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Émigrante
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$351 $316
Commedianti
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 45 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$351 $316
Girl with melody
Artavazd Talalyan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,280
Sappho
Alea Pinar Du Pre
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$13,571 $12,214
All Of Me
Alea Pinar Du Pre
Painting - 160 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$18,094 $16,285
Vally
Alea Pinar Du Pre
Painting - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$18,094 $16,285
Christine
Alea Pinar Du Pre
Painting - 140 x 86 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
$20,356 $18,320
Pleine lune - Enfance et maternité
Espolisto
Painting - 91 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,958 $3,562
Il faut y croire
Stéphane Gubert
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,280
Enredados (Entwined)
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 41.9 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$355
Giocoliera
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 45 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$351 $316
Portrait no. 18820
Anita Kaufmann
Painting - 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 27 x 1 inch
$2,499
Fille au foulard - Iris flowers
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 36 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 10 x 0 inch
$735
Girl in the afternoon
Bill Stone
Painting - 76.2 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,900
Sonny, are the apples sweet?
Anna Bulkina
Painting - 241.3 x 304.8 x 7.6 cm Painting - 95 x 120 x 3 inch
$4,300
Jean-Pierre et sa copine
Filippa Bjerling
Painting - 85 x 119 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 46.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,166
Cretan pink bare honey bears
Filippa Bjerling
Painting - 75 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,166
Happy crowd
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,838 $3,455
2023-1120 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noir
Marion Casters
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$170
Portrait de femme
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 51 x 39 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$509 $407
Little fantasy world # 2
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$317 $253
Dans les yeux de Marlon Brando - Série Street-art
Glad_is_murmuring
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$226
Funny Compliment
Martín X
Painting - 130 x 180 x 3.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 1.4 inch
$6,220 $5,598
Expectations
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 53.8 x 41.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.2 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$540
Unir jusqu'au ciel
Emilie Teillaud
Painting - 195 x 97 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,672
Abstract expression-7
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Frida Kahlo wears blue Basquiat crown
UTN
Painting - 45 x 32 cm Painting - 17.7 x 12.6 inch
$283 $213
The Blue Suit
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 64.8 x 47.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 25.5 x 18.8 x 0.1 inch
$490
Among Flowers
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 81.3 x 58.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.2 inch
$555
Portrait in yellow
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 14 x 11.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.1 inch
$220
Portrait woman
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 20.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$229
Long brown dress
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$254
Portrait red lips
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 9.9 x 14 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
$212
Portrait green
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 30 x 10.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 4.3 x 0.1 inch
$204
Small portrait
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 10.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 4.3 x 0.1 inch
$209
Abstract blue portrait
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 10.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 4.3 x 0.1 inch
$221
Abstract portrait blue
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 9.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$212
Brown coat and white
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 20.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$261
Long red and brown dress
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$252
Purple brown dress
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 20.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$234
Red and white
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 20.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$264
Black hair and red
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 29 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$233
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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.