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Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,173
Childhood memories
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
It’s been a long time coming
Jef Aérosol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€4,600
Retrato gris en fondo amarillo
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 190 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
€6,312
Le printemps dans l'air
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
Contemporary portrait Guardians
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Les demoiselles
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Bledard! Je suis nouveau à l'ecole
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€9,000
You Will See (Part 1)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€600
You Will See (Part 2)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€600
You Will See (Part 3)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€600
The coronation (after unkown pin—dm for credit or removal) forbidden collage (3)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 109.1 x 82.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43 x 32.5 x 0 inch
€4,080
Fruitless Endeavor
Maria Tendo
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,414
Douceur printanière
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
My Shadow A Reflection of Me 2
Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,752
My Shadow A Reflection of Me 1
Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,752
Bitonio à Deux Nez
Robert Combas
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€65,000
Marlène Deux Triques
Robert Combas
Painting - 17 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
€9,500 €8,075
Crowning Glory (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,304
Far From Home 2
Michael Adetula
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,400 €1,260
Glisser dans l'onde d'un rêve
Hervé Querrien
Painting - 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,730
Portrait of Ruth
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
€5,300
Flirt, set of 9 separate paintings
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€700
El Gozo de la Tribu
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 204 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 80.3 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
€12,131
Taylor Swift's Concert in Paris
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€150 €105
Lost is a Lovely Place to Find Yourself
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,593
In the Center of the Metropolis
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Woman in a museum
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700 €2,160
Let's keep them for ourselves
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,300
Atinuke (Precious From Birth)
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,138
Sisters' Embrace, Happiness
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,845
Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,845
L'amour en bleu
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Ventana. Marisol
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
Trois coups de rouge
Pierre Alechinsky
Painting - 34 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
€11,000
The Moonlight Coffee Together
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 80 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.4 inch
€950
Impermanence 15-2023
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Taylor Swift at Parisian Gallery Opening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€195 €137
Taylor Swift's Concert in Paris in 2024
Christian Jodin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
€295 €207
Behind the Sunglasses
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€531
Woman in yellow blouse
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,650
Woman in blue with a basket
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,650
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Diamant Noir
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,600
The tree of life
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,159
Passeur de brise
Pascal Billard
Sculpture - 78 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€1,480
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599 €1,440
Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,173
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.