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Portrait Paintings For Sale
"Maternal Love", Surrealist, Portrait, Pink, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Maternal Love” is a 18 x 13 ¾ x 2 ¼ inch acrylic on canvas with collage in pinks, greens and blues. The nurturing mother gently kisses her near adolescent daughter; inn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Zero in Blue, 1985 Painting by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zero in Blue by Peter Max, German/American (1937)
Date: 1985
Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r.
Size: 24 in. x 18 in. (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 26.5 x 20.5 inches
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Opera Garnier in paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
COSSON, Jean Louis Marcel (1878 – 1956)
Ballerinas and gentlemen in the Swing of the Opera
Oil on canvas signed low left
Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré)
Dimensions canvas ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
c.1960
s ENGLISH OIL - PORTRAIT OF PERIOD LADY SEATED IN INTERIOR - SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1950-50's. Signed, 'R. Harland' lower corner.
Title: Portrait of a seated lady within an interior setting.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Day Dreaming
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful woman on a balloon swing over the water blowing a bubble gum bubble. Vibrant colors, whimsical.
About The Artist
Elise Remender’s love of painting began at an early a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Spanish fruit seller
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Thomas Brooks 1819- 1891, was an English painter who was born in Kingston upon Hull, his works were deemed typical of the 19th Century depicting genre scenes of the times, including ...
Category
1860s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
What Did I Say?
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
'What Did I Say?'' 2019 is a portrait of a lady. Acrylic on paper 25.5 x 20 inches unframed and 25.5 x 20 framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ibiza scene Spain oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic ...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,350 Sale Price
60% Off
Figurative_Portrait_Earth Tones_Woman Hears Thunder
Lightning, America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman Hears Thunder & Lightning"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
51.5 x 41.5 in.
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$17,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary portrait "Here Comes Texas!.."
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork depicts a young woman confidently poised at the Texas state line, symbolizing both a literal and metaphorical crossing. Set against a vibrant blue sky, the scene cente...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Dreams in Gold, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Dreams in Gold" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude, dark haired woman, in golden jewelry, relaxing on a bed with a book nearby.
About the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Splash" woman in swim cap and swim suit dances into the wave
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
Fred Calleri was born in Maryland and has slowly moved westward towards his current home in Santa Barbara, California. On his way, he earned an Illustration and Graphic Design degree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Trixie Mattel"-Stencil
Spray Paint on Wood
By Jeremy Novy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jeremy Novy’s unique brand of street art is ripe with thoughtful social examinations. Novy has combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Stencil
Okpara (First Son) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism
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 Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,800 Sale Price
28% Off
19th Century Oil - Portrait of A.H. Christie
Located in Corsham, GB
A well-executed portrait of a gentleman in profile. This portrait was acquired alongside another of the same sitter. A label to the reverse of the other piece identifies the sitter a...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MEYER KUPFERMAN (1926-2003) ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS 1975
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original abstract oil painting on canvas by Meyer Kupferman(1926-2003) depicting a portrait of a young boy.
Good condition.
Unframed. Measures 30" x 40".
Signed and dated 1974 in the lower right corner. Please see the photos.
Meyer Kupferman(1926-2003):
Was a versatile and eclectic composer who incorporated diverse elements in his works, from aleatoric music and jazz to Impressionism, from serial music and atonality to Romanticism. He wrote works in most genres, including opera, ballet, symphonies, concertos, film scores, chamber, vocal, and choral music.
Kupferman was born in New York City on July 3, 1926. He exhibited talent as a child, first showing interest in the violin but then taking up the clarinet at age 10. He soon taught himself piano, as well, and then later studied music at New York's High School of Music and Art. Though he pursued music studies at Queens College, he learned composition on his own.
Around the mid-'40s Kupferman served as an arranger for several jazz bands. His first opera, In a Garden (1948), drew considerable attention at its first performances at the Tanglewood Festival and later at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1951 he joined the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, teaching composition and chamber music. He eventually became chairman of the music department...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thomas Hudson Style 18th Century English Portrait
Located in Roma, IT
Important English school painting in the style of the great artist Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 - Twickenham 1779)
It depicts the portrait of Harry Gray (1715-1768), 4th Earl of St...
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Rabbis Dancing in Jerusalem, Judaica, Mixed Media Painting
By Moshe Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Katz (Romanian Israeli), 1937- an Israeli citizen, studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, as well as at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
Although not an expo...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings.
Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fur Trapper in Winter - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fur Trapper in Winter - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Majestic full length portrait of a fur trapper standing in the snow by John Pieron. A man stands an...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - Framed 1992 Oil, To The Park
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking action portrait of a young male motorist looking in his rear view mirror, whilst driving in heavy Bristol traffic. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner. Present...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$305 Sale Price
20% Off
Queen Elizabeth II.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Queen Elizabeth II. portrait. “I love being a free spirit. Some people don't like it, but that's how I am." © Queen Elizabeth II. Painted in a modern style with brushes and a palette...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of The Artist In A White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artist
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on card, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.5 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impressionist and Post Impressionist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
"Room to Breathe" Original Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
"Room to Breathe" is an evocative oil on panel painting by the artist Matt Talbert, completed in the year 2023. The artwork measures 18 x 26 inches (45.72 x 66.04 cm), and the frame ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mark Ford - Framed 20th Century Oil, The Artist in his Studio
Located in Corsham, GB
A self-portrait by artist Mark Ford rendered in expressive brushwork with areas of impasto that create dynamic texture and depth. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame. On canvas on ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Game, Set, and Match - Painting, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
In Game, Set, and Match (2023), Iranian artist Soudeh Davoud (b. 1988) reimagines a moment of athletic poise as a meditation on gender, representation, and historical narrative. Pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Awaken" (2024) by Josh Sorrell, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Awaken" (2024) by Josh Sorrell depicts a portrait of a woman in shining orange light. This painting measures 40 x 30 inches and is unframed but ready to hang.
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Les Mondrian Ladies (large framed original painting)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed upper right by Peter Max. Canvas size: 37.5 x 49.5 inches
Frame size: 41 x 53 inches. Dedicated and remarqued on verso by Peter Ma...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$36,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Lady in Pink Playing The Piano Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
oil on canvas, unframed
18 x 24 inches
signed front and back
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diane with Braids Oil on Panel Figurative Painting Contemporary
Located in Houston, TX
Diane with Braids is from 2012 and is 12 x 10 and comes to you framed in minimal hardwood. This oil on panel painting by Shevlno link traditional representation with abstraction. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
American Portrait of the Artist
s Wife by Herman Hyneman
Located in New York, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907)
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, c. late 19th century
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
Framed: 27 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.
The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island."
Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master.
In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay.
In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by George Romney "Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Pair circle of by George Romney "Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman" 1734 - 1802 Romney was a leadway society portrait painter of the Georgian ear...
Category
1780s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,762 Sale Price
28% Off
Heart (framed original painting)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed upper right by Peter Max. Canvas size: 16 x 16 inches
Frame size: 27 x 27 inches. Studio catalog number and date stamped on verso....
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$15,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Lady - Old Master Scottish art oil painting by RSA president
By John Gordon Watson
Located in Hagley, England
A fine Old Master British portrait oil painting which dates to circa 1830 and depicts a girl. Painted by the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, Sir John Watson Gordon...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
2 Duet
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of two black bunnies on a yellow background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$19,175
Nuance 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa People, Blue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Granny with glasses by Hans Berger - Engraving 50x39 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Ed: 24/100
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Engraving
$264 Sale Price
20% Off
"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I was inspired to paint this picture by girls. on a nudist beach, they froze on the floor, like trees. As a result, I met them, they became my muses, I repeatedly painted them naked ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children Feeding the Horse
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This captivating artwork, titled "Children Feeding the Horse", is masterfully executed in rich tones. It depicts two children tenderly feeding a gentle white horse against a familiar...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cuauhtémoc, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cuauhtémoc, 1982
by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015)
oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board
framed
Framed size: 15 x 21.75 inches
Superb oil painting by the well listed French marine artist Louis Letouche (1924-2015). The painting portrays the 20th Century ship titled: Cuauhtemoc, 1982.
ARM Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, named for the last Mexica Hueyi Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc who was captured and executed in 1525.
She is the last of four sister...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"For This From That Will Be Filled" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Cunningham's "For This From That Will Be Filled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two women picking apples of green and red with the silhouette of a tree behind...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage French Gouache Portrait
By Charléno Carlo
Located in Houston, TX
Exuberant gouache portrait of a smiling auburn haired female by French erotic artist Carlo Charléno, circa 1930. Signed lower right.
Original vintage ...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Studio Model Posing Whilst Reading, Nude Oil Painting
By J.B. Holmes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life Model Posing Whilst Reading,
By J.B.Holmes, British artist, 20th Century
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board size: 12x10 inches
Lovely elegant portrayal of model who is posi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lazarus, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bright pink petals frame a close-up portrait. For artist David Shepherd, the eye—like a fingerprint—uniquely identifies a person, yet their identity, orig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Modernist Oil Painting Figurative Group Amazing Bold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Modernist School, late 20th century
Title: Abstract figurative group, painted with amazing colors.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 39.75...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "The End of the World"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork combines vintage aesthetics with surreal elements, set against a thought-provoking backdrop. A woman in a black suit and bow tie, holding a cigarette, exudes timeless el...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Couple of man and woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Couple - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 50x61 cm.
Frameless.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987) was a painter...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$777 Sale Price
45% Off
Emoji Ancestral Portrait Acrylic Painting on Metal Plate with Wooden Frame
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This small-format acrylic portrait explores ancestral identity through a hybrid face shaped by emoji logic and stylized digital codes.
Part of the Ancestor Clones group within Nata...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
"I Stand Before You" girl with patterned shirt and cow hat looks into distance
By Affen Segun
Located in Edgartown, MA
Affen Segun was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria. A native of Bayelsa State, he discovered his love for art at a young age, and later got enrolled in a roadside art shop to start to ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
Memories 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
1960
s French Portrait Lady With Closed Eye Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
"Another Dress Rehearsal" Oil on Canvas Fantasy Surreal celebrated London artist
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the oil on canvas paintings of acclaimed British artist George Underwood. That is great news for collectors based in the United States. They do not have to pay any import fees or international shipping costs or any international tariffs which are costly. So this is a great opportunity to purchase a work of art by this acclaimed British artist. His paintings have been described as Magical with a touch of Fantasy.
When David Bowie, a life long friend of George Underwood, was asked about the paintings of George Underwood, Bowie said "George has, over the years, refined his work to the point where I would put him among the top figurative painters coming out of the UK.... There's a sublime isolation surrounding his subjects that really touches the viewer, the figures being both heroic and vulnerable simultaneously".
George Underwood, a life-long friend of David Bowie, were in early bands together and Underwood was asked by Bowie to created the classic cover artwork for David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" album and also for David's "Hunky Dory" album. George felt that his friend artist Terry Pastor would better create the hand colored airbrush look for the album covers so he had Terry create the cover artwork.
A fun fact is that David and George were both in the same art class taught by Peter Frampton's Dad when they were youngsters and they remained great friends throughout David's life. I have included some images of Bowie and George Underwood over the years in this listing to show the close relationship they had since they were young lads.
This oil painting by George Underwood is titled "Another Dress Rehearsal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Coat - Mid-Century Figurative American Painting. Woman in New York City.
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Red Coat, where he depicts a woman walking down the street towards her destination in 1956. An accomplished American Scene pa...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Textured Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff Portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a rare unique original acrylic/oil painting on canvas in a naive primitivism style depicting Elizabeth Hamilton (1757-1854) the spouse of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) - one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Present in an ornate gilt frame. Excellent condition. Framed measuring 25.5" x 21.5" & painting measures 20" x 16" . Signed in the upper right corner, and on verso by Artist Serg Graff...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Madonna
Sleeping Infant Christ, 18th Century Italian School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna & Sleeping Infant Christ, 18th Century
Italian School
Large 18th century Italian Old Master devotional scene of the Madonna & Child, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and co...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Street Urchin
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a distressed dark green frame. Unsigned. On panel.
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$297 Sale Price
20% Off
"Birth Expectations" Oil Painting 36" x 60" inch by Genevieve May
Located in Culver City, CA
"Birth Expectations" Oil Painting 36" x 60" inch by Genevieve May
Birth Expectations
Flamingos are wild creatures. I traveled to Aruba to visit the birds on this small but beautiful...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Miss Virginie Lupin
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas
130 x 90 cm (51 x 35,4 inch) ; 165 x 132 x 8 cm the frame (64.96 x 51.97 x 3.15 inches)
Provenance: Achille François Bégé ; family estate
Louis Hersent, second “Prix d...
Category
1820s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960
s French Portrait Man With Red NoseCaricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.25 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
"wRapt" by Dave Seeley, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's (US based) "wRapt" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model, in a white dress, reclining.
Dave Seeley is a figure painter living in Boston, M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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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Innocent Chikezie