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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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18th Century Polychromed Wax Portrait of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique carved and polychromed wax portrait of Marc Antony and Cleopatra. Attributed to Isaac Gosset (British 1713-1799). In the original frame. Inscribed ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Wax

Religious scene Madonna Bending and Praying over Child 19th century Oil painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Madonna folded her hands in prayer before the Child Jesus. In this painting, the skill of the artist is amazing with which he expressed the tenderness and touching of the composi...
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1830s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Jerome Oil on copper 16th Century Paint Old master Italy Emilian school
By Giuseppe Mazzuoli known as Bastarolo (Ferrara 1536 - 1589)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ferrara school of the late sixteenth century - circle of Giuseppe Mazzuoli known as Bastarolo (Ferrara 1536 - 1589) St. Jerome penitent in the cave ...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

San Miguel, St. Michael, School of Cusco, Peru, Framed early 1900's
Located in Houston, TX
This is painting is from the School of Cusco depicting St. Michael the Archangel defeating the devil in battle. It is oil on canvas and is in very goo...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Patterns and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Patterns and Stripes" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a muted color palette. The painting is framed in a new, gold frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Small Portrait of the Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive portrait of an artist working at a desk by an unknown artist (20th Century). An artist with brown hair and a moustache is working at a desk, with various supplies around h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

17thC Spanish Colonial School Frame with orig. Painting St. Joseph Jesus Child
Located in Meinisberg, CH
17th Century Spanish Colonial School (Likely to be School of Cuzco in Peru) - St. Joseph with the Christ Child carrying a basket, housed in its original carved, hardwood frame. • Painted in oil on canvas (laid on to fiberboard), ca.58 x 48 cm • Original frame, ca. 64 x 54 cm • Visible image ca. 52.5 x 42.5 cm Centuries ago this religious painting, depicting St. Joseph with his flowering staff and the Christ Child carrying a basket, was originally displayed in a church or chapel in 17th Century colonial...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Portrait Of Marie Leszczyńska, Queen Of France (1703-1768), 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Marie Leszczyńska, Queen Of France (1703-1768), 18th Century Circle of JEAN-MARC NATTIER (PARIS 1685-1766) 18th century French School p...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Perfil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
At the age of 25 Royo began feeling a growing desire to paint the land of his birth; to convey the light, the color and the intensity of Valencia and the Mediterranean. This meant a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Wood You Believe 3 (2022), Chris RWK street art, drips, graffiti illustration
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Wood You Believe 3" (2022), Chris RWK street art, aerosol, drips, graffiti, illustration, street artist, Staten Island, NY, New York, NYC, character, robot, robots will kill, mixed ...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Portrait Painting of a Man & Woman Waltz Dancing, Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite oil on canvas painting depicting a man & woman waltz dancing. The woman wearing a pink dress, the man a black suit. The painting is presented in fine hand-carved gilt f...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Father' Portrait Oil On Canvas by Duan Zhaonan
Located in Carmel, CA
Artist Duan Z. Born in 1955 in Yunnan, renowned Chinese Opera Figure Painter, Educator, Playwright, and Producer. Mr. Duan serves as Director of the Chinese Dramatic Literature Soci...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Main color is red balanced by yellow a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

C.K. Cook after John Everett Millais (1829-1896) - 1924 Oil, Bubbles
Located in Corsham, GB
A painting after John Everett Millais's (1829-1896) painting 'Bubbles' (1886), originally titled 'A Child's World'. Presented in a gilt-effect woo...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Charles Fréchou - Child portrait with a cat
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Charles FRÉCHOU (Paris 1820 – Paris 1900) Portrait of a child with a cat Oil on canvas H. 41 cm; L. 33 cm Signed lower left and dated 1849 Apart from participation in the Salon betw...
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1810s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of a Lady" - 19th-Century French Framed Antique Woman Oil Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely portrait of a 19th-century French woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in northern and ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Israeli Rabbis Dancing in Jerusalem, Judaica, Mixed Media Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Katz (Romanian Israeli), 1937- an Israeli citizen, studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, as well as at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although not an expo...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl Doll Mandolin Flower
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame is 12 X 10. Canvas is 9.5 X 7.5 Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires. He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco. In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy. He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001. Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950. Associated American Artists - New York 1952. James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953. Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960. Antologica, Tokyo 1965. Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969. Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970. Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971. Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972. Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974. Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975. Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977. Galleria Robert...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Laura Keppel, later Lady Southampton
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed, upper left: “Miss Laura Keppel” Provenance: Commissioned from the artist and by descent in the Keppel family estate, Lexham Hall, Norfolk, to: Major Bertram William Arnol...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rembrandt van Rijn (After), Four Portraits and Self Portraits
Located in Paris, FR
19th century French School oil on canvas. Four portraits and self-portraits after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn on a rectangular gilded...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s portrait, gouache on paper painting by Belgian artist Max Moreau (1902 - 1992). A finely detailed portrait of a lovely young girl looking like a good child from the period right after WWII. Moreau captures the sweet expression, soft features, and calm, well-mannered demeanor of that child. Hand-signed and dated on the bottom right corner. The artist demonstrates incredible skill in detailing this portrait with gouache and watercolor. This skill has made his portraits so desirable for international collectors. The painting still has its original elegant mahogany carved frame with glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 25.19 in wide (64 cm) x 30.32 in high (77 cm) x 2.38 in deep (6 cm). Opening view: 19.69 in wide (50 cm) x 24.50 in high (62 cm). Note: Max Leon Moreau (1902 - 1992) Moreau is a highly acclaimed artist born in Belgium. He is best known for his loosely brushed street scenes of Paris, Granada, and North Africa and his revealing portraits of met characters during his foreign travels. Taught to paint by his father, the family moved to Paris, where he made copies of paintings at the Louvre Museum. Later Moreau and his family lived in Tunisia and Morocco before settling in Granada, Spain. Following his death in 1992, his home was converted into a museum dedicated to his life and work. His paintings are internationally collected and appear at auction in major international houses. Max spent his last 30 years living in his Moorish-style house in Granada, which upon his death, was bequeathed to the City of Granada along with the contents of his studio and artwork. The City of Granada has turned his home into a museum showcasing his paintings, studio, and private life. The main building of the Casa Museo Max Moreau houses an exhibition space that takes us on a journey through his most common themes: portraits, still-life, and landscapes, represented through oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings on paper. There is also a series of models for theatre creations that illustrate his interest and relationship to the scenic arts (he was involved in many productions as an actor, playwright, musician, and set designer). The building is an original from the region of Albayzín and is popularly known as Carmen. Does the name come from the Arabic word Karm which means vine, orchard, or garden.?The second building houses his studio, remained untouched: the easel next to the window, a piano with scores, and a collection of oriental objects...
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

'Him' and 'Her', A Pair of Large Glasgow School Portrait Paintings on Canvas
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of large Glasgow School oil on canvas portraits by Scottish artist Stuart Mackenzie. The works are presented in plain baton wood frames. Thoug...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Study of a Moor', Post-Impressionist Figural Oil, Othello, Moroccan, Tunisian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American school, Signed indistinctly lower right and dated 1988. A bravura, psychologically-penetrating oil study of a man, shown wearing a turban and contrasted against a scumbled ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Masonite

'Her', A Large Glasgow School Oil Painting Portrait On Canvas
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large Glasgow School oil on canvas portrait by Scottish artist Stuart Mackenzie. The painting is presented in a plain baton wood frame. Though not ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

MALCHIK
Located in Santa Fe, NM
MALCHIK Evgeni Samsonov was born in 1926 in the city of Irkutsk, Siberia. Samsonov worked in the genre of “theme” painting and was a leading Social Realist, recognized for his superb painterly handling of anatomy. He made his artistic debut in 1951 and until his passing in 1988, participated in more than forty monumental art exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Evgeni Samsonov’s paintings can be seen at the museums of Russia. The artist’s works are included in private collections in Japan, France, Italy, England, Germany and Sweden. Since 1995, the Pushkin Gallery...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Cubist Portrait - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print 45x45 "-HFC 12
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Introducing "Abstract Cubist Portrait - HFC 12" - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print Experience the fusion of abstract brilliance with "Abstract Cubist Portrait - HFC 12," a capt...
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2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, C...

Portrait of Love- 21st Century Contemporary Four Panel Painting of a love couple
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Portrait of Love Four panels of 40x40 cm all together framed in one piece of 94x94 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters UK. Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012. Working hard on technique and creating her own signature style, just one year later Tania entered the art world with her first solo shows. Tania’s works range from classical to modern expressive style. For several years of working with painting and graphics, the artist held exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia. In 2016 began a collaboration between Tania Rivilis and Russian jeweler Petr Axenov, which led to many special projects, both for private and state collections. Her two drawings based on “War and Peace” novel by Leo Tolstoy...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Charles Joseph VAN LANDUYT (1854-1934) Malvina 1882
Located in Holywell, GB
A sensitive portrait of Malvina signed, dated 1882 and presented in its original magnificent heavy gilt frame. Van Landuyt was a Belgian School painter who studied at the Royal Aca...
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1880s French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary Figurative Painting, Untitled
Located in East Quogue, NY
Brown earth tone contemporary figurative painting by Moroccan artist Said Housbane. Acrylic on canvas. Size: 56 x 60 inches. Offered in wood frame. Said Housbane began his career by...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Gum Kids
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two young children play an ill-advised game of gum stretching on the family couch in this charming composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression, Thrasher provided light-hearted images of the lives of everyday people to distract Americans from their troubles. These images appeared on the covers of Liberty Magazine, for whom he produced one cover illustration a week for six consecutive years. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...
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20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Israeli Rabbis Dancing in Jerusalem, Judaica, Mixed Media Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Katz (Romanian Israeli), 1937- an Israeli citizen, studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, as well as at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although not an expo...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tuscan Historical Figurative painting 20th century oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The artist of this painting is unknown, but it is a direct derivation of "The Stagecoach of the Grand Duke" by Raffaello Sorbi, now held in a private collection in Milan, as we can s...
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20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Germany Genre scene Children on swings Painting by Princess Marie Alexandrine
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painted in June of 1874 in Bad Driburg by gifted painter Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach (1849 – 1922), eldest daughter and second child of Charles Alexander, ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

vagabonds oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm. Frame measures 83x63 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert Roca has won...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman portrait by Ilse Voigt - Oil on canvas 96x76 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas with wooden frame. Total size with frame is 88x109 cm Ilse VOIGT is an artist born in 1905 and died in 1997. His works have been sold at public auction 24 times, mostl...
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1940s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Interior with Five Children - Oil Painting on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with Five Children is an original oil painting on canvas applied on panel. This painting has been realized between the end of the 19th century ...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

American Midwest Regional Portrait Oil Painting, Circle of Grant Wood, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Create a statement or focal piece for a room. This is a very stylized portrait of a woman dating to the 1940’s. She fills the canvas with her wholesome countenance, hair and period c...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Portrait Mysterious lady 19th century Oil painting Acknowledged master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unsigned but attributed to acknowledged master Francois-Xavier Fabre (François-Xavier Fabre, 1766 – 1837), French painter of historical subjects. Stylish and perfect portrait of beau...
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1820s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Charles PICART LE DOUX, Model on Green Background, Oil on Isorel, 1949
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on isorel panel by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1949. Model on green background. With frame: 97.5x76.5 cm - 38.4x30.1 inches ; without frame: 81x60cm - 31.9x23.6 i...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Genre scene Little joys in a military hospital 19th century Oil painting
By Paul (Louis Narcisse) Grolleron
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signature lower left: Paul Louis Narcisse Grolleron (1848 - 1901). The French painter and illustrator, Paul Grolleron, remains best known for his many well-observed images of the Fra...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait of a Сhild 18th century French master Baroque Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The portrait is attributed to the French painter Monique Daniche (1737 - 1824) Magnificently painted baroque portrait of unidentified noble child wearing fashionable dress and holdin...
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Late 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait of Fulanito de Tal
Located in Miami, FL
Alfredo Sosabravo was born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba, on October 25, 1930. He studied art at the Annex School of San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy, but is considered a self-taught artis...
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Early 2000s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2020 Style: Post Impressionism Title: Portrait of a Woman Size: 37.5" ...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Oil Painting by Erwin Eichinger "The Old Tyrolean Gentleman"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Erwin Eichinger "The Old Tyrolean Gentleman" 1892 - 1950 Member of the popular Austrian family of figurative artists who painted Tyrolean...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"The Artist's Portrait'
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent, early original pastel, "The Artist's Portrait", by American artist Robert McIntosh. "The Artist's Portrait", is an original pastel on artist's paper, signed, dated 1937, 13 x 9.75, currently unframed, the portrait was acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist. We have included the artist's biography below please contact the gallery for additional information, Robert McIntosh (1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was born on March 11, 1916 near San Francisco, in Vallejo, California, the second son of Harry and Jesusita Coronado McIntosh. He found his lifelong passion for painting by the time he was ten years old and never swayed from his calling. The family moved to Stockton when Robert was 12. Their home was just six blocks from the newly opened Haggin Museum, filled with a treasure trove of European and American paintings. He became particularly enamored with the fine examples of 19th century French pastoral landscapes. As teens, Robert and his brother Harrison befriended local painter Arthur Haddock who taught them the craft of art and brought them along on outdoor painting trips. Robert also became skilled at drawing portraits that captured the subject's personality. Soon, the sheer joy of expressing himself this way became a consuming interest. ​When not sketching, McIntosh would wander the stacks of books at the public library, discovering and studying the Masters - in particular, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Robert discovered a "whole new world of color" and the importance of designing the space in the eternal rectangle. "I envision a frame around everything I see, "he admitted. "The artists' challenge is to put something meaningful, interesting or beautiful in that space." ​In 1934 McIntosh won a competition for a scholarship to the Art Center School of Design, the first award they ever bestowed. The entire family moved to Los Angeles and a new vista opened to the young artist, both visually and culturally. Robert began to take on portrait commissions and had exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Oakland Museum of Art and the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento. During the Great Depression, Robert began to work at Disney Studios painting backgrounds for such classics as "Fantasia". Ron Barbagallo, of Animation Art...
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1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Portrait - Oil Painting on Cardboard - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original oil painting on cardboard, realized by an anonymous artists of the early 20th Century. Sheet size: 13 x 7.5 Good conditions with a trace of time. the artw...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Portrait Of The Artists Mother, early 20th Century by VIOLET EVELYN ARNOTT
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of The Artists Mother, early 20th Century by VIOLET EVELYN ARNOTT (1901-1953) - exhibited work Large early 20h century portrait of the artists mother, oil on canvas by Vi...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female Portrait, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969) Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Duda Gracz, Antoni Fa?at and Franciszek S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Erwin Eichinger "The Cardinal"
Located in Mere, GB
For sale is this oil painting on board by Erwin Eichinger "The Cardinal" 1892-1950 Member of the popular Austrian family of figurative artists who painted Tyrolean...
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1930s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady as Venus, attributed to Pierre Gobert
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady as Venus ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOBERT (1662-1744) FRENCH SCHOOL AROUND 1720 OIL ON CANVAS: H. 55.51 in, W. 42.91 in. IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY GILTWOOD FRAME (RE-GILT)...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Italian Orientalist Masterpiece Painting "Four Women In The Harem"
By Rudolf Ernst
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Italian Orientalist Masterpiece Painting "Four Women In The Harem" circa 1880, in the Circle of Rudolf Ernst. Oil on canvas. "The O...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Icon II /// Contemporary Pop Art JFK Painting Blue
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Icon II" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

French, circa 1730 Portrait of King Louis XV in armour, workshop of J.B. Van Loo
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of French King Louis XV (1710-1774) in armour 18th century French school Workshop of Jean Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745) Circa 1730 Oil on canvas, dimen...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"DESTINATION" Abstract Oil Painting 64" x 64" inch by Carlos Delgado
Located in Culver City, CA
"DESTINATION" Abstract Oil Painting 64" x 64" inch by Carlos Delgado ABOUT: Carlos Delgado is a Colombian artist with international recognition livin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Cubist Figurative - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print - HFC 74-1
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 74-1 "Abstract Cubist Figurative - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print - Human Face Collection - Picasso Inspired" Experience the captivating all...
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2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, C...

Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959 Original oil on canvas Canvas dimensions 31" wide x 39" high The frame measures 3...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cabaret Dancers girls Austrian watercolor painting in fraimed 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed: by Richard Geiger (1870 – 1945), Austrian - Hungarian painter. Also pencils inscriptions on reverse with date 33 (1933). By the 1920s, he worked illustrating books, bookplates and posters. His paintings included portraits, nudes, genre paintings, and mythological scenes, but he was known for his illustrations, especially his carnival motifs. Spectacular masterwork. Size app.: 18 x 23.3 cm (roughly 7.1 x 9,2 in), framed 31.7 x 36.4 cm (roughly 12.5 x 14.3 in). Very Good condition, minimal age wear. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. Glass will be removed prior to shipment for safe transit. Weight of app. 0,5 kg (without glass!) is going to measure some 2 kg volume weight packed for shipment. R. Geiger was born in Vienna. He first attended a drawing school and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied under Christian Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger. He studied sculpture with Fritz Klimsch at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. There he took part in the exhibitions of the Academy with his portrait busts and sculptures. In Paris he studied at the Julian Academy and worked in the studio of François Flameng...
Category

1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Watercolor

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