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Who was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century?
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British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.
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Portrait Sleeping Girl by Danish German Genre Painting Master 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Johann August Frederik Carl Lorange (1833 - 1875) was highly skilled Danish artist of German roots. Not much known on his biography, unfortunately, but most of his works were produc...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Antique German Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Bavarian Gentleman with Pipe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Bavarian Gentleman with Pipe
by Theodor Recknagl (1865-1945) German
signed oil on board, framed
board : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: som...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique German Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Bavarian Lady in Head Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Theodor Recknagl (1865-1945) German
signed oil on board, unframed
board : 7.5 x 6 inches
Attached provenance documents
Provenance: private collection, England
C...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th-century Portrait of an Admirable German Woman, by F. Bloos
Located in San Francisco, CA
This was the standard manufacturing method for high-style European frames from the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.
Signature/Maker’s mark: Upper right-hand corner (p...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German School Miniature - 19th Century Oil, Martin Luther
Located in Corsham, GB
German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and is considered one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian histor...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique German Genre Oil Painting Portrait Cavalier Drinking Wine
By Albert Friedrich Schroder
Located in Portland, OR
The painting is by one of Germany's prolific classical genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th century, he also painted narrative compositions in an academically classical sty...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
