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Earworm
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 70 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$3,366 $2,693
If I Could Read Your Mind
Vikki Drummond
Painting - 31 x 23 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch
$180
The Thinker (Female Perspective)
Vikki Drummond
Painting - 61 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
$499
Us Looking at You Looking at Us
Vikki Drummond
Painting - 41 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$376
Reticulum with mask
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,019
Series “Dreams”
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,292
Series ‘Thoughts’
Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,731
Northern Wind
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,366
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,366
Play of light
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 57 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22.4 x 1 inch
$3,141
In the Shine
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,366
Morning Tenderness
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,254
In the radiance
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 95 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,693
In fantasies
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,590
Bearing the fruit (3) forbidden production (4)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 140 x 142 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.9 x 0 inch
$6,462
La clef est toute une vie
Jade Mouge
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,346
Amy WineHouse Pop Style
Maria De Campos
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$4,364
Mona Lisa la Joconde Pop Style
Maria De Campos
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$3,354
Ritratto di una bambina
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 26 x 17 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
$202
Fill your eyes
Isabelle Scheltjens
Painting - 150 x 112 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 44.1 x 1.6 inch
$21,877
Break the silence
Isabelle Scheltjens
Painting - 144 x 112 x 4.5 cm Painting - 56.7 x 44.1 x 1.8 inch
$21,877
Paysage d'Occitanie à l 'aube
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,077
Sugar Coated
Maxime Cousineau Perusse
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 2 inch
$1,322
Liberté Fleurie II
Frédéric Balmefrezol
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,096
La Fée du lac
Frédéric Balmefrezol
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,423
Bearing the fruit (2) forbidden production (3)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,770
Ecce Homo (1) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (9)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,770
The proposal (5) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (10)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,770
Eclipse (1) (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (13)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,770
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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.