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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Fox
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges
By James Maubert
Located in Bath, Somerset
This large double portrait depicts the sisters Lady Catherine and Lady Jane Brydges, the daughters of John Brydges, the Marquess of Carnarvon (1703-1727). They are seated on a stone...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thoroughbred in Profile
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's horse painting, an elegant profile of a Thoroughbred is a beautiful the statement. The details of the handsome Bay Thoroughbred horse's profile are more outstanding w...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Necklace" Oil on board by Telopa
Located in Carmel, CA
Telopa, the father and son of artists, paints women in an elegant Mannerist style that combines classic beauty and mythological, symbolic allegory.
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Early 20th Century Young Girl With Pink Bow Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful portrait of a young girl by listed aritst artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower left. Unframed.
Image, 20"H x 16"W.
Gleiforst wa...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Foam Board, Acrylic
Henri-Georges Bréard, Self-Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early to mid-20th-century self-portrait by Henri-Georges Bréard (1873-c.1939) depicts the artist deep in thought. He’s holding a pipe.
Henri-Georges Bréard was an accomplished ...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
What I lacked she had ten fold
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Diogo Barros Pires
What I Lacked She Had Ten Fold
Crayon, soft pastel, and pastel on cardboard
154 x 105 cm
"What I Lacked She Had Ten Fold" by Diogo Barros Pires is an evocative pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Pastel, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Peter
By Alex Katz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Peter" is an oil on masonite painting made by Alex Katz in 1995. The artwork size is 15 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches. The framed sized is 18 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. The painting is signe...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Hold My Peace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"INVITATION" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"INVITATION" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose unique
blend of architectural sensibilitie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Date Night, Rebecca" -- Painting on canvas by Ruth Owens
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS was born in 1959 to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed fami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
I'm Alright, Just Here 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Date Night, RoCharlotte" -- Painting on canvas by Ruth Owens
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS was born in 1959 to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed fami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Next To You
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sisters in Yellow 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Elegant dans le miroir - Post Impressionist Nude Oil by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas nude by French post impressionist painter Jean Gabriel Domergue. The work depicts a brunette lady wearing only a gold silk skirt turned away from the a...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Emperor Leopold I of Habsburg, Unknown Master, 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Half-length portrait of Emperor Leopold I (born 1640, reigned 1658-1705) of Habsburg and later Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in armor with imperial cloak. Around his neck he wears...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
My Tomorrow
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Françoise by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
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Françoise by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm (21 ⁵/₈ x 18 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed lower left, CASS...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Space, Geometric Floral Patterns Diptych, Urban Style Deconstructed Architecture
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Hecate Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel red blue mythology woman
Located in Paris, FR
Unique work
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
The avian mage Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel blue bird animal
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Tranquility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Enchantress - 19th Century Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting French Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Enchantress’ by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907). This large fine 19th century oil on canvas, depicting a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly, is signed by the artist and ha...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover D...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Queen mother with regrets Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Polyphemus Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel mythology red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pastel, Paper
The cage bird will dream of clouds Timothy Archer Contemporary art blue painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pastel
Beautiful feelings Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel blue portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Unique work
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Guinevere - 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting of King Arthur Queen Legend
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lo...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aljean Stewart Hunt, Portait of a Distinguished Woman, Blonde, Fur Coat
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Erling Roberts (American, 1902 - 1974)
Signed: Erling Roberts 1939 (Left, Center)
" Aljean Stewart Hunt ", 1939
Oil on Canvas
40" x 28"
Housed in its original 3" Period Frame
O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couronne de Marguerite - French Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942).
The painting – which depicts a young French beauty wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and ...
Category
1910s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Seventh Day, Italian Renaissance Style Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Anthony Ackrill’s classical training from the Florence Academy of Art where he was a professor of anatomy is evident in this beautiful interpretation of the creation story. One could...
Category
2010s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Belle Epoque Beauty 19th Century Portrait Oil Painting French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl with a Doll, Chicago Artist, American Portraiture
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Paul Trebilcock (American, 1902 - 1981)
Signed: Paul Trebilcock (Lower, Right)
" BB " , circa 1950s
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Carved Period Frame
Overall Size:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bethy at 4, Elizabeth Wallen, Portrait of a little Girl with a Doll
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Merton Grenhagen (American, 1878-1941)
Signed: Merton Grenhagen (Lower, Left)
" Portrait of Bethy at 4 ", 1927
(Study of Elizabeth Wallen)
Oil on Canvas
35" x 29"
Housed in a 5"...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Playing with Dolls, Late 19th Century, Victorian Era Portrait of a Girl
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Will Beebe (Late 19th Century)
Signed: Will Beebe Dec 1892 (Lower, Right)
" Girl Playing with Dolls "
Oil on Canvas
36" x 30"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Ornamented Frame
Overall Size:...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No. 206 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, mixed media, orange
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
No. 206 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with India ink, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on kraft paper mounted on canvas, dimensions are 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, India Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
On The Fence
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow" Zacharias Noterman ca 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow"
Zacharias Noterman (Belgium, France 1824-1890)
Circa. 1870s
Oil on wood panel (mahogany)
Original stucco and gilt frame
13 1/2 x...
Category
1870s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a young man, impressionist oil painting, 19th century male portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique impressionist oil painting of a young man or boy wearing a cap with his head turned.
This attractive portrait painting, with natural hues is quite dark lending a Chiaroscuro...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative/Portrait/Sunglasses/Pop_Bubble Bliss, Anja Van Herle_Acrylic
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Bubble Bliss"
Acrylic on Wood
40 x 40 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with an American sense ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"Growing and Growing, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Alice in Wonderland
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Growing and Growing" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts "Alice in Wonderland" with a "Drink Me" note. The piece is a collage on wood and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Man with Pipe - 19th Century French Post Impressionist Smoking Portrait Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful late 19th century French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a man with a pipe. The work is signed with initials and dated 1892 lower right. Presented in a black ...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Badinter by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, politician, vivid background
Located in Paris, FR
Badinter is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Barbie Matisse, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Barbie Matisse" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a Barbie Doll in a swimsuit with a travel case. The piece is a collage on wood and is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Gone Fishing, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Gone Fishing" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a doll in a swimsuit with the head of a cat and a fishing pole. The piece is a collage o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Literary Cats, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat and Kitten
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Literary Cats" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat holding her kitten and reading a book. The piece is a collage on wood and is read...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Court Portrait Of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl Of Leicester (1532-1588) Elizabethan
Located in Blackwater, GB
Court Portrait Of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl Of Leicester (1532-1588)
English School Oil On Panel
Large antique portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester, oil on panel. Good qu...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait Charles I King Van Dyck Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Portrait of Charles I, King of England (1600-49)
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) Follower of
Oil on canvas
93 x 86 cm - Framed 131 x 124
We are sharing a valuable wor...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Master of Things, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art master
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Say Something_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"Say Something"
Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 60 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kinca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
"Trust, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat in Gown with Birds
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Trust" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat in a dress with a lace collar and several birds. The piece is a collage on wood and is re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Tribute to Rodin 5 by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting, dark tones
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
Tribute to Rodin 5 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounted on canv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving
Lee Miller Icon II (Man Ray) /// Huge Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Lee Miller Icon II (Man Ray)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2024
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Della" (FRAMED) Painting 19" x 22" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Della" (FRAMED) Painting 19" x 22" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate
Size: 13" x 15" inch
Size framed: 19" x 22" inch
Artist Antonio Pelayo,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
“Comme Avant, As Before" Abstract Colorful Portrait Street Art Pop Art on Canvas
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, 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.
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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