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Dreaminess , Gardens of Resilience series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
£494
My Ray of Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
£674
Anniversary - Contemporary self portrait
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
£2,246
Les Marinières Charentaises
Aimée De Courtozé
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
£193
Diversité II : Blondie Zaster
Ludivine G
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,092
Spellbound
Anastasiia Danilenko
Painting - 109.2 x 88.9 x 0.8 cm Painting - 43 x 35 x 0.3 inch
£3,837
Contemporary portrait "Disco Club"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
£2,246
Deserving More
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
£2,361
Je ne me sens plus de joie #25
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
£2,516
Je ne me sens plus de joie #10
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£3,145
Je ne me sens plus de joie #12
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£3,145
Fierce Fabrication 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch
£2,361
Wetin Man Go Do
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch
£2,361
New-York Urban Wall
Lasveguix
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
£1,797 £1,617
Warhol Pop Girl 1962
Lasveguix
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,617 £1,456
Painting in frame "Seven elephants of happiness/Still life with elephants" Natalie Shiporina
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
£2,606
Yellow Sun Skate
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 81 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
£881
Les chagrin des Dieux - la fresque
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 100 x 195 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch
£7,189
A delicious woman
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,797
Woman with Grey Hat
Nicolle Menegaldo
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,950
The Pot Carrier
Nicolle Menegaldo
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,950
David Bowie - série Cadres Louis Vuitton
Nathalie Zelman
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£449
John Lennon - série Cadres Louis Vuitton
Nathalie Zelman
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£449
The Mediterranean girl II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 85 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Waiting for the order II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,348
Dating in the rain
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,797
For the Love of Gala
Robert Walker
Painting - 86 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 33.9 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
£1,348
Conversation under the red lamp
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£719
Two. View direction
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,078
Girl in red tights and blue cat
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£629
Girl with oranges. Blue dining room
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£629
Conversation at the red house
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£539
Girl, red jug and white birds
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£539
Esercizio su les fleurs de iris di mucha
Davide Ricchetti
Painting - 56 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£1,078
Latitude e longitude das Antipatias
Rui Gomes
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,258
Tertulia
Mayra AleJandra Lifischtz
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,370
The arms of the little Cupid
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,438 £1,294
Regard en chien
Aurélie Quentin
Painting - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£5,284
My Name Is Brigitte
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
£4,044
My Name Is Grace
Jules Holland
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
£4,044
Bleasure 6 (The Converse Man)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
£3,795
Michael Corleone in Sicily
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 240 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 1.2 inch
£11,232
Godfather "hand kiss"
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£7,638
Sophia Loren "Kitchen"
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£7,638
Marilyn Monroe Cadillac
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£7,638
Bleasure 5 (House of Cards)
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 121.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 47.2 x 1 inch
£2,741
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£776
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,012
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
£1,437
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
£1,012
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.