Art Deco Female Portrait

The artist behind this striking and original Art Deco portrait -- Agnes Tait -- is clearly emphasizing the parallels between a female figure and her Siamese cat, both shown with heavily-shadowed blue eyes and short, dark hair, the feline crouching familiarly on the shoulder of her companion. Because Tait painted a series of portraits for Florenz Ziegfeld of the young women who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1932, it's possible that the figure here was one of her subjects. The woman is wearing an elegant black gown that bares her upper chest, and the background is a lovely shade of reddish purple. Tait was a native New Yorker, studying in her youth at the National Academy of Design under Leon Kroll and others, before becoming a WPA painter in the 1930s. She painted a series of tropical scenes for the United Fruit Company...

American Country (18/19th Cent) oil painting of a woman wearing a black dress & a bonnet with a red bow in a gilt frame (relined canvas).  

This beautiful pastel portrait was recently acquired from a London, England estate and it dates to the late 1920s. The artist Robert Louis Raymond Duflos was known for his pastel por...

Portrait of a woman Framed and glazed Signed Italian Mid Century.

Diverse selection of female portraits, American, 20th century. Clockwise from left, they are: 1) Hippie lady with flowers in her hair, color screenprint by John Thompson. It measures 31"H x 25"W framed. 2) Mermaids Watercolor Painting, artist unknown, France, circa 1980s. It measures 20"H x 15"W framed. 3) Art Deco Girl in Letter Sweater...

Possibly Pastel or Mixed Media Artwork.Matted with Brown Border. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions. 16 W ; 20 H