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Early 20th Century American Child Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredibly realistic and charming early 20th century oval portrait of a young child. Oil on board
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, 1830s Portrait of a Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John F Francis (American, 1808 - 1886) " Portrait of a Gentleman ", 1838 Oil on Canvas 30" x 25
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Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Early American Signed Female Modernist Portrait Original NY Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting by Salpi Miriam Mavian (Born 1908). Oil on canvas
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
Cemetery, Pittsburg. The portrait was likely done during his early years as a student at Carnegie Mellon
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, Sideburns, Cleft Chin
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Gentlemen, c. 1835 Oil on Canvas 30" x 25" Housed in a 2 1/2" Frame Overall Size
Category

Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S - PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Anglo/ American School, early 19th century. Title: Full length portrait of a
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Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, Early American Portraiture, American Folk Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s Oil on Panel 24" x 19.5" Housed in a 3" Carved Frame
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Early 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Frederick Dielman (American) - Late 19th century portrait painting - Female
Located in Varmo, IT
Frederick Dielman (Hanover 1847 – Washington 1935) - Portrait of a woman. 57x45cm. Oil on canvas
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1900s "Chief" Native American Portrait With Red Blanket Painting
Located in Arp, TX
R. Koehler Chief 1900s-1930s oil on canvas 9"x.25"x12" framed 11.5"x2.5"x14.5" Signed lower right corner R. Koehler in paint
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist WPA Female Portrait Interior Exhibited Oil Painting
By Anatol Shulkin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"INDIAN PORTRAIT" NATIVE AMERICAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of the early West. Roberts is best known for his western narrative paintings. His son, Gary Lynn
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink

"INDIAN PORTRAIT" NATIVE AMERICAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of the early West. Roberts is best known for his western narrative paintings. His son, Gary Lynn
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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink

Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely
Category

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century Portrait of a Young Girl in Blue
By Charles Ezekiel Polowetski
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a reclining young girl in blue by Charles Ezekiel Polowetski (Russian, 1884-1955
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

American Social Realist Portrait Painting of a Coal Mine Owner by Jesse F. Reed
By Jesse F. Reed
Located in Baltimore, MD
West Virginia. It is very much in the manner of earlier American artists such as Grant Wood or a bit
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Ruthven - Edwardian Society British American art oil painting
By James Jebusa Shannon
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by Sir James Jebusa Shannon. The painting depicts Lady Ruthven in a
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20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Man with a Cigar, Bowtie, Early American Portraiture, Smoking Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Man with a Cigar, c. 1840s Oil on Canvas 30" x 25" Housed in a 4 3/8" Frame
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Ronald Shap oil painting portrait, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
thoughtful portrait of an older man in orange and gray from the artist's early impressionist period. 20x16
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Young Girl With Pink Bow Portrait
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful portrait of a young girl by listed aritst artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903
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1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Stars and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait with American Flag
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Stars and Stripes" is an oil on board portrait of a young woman with an American Flag, painted by
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

(American School, C. 1825) An Exceptional Quality Portrait of "Two Sisters"
Located in New York, NY
(American School, C. 1825) An Exceptional Quality Portrait of "Two Sisters", early 19th Century
Category

Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Old Civil War Soldier Portrait of Honor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful turn of the century oil portrait of old civil war soldier circa 1900, by an unknown
Category

1890s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century Society Portrait , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board society portrait by French artist Rose Teitgen-Obeurer. Signed top
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century 1920s Portrait of a Boyarina
By Bell Dibble Taft
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming portrait of Russian Boyarina by Bell Dibble Taft (American, 1855-1937), 1921. Signed and
Category

1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Young Gentleman Portrait by American Samuel Morse inventor of Telegraph Code 19C
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed at the back of canvas the painting "Samuel F. B. Morse", revealing the full name of the
Category

Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Sagres Ship Portrait signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Louis Letouche (1924-2015). The painting portrays the early 20th Century ship titled: Sagres, 1937. The
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Dave Winfield, American Major League Baseball Right Fielder
By Edward Avedisian
Located in Hudson, NY
emerged in the early 1960's and into the later 1960's the artist began painting larger horizontal
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Carrier Pigeon - oil painting by American Realist, moody blue tones
By Stephen Bauman
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on linen painting of a bird on a branch, seen through Contemporary Realist painter Stephen
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Portrait of Hope G. Simpson - British 1952 art female portrait oil painting
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in London, GB
This superb British realist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. It
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1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Israeli Judaica Oil Painting, Holy Man Portrait
By Shaul Victor
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits. Shaul Victor, painter. Born in Russia in 1947, immigrated to Israel in the early 70's and lived
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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Self-Portrait Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Folk Art Portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel British Inventor Engineer
Located in Rochester, NY
Early 19th century American portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel. Brunel was a well known British
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Oil

"James" Impressionistic Black & White James Dean Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
since her early career ranging from portraits to abstract paintings of the universe, today Cindy's works
Category

2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Self-Portrait, painted from life. Thickly applied paint protrudes from the surface on the dark blue
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"On the Lake" American 20th Century Oil Painting In the Style of Camille Carot
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful landscape reminiscent of the great American artist Camille Carrot done. The details are
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
and Colonial American Painting. American Art Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3 (1988); p.26 Susan Rather
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18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal, Copper

Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
and Colonial American Painting. American Art Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3 (1988); p.26 Susan Rather
Category

18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Portrait of a Lady - British 1920's art female portrait oil painting
By Leon Sprinck
Located in London, GB
This lovely Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted British prolific society portrait artist
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper, Metal

Early Mid Century Modern Self Portrait by renowned Abstract Expressionist Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
that the painting was still in existence after so many years. This historic early self-portrait, done
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait oil on canvas painting Gines Parra Spain
By Ginés Parra
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. After several trips through Argentina and other South American countries, made between 1910 and 1916, he
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1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oil Painting of Native American Father and Son Hunting
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Amick was an American painter, illustrator, and teacher who specialized in romantic paintings of
Category

Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sanctuary Morning", portrait, collage, forest, green, mixed media painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Sanctuary Morning” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 63 x 51 x 1.5 inches
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Portrait of a Woman, Large Oil Painting, Ahn Duong
By Anh Duong
Located in Surfside, FL
technical painting itself, she focuses on the portrait, and mostly the self-portrait she has painted on a
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Ibiza woman Spain spanish oil on canvas painting portrait
By Mariano Tur de Montis
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
painting of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and especially that of the painter Manuel Benedito. He
Category

1980s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"BB Dreaming", Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting on Linen, Framed
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "BB Dreaming", Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting on Linen, Framed
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Handsome Gaucho or Cowboy, American ca 1920
Located in Baltimore, MD
frankly seemed superfluous. The painting appeared to be on American canvas and stretchers that measured
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sagres II Ship Portrait 20th Century, signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
artist Louis Letouche (1924-2015). The painting portrays a Portugese Ship from the early 20th Century
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960s Clown Portrait #4
By Marjorie May Blake
Located in Soquel, CA
design at Otis Art Institute and for awhile worked as a costumer at MGM. Her early paintings were
Category

1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Vintage Portrait Painting of Jean Harlow Dated 1938 Hollywood Regency
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage portrait of Jean Harlow. Oil on board. Dated 1938. The best of Hollywood Regency . Faint
Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of Wilda Leiner
By Cor de Gavere
Located in Soquel, CA
aunt and uncle in north Holland. From an early age, she showed interest in drawing and painting. At the
Category

1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas Portrait -- Trudy
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on canvas painting shows an intriguing portrait of a contemporary woman. There is great
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Male Portrait (William Rapp)
By Birge Harrison
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lovell Birge Harrison (1854-1929). Portrait of William Rapp, c.1870s. Oil on academy board, 11 x 14
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1870s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"The Most Beautiful Man", Contemporary Oil Painting on Copper, Portrait
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "The Most Beautiful Man", Contemporary Oil Painting on Copper, Portrait
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Italian Beauty 19th century Realism Antique Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed on the top left side. Description: Tito Conti (1842-1924) was an esteemed
Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Watercolor Portrait of a Little Girl in the Fur
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This American Impressionistic portrait by Elizabeth Baker (1860-1927) is signed in the lower left
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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An assortment of early american portrait paintings is available on 1stDibs. There are many Impressionist, Contemporary and Modern versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Early american portrait paintings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, black, beige, gray and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Amy Hill, Durr Freedley, Martha Walter, Charles Ezekiel Polowetski and Elizabeth Fullick produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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