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Monsieur le Professeur est amoureux
Michel Philippon
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,063
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Blossoming Grace / Grâce florissante
Katarina Olympia Zaraj
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$869
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Sweet Surrender
Katarina Olympia Zaraj
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$745
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Hymne to the Sun
Katarina Olympia Zaraj
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$621
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Taylor Swift Blue Blue Dancer in a Blue Blue Sky
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$324
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Bloom of Consciousness
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$559
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The Lady Strawberry
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,046
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Gathering of Nations II
Jo Moore
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$2,200
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Initiales B.B, Vogue, Pink version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
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Polly Mellen Forever
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$900
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Essen 21., Mixed Media on Canvas
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$740
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A strong man – Uncle II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 275 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 108.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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A strong man – Uncle I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 270 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 106.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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A contemplating Soldier
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 292 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 115 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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A strong man – Uncle III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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A strong man - Dad
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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A strong man - Grandpa
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 285 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 112.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,200
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Freddie Mercury, blue version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
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Haunted by desire
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
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As I lean unto your chest
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
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Jonah spited out on the beach
Tom Kuran
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$6,096
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Audrey Hepburn, pop rock, blue and gold
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
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Yellow floating cube following me
Le Hai Linh
Painting - 77 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 30.3 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
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Gwyneth Paltrow at home in Montecito
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
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New Hope XV
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,461 $2,092
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In the Spotlight
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
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Audrey Hepburn, Vogue, blue version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
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Liberté surveillée
Cécile Coutant
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,428
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Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 53 x 47 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch
$727
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Miniatuur Kate Moss
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 57 x 43 x 4 cm Painting - 22.4 x 16.9 x 1.6 inch
$727
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Miniatuur Sophia Loren II
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 53 x 47 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 1.6 inch
$727
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Siranush Vardanyan
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$1,118
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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.
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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.