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Faces and Colours (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
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
€854
Elegance of the Wild
Jennifer Makhatadze
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
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
Sin darnos cuenta 13
Carme Pastrana
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€750
Bright orange painting - "City cyclist" - Urban Art - Pop Art - Bicycle - Street Art - Pink&Green - City - Street scene
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 85 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,500
Onigele Yii
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 152.4 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 59 x 1 inch
€4,860
Musing
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,430
Femme aux yeux bleus
Lison Favarger
Painting - 60.5 x 60.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.8 x 23.8 x 0.2 inch
€833
Culturally Endowed
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 91.4 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 28 x 1 inch
€2,430
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful 3
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
€800 €720
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful 2
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
€800 €480
The True, The Good, and The Beautiful
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 73 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
€800 €560
Palomas Mensajeras de Paz
Simeon Gonzales
Painting - 150 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€2,000
Portrait de femme
Lison Favarger
Painting - 60.5 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.8 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€833
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 7
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,255
Captain America
Ponthep Supunsaleekul
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€800
Le massacre des innocents
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Friend to Cheer on I
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
€600 €510
Retrato de carnaval
Joana Frontera
Painting - 81 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Manifestation: Lemon Boy
Eury Kim
Painting - 90.9 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
Red and black face
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€80
Los Angeles skater
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Camille Claudel, série Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€3,000
Abstract - Galaxy Amusement Park
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 200 x 270 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 106.3 x 1.6 inch
€43,700 €37,145
Abstract - Happy Bath
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€12,800
Abstract - Superstring Series No.16
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€23,100
Portrait - Various Appearance
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€15,400
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€12,800
1996 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,150
1976 Autoportrait Selfportrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 41 x 33.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.2 inch
€1,150
1964 Opéra de Paris Pianiste
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€1,950
1964 Opéra de PARIS Chanteuse Singer Opera
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,950
1958 Paris L'espion The Spyer
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 53.5 x 36 cm Painting - 21.1 x 14.2 inch
€1,750
1980 Parisienne à la fenêtre Parisian at her window
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 57.75 x 48 cm Painting - 22.7 x 18.9 inch
€1,950
1981 PARIS Elégante au marché Elegant at the market
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
€1,950
1974 Parisienne à la toque Parisian with toque
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
€1,950
1966 PARIS Homme à la casquette verte Man with green cap
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,950
Traces 1987 Remains
Moon JANG CHULL
Painting - 119 x 49 x 0.3 cm Painting - 46.9 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
Andrea Memmo. Serie Prato della Valle
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 48 x 66 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€280
Cacciatrice di farfalle
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 36 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 13 x 0 inch
€220 €187
Angelo del Giudizio Universale serie Omaggio a Giusto de' Menabuoi
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 48 x 66 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€310
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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.