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Raconte moi toutes tes histoires, en ramassant du bois flotté
Jéko
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
La vaillante au verre brisé
Léa Dedieu
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€580
Grito de mujer
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,100
Decepción
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,000
Desire for what might have been
Ramonn Vieitez
Painting - 42.4 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,466
La passante
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Call Me Anything
The Connor Brothers
Painting - 41 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€1,950
Bloom of Consciousness
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Frida Kahlo Pop Art Portrait
Dane Shue
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,955
Jean Michel Basquiat Pop Art Portrait
Dane Shue
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€1,955
Biggie Pop Art Portrait
Dane Shue
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,662
Miss. Tic / Tick tique ou pas ?
Murzo
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,375
Le petit déjeuner à Bonaberi
Arnold Fokam
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€4,000
Celebration day
Omar Kamal-el-din
Painting - 85 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Portrait d'homme à la moustache
Georges Darel
Painting - 41.5 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting - 16.3 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch
€858
Sin darnos cuenta 15
Carme Pastrana
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€750
Red woman, abstract women body (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
Red woman, abstract women body
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
La romancière et ses chats
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€380
VAn Gogh Sanglier
Adrien Lombardo
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€550
Portrait PS 158 La lionne a les yx verts French School
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,200 €984
French School - Portrait PS 173 La Princesse Nordestina
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
€1,100 €902
Yaya - Portrait animaux sauvages - Girafe
Ezya
Painting - 120 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Yaras - Portrait animaux sauvages - Aigle
Ezya
Painting - 120 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Kayout - Portrait animaux sauvages
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€500
Hécate et le triple retour
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€6,800
Orí guerreiro tamoyo
José Ignacio Suarez Solis
Painting - 110 x 179.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 70.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,871
Orí guerreiro daniel na cova dos leões
José Ignacio Suarez Solis
Painting - 119.9 x 179.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.8 x 0.1 inch
€4,223
Serie: Dolor-3
Montserrat Tobella Bosch
Painting - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,900
Serie: Dolor-2
Montserrat Tobella Bosch
Painting - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,900
Acquario, serie Segni zodiacali
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 19 x 19 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€78
Stop Putin's cockroaches
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,000
La femme aux fleurs
Laurent Folco
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
€2,500
The other side of blue
Jacques Tange
Painting - 30 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
Sagittario, serie Segni zodiacali
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 19 x 19 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€78
Apple-Western
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 25 x 16 x 0.4 cm Painting - 9.8 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
€195 €176
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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
€1,173
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
€1,173
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
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.