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![Painting, Kaduna boy, Simeon Nwoko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758780_1_grid.jpg)
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La Chute des Géants
Sophie Manaches
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€750
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Incandescence 2
Jean-François Morro
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,080
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![Painting, While I Wait, Joseph Christian Ekom-Obong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907475_1_grid.jpg)
While I Wait
Joseph Christian Ekom-Obong
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,716
![Painting, Samaha Steam Punk, Valérie Maurand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905459_1_grid.jpg)
Samaha Steam Punk
Valérie Maurand
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,250
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![Painting, Crépuscule, Jocelyne Deschamps-Kus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372137_1_grid.jpg)
Crépuscule
Jocelyne Deschamps-Kus
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
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![Painting, Poetry of nature, Amir Soghrati](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152997_1_grid.jpg)
Poetry of nature
Amir Soghrati
Painting - 190 x 400 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 157.5 x 1.6 inch
€20,000
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![Painting, Opened eyes, Dimitar Voynov - Junior](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095524_1_grid.jpg)
Opened eyes
Dimitar Voynov - Junior
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
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Disparition / Apparition
Engelmarie Sophie
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,538
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![Painting, 2021 - 15 (Chanteur vert), Marc Petrusa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1119477_1_grid.jpg)
2021 - 15 (Chanteur vert)
Marc Petrusa
Painting - 128 x 71 x 3 cm Painting - 50.4 x 28 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
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![Painting, Femme à la ceinture, Marie Thuillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1061730_1_grid.jpg)
Femme à la ceinture
Marie Thuillier
Painting - 43 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€750
![Painting, Portrait of Lady, Carlo Socrate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731694_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Lady
Carlo Socrate
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€13,500
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Through the Fog
Stephanie Blaess
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€3,400
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![Painting, Une femme africaine, Stéphane Iffono](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2004354_1_grid.jpg)
Une femme africaine
Stéphane Iffono
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€750
![Painting, Battre la campagne, Aurélie Salvaing](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1965081_1_grid.jpg)
Battre la campagne
Aurélie Salvaing
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
![Painting, L'amoureuse, Koffi Mounou Désiré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739874_1_grid.jpg)
L'amoureuse
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
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![Painting, Jerusalem, Ludwig Viktor Krämer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1454715_1_grid.jpg)
Jerusalem
Ludwig Viktor Krämer
Painting - 76 x 131 x 0.2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 51.6 x 0.1 inch
€9,400
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Commission for Melissa 50 lance
Marilyn Kalish
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€306
![Painting, Dancer's Dream, William Oxer F.R.S.A.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1814373_1_grid.jpg)
Dancer's Dream
William Oxer F.R.S.A.
Painting - 55.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 15 x 1 inch
€4,851
![Painting, Untitled, Alexander Austen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1619340_1_grid.jpg)
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She Learned To Have Faith In Her Abilities
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
€2,200
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Lichtenstein Meets Warhol (Crying Girl Camouflage)
Corinna Heumann
Painting - 61 x 61 cm Painting - 24 x 24 inch
€9,216
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Miss burlesque star
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
€3,978
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Fleur Bleu (Blue flower)
Juliette Lemontey
Painting - 162.6 x 114.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 64 x 45 x 2 inch
€8,731
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Afternoon Coffee
Nguyen Vinh Trung
Painting - 165.1 x 144.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 57 x 2 inch
€8,731
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Immediate Family
Dang Xuan Hoa
Painting - 67.3 x 149.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 26.5 x 59 x 2 inch
€37,836
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Baumwärts
Neeharika Donau Hossain
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€990
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2023-1129 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noire
Marion Casters
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€150
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Better days ahead
Aziseh Emmanuel
Painting - 120 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€4,750
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Royal Legacy Original Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Gardani
Painting - 85.1 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 33.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch
€3,881
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Portrait bleu
Nathalie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 35 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
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Lady in Banana Garden
Dinh Quan
Painting - 119.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 36 x 1 inch
€11,642
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L'Anachorète aviateur
Bertrand Bataille
Painting - 93 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,700
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PINK TUBES : COTTON CANDY AND EPHEMERAL LOLITA SPECTRUM
Saori Nakamishi
Painting - 180 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€7,000
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Rêve d'hiver - Portrait de femme
Laurence Duc
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€300
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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.
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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.