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Portrait Paintings For Sale
"No Porten (Yellow on Blue)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Porten" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Show (Blue on Yellow)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Show" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, sc...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Porten (Yellow on Blue)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Porten" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Why (Yellow on Blue)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Why (Yellow on Red)" - conceptual art, contemporary pop - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Why (Red on Yellow)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

"No Why (Blue on Yellow)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"No Why (Blue on Red)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

"No Why (Red on Blue)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner
Located in Atlanta, GA
"No Why" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, scu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Flying High
Located in Deddington, GB
Flying High by Amy Gardner [2020] limited_edition Screen Print, Lino Print Edition number 35 Image size: H:45 cm x W:45 cm Sold Unframed Please note that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Linocut, Screen

I Was Talking To Marat - Contemporary Figurative Oil, Expressionism Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Cubist Portrait, "Helena"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 16x20x1.5. It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the...
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2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Odetta Holmes
Located in Fairfield, CT
From the artist statement, "When asked about my work, my mantra used to be, “The subject matter of my work is not as important as how I paint it. Whether it be people, places, or thi...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

‘A portrait of a woman with a red shirt’ Figurative painting By Jose
Located in Carmel, CA
'A portrait of a woman with a red shirt', oil on canvas. Figurative fine art painting Eidelman used palette knives directly on the canvas with stunning thick oíl layers. The painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Melancholy - Large Format, Modern Figurative Oil Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting in the studio of Professor Jan Świtka. He made his de...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coretta Scott King
Located in Fairfield, CT
From the artist statement, "When asked about my work, my mantra used to be, “The subject matter of my work is not as important as how I paint it. Whether it be people, places, or thi...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Red, Yellow, Female]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Alone, Female, White]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, White, Female, Despair]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Female, White]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Reminiscent [drawing, Mixed media on paper, portrait, Female, Walk, Black]
Located in Seoul, KR
born, lives, and works in Seoul, S. Korea SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 LYNN Fine Art Gallery, S. Korea 2020 Gallery Aria, Seoul, S. Korea 2017 Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea 201...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Ghost
Located in Denver, CO
Daire Lynch's (IE based) "Ghost" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model in profile with a red glow cast upon her face.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Distort
Located in Denver, CO
Ryan Morse's "Distort" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face distorted by ripples that spread across her features.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Warm Light
Located in Denver, CO
Kristen Santucci's "Warm Light" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a red haired model touching her shoulders as she wears a black and white polka dot sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Push
Located in Denver, CO
Kimberly Dow's "Push" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female model pushing against a beam as the wind whips her brown hair across her face.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil, ABS

Curiosity
Located in Denver, CO
Ryan Morse's "Curiosity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female models' face curtained by her flowing red hair that cascades around her body and spirals out into...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Blue Astronaut
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "Blue Astronaut" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts a futuristic female astronaut in a space suit helmet as blue a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Shadow Work
Located in Denver, CO
Maria Housley's "Shadow Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cast shadow of a hand falling across the features of a female model as she holds her hand to her ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Timothee
Located in Denver, CO
Katalin Studlik's "Timothee" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a close up portrait of the American actor Timothée Chalamet.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Remembrance
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Remembrance" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of an ambiguous female face blending into the patterns of the background.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Leah
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's "Leah" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female model with blonde hair and outlined by an orange backgr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Sleepers Awake
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Sleepers Awake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of an ambiguous male face blending into the patterns of the background.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Glare
Located in Deddington, GB
Glare [2018] original Oil paint on Wood Image size: H:45 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:35 cm x D:3cm Frame Size: H:50 cm x W:40 cm x D:5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Oil painting inspired by a photo of Janet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

"Colorize • Colorlife #5" Asian batik knot in purple & white painting on canvas
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Tony Ng’s new series “Colorize Colorlife” is inspired by the three primary colors: red, green and blue, which create a variety of color combinations. Tony believes that human beings ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Maybe, Colourful Pop Art, Imaginary, Freedom, Happiness, 2019
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Mali Onder’s paintings are colourful and vibrant. Each element in his paintings represents different meanings. In his paintings, the purity we all see, takes the form of a little gir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ingorgo - Oil Paint by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Ingorgo is an original painting realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2018. A unique perfect hand-signed, titled, and dated...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint

Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55, 5x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55,5x31 cm Composition with figures
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Canvas

Radha, Charcoal on Paper, Black color by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 20.6 x 16 inches ( unframed size) Charcoal on Paper , 2012 * * FRAMED AND READY TO HANG DOOR DELIVERED IN INDIA * * UNFRAMED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY ...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Radha, Charcoal on Paper, Black color by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 20.6 x 16 inches ( unframed size) Charcoal on Paper , 2012 * * FRAMED AND READY TO HANG DOOR DELIVERED IN INDIA * * UNFRAMED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY ...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Untitled, Watercolor on Paper, Black, Yellow color by Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face ; Watercolour on Paper 9.6 x 12.8 inches (unframed) ; 2008 ( Shipment will be in a ready to hang ) Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They came from far to work and earn their livelihood. He would observe them and was deeply moved by the labour and low rung working class who carried all the heavy load oriented work. He would paint the men and the women , some distressed , some gloomy but with a force that would uplift them to be the heros of the society. Surprisingly Mondal was never depressed himself although he painted people in hard labour and poverty . Style : Mondal`s works are mainly figurative. He paints in bold strokes and creates tableaux, whose themes are universal. The faces of his figures stare at you out of the canvas, strange and pensive, but also strong and defiant. Not yet beaten, survi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Joie
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Joie" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a female model with flowers in front of her face.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Timide
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Timide" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a female model with flowers in front of her face.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Reveuse
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Reveuse" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a female model holding flowers in front of her chest.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

I Could Be Her
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Got That Fierce Focus - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As well as the more widely acknowledged paint and brush the artist uses all manner of mediums, such as Correction Fluid, Spray Paint, Ink, Paint Markers, Texture Pastes, Charcoal, Graphite, Oil sticks and Collage. All applied in an equally diverse manner using brushes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

"Zie and Xe" Green Toned Portrait Painting of a Pair of Figures in a Forest
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a pair of figures by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features two abstracted figures in unique clothing standing agains...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pop, Bang, Squish
Located in Denver, CO
Pop, Bang, Squish, 2018
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Figure III
Located in Denver, CO
Figure III, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sheer Cerulean
Located in Denver, CO
Sheer Cerulean, 2021
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Face I
Located in Denver, CO
Face I, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure IV
Located in Denver, CO
Figure IV, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure II
Located in Denver, CO
Figure II, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Figure I
Located in Denver, CO
Figure I, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watch
Located in Denver, CO
Watch, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Agotar Existencias
Located in Denver, CO
Agotar Existencias, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Colores Surtidos
Located in Denver, CO
Colores Surtidos, 2017
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

For All that You Cannot See
By Jason Brady
Located in Denver, CO
For All that You Cannot See, 2019
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

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.

On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.

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