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Roundabout - Chaplin
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 0.6 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 0.25 inch
$22,000
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In her favorite color 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,200
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Declined expectation
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,200
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Hold Me Close In This Difficult Time
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 88.9 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 34 x 1 inch
$2,000
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On the beach (diptych)
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 82 x 102 x 0.4 cm Painting - 32.3 x 40.2 x 0.2 inch
$3,579
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Massavo the Makokean
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
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Because I Believed
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
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The Zeal of my father's house 2
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
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Alone With My Thought
Babatunde Adeogun
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,800
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Beyond Beauty
Babatunde Adeogun
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,200
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The courageous woman(Feminine Epidemic series) II
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
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Street Connoisseur - Keep it Real - Pink
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch
$11,500
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Eyes Wide Open
Marie Constantelli
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,231
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Eyes Wide Shut
Marie Constantelli
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,231
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Study of all the lost faces-1
Koh Gi
Painting - 45.5 x 37.9 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 14.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,177
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Plus de mot - série personnages
Eric Stein
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$811
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En pause - série personnages
Eric Stein
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$811
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Colette Collerette
Joanna Wojtowicz
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
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Parfum blanc - série silhouette de femme
Francine Cordier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,465
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Rêveries - série enfance
Francine Cordier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,465
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Une histoire racontée - série silhouette de femme
Francine Cordier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,465
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Gratitudes - série silhouette de femme
Francine Cordier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,465
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Mystérieuse 2 - série portrait de femme
Aldina Mateus
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,141
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Serait-Ce Vous ?
Sandra Detourbet
Painting - 44.5 x 32.5 x 2 cm Painting - 17.5 x 12.8 x 0.8 inch
$615
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Granduche
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Vanarsky
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Thomas l'Imposteur
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 180 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$20,132
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Richard Texier
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Patricia
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Métropolis
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 180 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$20,132
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Elle était fort déshabillée
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Chérubin
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 180 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
$30,198
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Arsène
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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Alexandre
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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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
$1,454
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Contemporary portrait "The Path"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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Miradas en Venecia
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,823
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Brindis a la monumental
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 195 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,606
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Al pacino
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,823
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Contemporary portrait "Black ang Gold"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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Contemporary portrait "Holiday dress"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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Sad love story
Andranik Harutyunyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$999
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Advanced training in social skills
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,007
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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.
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.
A portrait can be created in various different art styles and forms, including sculpture, painting and drawing.
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.