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When Ziggy plays guitar
Sara Chelou
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€875
Joie de musique II
Emily Helstroffer
Painting - 73 x 54 x 1.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch
€1,500
Gilles Mendel in Paris
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 20.3 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 6 x 0.1 inch
€583
A corner at Dries van Noten’s home
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,264
Cecille is playing with her tail
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 61 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€1,196
Prada Bag Ladies
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€583
Portrait
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Staring out at the Open Sea
Anika Manuel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
€849
Under the Moon and Stars
Anika Manuel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€714
The Impossible Dream
Anika Manuel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,001
Si tu Savais
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€1,690
La Joconde au fil Rouge
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
€690
Contemporary portrait "Black ang Gold"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Contemporary portrait "Holiday dress"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Courageous Spirit
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 63.5 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 23 x 1 inch
€1,361
Gazing Through Ankara 3
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 78.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,798
Gazing Through Ankara 4
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,798
Gazing through Ankara 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 81.3 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 inch
€1,798
Electric Love
Guillaume Nicolaou
Painting - 50 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,900
Beauty is what I posessed
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 111.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,895
Beauty is what I posessed 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 86.4 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 28 x 1 inch
€1,458
La cage, un nouveau monde
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 76 x 56 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 1.2 inch
€14,900
Jules & Jim
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 55 x 38 x 1.8 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
€410
Cenizas y diamantes XXVI
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€583
Cenizas y diamantes XXV
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€583
Coriolis effect
Aliénor de Montalivet
Painting - 61 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Cenizas y diamantes XV
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€583
L'émotion à fleur de peau
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€1,700
He put color into our lives
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 80 x 100 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 inch
€1,800
Monica et Sophia
Herve Malcom Thomas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€1,850
Family portrait
Dumisani Karamanski
Painting - 150 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Beautiful Struggle
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
€2,500
Contemporary portrait "Together. Without words"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
€2,500
Haïtienne – 1.1
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,125
Haïtienne – 1 .0
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,875
Iggy Fuck !
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,375
Untitled
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 63 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,100 €935
Eternal Melody - Neon Red Girl - California
Voxx Romana
Painting - 67.5 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 26.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
€540
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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
€1,166 €991
Scarface - The World is Yours
Belart Collective
Print - 101 x 77 x 4 cm Print - 39.8 x 30.3 x 1.6 inch
€2,490
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €915
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
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
€1,166
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,200
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
€1,200
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.