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![Painting, Vamos, José Luis Pagador Ponce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564518_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bien Charlie, José Luis Pagador Ponce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564506_1_grid.jpg)
Bien Charlie
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$7,714
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Flowers and cigarettes
AE2
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,286 $1,157
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Portrait Van Gogh
Francklin Mbungu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
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Afternoon of 2 Faunes
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$324
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Only a Man is a Man?
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$950
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La Musicienne - série portrait de femme
Namy
Painting - 70 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,789
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1966 Paris blanc La Belle parisienne White Paris The Bistro A Parisian
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,124
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1966 White Paris Blanc Au bistro Homme à la toque d'astrakan Bistro Man with astrakan hat
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,180
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1966 Paris Blanc Au bistro Homme à la toque d'astrakan 2 White Paris Bistro Man with Astrakan hat 2
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 38 x 52.5 cm Painting - 15 x 20.7 inch
$2,180
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1966 White Paris Blanc Portrait Au bistro Portrait In a bistro
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 37 x 52.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 20.7 inch
$2,180
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Aqueous transmission
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$5,366
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Rhodante
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$20,124
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Vanarsky
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Patricia
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Métropolis
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 180 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$20,124
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Elle était fort déshabillée
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Chérubin
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 180 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
$30,186
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Arsène
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Alexandre
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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La Joie de Vivre
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Jack Le Magnifique
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 130 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Marielle
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Dormeur du Val
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 200 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
$30,186
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Furioso (Christophe Rousset)
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,888
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Two Hearts, One Canvas
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
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The Great Flood, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,006
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Destruction, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,006
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Siestes short ancres marines
Pascal Astier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$2,236
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Liberté mon amour
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,012
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The Star, tarot painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
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Dream - figurative neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
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Three of Swords, tarot neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,286
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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
$2,795
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Amoung Suns, moons and stars
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,795
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Cherry Blossom Contours
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,795
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Mavka the spirit of broken love
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
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Portrait de Geoffroy
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,140
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Ayinke (Maverick Series)
Taiwo Samuel Olutimileyin
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,500
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Lewis Hamilton colored rise
Ian Philip
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
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Kathrine Iversen
Painting - 40.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm Painting - 15.9 x 11.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
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Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,900
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Untitled (Young Damsel)
Ogbonna Francis
Painting - 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,550
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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.