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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Color:  Black
Yu Tan with Straw Hat
Located in Breckenridge, CO
This is a one of a kind opportunity to own a painting by a master painter featuring a beautiful depiction of a woman with a straw hat. This is a stunning piece that would add immense...
Category

2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

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

Large Contemporary Oil Portrait of Party People Smoking, Laughing, and Drinking
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

"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

"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

"Sea Witch and the Jellyfish" oil portrait on Dibond panel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Sea Witch and the Jellyfish, 2017 oil on Dibond 30.5” x 22" unframed 36" x 27.25" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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

Untitled 567 - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Diptych Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Discipline-Reading Boy
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An ink and watercolor on handmade paper painting by contemporary Chinese artist Jianyong Zeng. "Discipline-Reading Boy" depicts a boy, a necklace of thorns around his neck, reading a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Mohandas Gandhi[Black&White, Steel on canvas, Stereoscopic, Portrait, New media]
Located in Seoul, KR
will be updated soon
Category

2010s New Media Portrait Paintings

Materials

Steel

Timeless classic, Street Art, Pop Art, bust
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 A bust in Street art style JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Br...
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

“Comme Avant, As Before" Abstract Colorful Portrait Street Art Pop Art on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dreaming Away - Highly Textured Dream-like Painting with Surreal Nautical Theme
Located in Chicago, IL
Victor Wang's subject is a female seemingly caught in a contemplative moment yet a war rages behind her. She dons a hat shaped as a boat and carries and oar as if to "Dream Away" these other thoughts. Wang uses a blend of luminous colors and buttery textures to evoke these enigmatic moments of meditation. Influence by the Renaissance Masters Titian and Rembrandt for their glazing and layering techniques respectively, the artist builds the surface using heavy paint, swirling and mixing the color on the canvas. The end result is a poetic and emotionally powerful representation of the human form. Victor Wang Dreaming Away, 2017 oil on canvas 42h x 56w in 106.68h x 142.24w cm VWG009 My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into America in search of better opportunities has been both challenging and inspiring. I use the human face as a vehicle to paint human experiences - worry and wonder, sadness and pleasure - which reflect the emotional stage directly tied to my immigration experiences. I grew up amongst the sunflower fields in northern China. In my childhood years, I played under the bright, yellow sunflowers with my brothers everyday. China’s Cultural Revolution played an important part in my life. During that time, sunflowers were used as political allegories to depict how citizens of China should follow Mao who represented the sun, since sunflowers follow the sun’s movements. People eventually inferred the deception that this symbol masked. After graduating from high school, I was sent to a labor camp in the country for ‘reeducation’ during China’s Cultural Revolution. There, I was subject to grueling farm work. Often, I worked in corn and sunflower fields from sunrise to sunset. Thus, for me, sunflowers evoke both personal joy and sadness. Therefore, to deliver my complex feelings, I use sunflowers as a metaphor to connote my background and emotional stage. My incorporation of collages of figures from China’s Tang Dynasty represents my Chinese heritage and is a constant reminder of where I came from. The texture and earthiness on the canvas’s surface are inspired by the texture of the soil on the farm where I worked in China. Although I often gain great pleasure from the process of painting, it is most important to unfold expressively those feelings within myself. Wang belongs to a generation of immigrant painters from China, whose artistic background was defined by socialist realism but took advantage of their skills and broke away from that tradition to create new subjects in the U.S. “When I was a student during Cultural Revolution, Soviet realism art was among the dominant source of influence and it grabbed us like lightening rod...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Understanding New Depths", Blue Mixed Media Art, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Understanding New Depths", Blue Mixed Media Art, 2020 A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "Understanding new depths" is a modern portrait painting by Addison Jones. This street art sty...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

"Salvation", Gold Street Art, Modern Portrait Art, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Salvation", Gold Street Art, Modern Portrait Art, 2020 A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : “Salvation” is modern portrait art/ gold street art by Addison Jon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

"Transformative Hue", Blue Mixed Media Painting, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Transformative Hue", Blue Mixed Media Painting, 2020 A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "Transformative hue" is a modern painting by Addison Jones. This mixed media painting was created...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

"Out Shall be Virtue", Gold Modern Art Painting, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Out Shall be Virtue", Gold Modern Art Painting, 2020 “Out shall be virtue” is modern art by Addison Jones. This is a multi-media collage-style technique. This is a hand-signed pie...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Flight II. Amy Johnson. Surrealistic portrait of pioneering British aviator
By Tom Adams
Located in Segovia, ES
Amy Johnson CBE: Ordre de l'Empire britannique (1903-1941) was one of the most influential and inspirational woman of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 and set a string of other records throughout her career. Even The Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, had been sufficiently impressed by Amy's achievement in flying solo to Australia. Althought Christie didn't name her directly, it was clearly Amy that her character was referring to in the novel « Peril at End House ». The book features Christie's famous character Hercule Poirot. In this painting Tom Adams use the technique of collage. Dimension with frame 89 cm H x 102 cm W x 7 cm D Dimension without frame 64 cm H x 87 cm W About the artist: Thomas Barclay Adams was born in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. to a family of distinguished architects and planners. He was trained at the Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmith's College between 1946-1950. In 1949 he received a National Diploma of Painting. Between 1953-60 Adams illustrated natural and Regimental history pages for Eagle and natural history features for Eagle, Girl and Swift. In 1958 he founded Adams Design Associates with Anna and Andy Garnett, where he produced large murals in the then-new medium of laminated plastic for various firms such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, Chartered Bank, Aspro Nicholas and Airscrew Jiewood. In 1960 Adams Design Associates became DANAD Designs with a group of architects and designers. In 1965 Adams joined his father, the late James W.R. Adams OBE, eminent town planner and landscape architect, who was planning and design consultant to the Poster Advertising Planning Committee, for whom he helped produce a book: "Posters Look to the Future". He mounted an exhibition at the Tea Center in Regent Street opened by Sir Hugh Casson in 1966. During this period, Adams met Virgil Pomfret and joined his artists' agency. Apart from a few gaps when pursuing other activities (like running art galleries), Adams has been with Pomfret ever since. With Virgil's representation, Adams began a career as a book cover illustrator, most notably for the early John Fowles' novels The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman (Cape) and the now famous paperpack covers for Agatha Christie (Collins UK and Simon & Schuster USA). This period covered 1963-1975. A book on these cover paintings, with commentary by Julian Symons and an introduction by John Fowles was published in 1981 by Dragons World. Adams has won various awards for illustration, notably the American Society of Illustrators, The American Art Directors Association, and The Design and Art Directors Association, UK. In 1967 Adams opened the Fulham Gallery, which not only gave first exhibitions of some now famous artists, but was for several years the center of the late '60's phenomenon - the poetry print. With C.Day-Lewis (the Poet Laureate) and artist Joseph Herman and John Piper, Adams produced the investiture print for the Prince of Wales. Adams also designed posters for Mark Boyle's light shows (The Sensual Laboratory), going on tour with The Jimmy Hendrix Experience and The Soft Machine. His connection with the modern world of rock music continued when he met Lou Reed, an admirer of his Christie and Raymond Chandler covers. Reed asked Adams to design the cover for his first UK solo album. As a result of this friendship with Lou Reed, Andy Warhol offered to sponsor an exhibition of Tom's work in New York. Adams did eventually work in the States in the early 70's where he was asked by Marshall Arisman to teach at the New York Central School of Art. Around this time, having completed a private commission to paint a portrait of Benjamin Britten...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Joanne in Profile - Photorealist Oil Painting on Oval Panel of Woman in Profile
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a painting in realistic detail of a woman in profile using subtle tones. The oval shaped panel is framed in a custom frame with classic details. Matthew Cook...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Black & White Female Figure Manhattan Woman in New York by British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A gritty, black & white urban landscape street scene of a woman in Manhattan, New York by leading British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Art measures 36 x 36 inches Frame measures 41 x 4...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary portrait "The Path"
Located in Sempach, LU
All life is one continuous night. And just as hints of dawn appear, the night becomes even darker. So we walk through that night together. Where to? Why?... For texture on the primed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Transcending Boundaries, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard presents a portrait of a woman that celebrates existence. "The painting crosses and extends the boundaries of life into an emotionally excit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait III (Fauvist, Modigliani Inspired Abstract Portrait in Antique Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Fauvist-style, Modigliani inspired, abstract portrait of a man in a dark brown antique wood frame with linen inlay "Portrait III" by Hudson Valley based artist, David Dew Bruner 20 ...
Category

2010s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

The Glass Of Wine By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included. Bruno Paoli (1915-2005) Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master. Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sleeping Nude-original impressionist nude figurative painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Sleeping Nude" by Michael Alford is a compelling original figurative nude painting that delicately captures the grace and serenity of a reclining figure. Executed with meticulous br...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

For Tomorrow's Festival
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ademola Ajayi's evocative artwork, "For Tomorrow's Festival," captures a poignant moment of intergenerational connection and tradition. In this heartwarm...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil

Youth, Portrait of Young Male, Renaissance Style Portraiture, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
The young male subject in Richard Gibbons' work simply entitled "Youth", is that of a curious young man with his head tilted. Dressed in clothing similar ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Jeremy Abbott, Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jeremy Abbott, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in. Signed on the back by the artist Unframed ___ Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

The terrifying night of the first transformation, Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The terrifying night of the first transformation, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez Watercolor and Gouache on canvas Size: 19.7 H x 15.7 W in. Signed on the back by the artist Unframed ___ Ra...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Masked nº 15, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Masked nº 1, 2015 by Ramonn Vieitez Oil on cotton canvas Size: 23.6 H x 19.7 W in. Signed on the back by the artist Unframed ___ Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazilian artist who...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

M.Y. 3
By Mark Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Schwartz's "M.Y. 3" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female model gazing downward as her black hair blends into the darkness of the background.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

After Fernando Botero (b. 1932) - Contemporary Oil, The President
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant and skilled copy of the original painting by the notorious artist Fernando Botero. The painting shows the president of Colombia, astride a brown horse, both depicted in Bot...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Indian Yellow Flock, Black Top
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Considered by many the greatest living Welsh painter, Shani Rhys James has developed over a long and distinguished career a unique and highly personal style of intense psychological ...
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Dimitri Likissas - Barbie, Glitter, and Glamour
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

[Buggereau (b. 1956)] Untitled #1
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas with silver leaf, black painted wood frame with gold leaf Signed and dated in red, l.r. $6000.00 + $500.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New...
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dimitri Likissas - Downy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Abstract Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Kiss
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

She is the Moon Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surreel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
She is the Moon Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surreel In Stock Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After her studies ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dimitri Likissas - Michael Caine
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

A walk. Surrealistic, Fantasy Oil Painting on Board, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork depicts wide variety of fantastical creatures in a abstract landscape. Scene takes place du...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Dimitri Likissas - Rabbit, Yellow
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Cary Grant
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Cherry Blossoms
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Obama
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Spank Me
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Sitting on the Edge of One's Seat (Golf)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Oh My God
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Je Ne Sais Quoi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Gucci or Louis Vuitton?
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Che Guevara
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Balloon Dog in Field
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Lemon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Bello Come Sempre #1 (Columns)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Abstract Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Mubadala, Abu Dhabi (Tennis Court)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Karl Standing
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Cow (Pink & Yellow)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dimitri Likissas - Hibiscus Flowers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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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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