
Category
1980s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abella, 5 Jesus Christ Religious theme. original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Abella. Religious theme.original acrylic painting.
Juan Jose Abella Rubio was born in Estercuel, a hamlet anchored in the Teruel mining basin in March 1944. In his painting the oche...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Blue Scarf', 1960's African American Oil, Study of a Black Woman, Phoenix
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant and psychologically penetrating, American School portrait of a woman, shown in three-quarter profile wearing a blue headscarf and contrasted against a terracotta backgroun...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Barbara"
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
The only known portrait of Gustav Likan's wife Barbara.
16" x 9.25" Oil on Canvas
Framed Size: 22" x 15"
1982
Category
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whispering Winds, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Whispering Winds
Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958)
Date: 1985
Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 47 x 69 in. (119.38 x 175.26 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profile, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - )
Title: Profile
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r.
Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 49.5 x 39.5 inches
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SOUP BOX - ONION (UNIQUE)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique acrylic painting and silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed and dated by Andy Warhol on verso. Martin Lawrence provenance label on verso. Canvas size 20 x 20 inches.
The artwor...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Screen
Indian African Face Woman
Located in New York, NY
Timothee (Tymo) Pierre, "Indian African Face Woman", Signed Abstract/ Figurative Portrait Painting, Acrylic Paint on Cardboard, 13.50 x 10.50, Late 20th ...
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
This incredibly striking portrait, painted in a fiery palette captures an intimate moment between the artist and sitter who were lovers.
Philip Core (1951-1989)
Portrait of Adrian Ffooks, 4th/7th regiment
Signed and dated 1987 to the reverse
Oil on board
30 x 17¾ inches without the frame
35 x 23 inches with the frame
Provenance: Gifted as a wedding present to Kit Hesketh-Harvey by his future wife. The artist was a friend of the couple and they had introduced Core to FFooks. Kit Hesketh Harvey co-wrote the screenplay (with James Ivory) for E.M.Forster’s Maurice and he had called upon Ffooks, who was renowned for his horsemanship, to be a stunt double for the equestrian scenes in this iconic film.
Philp Core grew up in New Orleans, the son of a well-to-do family. At just seven he won the Vieux Carré Open Artists Competition. He was sent to a military academy, and from 1963 to the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, where he won a number of art and literature prizes. As a schoolboy he self-published a booklet of drawings Palm Fronde Alphabet. An interest in Aubrey Beardsley and fin de siècle artists and writers, led to him spending time in Paris working with Philippe Jullian on his book The Symbolists, before returning to Harvard to complete an honours thesis on Belgian symbolist Fernand Khnopff. He graduated in 1973.
Under the pseudonym Féllippé Fecit, he produced a series of erotic drawings for the poet John Glassco for his book Squire Hardman, and in 1968 in the Japanese style for The Temple of Pederasty, a free adaption by Glassco of a work by Japanese expatriate writer Ken Sato.
Of this time, George Melly...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Bimba in poltrona" olio su cartone cm. 35 x 25 1980 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Childhood, Little Girl, Green, Summer
KLARA VLASOVA (Moscow, 1926)
MUSEUMS
St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum
Moscow, Pushkin Museum
Moscow, Museum of History and Reconstructi...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Charming portrait of a young woman enjoying tea time by Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). From a collection of her works. Unsig...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas
A quiet mood of this warrior is captured by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreamy Young Blond Women Pondering "Deckchair and Cat" Summer Pastel Color
Located in Miami, FL
A dreamy young blond woman holding a Bengal cat is depicted relaxing in a deckchair. She gazes upward and outward, pondering—the distinctive marbling of the cat echos the floral back...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Yves Bady AL-Dahdah (Lebanese 1941) Lady of the Moon, 1981, Surrealist Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Yves Bady AL-Dahdah
(Lebanese, 1942)
Lady of the Moon
• Oil or Acrylic on heavy fiber board ca. 46 x 38 cm x 0.5 cm
• Signed and dated lower left (19)81
• ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Fiberboard
Vintage American Female Modernist Contemporary Woman Portrait Painting La Danse
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on panel. Extremely well painted. Rare American woman modernsit. Signed. Framed.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Latin American School Original Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Minimalist Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Oustandingminimalist self portrait by California-based Latin American artis...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Vintage Italian Full Length Portrait Oil Painting "The English Gentleman"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5058 Full length oversized oil painting of an English Nobleman
Set in a rapped canvas noframe needed
Signed Robert Yarmola
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser)
By René Gruau
Located in Paris, FR
René GRUAU (1909-2004)
"The Red Kiss" or "Rouge Baiser"
Oil on canvas
Signed with the monogram lower left
Painted in 1989
DIMENSIONS :
– 31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman posing oil on burlap painting portrait
By Jose Puyet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) - La rondeña - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 81x65 cm.
Some areas with cracked oil paint.
Frameless.
Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was the gran...
Category
1980s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Burlap
Nude woman mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 32x23 cm.
Frame size 48x39 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
Category
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
woman 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
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Goyesque man oil on canvas painting portrait
By Jose Puyet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) - Goyesque man - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 100x79 cm.
Frameless.
Slight paint chips
Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was the grandson of Professor...
Category
1980s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Goyesque man oil on canvas painting portrait
By Jose Puyet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) - Goyesque man - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 100x80 cm.
Frameless.
Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was the grandson of Professor José Padilla, a Sp...
Category
1980s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
IRINA
Located in Zofingen, AG
I am interested in portraits that reveal all the complexity and versatility of a person's spiritual appearance, when the inner content is revealed through the external.
Painting a p...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman expressionist portrait mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 81x66 cm.
Category
1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Native American Woman by Roberta De La Vega
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on Canvas, signed on the lower right.
Size is framed
Very Good Condition
Roberta De La Vega (late 20th century) was active/lived in California,...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman expressionist portrait mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 79x64 cm.
Category
1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Modern Portrait of Young Girl "Cathy" Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern portrait of young girl named Cathy Gutman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1982.
Signed and dated lower left corner and on verso
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work from the estate of Larry Miller fine Art
Unframed.
Canvas size: 18"H x 16"W.
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.
She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;
She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.
She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.
Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979
Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito...
Category
1980s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman hippie original oil acrylic on canvas painting realism Spain Sitges 70s
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 52x44
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951.
After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing.
At the age of 14 he begins to work in ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hippie Original oil acrylic on canvas painting realism Spain Sitges 70s
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 52x44
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951.
After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing.
At the age of 14 he begins to work in ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
woman with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman smoking
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanis...
Category
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Karo Mkrtchyan "Countess" Original Oil on Canvas, 1986
Located in Pasadena, CA
Amazing Portrait of an Anonymous Countess by Karo Mkrtchryan,
64cmx75cm
Framed,
Signed and dated,, 1986
Provenance : Estate and Family of the Artist, Glendale, California.
Sold with COA signed by the administrator of the estate and certificate of Export from Armenia.
A catalog of the artist with the actual painting will be provided to the buyer.
Karo Mkrtchyan...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jenness Cortez, "Secretariat, Winning the Belmont at 31 Length", Original Oil
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This rare original equine painting by renowned artist, Jenness Cortez, features legendary racehorse Secretariat sprinting towards the finish line at the 1973 Belmont race, winning by an incredible and historical 31 lengths.
Titled, “Secretariat, Winning the Belmont at 31 Length”, this beautiful oil painting measures 16 x 24.5 and is framed in an ornate warm silver and gold frame, complete with a commemorative plaque.
Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and the most recognizable name in thoroughbred racing.
Big Red, as he is most often affectionately referred, became America’s Horse after his historic Triple Crown win in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths (in world record time) in what stands today as the single greatest horseracing performance ever.
About Jenness Cortez:
Jenness Cortez is a distinguished figure in the contemporary revival of classical realist painting.
She was born in Indiana and exhibited a very early talent for art. As a teenager, she took private lessons with Antonius Raemaekers...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Figures by French Artist Jean Dassonval, 1989
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jean Dassonval (French, 1939-2012)
Untitled, 1989
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Dassonval
Stamped verso: Jean Dassonval
Inscribed in Fren...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Portrait of a Woman with Curly Brown Hair in Oil on Canvas (Marie Osmond)
By Cindy Gin
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Curly Brown Hair in Oil on Canvas (Marie Osmond)
Elegant portrait of a woman (Marie Osmond) with a perm by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American, 20th Century). A...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Karo Mkrtchyan "Countess" Original Oil on Canvas, 1986
Located in Pasadena, CA
Amazing Portrait of an Anonymous Countess by Karo Mkrtchryan,
64cmx75cm
Framed,
Signed and dated,, 1986
Provenance : Estate and Family of the Artist, Glendale, California.
Sold with COA signed by the administrator of the estate and certificate of Export from Armenia.
A catalog of the artist with the actual painting will be provided to the buyer.
Karo Mkrtchyan...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Raphael Soyer (1899-1987)
Title: Girl with Braided Hair
Year: Circa 1987
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 9 inches; framed size, 19 x 16 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscripti...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
gypsy woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Serrasanta (1916-1998) - Gypsy woman - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 65x50 cm.
Frame measures 88x73 cm.
Josep Serrasanta was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1916 - 1998 Valdo...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with a tranquil smile. The colou...
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'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
Abstract Expressionist Self Portrait in in Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Self Portrait in in Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
A colorful abstracted self portrait painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20t...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pastel, Paper
"Gigantic George" Modern Blue Toned Pointillist Figurative President Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern blue toned portrait of George Washington by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate depiction of the former president using pointi...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"George Washington Series" Pointillist Figurative Colorful President Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful portrait of George Washington by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate depiction of the former president using pointill...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring 1945", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 38x31, Impressionist
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
Category
1980s Post-War Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre Yankel Contemporary painting portrait art oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large figure Yankel Contemporary painting figurative art blue portrait oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mystery Modernist Italian Artist Portrait of a Woman in Hat
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Italian Artist
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman With Hat), 1985
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 33 x 25 x 3/4 in.
Signed an...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BE A SOMEBODY WITH A BODY (UNIQUE)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique acrylic painting and silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed and dated by Andy Warhol on verso. Authenticated on verso by Andy Warhol Authentication Board. Custom framed as pictu...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Screen, Board
Mystery Modernist Italian Artist Portrait of a Topless Woman
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Italian Artist
Untitled (Portrait of a Topless Woman), 1983
Oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
Signed lower right
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Margaret Thatcher
By Philip Burke
Located in Buffalo, NY
An early painting by American artist and illustrator Phillip Burke depicting Margaret Thatcher. This work was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair...
Category
1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
"Andrea" Portrait Painting: Oil on Canvas, Figurative, Nude
Located in New York, NY
"Andrea" Oil on Canvas Painting
This painting is unique, signed on verso, and includes a certificate of authenticity.
Grace Graupe-Pillard has concentrated on portraiture since her ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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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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