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The sadness of Maria Magdalena
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$2,059


A Visual Journey Through History I
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 50 x 35 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch
$572


C'est la fête
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,173

My bird will song
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,487

Regardez-moi maintenant
Eva Lamaignere
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,201

I'm in the cabin
Ekaterina Krylova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000






The Tree of Life
Kateryna Ocheredko
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,800

Summer is Back - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Chilling
Jason Langa
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,450


Contemporary portrait "Stop!"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,487



Don Quijote I-XIX
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,830


Fragmented Reality
Dervis Akdemir
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,159

Loin, l'horizon
Nathalie Cubéro
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,258


Because love cannot be bombed_
Inna Sych
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,059



Happiness and Flowers
Svitlana Lazoriak
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$686

Woman with a vase of flowers
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,716


Le timide en veste à fleurs
Jéko
Painting - 140 x 107 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
$4,003 $3,403


Frank Sinatra And Lyrics To My Way
Tony Rubino
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,945



Goodbyes - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fashion, Woman, Love, Phone
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 100.1 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$2,650

Pure and Simple
Therese Lydia Joseph
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,285


Sometimes I Talk To My Shadow 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women
Obeka Simon
Painting - 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38 x 32 x 1 inch
$3,100

Contemplar el descanso desde la rosa
Micaela Piñero
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,716

J+ main dans la main
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,173


French School - PS 246 Ou veux tu que je regarde Impressionist Banksy Balloon girl (Large)
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,716





Jean-Pierre, Sylvian et leurs amants
Filippa Bjerling
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1 inch
$3,889

Woman with a white bonnet and green circle
Damien Bassez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,232





Señor Azul 02
Shyne Eghosa Obazee
Painting - 125 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,529



Toughen Identity
Woko Aguru
Painting - 122 x 109 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 42.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,434 $5,947




Selfportrait Green
Valentine Dardel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
$1,658


Summer meditation
Mathilde Polidori
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,487



Untitled 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women with Large Afro Hair
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 61 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19 x 1 inch
$2,250



She is the one
Michelino Iorizzo
Painting - 107 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 42.1 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$10,865


Beautiful Girl - Follow your Dreams (Pink)
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Painting - 30 x 22 inch
$14,297


Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait
Ibrahim Omiyera
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,750

Silent is golden
Gillian Brin
Painting - 92 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$721 $648




Nature's Adornment
Oluwaseun Ojebiyi
Painting - 106.7 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 48 x 1 inch
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Dues noies assegudes i gran flor
Jordi Traperho
Painting - 61 x 50 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 inch
$1,087





Marilyn Reimagined: A Surreal Portrait
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$12,000

Enduring Echoes 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 66 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,450


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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.