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Santo (serie Omaggio a Giusto de' Menabuoi)
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 48 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$290
Everybody has the Right to Wear a Mask 1
Bogdan Dumitrica
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
$1,800
Têtes couronnées - Mona sortant du salon de coiffure
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 120 x 80 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$2,121
Ce soir je serai la plus belle pour aller danser
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 140 x 100 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 inch
$2,233
Hear my Thoughts
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,237
Connivence
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 54 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
Le fil d Avril
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
Something Fashionable
Jill English
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,660
Fascination
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,440
Viens avec moi
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,072
Requiem for a Dream
Docteur Bergman
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$647
Petit moine Ivresse du printemps
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,060
Petit moine Ivresse du printemps
Sounya Whang
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,446
Fille coréenne et chat
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,448
Le café renversé
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,116
Femme coréenne et chat
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,440
Muse
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$6,140 $5,219
Giovanna d'Arco
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 14 x 9 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.5 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$87 $75
Lion in the bushes
James Mutisya
Painting - 119 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Uscita dalla porta principale
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 40 x 23 x 0.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 inch
$212
I Shit on Your Ideals
Yasen Zgurovski
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$804
Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
Yasen Zgurovski
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$804
Cristiano Ronaldo street art
Dr. Love
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$55
The smile and the bomb (a tribute to Banksy)
Dr. Love
Painting - 80 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$99
The escape (La huida)
Sonia Domenech
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,210
Mujeres guerrilleras II
Sonia Domenech
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,210
The princess and her dangerous stunt
Anna Bulkina
Painting - 95 x 119.9 x 2.8 cm Painting - 37.4 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$1,550
A burning Pinocchio in this chaotic world
David Cow
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Afrodite sognante
Alessandro La Motta
Painting - 105 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Afrodite Arcaica bellezza
Alessandro La Motta
Painting - 105 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
Afrodite L' arcaica
Alessandro La Motta
Painting - 105 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,116
The orange stripe dress
Nagui Achamallah
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
$1,685
Portrait of a Pierrette
Stephen Mitchell
Painting - 86.1 x 40.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 33.9 x 16.1 x 1.6 inch
$998
Face to Face 2
Salvatore Travascio
Painting - 29 x 350 x 1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 137.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,340
Brume matinale
Brigitte Di Scala
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,786 $1,607
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The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,785
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674 $1,021
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,456
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,340
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.
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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.