Tina SprattWhisper, 2018
$1,150
Whisper
By Tina Spratt
Located in Denver, CO
Whisper, 2018
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Panel, Oil
$1,150
Whisper
By Tina Spratt
Located in Denver, CO
Whisper, 2018
Panel, Oil
$8,229
Sweet Dreams
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 19 x 27 inches Framed size: 24 x 32 inches Monogrammed lower right
Canvas, Oil
Serene
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on linen Linen size: 18 x 14 inches Framed size: 24.25 x 20.25 inches Monogrammed lower right
Linen, Oil
Stay
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on linen Linen size: 16 x 24 inches Framed size: 22 x 30.5 inches Monogrammed lower left
Oil, Linen
One Moment
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on linen Linen size: 16 x 24 inches Framed size: 21 x 28.75 inches Monogrammed lower right
Linen, Oil
Stay
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches Framed size: 22.5 x 30.25 inches Signed lower left
Canvas, Oil
The Call
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 28 inches Framed size: 21 x 33 inches Signed lower left
Canvas, Oil
In a Dream
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Warda's "In a Dream " is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white clad female model reclining on a bed of grass with her hands folded over her form.
Oil, Panel
Slumber
By Teresa Oaxaca
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "ESA" on upper left corner Artist Statement “The 19th century painter Anders Zorn was a big influence for me on t...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 22 in W 18 in D 0.5 in
"Remy" by Yulia Kim; Framed Oil on Linen Panel, 22" x 18"; 2025
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 20" x 16" oil on linen panel by Kazakhstan-born, Oklahoma-based artist Yulia Kim is a testament to the artist's technical skill and particularly successful portrayal of l...
Linen, Oil
Nicolle, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Anamaria Cepoi
Located in Yardley, PA
I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. Photographed with my phone, the colors may change, depending on the calibration of each screen...
Oil
$5,920Sale Price|20% Off
H 38 in W 34 in D 2 in
Yearning, oil painting, Classical Realism, Norweigan Artist, Florence Academy
Located in Houston, TX
Yearning is painted in the style of Classical Realism in Florence Italy. Yearning was mastered in the Realist style while studying at The Florence Academy of Art, where she further ...
Oil
Solitude I
By Linda Delahaye
Located in Denver, CO
Solitude I, 2021
Oil, Panel
Pepper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pepper is a stunning oil painting on linen of a close up of a woman's upper torso in a bralette. This piece is in Leigh Cunningham's signature style of blurry abstracted realism.
Linen, Oil
Erin
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Erin, 2016
Audrey #1
By Dave Seeley
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Audrey #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female model reclining on blue velvet fabric as she turns her face away from the viewer. Dave S...
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Grace II
By Serghei Ghetiu
Located in Zofingen, AG
n this piece, I captured the delicate strength and elegance of a ballerina lost in her moment. Through soft light and intricate details, I wanted to express grace as both a physical ...
Canvas, Oil
Secret Garden 5
By Jane Radstrom
Located in Denver, CO
Secret Garden 5
"Idolization"
By Tim Rees
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Timothy Rees was fascinated with drawing throughout his youth and after high school pursued a degree in animation. The pull to painting portraits and figures was strong, however, le...
Gold Leaf
Moretta, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nicole Daniah Sidonie
Located in Yardley, PA
Welcoming her solitude, she let out one long breath as she sat down. It was time to unfold. -THE FEATURED ARTWORK was created using professional grade artist paints on gallery wra...
Oil
Serenity, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jackie Whall
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil painting on clear primed linen canvas, allowing the natural colour of the linen to provide the background. Painted on box canvas, ready to hang, framing not necessary :: Painting...
Oil
Wait For Me There
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
In an Absent Dream
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
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.
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