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Les souvenirs sont les fleurs du temps
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,335
Marilyn Monroe, lovely day epoxy
KB
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$1,795
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, The Worker
Erró
Painting - 103 x 84 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$8,414
Sisters at a Picnic in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,907
White Transparent Apples
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Crimson Adornment
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 99.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,350
La muerte tenía un precio
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3.4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.3 inch
$5,497
Recordando a Charlie
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.4 inch
$5,497
Carisma - Morgan Freeman
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$3,927
Midnight Ride In Prague
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,402
Mickey in love
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,936
Fumeur de gitanes
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 35 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$180
Arya with Bead
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 110 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$6,720
Paint me with a tiger
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,450
Should I get on board 2
Azeez Salami
Painting - 142.2 x 142.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 56 x 56 x 1 inch
$4,000
Should I get on board?
Azeez Salami
Painting - 144 x 144 x 2.5 cm Painting - 56.7 x 56.7 x 1 inch
$4,000
Street rebel (orange) a tribute to Banksy
Dr. Love
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$55
Sandlewood Cresent
George Pinder
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$4,589
Wind Fairy Tales
Kamsar Ohanyan
Painting - 77 x 57 x 4 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 1.6 inch
$898 $763
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,279
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,279
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,279
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,279
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,279
Cubism Tribute
Christian Jodin
Painting - 38 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,346 $673
Sunset Paradise
Jessica Renault jrbrush
Painting - 61 x 45.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 17.9 x 1 inch
$1,683
Big Doll, Orient Express, LV Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 150 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
$19,072
Elegance Adorned
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,350 $1,148
Solace in Dreams
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 65 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Motherhood's Grace
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 65 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Nice to meet you
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 49.5 x 39.5 x 4 cm Painting - 19.5 x 15.6 x 1.6 inch
$628
The girl and the cat
Du Ke
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,019 $1,717
Portrait de Taureaux
Jean-Claude Mège
Painting - 91 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$1,391
Portrait de Taureaux
Jean-Claude Mège
Painting - 91 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$1,391
Portrait de Taureaux
Jean-Claude Mège
Painting - 91 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$1,391
Persona YB2301
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,570
With my cat
Sargis Zaqaryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
The time machine – cover 2
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 22.5 x 33.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.9 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,728
The time machine – cover
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 22.5 x 33.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.9 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,032
The kind bull
Sargis Zaqaryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Abraham (from Children’s Bible)
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,178
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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
$969
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,346
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,794
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,683 $1,027
Inventoriage biométrique
Gopal Dagnogo
Fine Art Drawings - 220 x 220 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,111
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.
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.