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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Contemporary Oil, Pastel Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
Full of Frauvristic qualities, pastel oils have been applied in a rich painterly manner to depict an expressive study of a nude woman. The artwork has chips to the corners, revealing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

William Austin (b.1940) - 1998 Acrylic, Schoolgirls
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful contemporary study by the artist William Austin, depicting three schoolgirls.Completed in his delightfully unique style. Well presented in a...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Susan Paine - Signed Mid 20th Century Oil, On the Red Chair
Located in Corsham, GB
Stark reds and tender green hues are combined to fantastic effect in this glowing depiction of a seated woman. The painting has been finished with raw and obvious brush strokes, givi...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Susan Paine - 20th Century Oil, Deshabille
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and expressive oil painting by the British artist Susan Paine. Here, in thick and intense brush strokes, Paine depicts a female figure in her undergarments, gazing towards the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

S. Stokr - Fine 1966 Oil, The Traveller
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine characterful Scandinavian School portrait of an elderly man in the street, signed by the artist 'S. Stokr' and dated 1966. The man carries a stick and a large sack, while wear...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Christopher Alexander (1926-1982) - 1948 Shoe Polish Drawing, A Portly Man
By Christopher Alexander
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine figurative portrait of a middle aged gentleman by the British artist Christopher Alexander ARE ARCA (1926-1982). Through a delicate treatm...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beth Dacey, "Checkered Shorts", 40x30 Women Vintage Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This interior painting, "Checkered Shorts", is a 40x30 oil painting on canvas by artist Beth Dacey depicting two woman standing in the entryway. One figure leans on the rail wearing high-waisted white shorts and baby blue shorts...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Patience
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Patience" is a painting by Megan Aline. The piece is 24 inches high and 18 inches wide. With the included frame, "Patience" is 28 inches high, 22 inches wide, and 2.75 inches in dep...
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2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Green and Blue Abstract Portrait of a Bald Man
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract portrait of a man by artist Carla Nickerson-Adams. This portrait depicts a seated bald man with a green garment with a red and yellow lining. Signed ...
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Personal Throne
Located in Burlingame, CA
"A Personal Throne", a figurative work in multi color, including mainly gray and blue with red. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22.5 inches / framed 35 x 27.5 inches. John Casado’s painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Nubile
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Red, Yellow, Male, Seat]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Male, Seat, Relax, Gold]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Baby, Hug, Female]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

I Was Talking To Marat - Contemporary Figurative Oil, Expressionism Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coretta Scott King
Located in Fairfield, CT
From the artist statement, "When asked about my work, my mantra used to be, “The subject matter of my work is not as important as how I paint it. Whether it be people, places, or thi...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Red, Yellow, Female]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, White, Female, Despair]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Alone, Female, White]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Female, White]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Female, Walk, Black]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Shadow Work
Located in Denver, CO
Maria Housley's "Shadow Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cast shadow of a hand falling across the features of a female model as she holds her hand to her ch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Remembrance
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Remembrance" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of an ambiguous female face blending into the patterns of the background.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sleepers Awake
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Sleepers Awake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of an ambiguous male face blending into the patterns of the background.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55, 5x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55,5x31 cm Composition with figures
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Canvas

Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Radha, Charcoal on Paper, Black color by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 20.6 x 16 inches ( unframed size) Charcoal on Paper , 2012 * * FRAMED AND READY TO HANG DOOR DELIVERED IN INDIA * * UNFRAMED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY ...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

I Could Be Her
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Zie and Xe" Green Toned Portrait Painting of a Pair of Figures in a Forest
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a pair of figures by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features two abstracted figures in unique clothing standing agains...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Figure II
Located in Denver, CO
Figure II, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Figure I
Located in Denver, CO
Figure I, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure III
Located in Denver, CO
Figure III, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Agotar Existencias
Located in Denver, CO
Agotar Existencias, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Colores Surtidos
Located in Denver, CO
Colores Surtidos, 2017
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Messenger
Located in Denver, CO
Messenger, 2021
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Soot and Salt
Located in Denver, CO
Soot and Salt
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Pencil, Oil

Crumpled George #1 pointillist patterns president portrait text US currency
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Quarantine Crumpled George No. 1 United States 1 Dollar Bill, Quarantine/Crumpled Money Series, Acrylic On Canvas Pop character, similar to Warhol or Oldenberg Jenna Lash...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

By The Roll Of A Dice - 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Lady with the Lamp, Dry Pastel on Paper by Prokash Karmakar “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 29 x 20 inches ( unframed size ) Dry Pastel on Paper , 1999 Prakash Karmakar was the most senior artist of Bengal . He was instrumental in the Bengal...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

Taxi Galaxy
Located in New York, NY
Anita Kapraljevic Pepsi Generation 2010 Oil on canvas 150 x 119 cm signed, titled and dated on verso Anita Kapraljevic is born in Mostar and lives in Berlin. She studied in Nürtinge...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Untitled - 11 x 8.5 inches ( unframed size ) Watercolour on Paper ** Shipped in roll form. Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fash...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, India Ink

Untitled (New Spirit)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on found frame.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cro-Mags
Located in New York, NY
Chris Bors Cro-Mags 2013 Acrylic on canvas 43 1/2 x 34 in.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

No Redeeming Social Value
Located in New York, NY
Chris Bors No Redeeming Social Value 2013 Acrylic on canvas 43 1/2 x 34 in.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Self Portrait #4 City of Angels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bush Poet Australian 10 Dollar Note, monochromatic whimsical pattern currency
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bush Poet Australian 10 Dollar Note, Oil On Canvas With Printed Acetate, 10" x 8" mixed media mainly black and white Jenna Lash specializes in global curr...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

Good morning. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Good morning. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Saint. 2020. Oil on canvas, 110x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The Saint. 2020. Oil on canvas, 110x120 cm
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dreamer #3. 2018. Oil on canvas, 120x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dreamer #3. 2018. Oil on canvas, 120x130 cm
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and ev...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

50 Shades of K-Dot
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic Paint and Spray Paint on Canvas.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

BANANARAMA - Pop art Painting with Pink Lips and Banana, Blue, Yellow
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
BANANARAMA by Elizabeth Winnel is compositionally similar to work she has created in the past- a set of lips at the center of the painting, mouth open...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Farmers - Oil Painting by Roberto De Francisci - 2011
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers (original Italian title "Momenti Preziosi") is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 2011 by the Italian artist Roberto De Francisci...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Glass, Oil

Collective farmer. 1980, watercolor on paper, 57, 5x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Collective farmer. 1980, watercolor on paper, 57,5x58 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions,...
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1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 13 x 10 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used i...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used in t...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 10 x 13 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used i...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 19.75 x 25.75 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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.

On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.

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