Portrait Format Paintings

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Avant Adam - Nicolas MehdipourAvant Adam - Nicolas Mehdipour
Sous les Rameaux - Nicolas MehdipourSous les Rameaux - Nicolas Mehdipour
Hope SessionHope Session
PEZ
Hope Session Sale price€10.000,00
Flowers in Mars #4Flowers in Mars #4
Flowers in Mars #1Flowers in Mars #1
Flowers in Mars #6Flowers in Mars #6
hannah carrick
Flowers in Mars #6 Sale price€1.400,00
Flowers in Mars #5Flowers in Mars #5
hannah carrick
Flowers in Mars #5 Sale price€1.400,00
VidrioVidrio
Flora Castiglia
Vidrio Sale price€3.800,00
Flower beastFlower beast
Linda Wallis
Flower beast Sale price€2.700,00
FightersFighters
Linda Wallis
Fighters Sale price€2.700,00
The Petal Oracle (2)The Petal Oracle (2)
Holding and HealingHolding and Healing
genevieve cohn
Holding and Healing Sale price€2.200,00
Stacks of Stones to Heal the BonesStacks of Stones to Heal the Bones
Hard to break habitsHard to break habits
Lily Macrae
Hard to break habits Sale price€1.800,00
A girl with nailsA girl with nails
La course IILa course II
Ethel Coppieters
La course II Sale price€3.000,00
La courseLa course
Ethel Coppieters
La course Sale price€3.000,00
Parfois les choses s'effacentParfois les choses s'effacent
Des femmes comme des monuments IIDes femmes comme des monuments II
Blue Seed PodBlue Seed Pod
Georgia Beaumont
Blue Seed Pod Sale price€300,00
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Bedewed morningBedewed morning
Georgia Beaumont
Bedewed morning Sale price€4.500,00
Happy TidingsHappy Tidings
Georgia Beaumont
Happy Tidings Sale price€490,00
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Montauk at sunsetMontauk at sunset
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Green Pine Cone FlowerGreen Pine Cone Flower
Twinned CloverTwinned Clover
Georgia Beaumont
Twinned Clover Sale price€240,00
DaybreakDaybreak
Sophie-Yen Bretez
Daybreak Sale price€7.000,00
Portrait 4Portrait 4
Ethel Coppieters
Portrait 4 Sale price€950,00
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Island FlowerIsland Flower
Georgia Beaumont
Island Flower Sale price€490,00
Portrait 1Portrait 1
Ethel Coppieters
Portrait 1 Sale price€950,00
Those who runThose who run
Ethel Coppieters
Those who run Sale price€6.500,00
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Crashing waveCrashing wave
EKATERINA POPOVA
Crashing wave Sale price€400,00
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Double rainbowDouble rainbow
EKATERINA POPOVA
Double rainbow Sale price€400,00
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MissingMissing
PEZ
Missing Sale price€10.000,00
Rough 30Rough 30
PEZ
Rough 30 Sale price€1.500,00
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Rough 5Rough 5
PEZ
Rough 5 Sale price€1.500,00
UntitledUntitled
Thomas Langley
Untitled Sale price€3.900,00
Nest 002Nest 002
Thomas Langley
Nest 002 Sale price€2.400,00
Flowers Spring Gradiant 02Flowers Spring Gradiant 02
Flowers Spring Gradiant 01Flowers Spring Gradiant 01
Nest 001Nest 001
Thomas Langley
Nest 001 Sale price€2.400,00
Darling I love you
Mark Posey
Darling I love you Sale price€9.200,00
Born Again
Mark Posey
Born Again Sale price€9.200,00
Last Dance
Mark Posey
Last Dance Sale price€9.200,00
Blue Sill by Matt Haywood
Matt Haywood
Blue Sill Sale price€3.200,00
Jack by Matt Haywood
Matt Haywood
Jack Sale price€5.500,00
Nearly finished, never satisfied by Nina Baxter
Lets' float by Nina Baxter
Nina Baxter
Lets' float Sale price€2.400,00
Only if we're lucky by Nina Baxter
Nina Baxter
Only if we're lucky Sale price€2.400,00
Yet another complicated relationship by Nina Baxter
Mirror
Imon Boy
Mirror Sale price€2.500,00

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The Allure of Portrait Layout

While landscape orientation has historically dominated Western art, portrait format provides a compelling counterpoint. The upright, vertical canvas inherently draws the viewer's eye upwards, focusing attention squarely on the central subject. This focused emphasis lends portraits a sense of stateliness and grandeur, allowing artists to craft iconic singular images.

Throughout art history, portrait layout has been utilized for official portraits of royalty, aristocracy, and religious figures to convey their status and authority. The imposing figures seem to gaze down at the viewer from their lofty position. Portrait format also enables artists to spotlight cultural icons. Andy Warhol's colorful pop art prints of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley encapsulated these larger-than-life celebrities as the main focus against a sparse background.

Beyond conveying stature, portrait orientation offers additional artistic benefits. The constrained vertical space pushes creative composition, eliminating extraneous details to spotlight the core subject. Portraits can capture a profound psychological intimacy, with every facial detail and emotional nuance exposed. The tight crop also creates an appealing sense of confrontation between viewer and subject. In portrait photography, the layout conveys the feeling of coming face-to-face with the person.

Contemporary artists continue to harness the magnetic visual pull and symbolic potential of the upright canvas. Portrait format still possesses an aura of importance, allowing artists to glorify or subvert their chosen subject. The orientation also provides intimacy, confrontation, and innovative composition opportunities to captivate the modern eye.

Start Your Portrait Art Collection

We invite you to discover the full breadth of our portrait format offerings and find pieces that speak to you. For guidance collecting or decorating with portrait paintings, contact our team of art advisors to help match you with the perfect work for your space and tastes. Or explore our collections of portraits, figurative art, and emerging artists to find captivating portrait format pieces.