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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Half Skull & Female Face Portrait Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
Half Skull & Female Face Portrait Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Lilac Background. Presented in a high quality ornate white frame.
Art measures 20 x 16 inche...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Stencil, Canvas, Pencil, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Oil, Mixed Medi...
2Pac and Snoop
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"2Pac and Snoop" by James Ogamba Tochukwu is a striking artwork that pays homage to the iconic figures of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, two influential fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oliver Hartt, Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Oliver Hartt, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Firelight, 1893
Located in New York, NY
Renowned portraitist Frank West Benson paints a young woman by the fireplace reclining in a chair in his artwork entitled, “Firelight.”
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Against All Odds 9
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Whispers of the Soul 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Fortitude
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original art, mixed media on canvas
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
First Sight
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original art, mixed media on canvas.
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Moulin Rouge Can Can Female Dancer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rise
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, mixed media on canvas.
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street art hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Léon Herbo, 1850 – 1907, Belgian, 'Oriental Woman with Fruits and Flowers'
By Leon Herbo
Located in Bruges, BE
Léon Herbo
Templeuve 1850 – 1907 Ixelles
Belgian Painter
'Oriental Woman with Fruits and Flowers'
Signature: Signed lower left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 75,50 x 9...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of William Paget (1505–1563), 1st Baron Paget de Beaudesert Henry VIII
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of William Paget (1505–1563), 1st Baron Paget de Beaudesert, Court Of King Henry VIII, 17th Century
school of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
Large 17th Century Tudor...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century female portrait, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century female portrait, painting
No visible signature
Oil on canvas
23.25 x 30 unframed
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait in Old Fashion
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Jingyi Wang
Title: Portrait in Old Fashion
Size: 34 × 26 in | 86.4 × 66 cm
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Edition: Original
Year: 2022
Notes: Hand Signed and Dated on Verso. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French School - Portrait PS 126 De guerres lasses - Oil Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
De guerres lasses from the novel of Françoise Sagan
Portrait of a woman with blue and yellow hair with a crown of flowers.
Structural analysis:
Profile closeup of a woman with an epic hairdo. Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a study of light on human body, creating high contrasts on the skin.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on 3D canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Mother and Child in Tender Moment - Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Female Illustrator of the Golden Age, Ruth Mary Hallock, paints a sensitive, heartwarming portrait of Mother and Child in a post-impressionist style. Richly saturated hues and gestur...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Foundry Carpino
Located in Dallas, TX
David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Young Woman, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Hand carved gilt frame
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 1/4 x 25 inches (77 x 63 cm)
Original hand carved gilt frame
Provenance
Private Estate, England
This is a very fine example of Kneller's work in the early 18th century. Here, the emphasis is placed directly on the sitter's alluring femininity, with this being enhanced by the falling hair around her shoulder. This looseness of focus is created with a free fluidity of brushstrokes. He has used a Rembrandt-esque technique of subtle tones in the face, and we can see how Kneller often allowed the bluer ground layer to show through when suggesting the darker flesh tones.The painterly technique seen here is an excellent demonstration of Kneller’s style.
The bold handling of the flesh tones is Kneller at his most emphatic, while the sizeable areas of dark grey ground we see are indicative of his method of painting quickly, developed by this stage in his career to cope with the many demands of a large circle of patrons. The same effect is used for the shadows in the face: rather than paint darker colours on top of the pink flesh tones, as most artists would have done, Kneller instead painted in the reverse order, using the ground layer for his dark shadows, and then painting the lighter colours on top. Often he worked with an almost dry brush in strong firm strokes. Here the flesh tones have been rapidly, almost roughly painted, with bold areas of impasto giving way to areas where almost no paint has been applied at all, a trick that allowed Kneller to use the blue-grey ground layer to show darker flesh tones.
Godfrey Kneller...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Little Ballerina-original abstract figurative oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Little Ballerina I" by Iryna Yermolova is a captivating abstract figurative painting that captures the grace and innocence of a young dancer in a mom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Analytical Cubist Portrait of a Colorful Elegant Woman by Dave Fox
By Dave Fox
Located in Pasadena, CA
Dave Fox, a perceptive life observer, effortlessly translated his experiences into art, a journey that began amidst the Austrian countryside, where nature served as his early canvas....
Category
Late 20th Century Analytic Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Summer Sun - Original Floral Portrait Painting
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Portrait Of Eleanor Of Toledo, Duchess of Florence (1522-1562)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Eleanor Of Toledo, Duchess of Florence (1522-1562), 16th Century
after AGNOLO BRONZINO (1503-1572)
16th century Italian Old Master court portrait of Eleanor Of Toledo,...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Horse and Carriage Accident - Gay Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age, Ida Waugh, paints a powerful narrative of a young woman coming to the aid of another who, due to an accident, is lying prostrate in an unpaved road. The reason why the work is in black and white
is because this was assignment art for a book or magazine and color printing was not yet available for mass publications Signed lower left. Framed under glass,
Ida Waugh (October 24, 1846 – January 25, 1919) was an American illustrator of children's literature who often collaborated with her lifelong companion, Amy Ella Blanchard.
Personal life
Ida Waugh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1846, the daughter of painter Samuel B. Waugh and his first wife, Sarah Mendenhall, therefore she was half-sister of painter Frederick Judd Waugh. Her step-mother was Mary Eliza Young Waugh, a miniaturist.
She attended Académie Julian and Académie Delécluse in Paris, studying with Georges Callot, Paul-Louis Delance, and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.In 1868 she attended the first "Ladies Life Class" at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; in the same class there were Emily Sartain and Catherine Ann Drinker.
Career
Ida Waugh collaborated with her partner Amy Ella Blanchard in publishing children's books, Waugh as illustrator and Blanchard as writer. Waugh also published books on her own
Other than a children's book illustrator, Waugh was an award-winning painter. In 1869 she exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts two works, "The Bargain" and a portrait bust of Carl Gaertner.
Her self-portrait and another painting, "Little Cosette" (1870), are in the permanent collection of the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, both donated by Mrs. John S. Haug in 1961.They were part of the exhibition "Women and Biography" in 2014, including: Elizabeth Shippen Green, Violet Oakley, Edith Emerson, Anne Minich, Catherine Mulligan, Mitzi Melnicoff, Alice Kent Stoddard, Aubrey Levinthal, Martha Armstrong...
Category
1890s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman - British Edwardian art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas on panel by Sir James Jebusa Shannon. The portrait dates to the Edwardian period and depicts a bold British Impressionist painting of a beautiful young woma...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lunar State
Located in Dallas, TX
'I want to share with you an exciting new piece of art that I have developed using a silver acrylic sheet, inspired by the moon. This artwork explores the theme of celestial bodies a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mirror, Spray Paint, Pigment
Pre-Raphaelite Beauty - Victorian art nude oil portrait - British female artist
By Sara Wells Page
Located in London, GB
Painted by Sara Wells Page this is a large stunning half-length Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting of a semi clad young woman. It was painted circa 1900 by Page who worked and exhi...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Among my swan, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Among my swan, 2018 by Ramonn Vieitez
Oil, enamel, acrylic, latex on canvas
Size: 39.4 H x 27.6 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Portrait of a Lady - British 19th century art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian portrait oil painting is by British portrait artist Edward Spilsbury Swinson. It was painted in 1891 and is dated and signed lower right. It is a half l...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Cubist Portrait, "In The Dark"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 16" x 20" x 1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will fol...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Men Deserve Flowers Too
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Men have feelings and emotions. They need empathy and engagement. But we tell them, ‘Don’t be needy’ or ‘Don’t cry.’ We are pitting a male's neurobiology and human need for relations...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1930's French Portrait Man with Moustache Reading Paper Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Man with the Moustache
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 18 inches high by 23.5 inches wide
condition: overall ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women portrait (Coraline)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Auguste Adolphe CHAUVIN
(Liege, 1810 – Liege 1884)
Portrait of Coraline
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
91 x 68 cm
1868
Auguste Adolphe Chauvin, born in Liège on October ...
Category
1860s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carmela
Located in Dallas, TX
David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Villa the Private Pool-original abstract figurative painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Villa the Private Pool" by Iryna Yermolova is a captivating abstract figurative painting that transports viewers to a serene and idyllic retreat. Executed with expressive strokes us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street Vanity
Located in Dallas, TX
The vibrant colors used in this artwork are a key element in creating a visually striking composition. They exude energy, passion, and intensity, drawing the viewer's attention and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Foam Board, Pigment
A Chapter of Tranquility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"A Chapter of Tranquility" by Desmond Akindoju invites viewers into a serene tableau that captures the essence of peaceful coexistence. In this deligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Peace, Panic" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Peace, Panic" - Contemporary figurative oil painting by Chelsea Gibson
Medium: Oil on panel
Size 19.5 x 24 inches. Offered unframed.
"Peace, Panic" is part of Chelsea Gibson's...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Christmas Shopping
By Max Cowper
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Max Cowper 1869-1911, was a Scottish artist who specialised in works of general subject matter and time, Edwardian and Victorian scenes with numerous persons in activity, dancing, sh...
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Musetta
Located in Dallas, TX
I have created a work of art that embodies a symbiosis between the classic and the urban, with a worn-out origin. It is a deliberate blend designed to evoke a strong sense of observa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Foam Board, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Pigment
Aimi
Located in Dallas, TX
‘Aimi’ was one of my most intense works. I have loved every process, the mix with the colors, and
the compositions was definitely a great challenge. A fusion between what we see and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Pigment, Foam Board, Acrylic, Spray Paint
I Am Not Alone 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"I Am Not Alone" by Joshua Salami is a captivating artwork that delves into the profound bond between a woman and her cherished pet, transcending the conventional role of a companion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Petite Laitière Bretonne, dated 1898 by Maurice GRÜN (1869-1947)
Located in Blackwater, GB
La Petite Laitière Bretonne, dated 1898
by Maurice GRÜN (1869-1947)
Large 19th Century French Breton village girl portrait, oil on canvas by Maurice Gru...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Turquoise Bunny_2023, America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait_Blue
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Turquoise Bunny"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 16 in. ; 17.625 x 17.625 in. Framed
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Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Am...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1930's French Oil Portrait of Seated Lady in Interior Scene Working Sketch Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 9.75 high by 6 inches wide
condition: o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Portrait of Moody Atmospheric Lady Artists Working Sketch Oils
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 20 x 16.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on unstretched can...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child, Student of Robert Henri
Located in Miami, FL
Rendered with an alla prima paint application and quick gestural brushstrokes, "Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child" reflects Margery Ryerson's deep knowledge of academic training. Reyerson studied with Robert Henri at The Art Students League. This painting is aesthetically pleasing and communicates a sense of maternal tenderness from a female artist. Margery Ryerson did a book on her former teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (1923), a book that remained in print for several decades. Signed. Lower Left
Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886 - 1989) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist.Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Biography
Ryerson earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, after attending private schools in Morristown. She went on to study under Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York.
During the years 1920 through 1940 Ryerson taught in New York settlement houses. There she got the privilege to paint and draw the children in their care. The subjects of these paintings were often the children of the underclass and immigrants. Her artistic technique and subjects gained universal recognition and appealed to many people. Miss Ryerson is most known for her portraits...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Queen
by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 30 inches
framed: 45 x 33 inches
condition: overall v...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Masked nº 15, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Masked nº 1, 2015 by Ramonn Vieitez
Oil on cotton canvas
Size: 23.6 H x 19.7 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazilian artist who...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Jeremy Abbott, Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jeremy Abbott, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Independent
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
At first glance, "Independent" captures the viewer's attention with its striking imagery of a woman wearing a vibrant yellow coat. The choice of yellow as the dominant color is symbo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Teach Us To Love Ourselves
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Why do we carry hatred in our hearts like a pregnancy of agelong years?
Why do we fellowship in the cabals of backbiters when our friends find themselves at the peak of their worlds?...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1930's French Portrait of a Lady Sketchy Atmospheric Working Study on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
circa 1930's
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 22.5 x 19 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on uns...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Family in a Cottage Interior - British 19thC genre oil painting
Located in London, GB
Richard Hollingdale, British Victorian genre artist painted this lovely family in a cottage interior. Painted in 1855, the colourful composition is six figures of all ages around a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Portrait of Young Lady Reading a Book large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Reading
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
oil on board, unframed
board: 29 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south of France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Distinctive Lady, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed "A. Berlin"??
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
board: 18 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Meadow Journey
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Meadow Journey" by Desmond Akindoju is an enchanting masterpiece that beckons viewers into a realm where innocence meets introspection. The focal poi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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