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Time Flies but Memory Stays
Adha Widayansah
Painting - 75 x 60 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,540
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Nrtyaangana - The Dancer !
Doo Doo
Painting - 95 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,111
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Allégorie du havre
Juliane Blasquez
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,174
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Te tiny esther & coffee
Jeong Won Chun
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,663
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Shadow on concrete
Polina Izvekova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,845
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Colours of the Pain
Kubra Aliyeva
Painting - 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,125
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Le père est sa famille
Robert Koumassadouno
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,069
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La route est longue pour Gibraltar
Antonio Almodovar
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
$1,174
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Jeunes femmes africaines en cérémonie de mariage
Irina Condé
Painting - 121 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 47.6 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,226
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Eyes on me custom skate deck skateboard
Andrew Wallas
Painting - 22 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$951
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Fight for a reason
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,915
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Étude de portrait
Frédéric Schmied
Painting - 29.5 x 22.6 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.6 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,008
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Botox Forbidden Fruit
Ben Frost
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.8 inch
$3,188
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Dame à l'éventail
Vittorio Gussoni
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,910
![Painting, Composition 1955, Felice Casorati](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684975_1_grid.jpg)
Composition 1955
Felice Casorati
Painting - 90 x 55 x 0.4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
$87,240
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Hommage à Dubuffet Coucou Bordel
Signé Dupied
Painting - 65 x 54 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 2 inch
$1,230
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Rostros imaginarios
Montserrat Tobella Bosch
Painting - 44 x 26 x 1.5 cm Painting - 17.3 x 10.2 x 0.6 inch
$4,026
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Les cordes rouges
Jonathan Vandromme
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Carnival in Venice, Antonio Sciacca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902960_1_grid.jpg)
Carnival in Venice
Antonio Sciacca
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
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Centre of All
Roseleen Labazacchy
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,000
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Sleeping Beauty
Cathrine Ockernahl
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,201
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La danseuse au tutu rose
Charles De Ziegler
Painting - 80 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25 x 0.8 inch
$1,407
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De l'ombre à la lumière
Gor bedrossian
Painting - 97 x 78 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
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Occupied space
Basel Dahman
Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$40,000
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Shoulder to shoulder
Lori Stanford
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.2 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.9 inch
$3,523
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El gato de Velázquez o Paseo en la eternidad
Juan Carlos Romano
Painting - 99 x 99 cm Painting - 39 x 39 inch
$5,033
![Painting, Female Portrait, Antonio Feltrinelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242552_1_grid.jpg)
Female Portrait
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 202 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 79.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,422
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Portrait d'enfant portant une carafe
Janebé Weber
Painting - 65.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm Painting - 25.8 x 19.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
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No Regrets (Narcisse)
Vanessa Dakinsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,011
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Le faiseur de rosée
Philippe Loubat
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
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Vieille homme à la pipe
Alberto Cecconi
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,161
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Berger des Alpes et sa pipe
G. Baur
Painting - 39.5 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.6 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,055
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Mère et enfant
Pierre Ernest Kohl
Painting - 38.5 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,110
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0 Dark Thirty
Agnès de la Roncière
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
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Portrait d'une dame assise sur un banc de jardin
Marcel-René Chassard
Painting - 57.5 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 22.6 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,290
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L'homme à la chope de bière
I. Tomig
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$1,360
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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.
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.
A portrait can be created in various different art styles and forms, including sculpture, painting and drawing.
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.