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Visitation d'un Tcherniakh
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 5,664
Paris C'est Bonbon
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1 inch
CHF 10,298
Johann Georg Pinsel
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
CHF 8,238
Peres Fondateurs d'Europe
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 114 x 148 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 58.3 x 1 inch
CHF 12,357
Horloge Métaphorique
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 14,417
Luciano Pavarotti
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 45.3 x 1 inch
CHF 8,238
Danse Politique
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
CHF 27,804
Spyrou Et Pro-Magnon2
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
CHF 25,744
Le Roi Des Chefs Et Le Chef Des Rois
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
CHF 23,685
Cinema Et Musique
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
CHF 20,595
Kim Kardashian Et Venus
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
CHF 23,994
Hesiode Et Homere
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
CHF 20,595
Charlie Chaplin
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
CHF 14,726
Daqian Et Picasso
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
CHF 26,774
Michael Jordan
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 170 x 170 x 2.5 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 1 inch
CHF 15,447
Les méfaits de l'hibernation
Jason Blak
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,751
La rivière des larmes
Jason Blak
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,390
Retrato de Raquel / Portrait de Raquel
Gabriel del Paso
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 566
The evening breeze blows
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,751
Grandmother's Eyes
Dang Thoa Ngoc
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
CHF 569
Prêt à célébrer (n°3)
Harald Wolff
Painting - 100 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,339
Prêt à célébrer (n°2)
Harald Wolff
Painting - 100 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,339
Moine bouddhiste avec un jeune novice
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
CHF 824
Laure retour de match
Bertrand De Cointet
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 741
Arlésiennes monochromiques
Juan Benito
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 711
LadyBug
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
CHF 1,854 CHF 1,483
Cappuccino
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
CHF 1,236 CHF 989
Rare Lichtenstein Street Art Girl 2
Freda People Art
Painting - 105 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,236 CHF 1,112
Portrait of the artist
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,545 CHF 1,236
Stimulation
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,030 CHF 824
The Power of Love
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 95 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,780
Albert Einstein
Virut Panchabuse
Painting - 160 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
CHF 12,357
USA Code Barre Marilyn, BB et Audrey Hepburn (2) (1)
Elmago
Painting - 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 6,693
Têtes couronnées - Mona sortant du salon de coiffure
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 120 x 80 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
CHF 1,957
Venus De Milo
Julia Niiazbekova
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,660
Venus in Blue
Julia Niiazbekova
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,850
Dreamy Angel
Julia Niiazbekova
Painting - 74.9 x 59.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.5 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,897
Apollo in Gold
Julia Niiazbekova
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,897
Cut and Blow Dry
John Popkess
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,056
Supermarket checkout
John Kilduff
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,584
The Sun in California Makes Me Happy
Joan Blumenfeld
Painting - 61 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 16 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,968
Ce soir je serai la plus belle pour aller danser
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 140 x 100 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 inch
CHF 2,060
Monday evening
Irene Raspollini
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,723
Spéude bradéos
Irene Raspollini
Painting - 67.1 x 67.1 x 1 cm Painting - 26.4 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,416
Lusus naturae
Irene Raspollini
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,435
jump for Joy
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,423
Disappearing Waters
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,423
Into the Deep
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,423
Educated Hoops - Playground Lessons
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,423
Educated Hoops - Juggling Subjects
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,281
A Moment of Clarity
Debbie Pacheco
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.3 inch
CHF 901
Talking Things Out
Debbie Pacheco
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,660
Lovers - Red - The colour of love 2
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,118
Lovers - Red - The colour of love 3
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
CHF 1,118
Sheep With Flower
Maia Kvatchadze
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
CHF 2,060
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Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
CHF 1,647 CHF 1,483
My village, a child and a Lego
Eulogia Merle
Painting - 100 x 120 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 inch
CHF 2,492
Contemporary portrait "Cat Country"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 55 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 21.7 x 0.7 inch
CHF 2,049
Diamant Noir
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
CHF 1,648
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.