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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Bright Eyed Ben 1/1
By TRANSPARENT
Located in New York, NY
Pigment Ink & Acrylic Canvas Gallery Wrapped over Custom Built Box. One of kind creation by the famed artist. Collected worldwide. Homage to Benjamin Franklin.
About the Artist:
Ultra Fine Money Artist TRAN$PARENT is an American based artist. He specializes in museum quality, ultra-fine money art. Specifically American denominations from the $1 to the $10,000 bill and with special granted requests the Million Dollar Bill. He also specializes in various rare and well known International currencies. Creating game changing revolutionary art has been his life’s passion and he illustrates it beautifully in his TRANSPARENT artwork depicting the front, back and middle security features of his bills. His TRANSPARENT Art is actually a metaphor for being TRANSPARENT with your loved ones, with your business associates, but most importantly with yourself.
He fine tunes each image to ensure the highest possible vibrancy and each image is personally quality controlled by him and is also hand signed and individually numbered. APs to Limited Editions his pieces are completely breathtaking and pop when viewed under regular or proper lighting. His pieces are not easy to come by and are becoming highly sought after. One of his many accomplishments was successfully orchestrating 12 different beautiful installations of his work at Miami’s Famous Art Basel 2018. His installations included being the featured artist at the opening night with the Miami Heat...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
A kite - 21st century, Young art, Figurative painting, Photorealism, A cat
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Warsaw, PL
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obtaining scholarships from both the Ministry of Culture and the Mayor of the city of Gdańsk. In 2006 he won the Grand Prix (ex...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DAMA GLAMUROSA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on foam board with custom painted frame. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Size including frame approx 44 x 34.75 inches.
Artwork is in excellent con...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Foam Board
Reality
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.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Unstoppable
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Unstoppable" is a mesmerizing artwork that immediately captivates the viewer's attention. The central focus of the piece is a woman with her hair beautifully woven and elegantly pac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reuven Rubin Israeli Aubusson Wool Tapestry Judaica George Goldstein Jerusalem
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an Aubusson style flat weave hand woven wool tapestry. This is from the George Goldstein Atelier in Jerusalem. (Originally known as Nazareth Tapestries) They produced genuine handmade Gobelin tapestries in Israel). This does not bear a label and is not signed, (it might be one of a kind) It might have been a study for a larger piece. It is based on a painting of a fisherman. In 1964 the first French style weaving studio was inaugurated in Israel, in the new city of Nazareth Ilit. With the encouragement of master Jean Lurcat, woven upon several contemporary masters’ original sketches, such as Jean Lurcat, Hans Hartung, Adolph Gottlieb, Karel Appel, Yaacov Agam, Mordecai Ardon, Reuven Rubin, Danny Caravan, and more. Some of these tapestries encountered their moments of glory during the international exhibitions, such as in the Museum of Modern Art (NY), “Expo Montreal” (Canada), Biennale of Lausanne (Switzerland), and others. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, Nazareth’s workshop closed its doors and returned to Jerusalem, where I opened a new studio with a young team made up of eighteen artisans, dedicating their work more specifically towards Israeli artists. The tapestries are woven upon the original sketches of Yohanan Simon, Naftali Bezem. They can be seen on the walls of the Israeli President’s residence, the Yeshiva University of New York, the University of Haifa, New York Bank Discount, as 60-square meter tapestries for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, and in ceremonial art. Tapestries for Parochet and Torah mantles are seen in Washington, Bet-El Springfield, Babson College, Boston, Bet-El Univ. Andover, Bet-El Highland Park and the Strasbourg Great Synagogue in France. Along with Itche Mambush in EIn Hod these were the fine, Gobelin style modern art tapestry...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wool
Endless Possibility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The will to succeed is important, but it is more important to prepare. It's hard to get to the top of success, but harder to remain there. It may take time, but the result is always ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"With thoughts about…" Oil Painting 39" x 31" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"With thoughts about…" Oil Painting 39" x 31" inch by c
Year: 2009
Size framed: 44" x 36" inch
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Devil Drive /// Contemporary Painting Canvas Funny Pop Street Art Car Driving
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Devil Drive"
*Signed and dated by May upper right
Year: 1998
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on heavy wove paper
Sheet size: 28.13" x 21.6...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Paper
Kate Moss Icon VIII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Portrait Fashion Model UK
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Kate Moss Icon VIII"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2023
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas size: 36" x 36"
Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition
Notes:
Katherine Ann Moss (1974-) is an English model and businesswoman. Born in Croydon, Greater London, she was recruited as a model in 1988 at age 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management. Arriving at the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Gallop of the Wild - Original oil on canvas painting
By Blend Cota
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The wild horse's gallop is a performance of vitality and freedom. Running with the wind without constraining their massive strength and energy, these beautiful animals are almost mag...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cowboy /// Contemporary Pop Portrait Painting Funny Man Sheriff Dan May American
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Cowboy"
*Signed by May upper right
Circa: 2020
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Board
Framing: Framed in a contemporary black moulding
F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
BELLA PRINCESA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reaso...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Tattoo me 2 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 2
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
Cate Blanchett Icon III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Model Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Cate Blanchett Icon III"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
"Heat Lightning Herald II" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Heat Lightning Herald II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a face transposed over a red and blue stormy skyscape.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Most Talented David Bowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
PRINCESA TIMIDA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on plexiglass with custom painted frame. Hand signed lower front by Fernando Fernandez. Size including frame 31 x 22 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condi...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS (American-Israeli, b. 1931),
''David and Saul'', 1982,
Gouache on paper
Hand signed and dated lower right, titled in pencil on paper verso...
Category
1980s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Change of Ownership
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Splash
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Beach days are magical, and this little girl running and splashing in the surf was relishing her new-found freedom and expressing all the joy to be found on a summer day at the ocean...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Top Songbirds
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Navi, Chilling in Summer Shades
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is a quick reminder that people should not be afraid to use their voices. Your thoughts, opinions, and ideas are just as important as anybody else's. When you speak, sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pen
Resilience
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Self Possesed
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, Charcoal, Acrylic
"Wayfinding" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Wayfinding," is an original oil painting on 4 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"African Diaspora" mixed media portrait of woman, gold headdress and graphic top
By Janice Frame
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This is a delightful piece of art. It expresses the hope of the common man amidst the everyday experiences that beset him. He is challenged to look beyond the current hardship and vi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maravillosa (2020) by LNY, oil painting, figurative, indigenous healer portrait
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Maravillosa" (2020) by LNY (aka Layqa Nuna Yawar, formerly Lunar New Year)
Oil painting on canvas, figurative, indigenous healer portrait with succulent aloe plant with flowers
18 × 14 × .75 in
Oil Painting / Graffiti and Street Art / Figurative Art / Portrait / Human Figure / Landscape / Flora / Pastel Colors / Surrealistic / Cosmic art...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
15 Minutes
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, Daniel Maltzman has always been interested in pop culture and advertisement. His early career consisted of promoting the hottest clubs in Hollywood and running a successful business in the fashion industry. A switch to the art world was natural for Maltzman as his obsession with creativity and expression only grew with his exposure to the art scene that so profoundly impacted Los Angeles nightlife.
Much of Maltzman’s inspiration draws from his relationships with people who have fast-paced lifestyles, fame, and fortune. Maltzman is also fascinated by Los Angeles’ contemporary urban settings and street style aesthetics. Mixing acrylics with spray paints and juxtaposing graphic images amongst figurative depictions, Daniel Maltzman’s work is captivating and richly dynamic. Striking colors and bold mark-making show evidence of Mark Grotjahn’s influence on Maltzman’s work, and admiration for Andy Warhol’s muses are consistent with Maltzman’s subject of choice.
Collectors such as Justin Bieber...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Defiance II
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sylvester
Located in New York, NY
Sylvester
2022
Signed
Binder and glitter on acrylic
30 x 30 inches (73.2 x 76.2 cm)
Sylvester was an American disco icon, known for his flamboyant and androgynous persona. Sylvester was a member of the Cockettes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Adhesive, Glitter
ISiS ISiDE
Located in Miami, FL
A. Laurenti has been exhibiting since 1984 universal, visionary and contemporary paintings.
His images bring back to us through his colors, landscapes and personalities that have exi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pigment, Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Apollo Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Mythology Portrait Painting Colorful
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Apollo Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
"Pink Vogue - Marilyn Monroe" Colorful Contemporary Mixed Media Portrait Collage
By Jim Hudek
Located in Houston, TX
Pink, orange, and blue toned pop art mixed media collage by Houston, Texas artist Jim Hudek. Digital print of Marilyn Monroe in black and white with Ben-Day dots against a background...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Ramon sanvisens self portrait oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Catalan painter trained in Olot and the Llotja in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Lluis Muntané. Through his travels he completes his train...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Criminal Night" by Enzio Wenk, 1992 - Portrait on Blue Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACTA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
WILL THIS POISON MY EYES? - Portrait Painting w/ Smooth Gradients
By Jason Stout
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Commentary portraiture and the vacuous shell that currently holds the human condition and the relationship between internal spirit and external exhaustion.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Culture 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor.
But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living.
We are al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled 730 - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rapture" - Contemporary Woman Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
Finally got my hands on something by Louis Braquet. He has multiple commissions this year and I've been unable to get anything new. He had held on to thi...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
LARGE FRENCH OIL EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF WOMAN - LILAC PURPLE COLOURS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's
Title: Abstract portrait of a woman
Medium: oil painting, on canvas.
Size: canvas: 27.5 x 31.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Vision" Modern Blue, Red, and Yellow Abstract Geometric Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, red, and yellow abstract modern portrait painting by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The work features a well dressed man with part of his face obscu...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ELEGANCIA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offe...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Kal-El Leaves Krypton" Colorful Abstract Modern Pop Art Superman Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract modern pop art painting by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The title refers to when Jor-El and Lara watch as their son Kal-El, better kno...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pisan. 1995, oil on canvas, 60x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Kaspars Zarins
Born in 1962
Professional training: Janis Rozentals Art School of Riga (1973 - 1980), Painting Department at the Latvian Academy of Arts (1980 - 1986) under the sup...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Souperman" Superman & Campbells Soup Blue Background Pop Art Painting on Canvas
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Superman juxtaposed with Campbells Tomato Soup. With impasto painting, thrown paint and quick brushwork we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is able to e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Rue de Paris
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady McNeck lll
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Giraffe dressed up like royalty
Hand Painted
edition of 20
NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting.
contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong
Comes ROLLED in a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Calm Before the Storm, " Oil Painting
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Calm Before the Storm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure, in a white and black striped swimsuit, holding a ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Shero
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Shero' is a bright and brilliant painting with commentary on modern daily life. The artist uses her own image for this "Icon" painting that reflects feminism today (as well as hist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
' Young Women & Birds' Nude Contemporary Figurative Oil/Canvas 38"x 38"
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self portrait with birds" oil on canvas 38"x 38', oil on canvas. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIM...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
watercolour on artist paper
painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by th...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fashion Girl, Expressionist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Fashion Girl" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a stylishly dressed woman sitting on a chair. This work features a se...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"What Might Have Been", Red-Headed Woman and Parrot Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "What Might Have Been" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser made of oil paint on canvas. This piece measures 36.5"h x 36.5"w framed and is shipped in the pictured framed.
Katherine Fraser has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trumpet-Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed by Artist
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas. Image-25 x 20.25 in; with unstretched canvas border-27.25 x 23 in. Signed by Artist. Excellent/Good Condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Happy Happy Me
By Brigit Coons
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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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