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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francesco Scavullo, American (1921 - 2004) Title: Elizabeth Taylor Year: 1983 Medium: Photo-Silkscreen and Enamel on Canvas, signed verso ...
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Enamel

The Distraction, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 12.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left
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Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Blue Eyes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Portrait of Bing Crosby Charles F. Ellis passed on October 1st, 2004 at the age of 82. Mr. Ellis was hired to teach illustration in 1971 at the newly opened Art Institute of Phi...
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20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

Surrealist Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crucifixion by Kate Orr (British 20th century) signed lower corner, circa 1990's oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 31 x 25 inches Superbly painted, Modern British oil pain...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Romance Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 15.50" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Geisha Girl, Pan American World Airways Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1956 Medium: Oil and Pencil on Paperboard Dimensions: 18.00" x 15.00" Signature: Signed with the Artist's Initials 'N/R' Lower Right Pan American World Airways advertising campaign Exhibitions West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Norman Rockwell Museum...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil, Pencil

Portrait of Dr. Burger, the Diet Doctor, v. 2
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Portrait of Dr. Burger, the Diet Doctor, v. 2 Year: 1991 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Joy and Ferdinand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gina Phillips is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Fabric, Paint, Thread

Mixed Media Portrait on Canvas -- Huracana
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed media portrait shows a Caribbean woman bearing red on her face and surrounded by images of daily rural life. There is a maroon rooster, a turquoise shack, and green palm f...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas

"The Last Portrait of Roy Lichtenstein by Ceravolo", 74x82x10" Oil & Aluminum
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo was introduced to Lichtenstein at a museum show in 1995, at that show, Lichtenstein and Ceravolo discussed the fact that Andy Warhol had painted portraits of Roy in the 1970...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Enamel, Metal

Seeking Funn SEXY friends - mw4mw - 30 (NO ky SO oh)
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel and vintage swing frame Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Coll...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paint

Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1918 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine illustration, April 1918
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1910s Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Fashionable Woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Signature: Signed Women with brightly colored scarf
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20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

"The Con is On... Again"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1983 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Dimensions: 29.75" x 25.70" Signature: Signed Center Right Movie poster design: Pair of rich con artists on the telephone Movie starred: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden and Oliver Reed. The published poster also showed a $1000 bill...
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1980s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Martin Luther King / Once Upon a TIme
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Portrait of Martin Luther King' or 'A Black Man on a Black Horse; from Badgley Arnoux's 'Once Upon A Time' series is an oil painting on canvas — 72 x 66 inches. The grand artwork ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, Signed lower right, Signed verso on stret...
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1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Five Ladies and Three Parotts
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Walasse Ting Acrylic on Paper Paid on Canvas Canvas Sive 18 x 24 Signed in ink
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Wilder
Located in Waunakee, WI
Wilder - 11x14 Dipped Mixed Media Painting on Canvas in Vintage Repurposed Solid Wood Frame My work is inspired by the beauty that I find in the ordinary and imperfect; it tells a ...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Woman with pink stockings mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Pink Stockings Mixed media on canvas board. Artwork measures 46x38 cm. Frame measures 50x42 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olo...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

More than eye candy - POP-ART by Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
MIXED MEDIA ORIGINAL PAINTING BY CRAIG ALAN Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally recognized for his ingenious portraits of iconic figures and or images drawn from popular...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Work and Play (Mickey Mouse)
Located in New York City, NY
MIXED MEDIA ORIGINAL ON PANEL WITH HIGH GLOSS FINISH! Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally recognized for his ingenious portraits of iconic figures and or images drawn fr...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

It's All Derivative, Brigitte I, Negative
Located in Tulsa, OK
It's All Derivative, Brigitte I, Negative by artist Bill Claps is a gold, black, and white contemporary figurative pop art mixed media with light gold foil on canvas piece that measu...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas

Sun Hat
Located in New York, NY
SEBASTIAN BLANCK Sun Hat, 2018 Oil on linen 30 x 24 inches 76.2 x 61 cm Signed, titled and dated (verso) -- SEBASTIAN BLANCK Sebastian Blanck’s oil portraits and landscapes cele...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Love Me Tender Salma Vs. Frida
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Stainless Steel

Dead Moon Night
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20221210N01 Signed by the artist and dated 2020 on the reverse Provenance: CALM&PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Feronia
Located in Miami, FL
Silvio Porzionato Feronia Oil on canvas 78.7 x 55.1 inches (200 x 140 cm)
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Jetset
Located in New York, NY
Nemo Jantzen, born 1970 in The Haque, studied art, design and photography at the RTO Art Academy in Rotterdam. After his studies, he moved to Antwerp to work as a graphic designer an...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Plexiglass, Resin

Beauty Balloon Silver
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen, Adhesive

Colorful Contemporary Chuck Close Style Abstract Self Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract self portrait painting by contemporary artist Matt Aston. The work features the mosaic-like cells that were popularized by the iconic arti...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Woman, Large Oil Painting, Ahn Duong
By Anh Duong
Located in Surfside, FL
Anh Duong (born October 25, 1960) is an American artist, actress, and model. She is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers. Duong was born in Bordeaux, France, to a Spanish mother and a Vietnamese father. Duong studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Having aspired to be a ballerina from an early age, she decided to pursue classical dance. Duong studied with the Franchetti Academy of Classical Dance and Tessa Beaumont until she embarked on a modeling career—being photographed for Vogue, among other publications. In 1988, Duong moved to New York City and began a career as an artist and an actress. While she was a ballet dancer in Paris, Duong was discovered by photographer David...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cotton Canvas

Marie
Located in New York, NY
Pinar Du Pre is an artist with an immense curiosity in the nature of reality. And reality isn’t what it’s been cracked up to be! The insights of quantum mec...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

Tina
Located in New York, NY
Pinar Du Pre is an artist with an immense curiosity in the nature of reality. And reality isn’t what it’s been cracked up to be! The insights of quantum mec...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

English Victorian Antique 19th century portrait of a young girls and Spaniel
By Charles Baxter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very pretty19th century portrait of a young girl and her Spaniel. The piece is from the middle part of the 19th century when Victorian high-style paintings were at their most sough...
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1860s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

First Class Girl - Framed - SOLD - Commission Available
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Pop Art. Humorous. In white frame. Play off First Class on Plane. Girl featured. Vibrant colors. Also available as a commission on c...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Lift Me Up
Located in Miami, FL
Isabelle Scheltjens’ elegant glass portraits celebrate materiality. Growing up with a love of pop art, Scheltjens infused her passion with natural talent and years of education at SI...
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2010s Pointillist Portrait Paintings

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Glass, Mosaic

Oula
Located in Miami, FL
Isabelle Scheltjens’ elegant glass portraits celebrate materiality. Growing up with a love of pop art, Scheltjens infused her passion with natural talent and years of education at SI...
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2010s Pointillist Portrait Paintings

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Glass, Mosaic

Lipstick Mania
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen, Paper

Ubuntu
Located in Miami, FL
Isabelle Scheltjens’ elegant glass portraits celebrate materiality. Growing up with a love of pop art, Scheltjens infused her passion with natural talent and years of education at SI...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Glass

Ebba
Located in Miami, FL
Isabelle Scheltjens’ elegant glass portraits celebrate materiality. Growing up with a love of pop art, Scheltjens infused her passion with natural talent and years of education at SI...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Wood Panel, Glass

POW
Located in New York, NY
Unique glass spheres are arranged to create a playful portrait of young woman. The light reflects off the glass spheres and the woman's sunglasses, creating a dynamic interplay. Pop...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Glass

Bottoms Up
Located in New York, NY
Unique glass spheres are arranged to create a colorful portrait of young woman. The light reflects off the glass spheres, creating a dynamic interplay. In the latest series, inspire...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Glass, Mixed Media

Gobsmacked
Located in New York, NY
Unique glass spheres are arranged to create a colorful portrait of young woman. The light reflects off the glass spheres, creating a dynamic interplay. Fashion, brands, magazine, ha...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Glass, Mixed Media

Boogie Woogie
Located in New York, NY
Unique glass spheres are arranged to create a playful portrait of ayoung woman. The light reflects off the glass spheres and the woman's sunglasses, creating a dynamic interplay. Ro...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Glass, Mixed Media

Free and Clear - Contemporary Female Pop Portrait - (Yellow + Pink + Black )
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Free and Clear" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can see h...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Stencil, Crayon, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Jennifer
Located in New York, NY
Alea Pınar du Pre was born in Vienna, where she grew up under the intense influence of the artistic legacy left by the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte. Du Pre studied mark...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Fabric, Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic

Portrait of a Lady
Located in New York, NY
This unique painting was created by using the technique of cake pipe painting; the pipes used for cake decorating. Pinar du Pre would pipe acrylic paint onto the canvas in parallel ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Luma
Located in New York, NY
Alea Pınar du Pre was born in Vienna, where she grew up under the intense influence of the artistic legacy left by the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte. Du Pre studied mark...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Peter Robert Keil Acrylic on Canvas Colorful Portrait
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Robert Keil painting on stretched thick canvas. Lovely colorful portrait.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paint, Canvas

Closed - contemporary hyperrealistic close-up detail eye human face oil painting
Located in London, GB
Anne's work has mutated but the same themes have remained constant i.e: close up & detailed observation of the skin, facial features & texture; montaged images; ambiguity. The main area of interest has always been the human face...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century French Impressionist Period Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century, indistinctly monogrammed upper left corner. Title: Portrait of a Bearded Man Medium: oil painting on canvas laid to board, unframe...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

modern sketch of woman in pastel tone
Located in Greenwich, CT
Beautifully executed sketch of a young woman done in watercolor in pastel tones. A 1929 Simkhovitch, depicting a stylish young woman with a bob. He was later an American WPA period a...
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1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Portrait of a Young Eero Saarinen", Painted By His Father Eliel Saarinen, Oil
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait of a precocious young boy is significant for two reason: the subject is Eero Saarinen, the famed designer of tulip chairs and architect best known for designing the Washington Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., the TWA Flight Center in New York City, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and the painter is his father Eliel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect who designed the Helsinki Central railway station, the National Museum of Finland, the Vyborg railway station, the Hvitträsk, and the Kleinhans Music Hall in Finland and the famous Cranbrook Academy campus, where he would then go on to teach at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and become its president in 1932. It's provenance is Eero Saarinen's own son, the award-winning cinematographer Eric Saarinen. The painting is Painting is 23.25 x 16.25. Eliel Saarinen was born in 1873 in Rantasalmi, Finland. was educated in Helsinki at the Helsinki University of Technology. From 1896 to 1905 he worked as a partner with Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren at the firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen. His first major work was showcased at the Finnish pavilion at the 1900 World Fair in Paris. His early style was known as Finnish National Romanticism. After moving to the United States he designed the Gulf Building in Houston and became a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. In 1925 he was requested to design the Cranbrook campus. His work has been exhibited in many prestigious places, such as his iconic tea urn at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the St. Louis Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, the British Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The touring exhibition Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, which also traveled to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art also hold tea urn-related Eliel Saarinen designs. Eero Saarinen was born in 1910. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and took courses in sculpture and furniture design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He had a close relationship with fellow students Charles and Ray Eames, and became good friends with Florence Knoll (née Schust). He began his studies in sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, France, in September 1929. He then went on to study at the Yale School of Architecture, completing his studies in 1934. In 1940 he designed his famous Tulip chairs and in 1948 he designed what would be his most well-known sculpture, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. His Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois would also achieve international acclaim while the first major work by Saarinen, in collaboration with his father, was the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, which follows the rationalist design Miesian style, incorporating steel and glass but with the addition of accent of panels in two shades of blue. After his father's death in July 1950, Saarinen founded his own architect's office, Eero Saarinen and Associates. He was the principal partner from 1950 until his death. The firm carried out many of its most important works, including the Bell Labs...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Tre Grazia - Marilyn, Madonna and Brigitte Bardot, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Tre Grazia - Marilyn, Madonna and Brigitte Bardot" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Ladies 2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

First Class Girl
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Pop Art. Humorous. On canvas. Play off First Class on Plane. Girl featured. Vibrant colors. About the Artist: NELSON DE LA NUEZ ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas

High Maintenance
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Pop Art. Humorous. On canvas. About the Artist: NELSON DE LA NUEZ is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivi...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) `Charcoal on paper, unframed paper: 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawing by the important and fascinating painter, Carlos Carnero (1922-1980). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate sale in Paris. The artists close connection to one of the 20th centuries most important artists, Fernand Leger is of important significance, with his own work being widely collected and appreciated. The artist: Carlos Carnero (1922-1980), a native of Montevideo, emigrates to Paris and joins Fernand Léger's studio workshop at the end of the 1940s. Located on the Boulevard de Clichy, the workshop-school has some seventy-five students. At the end of his life, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia Khodasievich, brilliant painter, first pupil of Malevich, then of Leger in the mid-1920s, became the assistant thenthe mistress of this one and the wife in 1952. In the workshop, Carlos Carnero, soon nicknamed "Carlos" is noted for his talent and involvement. In addition to art education, the couple Léger entrusts the task of the secretariat of the workshop: movements of the stocks, inventory paintings, material organization of exhibitions. After the death of Léger in 1955, Carlos becomes very close to Nadia, rigorous in the construction of the posterity of the master. With his new companion Georges Bauquier, they found, on their own funds, the museum Fernand Léger de Biot - Carnero gives his assistance. Carnero's style is very close to that of his master, filled with joy and colorful dynamism. At the beginning of the 50's, he tried the cubisante figuration of the portraits of Picasso then adopts the abstract balances between lines, shapes and colors of Léger. Some dates: Classical studies in Montevideo (Uruguay). 1941 to 1946 School of Fine Arts, architecture section (Montevideo). 1947 Travel grant (Italy, Spain, France). 1948 Painting workshop at André Lhote workshop. 1949 Entered the Académie Fernand Léger, first student, then 1949 to 1955 Assistant-collaborator of Fernand Léger. 1955 to 1970 Collaborator of Nadia Khodasievitch and Georges Bauquier. Exhibitions: 1950 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, Exposition collective, juillet 1950. 1951 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, exposition annuelle, décembre 1951. 1953 Salon des Artistes indépendants, Paris. 1953-1954 Galerie Gentilhommière, Paris, Groupe 53. 1957-1958 Première Biennale de la “Jeune Peinture”, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, mai-juin 1957, Francfort, Montréal, 1958. 1959 “École de Paris” à Vienne, Linz, Gratz. Galerie de France, “Cinq peintres – Un sculpteur”. 1960 Galerie Création à Roubaix. Exposition personnelle. 1961 Galerie Pierre Weiller à Paris. Exposition personnelle. Salon des Réalités nouvelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Exposition personnelle, mai 1961. 1962 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, “Antagonismes 2 - L’objet”, juillet-octobre 1962. Galerie Pierre Weiller, Paris, “Poèmes Peints”, mars-avril 1962. Exposition personnelle. Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris : “L’art latino-américain à Paris”. 1962-1963 Exposition de peinture contemporaine, Communauté européenne, Prix Marzotto. Italie, Allemagne, Belgique, France. Exposition des Artistes latino-américains, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. “Expressions Nouvelles”, Antibes. 1962 à 1965 Salon “Comparaisons”. L’Oeil de Boeuf, Galerie 7...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal

Sisters with Green Eyes - Handsigned oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE Sisters with Green Eyes, 1962 Original oil on canvas Signed right bottom Size of the canvas 61 x 38 cm (c. 24 x 15 inch) Presented in a golden wood frame 78 x ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

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