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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 19th Century
The Rose, 19th Century by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Rose, 19th Century
by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877) similar to $70,000
Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite portrait of a young red haired girl holding a rose, oil on canvas by Emma San...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Raising Cane (self portrait)
Located in Toronto, CA
During the final decade of his life, Gordon Rayner repeatedly returned to portraiture, creating stirring portraits of himself and others, including celebrated artists and his wife, K...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jardim das Fragilidades
Located in Porto, 13
Jardim das Fragilidades by Ritchelly Oliveira unveils a captivating portrayal that interlaces themes of vulnerability and beauty. At the core of the composition stands a man, his sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
They didn't teach me how to be loved
Located in Porto, 13
"They Didn't Teach Me How to Be Loved" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a poignant depiction that explores themes of love, vulnerability, and the absence of guidance. Against a backdrop of p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Insomnia
Located in Porto, 13
"Insomnia" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a thought-provoking painting that draws viewers into the depths of the human psyche. Against a white background, the central focus of the artwork ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922)
By Manuel Cusi y Ferret
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century
by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922) to $20,000
Large 19th century Spanish portrait of a lady at the theatre, oil on canvas by Manuel CUSI Y FERRE...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Redhead in Sunlight, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Marion exudes grace and charm with her serene gaze and calm stance. The afternoon sunlight bathes her lush red hair in a soft glow. Soft colors and brushwork im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th-19th Century By Natale Schiavoni Portrait of the Sister Oil on Cardboard
By Natale Schiavoni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original frame in gilded wood and gilded pastiglia.
Autograph dedication of the artist in the back of the painting.
Natale Schiavoni (Chioggia (Venice), 1777 – Venice, 1858) wan a...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Old Man
Located in New York, NY
2020, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ANGELES EN LA TIERRA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This painting is unique, like all the works of art by the fascinating artist Carmen Gutiérrez; made of acrylics, oils, gold and silver inks and as a practical and sublime method of b...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Gentleman in Tailcoat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Strong impressionist work by young St. Petersburg-based painter, Ilya Zlobin. Having graduated from the prestigious Repin Academy several years ago, Zlobin is a well-known up-and-co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
Large 19th Century view of children playing in a hillside near Capel Curig...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"CARRIE LANE CHAPMAN CATT" Painting, India Ink on Paper, Portrait, Feminist
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions 11 x 11 in, framed 16 x 16 in
Unique
Signed on recto by artist, includes a certificate of authenticity
Indira Cesarine is a multidisci...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
By Marcel Bloch
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century
by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
Large early 20th Century French Impressionist portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas by Marcel Bloch. Good q...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rebirth
Located in Miami, FL
“Rebirth”
2023
30x40 in
Acrylic on canvas
$3000
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Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brazilian Girls
Located in Miami, FL
Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a female street art collective and since then she has wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
NYC Man. Contemporary Hyper-realist Portrait
Located in London, GB
Jeremy Andrews
Contemporary
NYC Man
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 85 x 92 ¼ inches
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Meditation #2
Located in Singapore, SG
Humans need a balance between the physical world and the inner consciousness. One way to get there is through meditation. Meditation has a positive and constructive impact on the psy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Baiser passionné (Passionate kiss)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a passionate kiss of two people interwoven together by many red threads. The symbol of red thread can be traced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Glamour #2
Located in Singapore, SG
As a creature that becomes the flower of the world, women are identified with a beautiful, gentle and attractive nature. But behind that gentleness there is power, energy that exceed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Butterfly - Contemporary art, Portrait, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Liang Li
Born in 1985 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing
In 2003, he joined the Basic Department of CAFA Modeling
In 2004, he joined the Second Studio of Oil Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE PRODIGAL SON
Located in New York, NY
Finely painted after Rembrandt with a self-portrait of the artist and his spouse, Saskia, in a tavern, in the guise of the Prodigal Son
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCE...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
Boy with Apples
By Georg Cornelius
Located in Lincoln, GB
This portrait of a young boy with an apple is a beautiful piece by Georg Cornicelius.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Art, Expressionist, Portrait - Walk
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Gao, Renjie
The member of the Hudson Artists Society, New York
Agent of BRUNO MASSA Gallery, France
Six Worldwide well-known art sales website agent
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Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Palimpsest" Painting, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Crystals on Canvas, Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
I am inspired by ornament, an ancient visual language used in various cultures for centuries."
Sarupa Sidaarth (Indian, b.1976) studied at Sir J.J. School of Art and received her MFA at Academy of Art in San Francisco. Her studio practice flows predominantly from an intuitive and emotional approach. Inspired by ornament, her latest body of work explores social issues through the examination of creative and artistic practices. She engages in a thought-provoking dialogue and emphasizes on the idea of peaceful coexistence. Her work has been exhibited extensively in India, Europe and United States, including at the Bombay Sapphire...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dude
By Paul Fuentes
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Man on beach.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Novus Amor, Novis Vita IX, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita IX, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working proce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Many-Worlds Interpretation (H.C.H.P)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900
English School signed JM
Circa 1900 English School portrait of the young girl holding flowers...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Novus Amor, Novis Vita XI, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita XI, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working proce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ambassador Hotel
Located in Greenwich, CT
William Nelson’s latest body of work, titled Pretty, Desirable, Delightful, Dangerous, invites us into a dynamic world of glamour and mystery, rich with symbolism, history, and intri...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Model
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
The Model
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
130 x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman), Late 19th Century Victorian Oil
Located in London, GB
Slade School
Late 19th Century
Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman)
Oil on panel
Image size: 8 x 7 inches
Contemporary frame
Provenance
Lady Town (Grandda...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Self Portrait in Rheinland-Pfalz
Located in Wien, 9
The painter was born in Austrian, but grew up in Munich and died in 2006 at the age of 77. He was an outstanding personality, atypical in the German art landscape. He started on the ...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Night Royal Mail Coach To London, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Night Royal Mail Coach To London, 19th Century
attributed to Charles Cooper HENDERSON (1803-1877)
Fine large 19th Century scene of a Lon...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary Art, Expressionist, Portrait - WE IV
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Gao, Renjie
The member of the Hudson Artists Society, New York
Agent of BRUNO MASSA Gallery, France
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Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zumbi dos Palmares
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of history as seen through a white lens. With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view. Many of the figures are from the 1400-1800s, a timeframe that corresponds with Europeans beginning to use racial distinction as a tool to justify slavery. Greenfield honors their
simultaneously disturbing and astounding lives by bestowing them with halos, traditionally seen as reverential symbols of adoration and respect. “I am reimagining what a saint is,” Greenfield says. “Maybe in studying their stories, they can inform us on better ways to live.”
Thought to have been a descendent of central African royalty...
Category
2010s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
And Forsake All Others
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lady Gaga, The Pink Panther and the Little Man
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La lecture au jardin (Lesson in the Garden)
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Post-Impressionist painter Georges d’Espagnat captures a charming moment between a mother and her child in this vibrant oil on canvas. Rendered with a studied use of complementary colors and bold brushstrokes, the painting showcases the artist's unique Post-Impressionist style. Remembered as one of the most individualistic artists of the 20th century, his distinctive canvases bring together the loose brushwork of the Impressionists and the bold color palette favored by the Fauves. Together, they achieve a vibrant spontaneity that lends itself well to the carefree subjects of the present work.
Masterfully composed, La lecture au jardin moves beyond the Impressionist instinct to capture a fleeting moment on canvas. Rather, d'Espagnat succeeds in creating a deep feeling of harmony in the work. Warm colors are perfectly balanced with cool tones, while vertical and horizontal lines are softened by the curves of the foliage and his subjects' figures. Through his simplification of forms and intentional use of color and line, he creates a scene that is carefully designed and thoroughly modern. A similar view of a mother and her child by d'Espagnat is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
The Post-Impressionist painter was an individualist since his youth, choosing to forgo traditional schooling in order to independently study the Old Masters in the Louvre. He soon became involved with the most prominent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the age, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Signac, who themselves existed outside the traditional norms of French Academic training. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, and again the following year at the Salon des Indépendants.
By 1895, he held his first one-man show in Paris, and just three years later his success earned him a solo show at the prestigious Durand-Ruel Gallery. Between 1905 and 1910 he made several trips to visit Renoir on the Côte d’Azur. Their close friendship resulted in a group exhibition at Marcel Bernheim...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gemini" oil painting on panel figurative two women female red hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Gemini, 2020
oil on panel
17.5" x 12" unframed
21” x 15.5” framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that ble...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Painting 19th Century - Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Portrait of a Young Lady around 1880
Oil on wood panel signed low
Old Original frame gilded with leaves
Dimensions wood : 40 X 30 cm
Dimensions frame : 62 X 53 cm
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Belgian Painter 19th Century
Born 8 October 1843 in Givet (France)
Died 1916 in Brussels (Belgium)
Painter of Portraits and Urbanscapes.
In Brusssels he was taught by Jan Portaëls (1818-1895); then in Paris by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
He took part in the Salon de Paris from 1868.
After a trip to Italy in 1870, he came back to Brussels for creating a private Art Academy providing a very liberal teaching.
His portraits are made with a lot of freedom and gracefulness.
Bibliography :
Dictionary of Artists E. Benezit Book II / 373
Gérald SHURR : Les petits Maîtres de la Peinture 1820- 1920 Book V
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bowie
Located in New York, NY
Homage to the late great David Bowie. Figurative painting.
About the Artist:
Le Closier is a Belgian painter living in New York. After moving to Paris in the early 2000's, mixing Pop Art and Street Art, he started painting on the walls of his Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris (famous in the 50's for being the gathering point of writers and painters i.e Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Modigliani....).
A few years later, Le Closier made official portraits for tennis players Serena Williams, Kei Nishikori, Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten, Bryan Brothers, David Goffin, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jeremy Chardy, American golf player Cristie Kerr and Paris-Saint-Germain's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (among others).
In May 2016, he was asked by France Pavilion to paint a portrait of Chief Justice Stephen Breyer for the French/American business week at the French Embassy in Washington, DC.
Today, Le Closier creates colorful compositions inspired by celebrities, arts, comics, advertising, fashion..., mixing people, brands and symbols on different supports (canvas, wood cutouts...
Category
2010s Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Wu Jue - Contemporary art, Portrait, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Liang Li
Born in 1985 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing
In 2003, he joined the Basic Department of CAFA Modeling
In 2004, he joined the Second Studio of Oil Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Original Painting
Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist.
Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome.
Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Large Contemporary Oil Portrait of Party People Smoking, Laughing, and Drinking
By Nancy Lamb
Located in Fort Worth, TX
The Menthol Mood, 2009, Nancy Lamb, Oil on canvas, 48 x 85"
Nancy Lamb (American, born 1956), sculptor and painter. Formally trained at Texas Christian Un...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
No. 83 - Make A Wish
Located in Wien, 9
No. 83 - Make a Wish (2021), Öl und Acryl auf Leinwand, 100 x 100 cm
Elena Steiner was born in Susice (Czech Republic) in 1975 and lives and works in Vienna. She completed her painting studies at the Institute for Fine and Media Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in Johanna Kandl’s class.
In her series of works, Elena Steiner examines a different type of person, sensitizes the viewer, confronts him with the uncompromising demasking of his own world and that of the portrayed by violating the illusion-bearing canvas surface. She creates realistic acrylic paintings as metaphors for being and appearance. The injuries in the form of seams, stitches and stitches are the epitome of traditional female role fulfillment. Elena Steiner deals with the questions of the value of fulfilling external wishes, social recognition and self-determination. Her works experiment with the border areas between painting, object, real exhibition space and imaginative spatiality and thus offer a captivating game be-tween closeness and distance, between impenetrable closeness and revealing familiarity. Her artistic work shows a zoomed in, sharply focused, snappy, humorous portrait...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Candy Girl
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait.
About the Artist:
My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century
attributed to John James AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Fine large 19th Century French School study of an Eagle with its prey in the mountains of the...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catching My Daydreams - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Portrait King William IV, s Duke Of Clarence, early 19th Century
By James Lonesdale
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait King William IV, s Duke Of Clarence, early 19th Century
by James Lonsdale (1777-1839)
Fine early 19th Century portrait of King William IV as...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Move Out Of Sight - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Graffiti, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Rayuela
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Rayuela
Photo-painting on parchment paper
46h x 40w in
116.84h x 101.60w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
John Wayne
By Charles David De Mar
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 2011
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right and Verso
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Jasmine and Clove" oil painting woman female portrait black dress
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Jasmine and Clove, 2017
oil on Dibond
10” x 8” unframed
13.5" x 11.75" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crying Clown
Located in New York, NY
Portrait
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Audrey
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn. Portrait. Abstract Feel. Oil on Linen. Sides painted black.
About the Artist:
Karl has been a fine artist his entire life and is well known for his portraits,...
Category
2010s Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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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