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Bright orange painting - "City cyclist" - Urban Art - Pop Art - Bicycle - Street Art - Pink&Green - City - Street scene
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 85 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,696
In No Distant Time
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,850
Unchained soul
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 121.9 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,500
Gazing at the Stars
Esther Oyeyemi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,850
La mauvaise rencontre
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 2 inch
$50,100
Instagram profile picture of a Zombie
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$39,400
Femme aux yeux bleus
Lison Favarger
Painting - 60.5 x 60.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.8 x 23.8 x 0.2 inch
$892
Onirisme - série femmes d'Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$588
Girl with a pearl earring
Mariam Olubunmi
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,800
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful 3
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$905
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful 2
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$905
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$905
Palomas Mensajeras de Paz
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 150 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,262
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 7
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,550
Manifestation: Lemon Boy
Eury Kim
Painting - 90.9 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,262
Fury Future
Benjamin Vitrol Vautier Alvarez
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$452
Los Angeles skater
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
Camille Claudel, série Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,393
Abstract - Galaxy Amusement Park
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 200 x 270 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 106.3 x 1.6 inch
$49,420
Abstract - Happy Bath
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$14,475
Abstract - Superstring Series No.16
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$26,124
Portrait - Various Appearance
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$17,416
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$14,475
Bebishitta (gardienne)
Charlotte Lecoanet
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$961
1996 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,301
1976 Autoportrait Selfportrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 41 x 33.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.2 inch
$1,301
1964 Opéra de Paris Pianiste
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$2,205
1964 Opéra de PARIS Chanteuse Singer Opera
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,205
1958 Paris L'espion The Spyer
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 53.5 x 36 cm Painting - 21.1 x 14.2 inch
$1,979
1980 Parisienne à la fenêtre Parisian at her window
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 57.75 x 48 cm Painting - 22.7 x 18.9 inch
$2,205
1981 PARIS Elégante au marché Elegant at the market
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
$2,205
1974 Parisienne à la toque Parisian with toque
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
$2,205
1966 PARIS Homme à la casquette verte Man with green cap
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,205
Countess after Gainsborough
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$554
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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.