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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Attrib. Jan Dunselman (1863-1931) - Framed Oil, Woman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A late 19th-century portrait of a woman in a shawl, attributed to Jan Dunselman (1863-1931). The work is unsigned. Presented in a decorative gilt-effect frame with the later inscript...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Thad" (2024) by Zack Zdrale, Original Oil Painting, Male Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Thad" by Zack Zdrale (US based) is an original oil on panel depicting a portrait of a male model with a beard.
Zack Zdrale (b. 1977) takes a traditional approach to his work altho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, A Look of Shock
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Portrait of a Lady
Located in San Francisco, CA
Viewing the delicacy and grace of this portrait, one can appreciate that British artist Rosa Koberwein (1876–1903) was well recognized during her career for producing excellent portr...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady with a Rose
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine nineteenth-century portrait depicts a young lady of high standing gently holding a soft pink rose. The artist has captured the subject in exquisite detail, with ruby jewels...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Monkey with Wine Jug, Zacharias Noterman (Bel. Fr. 1824-1890)
By Zacharias Noterman
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Portrait of a Monkey with Wine Jug
Zacharias Noterman (Belgium & France 1824-1890)
Initialed "Z N" l.r.
Oil on board
8 x 6 inches
PROVENANCE: Galerie Tamenaga, Paris (label verso); Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris; Berman Swarttz, Los Angeles, California, Marcella Swarttz, Beverly Hills, California
8 x 6 inches
Zacharias Notermann (1820 in Ghent – 1890 in Paris) was a Belgian painter and printmaker who specialized in scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called singeries), as well as in paintings of dogs. He also produced images and scenes of traveling circuses.
Zacharias Noterman was born in Ghent in the family as the son of an artist-decorator. He was originally trained by his older brother Emmanuel Noterman, genre and animal painter active in Antwerp. Noterman continued his art education at the Academy of fine arts Antwerp. Zacharie Noterman...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Blue Towel 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Blue Towel" is an artistic composition that demands our attention. The woman wrapped in the titular blue towel stands as a metaphor for the delicate nature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Marie-Madeleine by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 113x77 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$960 Sale Price
72% Off
Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York, Ink and Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Candy Eyes issue #5 - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Woman, Portrait, Blonde
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Candy Eyes issue #5, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Woman In Us 1 - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Akingbade Mayowa
1988 - Current
The Woman in Us 1, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
91.4 x 76.2 cm
36 x 30 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Early Historical Portrait Believed to be of Scottish Politician David Carnegie
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Houston, TX
Early historical portrait in the style of William Aikman believed to be of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk, a Scottish peer and politician. The work features the central figure ...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Woman with Head Wrap" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young woman with dark hair and a head wrap against a viridian green background. The bright colors used and...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Mignard Paint Oil on canvsa Old master 17th Century French Lady Woman
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Mignard, known as Le Romain (Troyes 1612 - Paris 1695), attributed
Portrait of 'Louise Renée de Penancoët de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (Brest 1649 - Paris 1734) as MADDALENA
Oil on canvas
97 x 88 cm
In an important gilded frame 132 x 122 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Naples
The young and attractive noblewoman portrayed in this painting is Louis Renée de Penancoet de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (Brest 1649 - Paris 1734), known to have been King Charles II's favourite mistress for over fifteen years, from whose relationship Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, was born, but above all to have gone down in history as one of Louis XIV's French informants at the English court.
The duchess was a very influential figure at court, promoting French interests and often acting as an intermediary between the king, his ministers and French ambassadors.
After the death of Charles II this influence quickly came to an end, forcing her to hastily leave London and renounce all her possessions to return to her homeland, between Aubigny-sur-Nère and Paris, where she died in 1734, always remaining in the sovereign's good graces.
The peculiarity of the portrait, probably executed after her return to her homeland, is that the noblewoman takes the form of a charming Mary Magdalene, depicted here following her renunciation of earthly possessions, her rich robes and jewellery, in order to aspire to heavenly riches; We see her immortalised with her long hair loose on one breast, her intriguing but serene gaze directed at the observer, as she rests her crossed hands, as if in prayer, on the ampulla of perfumed ointments and the open book, both iconographic symbols.
The custom of being portrayed in the guise of Magdalene was in vogue for powerful women of the great European courts as early as the 16th century, as it represented the most appropriate image to justify the union of female power and virtue. It must be said that court culture exalted only the positive characteristics of her personality, glossing over or downplaying all references to her sinful past and dissolute life.
The work, whose style fits perfectly into 17th century French portraiture, suggests the pertinent attribution to the Baroque painter Pierre Mignard (Troyes, 1612 - Paris, 1695), whose works were highly praised and earned him a great reputation as a portrait painter for the demanding Parisian aristocracy at the time of Louis XIV, and who portrayed the Duchess de Kérouaille on numerous occasions.
His first important artistic training took place in Simon Vouet's studio, and he then moved to Italy for over twenty years before returning to Paris, blending his own with the influence of Roman classicism.
The elegant looseness of touch and sensual refinement typical of Mignard, combined with a very accurate chiaroscuro rendering, inherited from his artistic training in Rome (which he looked up to the examples of Ferdinad Voet), and the exceptional sweetness of the drawing, the floridity of the complexion and the almost enamelled surfaces, and finally, the peculiar pose of the figure portrayed (the beauty of the two intertwined hands...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$12,725 Sale Price
30% Off
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By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood.
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Early 1900s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Lady in Pink Dress - British 1920
s Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted portrait artist James Penniston Barraclough. It was painted in 1923 and is signed and dated lower right. The compositio...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970
s British Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in White Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
inscribed and dated verso (1978)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 14 inches
inscribed verso
condition: ov...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Auguste Toulmouche Admiring Her Looks
Located in New York, NY
"Admiring Her Looks" by Auguste Toulmouche is a quintessential example of 19th-century academic art, emphasizing beauty and technique. Toulmouche's work often explores themes of femi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1908 FEMALE AMERICAN ARTIST Impressionist ASHCAN School Woman at the OPERA
By Alice Mumford Roberts Culin
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a large portrait of a woman elegantly dressed before heading to the Opera. She is seen wearing a vivid pink dress with impressive detailing, holding a fan on her hand. Fantastic RARE Painting and fresh from an estate! Has not
Gone through Auction
Alice Mumford Roberts (1875-1950) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,. where she studied the fine arts under Joseph DeCamp, Carl Newman, and Robert Henri. She went to Europe in 1898 to study with the painter Marie Haughton. Alice Mumford lived in Spain for two years, continuing her painting studies with José Mara López Mezquita...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Model And Painter By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Secret Desire" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Secret Desire" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a woman with an abstracted and colorful background.
Artist bio/statem...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Native American Chief" Portrait Painting
By Rick Boren
Located in Houston, TX
Rick Borens' piece showcases a Native American chief standing in front of a landscape
Dimensions without Frame: H: 20in x W: 31.5 in.
Artist Bi...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cara Delevingne Icon X /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Fashion Model Actress
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Cara Delevingne Icon X"
Series: Icon
*Signed, titled, and dated by Graves on verso
Year: 2019
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
19th Century Oil - Child with a Rooster and Branch
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil portrait depicting a little girl clutching a toy rooster in one arm and a long foraged branch in the other. Looking slightly dishevelled, the artist captures the child...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Im Atelier des Malers"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Hans August Lassen (1857–1927) – "Im Atelier des Malers" (1887)
Artist: Hans August Lassen
Title: Im Atelier des Malers (In the Painter’s Studio)
Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dime...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Aqua Study, Wonder" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rob Rey's (US based) "Aqua Study, Wonder" is an oil painting that depicts a woman's face partially submerged in the Turquoise background.
Rob strives to pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
SIGNED FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - ELEGANT LADY LOOKING OUT TO SEA ON CLIFFS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century, signed lower corner
Title: Lady sitting on cliffs looking out to sea.
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 15.75 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Red Headdress
by W. Worms
Located in London, GB
'The Red Headdress', pastel on art paper, by W. Worms (circa 1960s). A beautiful woman with contemplative expression and tender eyes is exquisitely portrayed by the artist. The treat...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$647 Sale Price
50% Off
Lying Nude Lady Model 1970
s French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18.5 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings t...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
830’s French Portrait of a Lady in Brown Jacket White Lace Trim, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist of the first half 19th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall very good - aging signs...
Category
1830s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Matador" by Dave Seeley, Oil Painting of Female with Tattoos
Located in Denver, CO
"The Matador" is an oil painting on canvas on board, created in 2022 by Dave Seeley, a distinguished artist based in the United States. The artwork, with dimensions of 36 by 24 inche...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$5,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Lady In an Egyptian Red Off The Shoulder Dress Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady In Red
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 13.75 high by 13 inches wide
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
PHILOSOPHER - Dutch, Flemish, Baroque - Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
Philosopher - Ciro De Rosa Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 26x26
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame available on requestThe evocative portrait of Ciro De Rosa portrays an elderly man with...
Category
Early 2000s Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Beyond Adventure - Meeting of Chunja
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives
works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cornish Fisherman Smoking Clay Pipe Antique British Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cornish Fisherman
signed D.W Haddon (British, active 1884-1914 in Cornwall)
oil on canvas on board, unframed
board: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: pri...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1920
s French Nabis School Oil Painting The Annunciation Mary
Angel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Annunciation
French Nabis School, early 20th century
circle of Maurice Denis (1870–1943)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 27.5 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
Provenance: privat...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children with birds. Contemporary figurative Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurativ oil on canvas painting by Polish artist living in the USA Monika Rossa. Painting depicts three children holding birds. Birds are also flying near them. Artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century oil painting English portrait of a gent in armor, wearing a wig
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding early 18th century English portrait of James Bellevue.
The portrait was always believed to be the work of Sir Godfrey Kneller who was known to have painted James Bellevu...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Listen, I am Here
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
'Listen, I am here' is an art Gbenga Eniafe created from the realities of his people. The everyday creative is overlooked even as he presses on. The purple represents his distinctive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Lady in pink - British Edwardian art Impressionist portrait oil painting girl
By Thomas Edwin Mostyn
Located in Hagley, England
A lovely portrait oil painting by British listed artist Tom Mostyn ROI. Painted circa 1910 it depicts a beautiful smiling young woman in a pink dress holding an umbrella. A glorious ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've depicted a serene moment, embracing the quiet grace of a ballerina at rest. Blending the styles of realism and impressionism, I aimed to capture both her e...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady with Harp - Oil Paint by Symbolist Painter - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady with harp is a modern artwork realized by Symbolist Painter of late 19 Century.
Symbolistic painting of a lady with harp standing on a rock by the sea.
Mixed colored oil on ca...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Early 20th Century Oil - Ramblers
Resting Spot
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming rural portrait of a rambler resting on a log, captured with loose brushwork in an impasto style. The sitter is dressed in a brown waistcoat, blue blazer and wide-brimmed h...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (1746-1699), 17th Century
By Jacob Ferdinand Voet 1
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (1746-1699), 17th Century
by Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689)
Large 17th Century Italian portrait o...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circle of William Breakspeare (1856-1914) - Oil, Portrait of An Italian Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 20th-century portrait of a young Italian man in profile. The artist employs warm earth tones and rich reds in both the subject's traditional dress and head covering,...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Little Girl with the Love Balloon Explosion - Textural Original Figure Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, and strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sculpted Heritage (Beauty Within Us)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Beauty Within Us" is a compelling narrative series of paintings that celebrates the unique and diverse beauty of Black hair, serving as a powerful symbol of identity, heritage, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Sisters - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Black and White
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
French Abstract Portrait Two Paintings in One Picasso Style Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait, Two Paintings in one, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist, Beatrice Werlie, 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand cor...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of Three Figures In Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
3 Figures
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thin paper, unframed
paper: 13 x 10 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: from the ar...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
27-3-12h Diptych - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman face oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Woman - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 30X24 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with constant pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$454 Sale Price
36% Off
Aromas of Spring, Portrait, Flowers, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Impressionism
Title: Aromas of Spring
Size...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Series of Four Portraits from a New York City Gay Underground Club
By Damien Smith
Located in London, GB
A series of four paintings - acrylic on stretched canvas - unframed, by Canadian artist Damien Smith (born 1969). This unique series depicts four characters in a New York City erotic gay bar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,618 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century American School - Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Hounds by a House
Located in London, GB
AMERICAN SCHOOL
(CIRCA 1840)
A Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Greyhounds outside a Country House
Oil on canvas
Framed
75 by 99 cm., 29 ½ by 39 in.
(frame size 87 by 113 cm., 34 ¼...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lovers
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
The Lovers
Signed lower right: C.W. Hawthorne
Tempera on panel, 40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Framed dimensions: 44 1/8 x 44 1/8 inches
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, March 17,...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Brokpa. Portrait of a girl in national dress, vertical, India.
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Brokpa" is another portrait from the artist's series "Children of the World".
Before us is a young representative of the Brokpa tribe in India. Look at her completely ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Fragmented Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
This visually arresting piece explores identity through a minimalist lens, blending stark realism with geometric abstraction. A figure in black—poised, introspective, and shielded be...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Courageous Spirit
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tunde Bakare, a visionary artist with an uncanny ability to infuse profound emotions into his works, has risen to prominence for his powerful portrayal of marginalized voices and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
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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.
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Fernando Ramos Prida
Frosty The Snowman Vintage
Gaspare Landi
George Allan Art
Georgy Kurasov
Giacomo Moretti
Gonzaga Painting
Henri Gascar
Herman Braun Vega
Howard Somerville
Hugues Merle
Innocent Chikezie