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Gaze of Aaffection 1
Desmond Akindoju
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,000
Alone With My Thought
Babatunde Adeogun
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,800
Mon monde à moi
Lila Maroun Frem
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch
$7,292
Poupette et son éventail
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$168
Le petit vin blanc
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$168
Je joue du piano debout
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$168
Irrésistible
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$325
Plaisir à deux
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$426
Madame est servie
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 19 x 19 x 1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$314
Merci pour la photo
Maxime Frairot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Beyond Beauty
Babatunde Adeogun
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,200
Homme sous la lampe
Pascal Marlin
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,244
Jerusalem (Jacob's Dream)
Edward Ben Avram
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$1,800
Girl in White, looking Down
Manu De Mey
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,165
Asian Girl in Pink robe
Manu De Mey
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,806
Introspection
Iris C. Pollyanna
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,923
Arlequine aux yeux bleus
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$393
Une histoire
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 75 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$505
Floating Memory
Miyuki Takanashi
Painting - 72.7 x 72.7 x 4 cm Painting - 28.6 x 28.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,907 $1,621
Princess of the Night
Miyuki Takanashi
Painting - 72.7 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 28.6 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,795
Concert by night...
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$729
Sans titre
Marie-France de la Cochetière (Titus)
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,212
Sans titre
Marie-France de la Cochetière (Titus)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,481
La mécanique du cœur N 1
Hélène Zanet
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,076
Lennon N°90 - XXL
Parscha Mirghawameddin
Painting - 135 x 105 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.1 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$2,019
External and internal
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,122
Neon portrait of a partyless night
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,805
Amoung Suns, moons and stars
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,805
Cherry Blossom Contours
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,805
Saxophonist
Diana Dallaqyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,020
Il faut garder unoeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 88 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 34.6 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,019
Urban Mona Lisa - La Joconde
Lasveguix
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,963
Dames sur le rocher bleu
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Femmes aux cheveux rouges
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Les falaises bleues
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Un été couleur cerise
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Le soldat
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,189
Lily and Lilies
Hiromi Sengoku
Painting - 53 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,346 $1,144
Ne te cache pas je te vois
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,087
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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 $1,020
The Last Museum Guard at the Last Museum on Earth
Hernan Bas
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
$1,346
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,794
Her Softness
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,683 $1,027
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,233
Inventoriage biométrique
Gopal Dagnogo
Fine Art Drawings - 220 x 220 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,111
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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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.