Impressionist Paint Portrait
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
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Oil
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Oil
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Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Pastel, Oil, Board
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Oil
1880s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
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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.
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Impressionist paintings are located in museums around the world. The largest collection of works from the period is at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France. Many of Monet's paintings are in the Musée Marmottan Monet, also in Paris. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Impressionist art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Miniature portraits were first painted on a variety of mediums, some of the more popular being vellum, and card or cardboard. Paintings would typically be done in watercolor. Later painting in enamel on metal became a classic medium for painting miniature portraits. On 1stDibs, find an array of authentic miniature portraits.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024Opinions differ on who painted the most realistic portraits. Among historical artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, John Singer Sargent, Jan van Eyck and Diego Velázquez are all contenders for the title. Many contemporary Photorealist and Hyperrealist portrait artists have also produced incredibly lifelike works. Among them are Taner Ceylan, Robert Longo, Chuck Close, Kelly Birkenruth and Daniela Werneck. Find a large selection of portrait paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024Chuck Close stated that he painted portraits as a way to overcome a cognitive disorder. Called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, the condition made it difficult for Close to differentiate and recognize faces. The American artist found that painting people's faces helped him to notice their fine details, allowing him to begin to notice differences. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Chuck Close art.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024Although many artists may fit this description, a famous German artist who painted realistic portraits is Wilhelm Leibl. As a printmaker and painter, Leibl worked during the second half of the 19th century and created many paintings of German peasants in traditional dress. Some of his most notable works include Three Women in Church, Die Dorfpolitiker, Farm Girl with a White Head Scarf and Die junge Pariserin (Die Kokotte). On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of Realist art.