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The shell (after marcel broodthaers) forbidden collage (11)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$2,019
Human preservation (6) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (17)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$2,019
El pueblo que nunca tuve III
Eulogia Merle
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,468
Let your soul glow
Tanya Aubut
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$2,115
Memories of summer (1)
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,141
Fumatore d'arte
Giorgio A.F. Valentini
Painting - 80 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$785
From the series Ecology of soul and nature IV
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,683
Rumble in the Jungle
Boris Gobina
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,693
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa - Spring
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
La cage de la Lumière Eblouissante et de l'Ombre Profonde
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 102 x 76 x 5 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 2 inch
$18,960
Contemporary portrait Together
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,458
Contemporary portrait "The Inhabitants"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,458
While waiting call for dinner
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,234
It’s time for walking, mom
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,010
Look at this beauty, honey
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
In Theater : Frantic, Wonderful, Uplifting Atmosphere before the Performance
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
I Saw "Nutcracker", Beautifully Revisited, and Saw It to Be a Happily Ending "Romeo and Juliette" Version
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
Bird of Fire, in Four Versions of Diaghilev
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
Above and Below Stars, Streams and Mountains
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
Rehearsing Some Steps Before
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
Sunflower Dancer Acts
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$550 $275
Three Handed
Tamar Sulakvelidze
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,161
Peace and Tranquility 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
Girl with bouquet, Spring series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$673
La photo de classe
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 200 x 270 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 106.3 x 0.8 inch
$25,804
The Breakfast of the Goddess
Vahag Hamalbashyan
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,356
Baby Doll n149, Paco Rabane Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 70 x 41 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,871
Sisters in Yellow
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,450
Change and Growth 2
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Change and Growth 1
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Michelle Obama X Marylin
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,366
Supra Energeti, -te, -tos Emerging 1701
Silke Wolff
Painting - 45 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,010
Para Conjure Car 2035 (7)
Silke Wolff
Painting - 45 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,010
Para todos el tiempo es frágil
Marcelo Suaznabar
Painting - 79 x 58 x 4 cm Painting - 31.1 x 22.8 x 1.6 inch
$3,506
Max Verstappen
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,768
Spring walk
Arevik Gasparyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Soir d'été
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 89 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,244
La danse d'un fou et d'un roi
Timothy Archer
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$3,927
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Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$969
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
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
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
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.
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.