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Portrait Paintings For Sale
"Let Them Eat Cake" (2014) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Let Them Eat Cake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude with a crown set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud cake...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Jules Chéret "Portrait"
By Jules Chéret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jules Chéret, 1836-1932 (FR)
Portrait
Pastell chalk on canvas.
Canvas Size H 780 mm W 480 mm.
F...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel
"Oracle" (2024) By Allen Williams, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Oracle" (2024) by Allen Williams is an original oil painting on a sealed illustration board that depicts an eerie portrait of a nude female figure. Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Bouquet
Located in Dallas, TX
David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute to Courage statue of Sam Houston in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$3,360 Sale Price
4% Off
"Untitled" (2014) - Oil Painting of Nude Reclining Female Figure
By Rebecca Venn
Located in Denver, CO
Rebecca Venn's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas paper that depicts a nude female model laying on her back.
This pai...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$645 Sale Price
25% Off
1930
s British Oil Painting Portrait of Westminster School Boy in Uniform
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Young Westminster"
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
signed and dated 1931
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 24
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
condition: very go...
Category
1930s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in a White Dress In Window Frame Original French Artwork
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in White
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original acrylic painting on card, unframed
size: 7 x 8 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate in France
Hi...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hungarian Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel
Located in Surfside, FL
20th century Jewish Chassidic Rabbi with fur hat portrait, Judaica Oil Painting
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
High Stakes Match (Monopoly), large original painting with custom painted frame
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Canvas size: 40 x 48 inches. Frame size: 41.62 x 49.62 x 2 (white floating frame hand ...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,000 Sale Price
50% Off
"Coherence" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Coherence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up view of an female model overlaid with the patterning of branc...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Fine Large Georgian 1830
s English Portrait of a Country Lady, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady (biographical details verso)
English, circa 1820-1830 period, unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private c...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alberto Rossi (1858-1936) - Early 20th Century Oil, Knitting Lessons
By Alberto Rossi
Located in Corsham, GB
A thoroughly charming oil showing a young girl teaching a little boy to knit using red wool. The artist has beautifully captured the tutorial tilt of the girl's head and the inquisit...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,358 Sale Price
20% Off
"A Man Ought to Do What
s Right" Contemporary John Wayne Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful contemporary portrait of famous movie star John Wayne by Texas-based artist Robert Sandman. The work features a realistic portrayal of the actor dress in his iconic cowboy a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fine Georgian Oil Painting English Portrait Naval Sea Captain at Sea with Ships
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Master of all He Surveys
late 18th century/ early 19th Century English
oil on canvas, unframed, unsigned
canvas: 14 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: form...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with fan mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frame size 51x43 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Closure - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Oil, Women in Fashion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Sayeed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H. W. - 1947 Oil For Restoration, Lady with the Flower Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with a monogram and dated to the upper left. Presented in a gilt frame with pierced details. On canvas.
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$293 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of a French Aristricatic Lady
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6128 Portrait of a French woman
Set in a gilt frame
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Oil Painting of Young Belle Epoque Beauty Paris Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910).
Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the latest US Government import duties and the legal exemptio...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Impressionist Painting Nude Study of a Dark Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: signed oil on board, unframed
Size : 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The painting is in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Internal Dialogue" Haute Couture Sunglasses Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a pop art portrait of a woman in Haute Couture Chanel Sunglasses with the lettering "OMG" repeated on the right side of her face. A commentary on the social lan...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Elegant Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman in Red Dress by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Elegant 1940s Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman a Red Dress by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A beautifully executed studio portrait, the painting is oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Dongxing Huang Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Chinese Opera Actor"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Chinese Opera Actor
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 32.5 x 16.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 200...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,260 Sale Price
30% Off
W. H. Plummer (b.1933) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Self-Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic self-portrait of W. H. Plummer. The husband of artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933). Presented in a complementing green frame. Artist label inscribed verso. On canvas laid t...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th C Italian Old Master Oil Painting Madonna
Infant Christ with Joseph
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Holy Family
17th century Genoise School, unsigned as typical of the period
follower of Luca CAMBIASO
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29.5 x 22 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: ...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Independence Night, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A performer leans toward the mirror, applying a final touch of lipstick beneath the glow of vanity lights. Clad in a star-spangled top and Uncle Sam hat, she re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Contemporary Figurative painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Contemporary Moroccan figurative painting by Said Housbane - Acrylic on canvas. Size: 40 x 30 inches. Offered framed.
Said Housbane began his career by working in the fields of call...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Chess Match
Located in London, GB
'The Chess Match', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1973). Rich colours, bold, painterly brush strokes and an unusual subject for a work of art, Debiève has created this s...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,349 Sale Price
30% Off
Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Italian School, 18th century
Depicted are the Madonna and Child Jesus, the virgin Mary is holding the Child Jesus lovingly in her arms. The child, lying on a bundle of cloth and with...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Young Girl in Blue"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Portrait, "Young Girl in Blue" by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary French Abstract Picasso Style Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regal Style French Abstract, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie.
The abstract style painting shows a medley of coloured flecks, based on a ochre background, with a soft range of reds and greens.
There is a faint outline of a face with what we believe to be a crown, lost amongst the cubist paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,647 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: "Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 19"
Discover the captivating allure of "Abstract Cubist Portrait - HFC 19," a limited edition textured canva...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
The Rendezvous - Scottish 1908 art portrait oil painting Elsie Viola Robinson
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning romantic exhibited Scottish Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist James Wallace. Painted in 1908 with excellent provenance, the brus...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,441 Sale Price
20% Off
Girl with notes
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Music is a wonderful way to erase thoughts, bad and not so good, the best and the most ancient."
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cash rules everything around me, Street Art, Pop Art, Richie Rich
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Unique piece i
Richi Rich on a ladder is spraying money
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a d...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Figural Fauvist Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 37 inches overall. Handsomely framed ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Angela - Large Original Colorful Floral Portrait Painting on Blue Background
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
81.875 x 34.25 inches
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Josue M Pierre ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage portrait of a woman sewing by french artist Leon Garraud
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A quiet moment captured by the artist, Leon Garraud of a woman sewing. It's an oil on board framed under glass in beautiful tones of browns and greys highlighed by the light shining...
Category
1930s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$312 Sale Price
47% Off
"Killing Them Quietly" Oil Painting 24" x 24" inch by Genevieve May
Located in Culver City, CA
"Killing Them Quietly" Oil Painting 24" x 24" inch by Genevieve May
Medium: Oil and gold leaf on panel
Killing Them Quietly:
The serpent is an animal of instinct and calculation. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat, c. 1950
Oil on hardboard
Signed lower left
On hardboard, 45 x 38 cm (c. 28 x 15 in)
Presented in a giltwood f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Go for a Walk, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This primitive-style painting captures a man and woman strolling with their pets on a radiant fall day. Bold, smudged outlines define the figures with raw simpl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Very Large Mid 19th Century Victorian Portrait English Gentleman Seated Leather
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Victorian English Gentleman
Portrait of a Man seated in a leather chair, holding a letter in his hand.
oil on canvas , framed
framed: 41 x 33 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
prove...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Animated biblical scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Work re-lined
Plaster and gilded wood frame
86 x 105 x 7 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,083 Sale Price
20% Off
Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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.
About Artist
Bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna, Abstract, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ruben Popovian
Work: Original painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Expressionism
Title: Mado...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tapestry of Beauty (Agbeke) 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Self-portrait (portrait of man)
By Wesley Lea
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Wesley Lea (1914-1981).
Self-portrait, ca. 1940.
Oil on canvas, 12 x 17 inches.
Signed lower left center "WESLEA" as was his practice in 1930s-40's.
Unframed.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
Literary Origins of Angelica
The subject of this painting is Angelica, a princess from the epic chivalric romances of the Italian Renaissance. She first appears in Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato (1483) and reappears famously in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (1532). In these poems – part of the Matter of France cycle of Charlemagne and his paladins – Angelica’s extraordinary beauty ensnares many knights, including Orlando (Roland) and his cousin Rinaldo, sparking rivalries and adventures. Ariosto’s narrative particularly highlights Angelica’s tumultuous journey: at one point she is stripped and chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster (a scene mirroring the myth of Andromeda) before being dramatically rescued by the valiant knight Ruggiero on his winged horse. Ultimately, however, Angelica chooses her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to health, and she returns with him to her far-off Asian kingdom – an affair that drives the heartbroken Orlando to madness. This independent resolution (marrying outside the circle of Christian knights) made Angelica an emblem of feminine agency and romantic idealism in Renaissance literature. Her story remained popular in art and literature through the centuries, symbolizing the allure and elusiveness of love.
Kronberg’s Portrayal and Composition
In Julius Kronberg...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Puddle Jumper. Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
An ordinary scene of a woman walking down a sidewalk in the rain is elevated to a little gem of a painting. American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Puddle Jumper (...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin with Child, studio of Giampietrino (Milano 1495-1550), 16th century Italy
Located in PARIS, FR
Virgin with Child,
studio of Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli, known as Giampietrino (active Milan 1495-1550)
Not signed
Oil on poplar panel, h. 63 cm (24.8 in), w. 49 cm (19.29 in)
Important...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
11 Oil Painting Panels in a Majestic Fan Shape, Featuring Isidor Kaufmann
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare and Important Treasure: 11 Oil Painting Panels in a Majestic Fan Shape
Signed by Significant 19th-Century Austrian Artists, Featuring Isidor Kaufmann
A magnificent and unique artistic achievement, this rare and important assemblage of 11 oil painting panels forms a majestic fan shape, uniting the work of significant 19th-century Austrian artists in a singular, breathtaking display. Each oil on panel is signed by the artist, showcasing a rich variety of subjects—ranging from evocative landscapes to compelling portraits—all rendered in the refined and masterful techniques characteristic of the era.
Bringing together the talents of Isidor Kaufmann, Adolf Kaufmann, Carl Reichert, Emma (Edle von Seehof) Müller, Ernst Novak, Johann Hamza...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Safe Space - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Couple
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
German School 18th Century Oil - Portrait of Johann Leonhard Bahnmayer
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished 18th-century portrait depicts the distinguished gentleman Johann Leonhard Bahnmayer (1677-1748), pictured in formal robes. An inscription verso suggests that he may...
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940
s Fashion Illustration - Stunning Woman In Light Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Porto 08
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
Thetis Hephaestus Blanchard Mythological Paint Oil on table 17th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacques Blanchard (Paris, 1600 – Paris, 1638) and workshop
Thetis in Hephaestus' forge (Hephaestus gives Thetis the weapons he forged for Achilles)
Oil on canvas applied to pan...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,367 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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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