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L’enfant de la Liane
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 115 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,013
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Two Hearts, One Canvas
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
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The Great Flood, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 1
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,850
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Destruction, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Conversion II
Johnny Semaan
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,850 $1,665
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The Star, tarot painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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Dream - figurative neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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Three of Swords, tarot neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,286
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See, you need to grow
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,796
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Mavka the spirit of broken love
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
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Fumador
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 162 x 114 x 3.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.4 inch
$8,836
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Portrait de Geoffroy
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,141
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Beautiful Struggle
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,796
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Strength of a Woman
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
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Golden equality 2
Aluu Prosper Chigozie
Painting - 61 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,500
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Love, passion and nature
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
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I Fly with the Clouds, You Follow the Wind
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 153 x 153 x 5 cm Painting - 60.2 x 60.2 x 2 inch
$2,125
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Another Dreamer
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch
$2,796 $2,517
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The Librarian
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
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Rêveuse Amandine
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$777
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Beautiful buttercup - Self-Made VIII
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
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Bímpé - Self-made VI
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,990
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Teenage fantasy - Self-made V
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,990
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Thoughts Turned me into a Locked-In Exponent
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,790
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The musician and the bird
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$750
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Royal Couple (Drawing from the back) (1)
Taju Tijani Mayakiri
Painting - 38.1 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 12 x 1 inch
$1,000
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Toi et moi
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,790
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Chiller sur le canapé
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,125
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Un été ocre jaune - séries Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,096
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Un été grenadine - série Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,096
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Un été outre-mer - série Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,096
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Bien Charlie
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$7,717
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Portrait Van Gogh
Francklin Mbungu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
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Only a Man is a Man?
Nina Narimanishvili
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$951
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La Musicienne - série portrait de femme
Namy
Painting - 70 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,790
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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.