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Pour passer le temps
Jörg Hermle
Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,628
Spirito fuoco
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 100 x 75 x 15 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 5.9 inch
CHF 2,848
L'artiste et son marchand
Zafi
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 12,206
Love story
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,119 CHF 951
Com pretextos ou sem pretextos
Rui Gomes
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,933
Vue du Mont Cantal 9
Simon Blau
Painting - 30 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
CHF 973
My culture and my beauty 2
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 19 x 1 inch
CHF 1,025
My culture and my beauty 1
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
CHF 1,025
Self appreciation
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 80 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 26.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,538
Falcons ambition
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 inch
CHF 1,864
Red Lollipop
Virut Panchabuse
Painting - 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 13,732
"It was only a dream" The Notorious B.I.G
SISC
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
CHF 509
Roundabout - Chaplin
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 0.6 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 0.25 inch
CHF 20,506
Different dimension
Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 101.6 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 44 x 1 inch
CHF 1,678
The lost one 1
Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
CHF 1,165
The musician and the bird
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 699 CHF 595
Dada 1
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
CHF 1,398
Onye Nchekwa
Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 111.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 44 x 1 inch
CHF 1,864
Out of Sight 2
Chinedu Chidebe
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
CHF 1,119
Franclisa
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 1,678
Adetutu
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 1,864
Ewa (beauty)
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 1,398
Abeni
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
CHF 1,864
Electric Love
Guillaume Nicolaou
Painting - 50 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,933
Rendition of Days to Come
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 87.6 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34.5 x 46 x 1 inch
CHF 1,864
Wherever I Go, I Meet Myself
Wande Oseni
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 inch
CHF 1,818
Self Appraisal 2
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
CHF 1,724
Solitaire 3
Kehinde Mayowa
Painting - 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,678
Symbol of strength and beauty
Kehinde Mayowa
Painting - 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch
CHF 1,678
It Comes and Goes in Waves
Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo
Painting - 63.5 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 22 x 1 inch
CHF 1,715
Sunflower
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 137.2 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 38 x 1 inch
CHF 1,491
Procession of Fauns and Nymphs through Flowers and Streams of Leaves
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 498
Morning Sunbathing
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 885
Street Connoisseur - Keep it Real - Pink
Mr Brainwash
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch
CHF 10,719
Portrait Van Gogh
Francklin Mbungu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 2,034
Fleur africaine
Francklin Mbungu
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 814
Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals
Paul Kostabi
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,017
Recordando a Modigliani
Eva Prieto
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,526
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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.
Discover portraits by Philippe Pasqua, Robert Combas, Guangyu Dai and Erró on Artsper.
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.