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Art Subject: Portrait
Huge 19thc. Oil Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Historical Work
Huge 19thc. Oil Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Historical Work

Huge 19thc. Oil Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Historical Work

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Costume Historical Portrait Continental (we feel Spanish) School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 61.5 x 42 inches canvas:...

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19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gaze of Ambition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Gaze of Ambition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

With You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

With You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Tos...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Your Life's Matter 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Your Life's Matter 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Eli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Unbridled Joy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Unbridled Joy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

17th Century Netherlandish Portrait of Gentleman with Ruff c.1620
17th Century Netherlandish Portrait of Gentleman with Ruff c.1620

17th Century Netherlandish Portrait of Gentleman with Ruff c.1620

Located in Stockholm, SE

Provenance: The Raeburn Gallery, as by Maerten de Vos; Bukowskis, Stockholm, 15–18 April 1970, lot 133, as in the manner of Anthony van Dyck; Private collection, Sweden Essay: This ...

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1620s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa
Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Already Ascendant reflects the fragile edge between hesitation and potential. It is a meditation on opportunity, choice, and the fleeting nature of decisive moments. Rich textures an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Antique Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Female Oil Portrait dated 1883
Antique Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Female Oil Portrait dated 1883

Antique Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Female Oil Portrait dated 1883

Located in AIGNAN, FR

Antique portrait painting of a woman signed and dated on the top left 1883. This is a rich and colourful canvas beautifully created by the artist. A head and shoulders sideways com...

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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Strokes and Emotions 5 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Strokes and Emotions 5 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Strokes and Emotions 5 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

By Ajegbomogun Damilola

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Don't Rush Life 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Men
Don't Rush Life 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Men

Don't Rush Life 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Men

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Where am from Bandana was once a common style, we called it Big Boy Style, then it's seem to me like a style or fashion only, because our elder brothers only allowed to used it but n...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Where the Light Stays 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Where the Light Stays 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

In my world, colors aren't always reliable. I often struggle to tell where a deep blue ends and a purple begins, or where a red turns into wine, and deep yellows turn into oranges. I...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Strokes and Emotions 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Strokes and Emotions 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Strokes and Emotions 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

By Ajegbomogun Damilola

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

African Woman 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black
African Woman 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black

African Woman 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bey...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

African Woman 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black
African Woman 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black

African Woman 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bey...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme

“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme

By Will Howe Foote

Located in Yardley, PA

“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” by Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965) A fantastic portrait of a young Jamaican woman set against a vibrant palm frond, painted by the re...

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1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hocus pocus woman with a rabbit
Hocus pocus woman with a rabbit

Hocus pocus woman with a rabbit

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this piece, I poured my fascination with whimsy and mystery, capturing the quiet magic between a performer and her loyal companion. The tension between vibrant abstraction and de...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Looking Beyond 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Looking Beyond 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Looking Beyond 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

No matter what life throws at you to discourage or change your good personality, or change the reflections people see on your face or identity, one should try to look beyond and ahea...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Saint Bernadette Soubirous Portrait and Religious Scene (1891)
Saint Bernadette Soubirous Portrait and Religious Scene (1891)

Saint Bernadette Soubirous Portrait and Religious Scene (1891)

Located in Stockholm, SE

This remarkable double-sided devotional painting on copper showcases exceptional craftsmanship and deep spiritual reverence. On the recto, a finely rendered portrait of Saint Bernade...

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1890s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

Proximity 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa

Proximity 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Where the Light Stays 10 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Where the Light Stays 10 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

In my world, colors aren't always reliable. I often struggle to tell where a deep blue ends and a purple begins, or where a red turns into wine, and deep yellows turn into oranges. I...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century
Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century

Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century

Located in DEVENTER, NL

Italian School, 18th century Depicted are the Madonna and Child Jesus, the virgin Mary is holding the Child Jesus lovingly in her arms. The child, lying on a bundle of cloth and with...

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18th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper

Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal', English school (mid 19th century) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 36 x 28 inches condition: some minor surface abrasion...

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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral
Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral

Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bey...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jade, Oil Painting
Jade, Oil Painting

Jade, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The portrait presents a woman meeting the viewer's gaze directly. Artist Mara Light combines realist rendering with pronounced surface texture and geometric lin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Under The Moon - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Under The Moon - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Under The Moon - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist May...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Head & Shoulders Portrait Vintage Style
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Head & Shoulders Portrait Vintage Style

Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Head & Shoulders Portrait Vintage Style

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting
19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting

19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting

By Cesare Ciani

Located in Roma, IT

19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting A beautiful, intense painting attributed to the great Macchiaioli painter Cesare Ciani. It depicts with rare realism ...

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Late 19th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting
The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting

The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting

By Fernando Botero

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Title: The Billiard Player Artist: Anonymous Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in Period: c. 2000 Condition: Good Art Movement: Contemporary Figurativism, Neofiguratio...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge French 1930's Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait Artist Painting
Huge French 1930's Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait Artist Painting

Huge French 1930's Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait Artist Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of the artist, Mario Tauzin (French 1909-1979) By Georges Delhomme (French 1904-1989) signed oil painting board, framed dated 1934 framed: 46.5 x 35 inches board: 42 x 30 in...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Sheep Shearer Shepherd with Border Collie Dog Traditional Rural Portrait Oil
The Sheep Shearer Shepherd with Border Collie Dog Traditional Rural Portrait Oil

The Sheep Shearer Shepherd with Border Collie Dog Traditional Rural Portrait Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Sheep Shearer by John Edwards (England, 1940 - 2020) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 23.5 inches canvas : 23 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, England Conditi...

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Mid-20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love
Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love

Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Sisterhood is also about growth and transformation. As we go through life, we change and evolve as individuals, and our relationships with our sisters change and evolve with us. The ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fine 1830's Irish Portrait of an officer 94th Regiment of Foot Oil Painting
Fine 1830's Irish Portrait of an officer 94th Regiment of Foot Oil Painting

Fine 1830's Irish Portrait of an officer 94th Regiment of Foot Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of an officer of the 94th Regiment of Foot, circa 1830 * see notes below Irish School oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 25 inches Labeled verso Provenance: private collec...

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1830s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Skeptic" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting
"Skeptic" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting

"Skeptic" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting

Located in Denver, CO

Lisa Fricker's "Skeptic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a young girl, it measures 8 x 8 inches and is unframed but ready to hang.

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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Oriental Figure Study in Red and White
Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Located in Stockholm, SE

Attributed to John Arsenius (1818–1903) Sweden Oriental Figure monogrammed lower left JA oil on panel unframed 26.5 × 15.5 cm (10.4 × 6.1 in) framed 34 × 23 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in) Pro...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

One Mind With Many Thoughts - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women
One Mind With Many Thoughts - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women

One Mind With Many Thoughts - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Sometimes, our thoughts can be the enemy. We need to be careful about our thoughts because we can lose ourselves. Life can be tough, filled with challenges and difficulties, but it's...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Antique French Impressionist Self Portrait of Artist 1900's Oil Painting canvas
Antique French Impressionist Self Portrait of Artist 1900's Oil Painting canvas

Antique French Impressionist Self Portrait of Artist 1900's Oil Painting canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Self Portrait of the Artist by René PIROLA (French, 1878 - 1912) stamped with artists mark oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 22 inches canvas: 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait
19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Up for sale is a 19th/20th-century American school Antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a fisherman seated by a table with fishing creel and basket. No v...

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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th-Century French Oil Portrait of Smart Gentleman in Formal Attire
19th-Century French Oil Portrait of Smart Gentleman in Formal Attire

19th-Century French Oil Portrait of Smart Gentleman in Formal Attire

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Gentleman in Formal Attire French School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 17 x 14 inches board : 13 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, Franc...

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19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1930's French Oil Painting Double Sided Portrait Painting of Woman
1930's French Oil Painting Double Sided Portrait Painting of Woman

1930's French Oil Painting Double Sided Portrait Painting of Woman

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Double Sided Portrait Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France C...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bulb of Awakening
Bulb of Awakening

Bulb of Awakening

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Bulb of Awakening" is a captivating artwork that centers around a woman adorned with an exclusive and mesmerizing hairstyle. Created by the talented artist Ekele Francis...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood
"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood

"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood

By Zoa Ace

Located in Denver, CO

Born in Rockford, Illinois, 1951 Zoa Ace creates figurative oil paintings that explore human relationships through theatrical narratives infused with symbolic animals and whimsical...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Green Eyed Brunette Lady
Mid Century Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Green Eyed Brunette Lady

Mid Century Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Green Eyed Brunette Lady

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed and dated 47' oil on board, unframed Size : 14 x 10.5 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dialogue
Dialogue

Dialogue

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Dialogue," a thought-provoking creation by artist John Ali, beckons viewers into a realm of symbolism and introspection. The artwork features a young man with his head covered in ny...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diversity of Thoughts -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African
Diversity of Thoughts -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African

Diversity of Thoughts -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African

By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

19th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Distinguished Gentleman
19th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Distinguished Gentleman

19th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Distinguished Gentleman

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of Gentleman French School, late 19th century indistinctly signed and dated oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 28 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: ...

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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork

Kristal - Original Silver Leaf and Gold Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork

By Sally K

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed
Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed

Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed

By José Luis Fuentetaja

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing. At the age of 14 he begins to work in advertising and attends to the Vallecas school of arts. At the age of 14 he travels to Switzerland and in Geneve he gets intensly into painting and decides to dedicate himself only to it. When he returns to Spain he enrolls Arts Studies, and at the begining of summer '66, he visits Sitges, where he'll come back year after year and where ultimately he'll set his home. At this time he starts selling his painting in the flea market in Madrid and later in Sitges, setting himself on the street, thus completing his studies and making it economically. While he's in Madrid he recives lessons by Pedro Mozas at Bellas Artes and starts to learn profoundly about painting. In 1969 he starts painting portraits in the streets. In Sitges he creates, with other friends, a great artistic atmosphere in the Paseo de la Ribera, by the sea, that today still exists. He starts travelling through Europe, visiting and painting in Paris, London and Amsterdam. In the middle of this bohemian epoque, he moves to the Cannary Islands during the winters for 5 years in a row, he moves in the Parque de Santa Catalina "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" where he works and meet all sorts of people in the streets, which later would mark his pictoric line. He becomes friend with Sidney Nagley in 1969, who organizes his first exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Afterwards he'll leave his studies and start painting exclusively in his studio. He gathers his first exhibition in the Ateneu of Barcelona in 1970. He befriends with the art critic of La Vanguardia, Fernando Gutierrez and the Count of Caralt orders him a set of illustration for a new edition of Garcia Lorcas Romancero Gitano. His first exhibition in a commercial gallery is done in the Majestic Gallery in Barcelona with a gorgeous collection of nudity drawings. He achieves huge success and for some years he affords his painting thanks to those drawings. During a period in Madrid, Mr Ponce de León, a consul in the Ministry of Exterior Affairs grants him with bachelor degree to study in the prestigious Academia de España in Rome. However, he can't accept it due to militar service obligations. Some days later, before joining the ranks he opens in the Cuatre Gats (Palma de Mallorca) with hiperrealist pieces that already then he presented as the first painter in that city, that later would become a fashion in 1973. After this period he meets José Maria Gudiol who advises positively. Since then, the intense work and the fight for daily improvement that has become the trademark of his life. The seek of styles and situations, the journeys through Europe always aware of all the tendencies that have in the art line that we can see nowadays. At his more than fifty years given to paint, his individual exhibitions beat the 100, his artwork is highly appreciated and valued in the complex market of art. In October 1982 hi makes his first exhibition in Tarragona. In the catalogue, writing of the unforgettable Fernando Gutierrez, he says "Fuentetaja is an artist of character and exceptional upbringing with a masterly knowledge of technique and resourses, and personality completely uncommon to the dimension of his sensitivity, as the richness of his deep and bloomed liricism. A judgement as accurate as foreseeing for the future outstanding of the artist, in where his paint soared through different phases mantaining an unquestionable quality. Lines, cubist, expressionist and hiperrealist till his current realism, in the middle of his creative maturity. Jose Luis Fuentetaja...

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1980s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veiled Contemplation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Veiled Contemplation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Veiled Contemplation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Mes...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder

Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder

By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder

Located in Stockholm, SE

Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) Man with Bagpipes oil on oak panel no signature 25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in) 31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in) This refined 18th...

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18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oak, Oil, Wood Panel