Pascal Cucaro On Sale
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil
People Also Browsed
1990s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Cardboard, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Paper
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Wood, Oil, Cardboard
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Oil
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Fiberboard
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Encaustic, Board
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Antique 1890s Dutch Paintings
Canvas
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Abstract Paintings
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Recent Sales
1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Epoxy Resin, Canvas
Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003 for sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right portrait-paintings for You
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.