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Woman Emerging,
Nancy Goodman Lawrence
Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,022
My Help Has Come
Agwunwa Theophilus
Painting - 86.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.9 x 31.5 x 1 inch
CHF 2,034 CHF 1,831
Spectral silhouette
Arman Hayrapetyan
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,412
La Bidule Fille aux fleurs
VHE
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
CHF 56 CHF 51
Angel of sweetness, I miss you
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 10,715
Love fights everything
Gillian Brin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
CHF 592
Regarde moi
Francis L'Huillier
Painting - 128 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 50.4 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,837
Le marin
Francis L'Huillier
Painting - 128 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 50.4 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,837
Red Building with Trees on Violet Background
Michael Gutteridge
Painting - 48.3 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19 x 15 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,238
Spring III
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 102 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 5,817
Fashion Essentials I
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 97 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 28 x 0.8 inch
CHF 6,940
Roses are Red
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 97 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 28 x 0.8 inch
CHF 6,940
Say cheese for the pic !
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 193 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 76 x 0.4 inch
CHF 4,898
Memories take a nap in between
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 149 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 58.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 4,592
Baby Doll n148, CH Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 72 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,521
Baby Doll n151, LV Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 72 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,521
The Dreaming Muse
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 426
Feline and feathered friends
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 568
Un footballeur à Wynwood
Zafi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 5,919 CHF 4,439
Contemporary portrait "Photo for Memory"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,327
Réecrire l'histoire
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,878
Golden Character
Carlos Mendez
Painting - 65 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,021
Garden of Eden I
Anna Ugryumova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
CHF 1,582
Breaking bad again
Marcelo Novo
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
CHF 1,258
The last pack ice
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
CHF 40,680
Somnium No. 3, Series XII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
CHF 9,083
Serie noire
Didier Merlin
Painting - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
CHF 240 CHF 216
The Flame that Devours
Carl White
Painting - 127 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 50 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 3,807
J'ai 2 amours
Cathie Berthon
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,633
Portrait of a Gentleman VI
Miaz Brothers
Painting - 102 x 76 x 5 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 2 inch
CHF 14,287
Le regard vertical
Wifredo Lam
Painting - 65 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,888
Oups la Lune
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 490
Sumatrae
Prasert Chongudomsab (Pop Ako)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,011
Untitled (From People Series)
Elene Melikidze
Painting - 19 x 23.5 x 3 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.3 x 1.2 inch
CHF 357
Feed the Birds
Anatoliy Stankulov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 6,429
L'homme assis
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 60.6 x 50.6 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.9 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
CHF 1,800
Northern Wind
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,062
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
CHF 3,062
Play of light
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 57 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22.4 x 1 inch
CHF 2,857
Melancholy
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 1 inch
CHF 2,857
In the Shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
CHF 3,062
Morning Tenderness
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
CHF 2,959
The game
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,062
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
CHF 2,449
In fantasies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,266
Balance of life
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135
Two Hearts, One Canvas
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135
The Misunderstood (l'Incomprise)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 301 CHF 271
Bright (Lumnineuse)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 301 CHF 271
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Diamant Noir
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
CHF 1,633
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,135
Passeur de brise
Pascal Billard
Sculpture - 78 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
CHF 1,510
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
CHF 1,632 CHF 1,470
Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
CHF 2,129
Nine Faces
Christiaan van Hedel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
CHF 3,725
Sans titre
Jo Di Bona
Painting - 29 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,225 CHF 1,102
Portrait Painting for Sale
Portraiture is one of the most important subjects in painting. The discipline has changed significantly over time and has a fascinating history.
In antiquity, portraits were exclusively reserved for gods and the most influential people in society. Paintings and statues representing the bodies of the deceased were erected to decorate tombs in Egypt. They weren't realistic but rather had a very standardized way of representing each part of the body.
In contrast to the Egyptians, painters and sculptors in Greece, who had a more in depth knowledge of the human anatomy, were more concerned about realism. Many portrait paintings from this period were done on vases and depicted gods and mythological scenes.
In the Middle Ages, most portraits paintings were commissioned and featuring the most important people of the time; they were painted into religious scenes to emphasize their piety and faith, along with their social status. Once these works of art had been painted, they were often donated to churches and monasteries.
The Renaissance marked a renewal for the arts and portrait painting was no exception. At the beginning of this period, artists were unconcerned about lifelike, realistic work. Sitters or the subjects represented were identifiable through the use of symbolic objects and the inclusion of their name.
Giotto revolutionized portraiture by imitating sculpture. He began to paint shadows, the subjects' expressions, effects of depth and began to use foreshortening. His knowledge soon began to spread.
Brunelleschi then introduced the idea of perspective in architecture, a concept which Masaccio adapted to painting. Italy became the center of portrait painting and the most important Italian families (including the Médici family) commissioned artwork by the best painters. Competition between these painters led them to innovate and led them to produce some of the greatest artworks in history. The most famous is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci.
In Northern Europe during the 16th century, Flemish art was restricted by iconoclasm during the Reformation, a period during the depiction of religious figures was banned. Artists turned to courtly art which was particularly popular during the following centuries. A century earlier, Flemish art had marked a turning point with Jan Van Eyck, the inventor of oil painting (the preferred painting technique of Renaissance painters) and master of detailed realism, who influenced an entire generation of Flemish painters.
Over the following centuries, portrait painting continued to be an art form for the elite of society, but painters grew increasingly concerned about depicting realistic figures and communicating the sitter's inner world and emotions. The 20th century saw a growing trend: subjects were not painted to look beautiful (sometimes to their great dismay).
At the end of the 19th century, Impressionist painters became less reliant on sculpted models and sculpture's influence. They left their studios and painted portraits outside, “en plein air." They captured the light as they saw it and painted groups of people together rather than in in several stages.
Modern and contemporary art of the 20th century saw anything go when it came to portraits. Artists like Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and Lucien Freud turned traditional techniques and codified rules on their heads and developed their own unique styles.
Discover portraits by Philippe Pasqua, Robert Combas, Guangyu Dai and Erró on Artsper.
What is meant by portrait painting?
A portrait painting is a painted artwork that depicts a person. A portrait painting usually depicts the upper body of a sitter, for example from the shoulders up.
What art style is a portrait?
A portrait can be created in various different art styles and forms, including sculpture, painting and drawing.
What makes a good portrait?
A portrait can be considered a good work of art for a variety of reasons, including its handling of light, tone and color, its likeness to the person it represents, or its expression of emotion.