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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Price: $1 to $2,500
Portrait of a Lady - Oil Paint - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a lady is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 19th century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
On the reverse: Pencil inscription partially covered on the upper m...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Nouveau Portrait of an Elegant man with Diamond Tie Pin with Clover. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Male portrait from the Art Nouveau era.
An enigmatic and magnetic image of the man, on whose face there is just a hint of a smile.
Technique: oil on canvas.
Relined.
In good conditio...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady
French School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches
Stylish ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lovely American Post Impressionist Oil Painting - A Young Girl Pouring Tea, 1956
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is not your typical child’s portrait. Young Ellen Warfield is steadily pouring tea or coffee in a proper manner that certainly conforms to societal expectations of the 1950’s.
...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Opera Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist oil painting by Richard W. Baldwin (1920 - 2012). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Clown Portrait After Bernard Buffett
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil crayon on board portrait of a clown. The work is signed and dated top right.
A wonderful strong and colourful portrait. The subject is looking out at us with his s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI, The Captain Of The Guard
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI (1855-1914) depicts an upstanding self-assured cavalier with his arms folded.
Breakspe...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Giovanni Morosini (1719 - 1789), Italian school. Late 18th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of Bishop of Verona Giovanni Morosini (1719 - 1789), Italian school.
Technique: oil on canvas painting, relined canvas.
Late 18th century.
Represents a church man.
The fig...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"He Stayed Behind in Katmandu II", contemporary, portrait, collage, mixed media
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “He Stayed Behind in Katmandu II” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 20.25 x 17.75 x 1.5 inches in blues, tans, pinks and flesh tones. The western “s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed on the bottom right is "J. Braze", Osip Emmanuilovich Braz (1873 - 1936), renowned as a Russian-Jewish realist painter. As the scene unfolds on the canvas, we witness the gran...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Wood
Sky Before the Storm, Dreamy Urban Landscapes Diptych, Purple, Blue, Black, Rock
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Morenike Afrofuture
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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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 Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American Social Realist Portrait Painting of a Coal Mine Owner by Jesse F. Reed
Located in Baltimore, MD
This highly stylized portrait depicts a well dressed man in front of a mining property likely in West Virginia. It is very much in the manner of earlier American artists such as Gra...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Contemporary Original Abstracted Figurative Silkscreen - Life's Frustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary Original Abstracted Figurative of Profile and Detailed Eye Silkscreen - Life's Frustration
A compelling abstracted silkscreen of profile of man with detail of his eye w...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Contemporary portrait "Between You and Me"
Located in Zofingen, AG
When some crap happens - in response, I draw. I draw something visually appealing and positive. It's so hard, really hard to draw some blah-blah-blah crap in response to a missile at...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vibrant Colourfull Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait With Insects And Flowers
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pop Surrealist Anthropomorphic Figure with Plants, Insects, and a Little Toy
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait With Flowers and Plants "The Birthday Gift"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Botanical Anthropomorphic Figure "Scatsomg"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Vibrant Pop Surrealist Portrait. Flowers "Daba Dee Madonna". Fluorescent Colours
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Vibrant Pop Surrealist Portrait. Woman. Fluorescent Colors, Insects And Plants
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Life in My Head
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peter Robert Keil Gold Framed Painting on Canvas Signed and Dated with COA
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Keil's textured painting on canvas. Signed and dated 1997. This one is stunning in person. Background paint is textured on the canvas. Amazing gilt frame with a textured fabric...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Elizabeth
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Abou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Nude woman
Located in Zofingen, AG
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud.
"Nudes are interesting to paint; I've had people say my Ladies are ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Cat Country"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this creation, I've endeavored to capture a moment that speaks both to the harmony of nature and the enigmatic kinship between humans and felines. The serene backdrop contrasts wi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Contemporary Pop Surrealistic Funny Floral Portrait. Absorbed man with insects.
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"The Point of View" is one of the pieces from the "Fetishes" series created by Natasha Lelenco in 2022. This piece originated as a commission for the exhibition "Imaxinaria, Mostra I...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary hand painted acrylic on canvas pop art Garfield Cat Blue Orange
By Wizard Skull
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted acrylic on canvas - lives and works out of Brooklyn NY and is represented by Krause Gallery in Manhattan NY.
signed on edge of canvas
Painter and illustrator Wizard Skull’s humorous and often raunchy riffs on cartoon characters and mascots poke fun at pop culture and commercialism. Wizard Skull transforms recognizable characters from Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse to Gumby and SpongeBob SquarePants into hybrid mashups, and squiggly portraits. Best known for his street art, Wizard Skull creates wheatpaste posters and murals that have become fixtures throughout New York City and beyond. One of his most famous wheatpastes —Sexy Ronald (2011–present), which depicts a strapping Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady - Large South Eastern European Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Southeastern European oil on canvas portrait of a lady wearing a white headdress.
This intriguing work is expertly painted with thick impasto paintwork which has been built up across the surface.
Indistinctly signed lower right and presented in a reverse profile frame.
We think that this work was painted by an artist working in Southeastern Europe, most likely Greece or Macedonia.
Artist: Southeastern European School...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venetian Holiday, American Realist, Representational, Landscape, Venice Italy
Located in Houston, TX
Venetian Holiday is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is a Representational Italian landscape which is the Plaza in Venice. This realist painting was done on sight on a vacation to Italy. The artist painted himself into the realist painting.
Gary J. Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award winning artist in the style of Realism portrait ,landscape and floral paintings He received training from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School of Art specializing in Realism and Figurative Art.
He specializes in representational art as seen in Venetian Holiday with an emphasis on the human figure and florals as seen in Her Majesty's Lilies. He was a finalist in The Artist's Magazine International Art Competition, an Award of Excellence winner in the Manhattan Arts Magazine Competition, finalist in Hunting Art...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Henri-Georges Bréard, Self-Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early to mid-20th-century self-portrait by Henri-Georges Bréard (1873-c.1939) depicts the artist deep in thought. He’s holding a pipe.
Henri-Georges Bréard was an accomplished ...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dogon by Christophe Dupety - Female Nude Painting, Contemporary
Located in Paris, FR
Dogon (2018) by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety. Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm.
In his Human Figures series, Christophe Dupety shows us some bodies which aspect reminds more...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Signed Oil Painting Woman Seated in Cafe Interior in Pensive Mood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Cafe Interior
French school, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Enigma - Surreal Scene With Figure in Muted Greys, Original Oil on Canvas Framed
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
An enigma by definition is a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Such is the subject matter of John Seubert, aka John Grey's painting of the same name. The sphynx-like figure stares out at the viewer holding what appears to be a large bowl. The surreal scene is framed in a repurposed frame that the artist has distressed and painted. It measures 25.5h x 21.5w inches.
John Seubert
Enigma, 2023
oil on canvas
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
JSE076
John Seubert
b. 1958, Chicago, IL
In the early Nineties, John Seubert was living in a former hotel in a high-rise building on St. James Place in Chicago. The apartment was tiny, as hotel rooms tend to be, and clad with paper-thin walls allowing sound to pass from one apartment to the other. At the time, John’s artwork consisted of pounding copper sheets into tables which was a noisy endeavor to say the least. Following several noise complaints from the neighbors, John had a dream that he was living in a ramshackle house but with plenty of room to work and no attached neighbors. The following day after lunching at the McDonalds in Lincoln Park, John wandered the neighborhood a came upon a shabby, falling-down old Victorian house. He located the real estate agent, put in an offer, and weeks later was pushing a shopping cart full of his belongings to his new home.
This 144-year-old Painted Lady provided a blank canvas for this inimitable artist. For many years the house remained so empty that John was able to ride his Japanese fold up bike throughout the 1st floor. “Some people want to have sex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brigitte Bardot Icon IV /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Brigitte Bardot Icon IV"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Mediu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
English mid century oil painting Portrait of cute Corgi dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a cute Corgi.
Paintings of this breed are very rare and very collected.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jacques Henri Lartigue Icon (Florette Orméa) /// Contemporary Street Pop Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Jacques-Henri Lartigue Icon (Florette Orméa)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 40" x 32"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Notes:
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Florette Orméa was Jacques Henri Lartigue's third and last wife. They were married from 1945 till Lartigue's death in 1986. Orméa was a regular model to Lartigue for his art photography.
Biography:
Jack Graves III is an American artist, born in 1988 in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up surrounded by inspiration having an art dealer as a father, John Graves...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Joker
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
original watercolour painting on paper
one of a kind
hand signed
Abstract portrait painting
Anastasia Kurakina is an internationally renowned visual a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Walter Roessler (1893-1960) - Early 20th Century Oil, Man with a Feathered Hat
By Walter Roessler
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished portrait study depicting a Swiss gentleman wearing a red waistcoat and feathered hat. Signed to the upper left. Inscribed 'Mohn' meaning 'Poppy' in German. Presented ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large 1820's English Portrait Dapper Young Gentleman Period Drama Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dapper Young Gentleman
English School, circa 1820's period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 40 x 34 inches
canvas: 32 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: ...
Category
1820s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 18th Century British Oil Painting Mother & Infant Child in Adoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Child
British artist, late 18th century
after the painting by Sir Anthony van Dyke
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 20 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire,...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue-Eyed Young Woman Portrait Framed Oval by Swedish Master early 20th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left “С Wilhemson” possibly leading to Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson (1866 - 1928), was a Swedish painter, draftsman, graphic artist, art educator and professor at the Royal A...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
French School - PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles - Oil Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 238 Le temps des Jonquilles
Portrait of a woman with back naked.
Structural analysis:
Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a study of light on human body, cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink, Acrylic
'Radiant Muse: Inspired Cubist Portrait', German School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Radiant Muse: Inspired Cubist Portrait', oil on board, the German School (circa 1970s). A very alluring painting with warm earth tone hues both vibrant and muted. Clearly inspired b...
Category
1970s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
What About?, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist John McCabe illustrates colorful graphic faces divided into twelve micro panels. He creates a scenario of an explosive politic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Italian 18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Merchant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman
18th Century Venetian School
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 7.25 x 6 inches
board: 5.25 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: sound bu...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph Thraves, Portrait Of A Scholar, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming portrait by Derbyshire artist Joseph Thraves (1805-1851) depicts a scholar proudly standing with his hand on an open book. It’s likely that the family commissioned this...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Penitent Saint in Wilderness with Angels & Cherubs Italian Old Master on Copper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Saint
Italian artist, 17th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 10 x 8 inches
copper panel : 7.5 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"First Steps" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "First Steps" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a tall female figure walking through a snow covered landscape.
Artis...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Contemporary Abstract British Unfinished Painting Of A Cubist Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Portrait'
by Bolly Frost
Acrylic painting on canvas
signed on verso
painting: 20 x 16 inches
Superb original modern abstract portrait painting by the rising contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Wire Haired Jack Russell terrier
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Wire Haired Jack Russell terrier.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Surreal scene Brazil oil on board painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Surrealist scene, Brazil - Oil on panel
Oil measures 61x91 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes from a family of painters by aesthetics and by kinship. Brother of the painter Agustín Úbeda and the photographer Ángel...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Huge Portrait of a Lady after Modigliani, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
after Modigliani (see details verso)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: a few minor scuffs but over...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Portrait On Wooden Coin. Feminist Migrant. Me too. "Currency #208"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. In this case, the piece addresses a cross-c...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Late 19th Century Oil - Towards the Flames
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt composition frame. On panel.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robert von Steiger (1856-1941) Portrait Dutch Officer A. v. Steiger 1884 Holland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johann Ludwig Robert von Steiger
(Swiss, * 8th of January, 1856, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; † 1st of June, 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Portrait of Karl Alfred Arthur von Steiger
Lie...
Category
1880s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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