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David Martinez
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,683
Women are stars
Sara Chelou
Painting - 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,019 $1,414
Art is everywhere
Sara Chelou
Painting - 130 x 96 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,019 $1,817
American Graffiti
Sara Chelou
Painting - 130 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,907 $1,335
Sushi sur orbite
Jean-Luc Curabet
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,254
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
Mujer con vestido azul
Eva Prieto
Painting - 81 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,019
The Velvet season
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Moine bouddhiste avec un jeune novice
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$898 $673
Geisha con banda verde
Eva Prieto
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Lakorn Players, Bangkok
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 70 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$898
Musician girl
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 60 x 80 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$898
Miniatuur Marilyn Monroe
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 53 x 47 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch
$729
Miniatuur Kate Moss
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 57 x 43 x 4 cm Painting - 22.4 x 16.9 x 1.6 inch
$729
Miniatuur Sophia Loren II
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 53 x 47 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 1.6 inch
$729
L'homme invisible pop
Miko-R
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,917 $2,479
Bebe durmiendo sobre su madre
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Lagrimas de mujer
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Mujer Stilove
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Entrando en la sala de baile
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 62 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$898
Perro besa a su dueña
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 72 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Mujer deseperada
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Mujer bañandose
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Mujer angustiada
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 82 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Mujer Rubia Con Ojos Azules
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Mujer Con Sombrero Rojo
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$898
Mujer Rubia
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 62 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$898
Mujer Con Vestido Rojo Y Móvil
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 92 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Mujer con pelo negro
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 91 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Marilyn Monroe II
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,749
Molts moments per pensar... cap per oblidar-te
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,122
Soy feliz...Si nada te quita el sueño
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$898
No puedo vivir sin ti
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,683
Covid 19 – The Submerged
Graça Tirelli
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Covid 19 – Take me with you
Graça Tirelli
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Violet Fever
Krzysztof Blonarowicz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Children are Heroes
Sara Chelou
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,468 $1,728
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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
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
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,468
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,233
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
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.