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L'éternelle fragilité
Thomas Mainardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,451
Valley Dream
Amelie Monira Egenolf
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,959
Victor Asuaje, Seria...
Victor Asuaje
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$391
While The World Decay (Fluro)
Snik
Painting - 48.7 x 102.7 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.2 x 40.4 x 0.1 inch
$4,465
Afrodite Bella tra le belle
Alessandro La Motta
Painting - 120 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,228
Moments before disaster II
Miss Fuck
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$726
Manu Dibango au saxophone, série Jazz et Musique
Jean-Louis Manuel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Locked in my heart
Jumoke Oyetunde
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,700
Regard d'argent - série portrait de femme
Namy
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,926
Andy sotto i baffi Marilyn
Matilde Berretta
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$391
Manifestation: Camomile tea
Eury Kim
Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,663
No hay que traspasar ciertas puertas
Sergio Moscona
Painting - 56 x 76 x 5 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 2 inch
$5,470
Rebelles No°4
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$1,005 $854
El Bosque De Los Mitos. From The Series Of Revelación,
Daniel Casique
Painting - 75 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 29.52 x 23.62 x 2 inch
$2,000
Imagine, Yoko Ono and John Lennon
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$22,325 $18,977
Emotion Tissée Méditation
Ibrahim Ballo
Painting - 118 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 46.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
Le grand départ
Benoît Montet
Painting - 59.9 x 39.9 x 2.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.1 inch
$1,853
Girl and Green Eyed Cat.
Yelena Sidorova
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,800
Which Way Nigeria
Michael Kpodoh
Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,231
Sous le ciel de Provence
Raya Sorkine
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$9,935
Ode to Alice Neel
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
Dual perception
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
Nguyen Hoang Viet
Philippe Cormault
Painting - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,674
Couple à la plage
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$949
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$8,505
Loneliness is not an act
Jacques Tange
Painting - 30 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$982
Motorcyclist Aka Cruising
Jose Gomez Navarro
Painting - 51 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,753
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,349
Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Chuli Herrera
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,037
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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
$1,200
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,785
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674 $1,021
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
$1,200
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,456
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,340
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.