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Suave parfum - ligne9
Enrique Etievan
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
Message caché - ligne9
Enrique Etievan
Painting - 61 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
Street rebel (orange) a tribute to Banksy
Dr. Love
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$56
Molts moments per pensar... cap per oblidar-te
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,118
Soy feliz...Si nada te quita el sueño
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$895
No puedo vivir sin ti
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,678
The virtual deaths
Maribelle Saad
Painting - 105 x 127 x 0.2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$1,284
The Man's Portrait - 4
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 34 x 27 x 0.2 cm Painting - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,454 $1,309
The Man's Portrait - 3
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
Say hello to the master
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 97 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$7,941
Generation Z
Jessica Renault jrbrush
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$895
Ava Gardner
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 92 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$4,026
El triunfo
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,362
Déstructuration
Patricia de Boysson
Painting - 91 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,829
Temptations of Elena
Galia Chuntova
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,398
Memento Mori aka ad Verbum v.11.13
LosOtros Mj Tom
Painting - 100 x 167.98 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
Memento Mori aka ad Verbum v.5.21
LosOtros Mj Tom
Painting - 100 x 168 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
S… like Solveig or a New Grate v.7.13
LosOtros Mj Tom
Painting - 100 x 175 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 68.9 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
UK Queen! Elisabeth X Bitcoin
JP Malot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
Frère et sœur
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,007
En sortant de la forêt
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
Le petit chaperon rouge aux fleurs
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
Marthe et Marie
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 70 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Baignade aux bords de la Sèvre
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
La passante
Emmanuelle Tenailleau
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
Résonance du désespoir
Ibrahima Sory Diallo
Painting - 130 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
Portrait d'une mariée majestueuse
Ibrahima Barry
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,398
Révolte en rouge
Ibrahima Sory Diallo
Painting - 80 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
Dialogues d'histoire : Un appel au respect
Ibrahima Sory Diallo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
Rasta royalty
Ibrahima Sory Diallo
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,063
Jeunesse persécutée
Ibrahima Sory Diallo
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,734
Dame Carcasse - série femme de Carcassonne
Michel Philippon
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
El paso del tiempo
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$982
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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.