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Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
Illusion of Freedom #4
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,927
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
Femme sortie de l'ombre 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
Femme sortie de l'ombre
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,356
Femme en orange
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
S_ck Me I'm Popular Blondiex Mickey Top Trader.
JP Malot
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$898
Girl of Tim Burton
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$449
Écorce, portrait I
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$13,463
Les pensées sont des bombes
Willy Charps
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
La garçon au ballon rouge
Amélie Joos
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$561
Le petit déjeuner à Bonaberi
Arnold Fokam
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,488
Contemporary portrait "My General"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,805
Brothers
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 149 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 58.7 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$4,824 $4,245
Celebration day
Omar Kamal-el-din
Painting - 85 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Anthroporos
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 139 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 54.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,141 $2,827
Golden Triangle 2
Aluu Prosper Chigozie
Painting - 61 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,500
Golden Triangle 1
Aluu Prosper Chigozie
Painting - 61 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,500
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Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,805
Siempre Leonardo / Always Leonardo
Luis Prada
Painting - 80 x 120 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$2,693
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
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
Dinner and a Movie
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
$760
Something is happening
Yuliy Takov
Painting - 24 x 26 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$763
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 Smoking Girl ( Double )
Esboner
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,795
Femme au regard au-dessus de son épaule
Sandra Paris
Painting - 51 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$404
La patria (Homeland)
Ruben Cukier
Painting - 99.8 x 79.8 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 31.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
Love triangle - II
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.01 inch
$600
Violet Fever
Krzysztof Blonarowicz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
1958 Parisiens Parisians
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 48 x 64 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,290
1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,188
Portrait de Ludmilla Barta
Emile-François Chambon
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,149
Jeune femme blonde de profil
Emile-François Chambon
Painting - 35 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,011
1966 Paris blanc La Belle parisienne White Paris The Bistro A Parisian
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,132
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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
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,233
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.
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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.