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Alien invasion
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
$28,900
Playing cowboys
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
$28,900
Against each other
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
$43,200
Industrial mindset
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
$24,900
Riot on Capitol hill
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,800
Touche en plein bleu
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$19,000
Appart from earth
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
$30,100
Lets take the animals into the night
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 inch
$28,400
Mr je sais tout
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 134.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 53 x 40 x 2 inch
$29,000
Friends watching TV
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
$27,400
Marriage force
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
$30,400
Im following you, diptych
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$40,100
I can hear you
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
$49,000
Face your fears
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$29,200
The fishing contest
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$19,000
Le numero de cirque
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$43,000
The last pack ice
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$43,000
Egg girls on a bicycle
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,585
Mohammed Ali forever
Virginie Schroeder
Painting - 51 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
French School Blue Kurt Cobain
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,898
25th frame
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$2,233
Intricacies
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,898
Plus sérieux qu'un Achevêque
Arnaud Bauville
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,051
Cielo de Jalisco
Nicolas Sanchez
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$8,000
Tree of Destiny Painting
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
J’embrasse la peinture
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
J’embrasse la peinture #2
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Uncle Josh
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 95 x 85.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.8 x 1 inch
$2,500
2023-1143 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noir
Marion Casters
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$112
2023-1117 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noir
Marion Casters
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$112
The world has gone blue
Thomas Lesigne
Painting - 23 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,105
Zero installazione
Fernando Spano
Painting - 150 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$12,279
Generational feelings 20
David Murcia
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,672
Feels Like Heaven
Esther Barend
Painting - 170 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 66.9 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$15,516
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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
Scarface - The World is Yours
Belart Collective
Print - 101 x 77 x 4 cm Print - 39.8 x 30.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,780
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,785
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674 $1,021
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,456
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,340
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.