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Epitome of Beauty
Toheeb Ibrahim
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,950
Boy in Wonderland
Samson Olatubosun
Painting - 74.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,850
Alessandro Magno nº3
Davide Ricchetti
Painting - 42 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,023
Je l'ai sur le pouce
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,297
Il était une fois
Alain Vintenon
Painting - 53.5 x 53.5 x 4 cm Painting - 21.1 x 21.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,926
The Albino Series IX
Éric Odartey
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,274
The mood of the night
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
Flower/Boulder
Maxime Cousineau Perusse
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$1,768
Angel of Sweetness Sweet
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$11,936
Intimate Offerings
Genevieve Cohn
Painting - 60.96 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$2,500
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
Keep Flying
Prasert Chongudomsab (Pop Ako)
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,956
As Far As You Can See
Eniafe Gbenga
Painting - 55.9 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
All is not what it seems
Jean-Luc Curabet
Painting - 180 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,957
Femme au scooter
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,364
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
Adaugo (You and I in Color 3)
Lynda Charles
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$3,150
François d'Angoulême
Joris Ghilini
Painting - 106 x 73 x 15 cm Painting - 41.7 x 28.7 x 5.9 inch
$10,686
Insatiable Cravings
Afolayan Emmanuel
Painting - 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 50 x 1 inch
$2,650
In the time of dreaming
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,364
Razem rozowo (Together in Pink)
Anna Waleron
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,541
Elegante assisse pres d'une chaise lyre
Paul César Helleu
Painting - 61 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,389
Carlo Ponti’s Nightmare (original)
Pure Evil
Painting - 75 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,297
Observers
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 51.1 x 40.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,093
Community II
Felix Treadwell
Painting - 182.2 x 121.5 x 2.54 cm Painting - 71.7 x 47.8 x 1 inch
$35,000
French School - PS 241 Noyée dans Monet Impressionnist
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,819
Hatted (detras de tu mirada)
Marcelo Novo
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,650
The Queen's Head, Underbank
Michael Gutteridge
Painting - 48.3 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$1,335
Picasso 3
Giorgio A.F. Valentini
Painting - 100 x 100 x 7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch
$1,705
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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.