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Reclining Male Nude - original painting - unique - by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x21.5in / 70x60cm Painted in 2013.
Part of Nude Men series.
Varnished and ready for hanging. Shipping from Forest ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Wading Aquamarine" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Wading Aquamarine" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a feminine model kneeling in a white dress at the water's edge.
About the Artist:
Suchitra...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Carmel Home, California Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work.
Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity.
Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Watercolor
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
View of modernist Paris oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 33x41 cm.
Frame measures 59x67 cm.
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro Palmero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Signora
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Signora, Vestita Di Giallo, 1969
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 38" x W 30", (Panel) H 28" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dove
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Girl with a pigeon. Symbol of peace
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Portrait, Modern Expressive Painting
By Anna Ładecka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter.
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The inner peace
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The main thing in life is to save your own inner peace, on the left Buddha - he is calm and peaceful, on the right is our everyday’s life with all troubles...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Denver Gambit" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "The Denver Gambit" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a crowd of people gathered together playing matches of chess.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Seaside Terrace
Located in London, GB
'Seaside Terrace', oil on canvas, by Jean-Jacques René (circa 1980s). A melancholy woman is seated on a terrace, the sea over her back with a dinghy and its single sailor passing beh...
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Swimmer (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting in Antique Gold Frame)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative oil on canvas painting of a young athletic male
24 x 20 inches, 29.5 x 23.5 inches vintage gold painted wood frame
signed B. Sargeant in red in upper right hand corner
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African Child
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The young African boy is wearing native Zimbabwean dress to reflect the historic clothing of village life.
Carole Garland captures the questioning look of the boy and his wonder why are these visitors
here? The colorful burnt red stencils enhance the trim design of his costume.
Carole Garland has shown in many Southern California venues, most recently at TAG Gallery,
Bergamot Station; realART Gallery, Agoura Hills; West Los Angeles Art Gallery; the Rose Cafe; the Santa Paula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Watercolor and mixed media on paper, it comes framed in a white passe-partout.
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Journey - Figurative acrylic painting, Colorful, Surrealistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MIKOŁAJ MALESZA (born in 1954) a painter and a stage designer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, at the Department of Interior Design, where he graduated from in 1979. He had over 20 individual exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czech and Slovak Republics...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain oil on board painting impressionist seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Sitges - Oil on panel
Oil measures 22x31.5 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
She closed her eyes Zahra Zeinali 21st Century art Contemporary art girl doll
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Victor Manuel Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victor Manuel: 1897-1969. Well listed Cuban artist who has auction results as high as $319,000. He as an early member of the "Vanguardia" movement of ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Adaptation #5 Zahra Zeinali 21st Century art Contemporary art Iranian art girl
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tattoo me 1 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 1
2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
A swallow - Figurative acrylic painting, Colorful, Surrealistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MIKOŁAJ MALESZA (born in 1954) a painter and a stage designer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, at the Department of Interior Design, where he graduated from in 1979. He had over 20 individual exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czech and Slovak Republics...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Carnival Oil Painting on Panel Post Modern In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Carnival Oil Painting on Panel Post Modern In Stock
Manuel Lopez Herrera was born in Madrid Spain in 1946. Herrera began with classes in drawing and pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Rover, Red Rover" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michelle Jader's "Red Rover, Red Rover" is an original, handmade oil painting on 2 acrylic panels that depicts a child playing on a playground toy and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nomad
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Oil paint and pastels on paper
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil
The Stalker
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Oil paint & modeling paste on paper framed on a white passepartout.
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paste, Oil Crayon, Oil
Velours froid - Contemporary Oil on Wood Portrait by a french artist
Located in PARIS, FR
Huile sur bois par la peintre française Marina Taleb.
Ses visages, envoutants, souvenirs vagues de moments endormis entremêlent le désir d’atteindre une vérité et l’envie de rêver.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Take me into the Future Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surrealism In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Take me into the Future Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Surrealism In Stock
Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
people from ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 50x61 cm.
Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic training at the age of nine, Gil Sala entered the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he had as teachers Felix Mestres and Vicente Borrás. Already in 1930, being still almost an apprentice, he obtained the bronze medal of the School, and in 1936 he won by contest a scholarship to make a study trip through Spain. Those were the difficult moments of the outbreak of the Civil War and thanks to the help of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, he was able to complete his artistic training. Throughout his life Ignacio Gil dedicated himself to travel both in the Peninsula and in different Islamic and Latin American countries. He exhibited his work in Spain, France, the Philippines, Switzerland, the United States, Canada and Colombia, among many other countries.
Extraordinary draftsman, agile handling pencil and charcoal, Ignacio Gil immortalized landscapes of all Spain...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julie Has a Big Heart
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Oil painting of woman holding heart shaped balloon. Barron has a very distinctive stylization of the human figure. Both specific and general which makes the work relatable and calm...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
19th Century Italian School Portrait of Peasant Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th Century Italian School portrait of peasant girl by unknown artist, circa 1840. Partial signature lower right edge. Condition: fai...
Category
1850s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Vert", Albert Bertalan, Original Oil, Green, Figurative
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Vert" is an original oil on canvas impressionistic portrait of a woman by Albert Bertalan. A red-headed lady in a purple and white striped collared coat sits in front of a green background daydreaming about something personal. The painting is framed with an ornate gold frame.
From the late 19th century until World War Two, Paris was the center of the art world. Artists and intellectuals from around the globe descended on Paris, drawn by the atmosphere of creative freedom established by the French Impressionists. Because of the Impressionists’ innovations the direction of art had changed forever, the times were ripe for another Renaissance. The School of Paris, as this broad-based group of artists are referred to embodied the spirit of modernism.
Albert Bertalan was born on September 21, 1899 in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He is known for painting compositions of figures in unique environments, including women by the sea, among other similar subject matters. He studied at the Nagybanyai Art School under some of the most important Hungarian artists, including Ivànyi Grünwald...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Paper, Oil
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu", Albert Bertalan, Original Oil, Blue, Figurative
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Rousse Sur Fond Bleu" is an original oil on canvas impressionistic portrait of a woman by Albert Bertalan. A red-headed lady sits with her hand pressed upon her cheek thoughtfully thinking in front of a blue background. The painting is framed with an ornate gold frame.
From the late 19th century until World War Two, Paris was the center of the art world. Artists and intellectuals from around the globe descended on Paris, drawn by the atmosphere of creative freedom established by the French Impressionists. Because of the Impressionists’ innovations the direction of art had changed forever, the times were ripe for another Renaissance. The School of Paris, as this broad-based group of artists are referred to embodied the spirit of modernism.
Albert Bertalan was born on September 21, 1899 in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He is known for painting compositions of figures in unique environments, including women by the sea, among other similar subject matters. He studied at the Nagybanyai Art School under some of the most important Hungarian artists, including Ivànyi Grünwald...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Crowd - People Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, XL
Located in Salzburg, AT
Large Format Oil painting
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Coper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Fishing
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
John Fishing by Lu Haskew
Oil 30x24" image size
Figurative Portrait of a man with fishing pole.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lu considered it a must to work with live models once or twice...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"On a Flower of Recognized Faces" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "On a Flower of Recognized Faces" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic face with fields of color.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Alabama...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
Gayane
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting is oil on canvas, signed lower left and the date and signed on verso. The gallery certificate of authenticity is available.
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Belle Fille" Large Mid Century French Painting Portrait of a Beautiful Girl
By Etienne Ret
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful gouache on paper, by French artist, Etienne Ret, signed on top right.
Etienne Ret was born in Bourbonnais, France on Jan. 6, 1900. Ret graduated from the College of Mesnie...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur
Located in London, GB
'The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur' by Jean-Marie Luc Blanpain, oil on canvas (circa 1970s). The artist's depiction of the terrace of the well known Honfleur restaurant, 'Au Relais ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Irresolute" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Irresolute" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the back of feminine figure looking at a painted self portrait contemplatively.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Love from Afar 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media
2-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Break Free - original painting - oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Original, unique painting, oil on canvas, 27.5 x23.5in / 70x60cm.
Inspired by Magritte's "The Lovers".
This particular painting was part of Nude in Interior solo show in 2022.
Shippi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child II
Located in London, GB
'Mother and Child II', watercolour on fine art paper (1970), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso pain...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American School Modernist Tropical Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 18H.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Portrait of Man in Cap', French School (circa 1960s-70s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Man in Cap', oil on canvas, French School (circa 1960s-70s). This artwork was discovered in the South of France. A splendid portrait it is and is most likely from one of the countries in French-speaking Africa. Most of those countries that speak French are in Western and Central Africa, with others scattered across the continent. Having arrived in Africa from colonial activity, French took on many different forms and maintained use to some degree in nearly two dozen nations. In addition to the continent of Africa, there are many other French speakers...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Madonna with Child - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Madonna with Child
90 x 70 cm
Oil on canvas
Framing is possible
Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'.
Since her start she is well ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Portrait of a Lady Gardener - Modern British Impressionist Fauvist Oil Painting
By Paul Beauvais
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful post impressionist/fauvist impasto oil on board portrait of a lady gardener resting on a bench, by modern British artist Paul Beauvais.
Excellent quality early work by ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
No Name
Located in Zofingen, AG
In fact, everything is fed up, life is fed up, Avatar is fed up,
eyesight is failing, we need more and more light, the heating in the workshop is electric...
In short, as I painted i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Feminine Figure - Oil Painting by R. Melli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Feminine Figure is a modern artwork realized by Roberto Melli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes vintage frame (fair conditions) : 42 x 2 x...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Johann Theodor Bavaria, Son of Prince Elector, by Joseph Vivien, Rococo
By Joseph Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703-1763)
by Joseph Vivien
Johann Theodor of Bavaria (* September 3, 1703 in Munich; † January 27, 1763 in Lièg...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman sitting in the garden oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Love from Afar 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media
1-4-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the water - Figurative Acrylic Painting Minimalism Pop art Polish artist
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
ARTIST
Joanna Woyda (b. 1981)
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2000-2005). She received her honorary degree in 2005. She was also a scholarship holder of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Keyhole, Neue Constructivist Abstract Character Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is not framed.
Antony Squizzato is a talented French artist who likes to experiment with different styles and techniques.
Category
2010s Constructivist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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