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Simone Veil, C215

Simone Veil

C215

Painting - 12.2 x 17.3 inch

$3,062

Le gars du port, David Jamin

Le gars du port

David Jamin

Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$755

Alicia II, Eulogia Merle

Alicia II

Eulogia Merle

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,406

Masque, Li Baoxun

Masque

Li Baoxun

Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$3,828

Josi, Lulu et Yvonne, Cécile Colombo

Josi, Lulu et Yvonne

Cécile Colombo

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,586

Rusty Mood, Jef Aérosol

Rusty Mood

Jef Aérosol

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$6,016

Charme et élégance, Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Charme et élégance

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,172

The Sunset, Nataliya Bagatskaya

The Sunset

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

$2,500

Faut pas s’attacher, Béatrice Terra

Faut pas s’attacher

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,297

Artist Tiger Mona, Jisbar

Artist Tiger Mona

Jisbar

Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 inch

$15,411

De l'autre côté, Pierre Bejoint

De l'autre côté

Pierre Bejoint

Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 2 inch

$1,312

Dans mon dos, Antony Squizzato

Dans mon dos

Antony Squizzato

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,641

Regard 1, Well Rimo

Regard 1

Well Rimo

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$984

Sailor, Thomas Berthier

Sailor

Thomas Berthier

Painting - 41.3 x 23.6 inch

$875

Flight in a fairy tale, Seyran Gasparyan

Flight in a fairy tale

Seyran Gasparyan

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$999

Les amoureux, Virginia Benedicto

Les amoureux

Virginia Benedicto

Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

$3,172

Sensation, Jean-Philippe Berger

Sensation

Jean-Philippe Berger

Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$197

Shadow, Maka Batiashvili

Shadow

Maka Batiashvili

Painting - 29.5 x 37 x 0.7 inch

$2,900

Autoportrait, Philippe Pasqua

Autoportrait

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch

$3,391

A l'infinie, Mathilde André

A l'infinie

Mathilde André

Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$656 $591

Moon Shadows II, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Jo Moore

Moon Shadows II, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Jo Moore

Painting - 30 x 15 x 1.5 inch

$1,200

Idées noires, Kapea

Idées noires

Kapea

Painting - 36.6 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,641

Tango, Janusz Szpyt

Tango

Janusz Szpyt

Painting - 23.6 x 13.8 inch

$2,734

Portrait de Wien, René Guinand

Portrait de Wien

René Guinand

Painting - 16.3 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

$1,010

The queen and the flamingo, Estelle Barbet

The queen and the flamingo

Estelle Barbet

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$711

Une marguerite, Raoul P. Brosseau

Une marguerite

Raoul P. Brosseau

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,422

The Cat And The Heart (Silver), Mr. Brainwash

The Cat And The Heart (Silver)

Mr. Brainwash

Painting - 64 x 48 x 0.2 inch

$7,820

Le médecin, Céline Lanne

Le médecin

Céline Lanne

Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$1,695

Woman at the well, Jacek Cyganek

Woman at the well

Jacek Cyganek

Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,641

Boy with splash, Abe Ogunlende

Boy with splash

Abe Ogunlende

Painting - 35 x 35 x 1.6 inch

$2,844

Home, Emmanuel Ojebola

Home

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch

$4,500

Yellow Afternoon, Didier Lourenço

Yellow Afternoon

Didier Lourenço

Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

$3,773

Le chapeau fleuri, Patricia Simsa

Le chapeau fleuri

Patricia Simsa

Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 2 inch

$3,281

Portrait of Adefunke, Eyitayo Alagbe

Portrait of Adefunke

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting - 26 x 20 x 1 inch

$2,700

J'ai des reserves d'indienne, Miss.Tic

J'ai des reserves d'indienne

Miss.Tic

Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

$8,203

You May Be Lucky, Oluwafemi Afolabi

You May Be Lucky

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

$3,200

Code 2218, Thierry Carrier

Code 2218

Thierry Carrier

Painting - 10.6 x 7.5 inch

$984

Serenade, Levalet

Serenade

Levalet

Painting - 36.6 x 22 x 3.9 inch

$3,500

Her sunny morning, Serghei Ghetiu

Her sunny morning

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,203

Portrait 7, Christine Barrès

Portrait 7

Christine Barrès

Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

$273

Get up and keep rising, Evans Mbugua

Get up and keep rising

Evans Mbugua

Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$2,187

Serenity, Bright Toh

Serenity

Bright Toh

Painting - 35.4 x 27.5 x 1 inch

$2,300

L'orangé des fruits murs, De Welfes

L'orangé des fruits murs

De Welfes

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,422

Les gardiens, Raoul Brosseau

Les gardiens

Raoul Brosseau

Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Just a girl, Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Just a girl

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

$2,800

Valley of No Shadow 1, Fredrick Idele

Valley of No Shadow 1

Fredrick Idele

Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$2,500

Joy at Last, Gbelekale Azeez

Joy at Last

Gbelekale Azeez

Painting - 42 x 42 x 1 inch

$2,250

Horizons cubiques, Cyril Afonso

Horizons cubiques

Cyril Afonso

Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,828

Interlignes du bonheur, Albena Vatcheva

Interlignes du bonheur

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,493 $1,419

Amour Fou!, Maria De Campos

Amour Fou!

Maria De Campos

Painting - 57.1 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

$7,109

Heart, Mary Noga

Heart

Mary Noga

Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$3,500

Série: Autoportrait, MrHope

Série: Autoportrait

MrHope

Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

$71 $65

L'hiver (Ecosse), Youngmi Kim

L'hiver (Ecosse)

Youngmi Kim

Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,641

Global Warming, Nick Walker

Global Warming

Nick Walker

Painting - 29.9 x 24 x 2 inch

$16,406

Gentleman face 3, Noah Borger

Gentleman face 3

Noah Borger

Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$153

Heat Beneath My Feet, Jean Guy Morin

Heat Beneath My Feet

Jean Guy Morin

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch

$2,329

Au creux de ton epaule on seme, Nef

Au creux de ton epaule on seme

Nef

Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

$656

Incarnation, Partha Mondal

Incarnation

Partha Mondal

Painting - 13 x 8.7 inch

$800

The beret, Eric Doisy

The beret

Eric Doisy

Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,947

Rose, Madi

Rose

Madi

Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,531

Portrait of a Dancer (Portrait d'une Danseuse), Frédérique Cantais

Portrait of a Dancer (Portrait d'une Danseuse)

Frédérique Cantais

Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$656 $328

Street rebel (orange) a tribute to Banksy, Dr. Love

Street rebel (orange) a tribute to Banksy

Dr. Love

Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$97

Caught Up, Evan Mendel

Caught Up

Evan Mendel

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$3,828

No original sin, Sara Chelou

No original sin

Sara Chelou

Painting - 37.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,531

Blondie, Electre

Blondie

Electre

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$678

Bells Are Saying 'I Love You, Joanna Glazer

Bells Are Saying 'I Love You

Joanna Glazer

Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$323

Commission for Melissa 50 lance, Marilyn Kalish

Commission for Melissa 50 lance

Marilyn Kalish

Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

$315

Ohne Titel, Ulrike Michaelis

Ohne Titel

Ulrike Michaelis

Painting - 12.4 x 8.6 x 0 inch

$984

Étude visage 3, Odin Pigelet

Étude visage 3

Odin Pigelet

Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$164

The Rose That Grew From Concrete 1, Victoria Makinde

The Rose That Grew From Concrete 1

Victoria Makinde

Painting - 34 x 30 x 1 inch

$2,225

Pierre Rabhi, Fabien Miart

Pierre Rabhi

Fabien Miart

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,203

Ella, Marilupe

Ella

Marilupe

Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch

$1,422

2023, Dima Filatov

2023

Dima Filatov

Painting - 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

$875

Cloud Melancholic, Irjan Moussin

Cloud Melancholic

Irjan Moussin

Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 inch

$850

Divinité, Ludovic Isidore

Divinité

Ludovic Isidore

Painting - 44.9 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$3,828

Masami, Christy

Masami

Christy

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,641

Whitney, Liubou Sas

Whitney

Liubou Sas

Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$2,187

She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall, Filippa Bjerling

She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall

Filippa Bjerling

Painting - 39 x 26.4 x 0.1 inch

$2,187

Five Minutes For You, Lifetime for Her, Jonathan Kabeya

Five Minutes For You, Lifetime for Her

Jonathan Kabeya

Painting - 33.5 x 46.5 x 1 inch

$4,300

Dark Paradise, Elisha Nyong

Dark Paradise

Elisha Nyong

Painting - 56 x 56 x 1 inch

$5,000

Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach in Hollywood in 1968, Manuel Santelices

Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach in Hollywood in 1968

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$1,200

Abc, Worm Worm

Abc

Worm Worm

Painting - 45.7 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

$2,400

Electric Love, Guillaume Nicolaou

Electric Love

Guillaume Nicolaou

Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$2,078

Look at the sky turned a hell fire red, Model Rice

Look at the sky turned a hell fire red

Model Rice

Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,641

Le regard, Marielle Ritlewski

Le regard

Marielle Ritlewski

Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,641

Between the bite and the beak, Painting, Acrylic on canvas, Amy Bernays

Between the bite and the beak, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Amy Bernays

Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch

$950

The scene shifters III, Olivier Massebeuf

The scene shifters III

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,531

L'étoffe vacillante, Cécile Desserle

L'étoffe vacillante

Cécile Desserle

Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$3,609

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 PasquaRobert CombasGuangyu Dai and Erró on Artsper.

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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.