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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Donna Isham Gold Portrait Face Female Bright Colors Abstract Figurative Blue
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pheobe is part of a series of abstract portraits Donna Isham created in 2022. Bold brush strokes and the use of brilliant colors form into confident and strong female images.
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Donna Isham Portrait Female Face Abstract Figurative Colorful Pink
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vibrant colors, string brush strokes, intense personal gaze. Would be stunning in any room!
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Brotherly Love
Located in New York, NY
signed in the lower right Kever watercolor on paper 19 3/16 x 17 1⁄8 inches (49.2 x 43.7 cm.) PROVENANCE Dr. Katherine Kromm Merritt, Stamford, Connecticut, until circa 1990, from whom acquired by Private Collection, Vinalhaven, Maine, until 2015 In the warm morning glow of a country kitchen, a young boy entertains his little sister seated in a high chair. In return her adoring glance speaks volumes. The dramatic angling of the baby’s high chair, whose design harks back to the seventeenth century, animates the scene. Through an economy of means and a limited palette of largely brown and orange, Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever captures the richness of the moment and its idyllic rusticity. Josef Israels was the first to encourage Kever to study painting. He began his training at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, in 1869, studying with Petrus Franciscus Greive until 1872. From 1874 - 1875 he attended the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, also in Amsterdam. From 1878-1879 under the tutelage of Charles Verlat he was enrolled in the Koninklijke Acaemie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. His subjects included portraits, cityscapes, landscapes, flowers, genre and interior scenes in watercolors, oils, and etchings. Throughout his career he worked in Blaricum, Nunspeet, the province of North Brabant and Eemnes. Although not technically considered a member of the Laren School he also lived there from 1877-1879 and again in 1905-1922. He further maintained an apartment in Amsterdam near the Oosterpark where he resided during the winter months. The area must have constituted somewhat of an artist’s community as his neighbors were Geo Poggenbeek, Nicolaas Bastert and later Willem Witsen...
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Late 19th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Donna Isham Female Face Portrait Colorful Abstract Woman Frontal Gaze Figure Red
Located in Nantucket, MA
Strong and deliberate brush strokes. A tender moment captured in bold colors. “I am fascinated by a strong sense of color, balance, form and harmony. Some are characterized by dens...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Ink, Acrylic

Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916 1992) Polish Oil Painting Mid Century Portrait Lady
Located in Cirencester, GB
Original oil painting by Polish born painter Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916-1992) and depicting Elvezia Ratti in her home in Milan Italy. Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (Petersburg 1916 - War...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Redhaired Lady with Emerald Eyes 19th century British Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of a young beauty with emerald eyes, painted in late 19C - early 20C by British painter John Hanson Walker (1844 - 1933). Adorned in a dark green ...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Morning Dew, Portrait, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2010 Style: Surrealism Title: Morning Dew Size: 31.5" ...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Florence Religious Figurative Portrait Painting signed and dated 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
This small portrait is signed and dated among the bottom edge "Io(hannes) Baptista Scarlattius Rondinelli Fecit Anno 1754". Giovan Battista Scarlatti Rondinelli was an important memb...
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1750s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Tempera, Pencil

Water Carrier, Portrait, Still Life, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2012 Style: Portrait Surrealism Title: Water Carrier S...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"TOUTE UNE VIE" Portrait, acrylic, 50x70cm.
Located in Roscoff, FR
In this artwork, the artist captures a poignant moment inspired by an unexpected encounter with a dear friend of her mother. The subject is depicted from behind, hands delicately re...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

TOMMASO PRINCIPE (b1942) LARGE ITALIAN SIGNED OIL - ELEGANT LADIES IN PARKLAND
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Walking in the Park" by Tommaso Principe (Italian b.1942) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 19.5 x 27.5 inches Beautiful Italian Impressionist oil...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Stupendous Beauty 1 Oil/ Canvas Nigerian Artist 2023 Portrait Art Realism
Located in Houston, TX
Description: This painting "Stupendous Beauty 1 " conveys the confidence and the very impressive beauty of a black woman that is painted in bold colors in the style of Realism. It is oil on canvas. Stupendous Beauty 1 is a unique work of art, not a print or other type of copy. Joshua Salami...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“From the Series Iluminada” 2021 Mixed media on wood 23 x 14 in
Located in Miami, FL
Raiman Rodríguez (1993) is a young artist born in Cuba who today resides in Miami. He studied and graduated from the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media

Painting Salon BERNE-BELLECOUR Portrait Military oil wood 20th medical officer
Located in PARIS, FR
Etienne-Prosper BERNE-BELLECOUR Boulogne-sur-mer, 1838 - Paris, 1910 Oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm (55 x 43 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "To his friend doctor Daymard / E. Berne-Bellecour / 1903" Painting exhibited at Salon des Artistes Français of 1904 (number 136. “Portrait of Mr. Major Daymard”) Very good condition ( only a few and small repaints) As an academic painter, Berne-Bellecour worked for illustrated newspapers after failing at the Prix de Rome in 1859. In 1870, he enlisted in the Frankish Corps of Tirailleurs de la Seine and is decorated with the Military Medal. This will decide his career. Companion of Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, he painted battle pictures and portraits of soldiers that made him very well known as a specialist military painter. "The Tirailleurs of the Seine in the battle field...
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Early 1900s French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a young man possibly a sculptor
By Andrea Del Sarto
Located in East Grinstead, GB
This is a copy of a 16th Century painting by Andrea Del Sarto, oil on canvas probably painted by either Oswald Achenbach or Oswald Brierley around 1890-1910....
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

accordionist with pipe oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - accordionist with pipe oil on board painting Medidas óleo 47x34 cm. Medidas marco 62x48 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in who...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan) Fresco, 20 x 16 inches unframed, 22 x 18 inch...
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1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Plaster, Mixed Media

"Women's Stories" mixed media painting of three black women, orange flowers
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and these self discoveries take us in surprising directions. We must gain strength from what we learn from each other as well as listen to that persistent, ever present, intuitive self. The connection of one’s own rich heritage and person growth will travel into the inevitable and critical connection between African Americans and Africa. These connections are rich and very important. They Exist! My work, I hope, will serve as a creative connection between the African diaspora and western culture. It is this connection that cause my creative forces to react." Janice Frame...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Resin, Magazine Paper

Lying Nude Study Oil Painting by Robert Roujas
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming oil painting on marouflé canvas was designed by Robert Roujas (1908-2000). This romantic composition presents a study of a reclining nude seen from behind in a weary po...
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Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique Paris School Early 1900's French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait oil painting of two young girls. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 10L x 18H.
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

François-Joseph Kinson - Young woman portrait with her dog
By Francois Kinsoen (Kinson)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
François-Joseph KINSON (Bruges 1770 – Bruges 1839) Portrait of a young woman near a spring, accompanied by her dog Oil on canvas H. 73 cm; L. 60 cm circa 1815-1817 We owe this elegant portrait to François-Joseph Kinson from Bruges, which is still linked to the art of the First Empire. We find in this artist this type of pose that is a bit rigid, sometimes with a countryside in the background, and this way of treating costumes and faces. Thus the full-length portrait of Jenny...
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1810s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Strawberry Ice Cream, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2018 Style: Portrait Art Title: Strawberry Ice Cream...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Opulence 10, Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Opulence 10" by Aiden Kringen (United States) is a handmade acrylic and oil painting that depicts a female model with an abstracted background. It is unframed, but ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Farrell, Original art, still-life, Pop art, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Digitally produced painting on Canvas Image size: H:147 cm x W:147 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:147 cm x W:147 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu image...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Digital

Portrait of Young Boy, Oil on Canvas Signed Felix Bryk, circa 1910
Located in Paris, FR
Lovely portrait of a young Boy standing on an armchair. Oil on canvas signed Felix BRYK. Swedish School, circa 1900-1910 Portraitist and ethnologist of the early twentieth century. ...
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1910s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

"Girl in Red Jacket", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 32x23 in., Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
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Early 2000s Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Peace of Mind" Painting 31.5" x 31.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Peace of Mind" Painting 31.5" x 31.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media, Oil

"One More Day in Swarga" Oil Painting 35.5" x 31.5" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"One More Day in Swarga" Oil Painting 35.5" x 31.5" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, femi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

In the Zone
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Three colorful portrait paintings
Located in New York, NY
Three 9x12 oil portraits from 1949 Artist Unknown. These portraits came together as a set.
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Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Vieillesse, French Portrait of an Elderly Jewish Man
Located in Surfside, FL
1949 French Portrait of an Elderly Jewish Man, Signed Stern
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman - Expressionist Mixed Media Piece
Located in Austin, TX
Expressionist portrait of a woman by Juan Carlos Breceda featuring purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange. Executed in 2001. Mixed Media. Framed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

French King Louis-Philippe - After Baron Gérard
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
After Baron Gérard, circa 1835 Portrait of King Louis-Philippe Oil on canvas H. 79 cm; L. 65 cm Provenance : Private collection, Périgord, by descent since the 19th century This po...
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1830s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Rare Portrait Of Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecelia Gifford), 1878
Located in New York, NY
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American 1823-1880) A Rare Portrait Of Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecelia Gifford) "The Artist's Wife" Oil on Paper mounted on canvas, painted in 1878, 2 years before his death. In original giltwood frame. Painting: 8 1/4" high by 7 1/4" wide Frame: 15" high x 13.5" wide Provenance: Private Collection (acquired by descent directly from the artist in 1878) Alexander Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above in 1986 by the present owner The Art Institute of Chicago (Reference Number 1986.184) New York, Private Collection Literature: Ila Weiss, The Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, Newark, 1987, no. 10, p. 309, illustrated The Art Institute of Chicago, letter from Milo Naeve to Mr. and Mrs. William Y...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Synthesis 3, Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Synthesis 3" by Aiden Kringen (United States) is a handmade abstract acrylic and oil painting. It is unframed, but ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Untitled. Acrylic and metal on woven burlap on wood
Located in Miami, FL
"Untitled" 2022 Acrylic and metal on woven burlap on wood 56 x 34 in COA by Raiman Rodriguez Raiman Rodríguez (1993) is a young artist born in Cuba ...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Metal

Summer Day, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2020 Style: Portrait Art Title: Summer day Size: 23.5"...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Series: Queen Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 25.25" x 21.25" Signature...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Dandelions, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2011 Style: Portrait Title: Dandelions Size: 25.5" x 2...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winged Genius - original painting by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Winged Genius, oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod. A ...
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2010s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Indian Woman" Street Scene in an Indian Market
Located in Austin, TX
By Bartolome Sastre 35" x 25.5" Oil on Canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Society Portrait , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board society portrait by French artist Rose Teitgen-Obeurer. Signed top left. A charming and characterful portrait of a fine lady...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Summer, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2006 Style: Portrait Surrealism Title: Summer Size: 25...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Letter to Jean
Located in Greenwich, CT
Blurring the line between mass consumerism and fine art, New York City based artist Jojo Anavim has established his body of work stemming from a background in graphic design and bran...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

18th c. French School, portrait of a lady as Flora by Robert Le Vrac Tournieres
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a lady as Flora Robert Le Vrac Tournieres (1667-1752) First half of 18th century French School Oil on oval canvas, Dimensions: h. 27.2 in, w. 21.7 in Magnificent original...
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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Butterfly, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2011 Style: Portrait Title: Dandelions Size: 25.5" x 2...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The death of General Négrier on Place de la Bastille, Paris - France
By Nicolas Edward Gabé
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas Edward GABE (Paris, 1814 - Paris, 1865) The death of General Négrier on Place de la Bastille on June 25, 1848 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 82 x 101 cm 1849 Nicolas Edward Gabé is a 19th century artist who is still little studied to this day and yet seems to have enjoyed, according to the artistic press of the time, a certain notoriety, in particular for his seascapes. The few bibliographical elements that we have come from the Salon booklets and tell us that the artist was born in Paris in 1814, therefore shortly before the end of the Empire. No elements on his artistic training are mentioned in the booklets, we just know that Gabé exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1835 to 1864 where he first practiced miniature then then approached easel painting, risking himself as well in still life that the seascapes, the landscape, the portrait or the hunting. According to press articles, he also took part in various exhibitions in the provinces such as Boulogne-sur-Mer and Marseille. Notably, Gabé did not exhibit at the Salon his large historical canvases on the revolution of 1848, which today are of obvious documentary and iconographic interest; probably for political reasons which are easily understandable to us today in view of the historical events of then. Gabé died in Paris at the age of 51 on January 4, 1865 with a mention in the January 7, 1865 edition of L'Union des Arts: “The death of Mr. Gabé, painter, well known in the export trade in paintings as well as to the auctioneers' hotel, whose sales it supplied through its numerous navies. “ "On June 25, 1848, in front of the barricades erected in the Bastille by the insurgents of the Red Republic, General Négrier fell to death, while he was uttering words of order and conciliation". Here are the opening lines of the tribute paid by Colonel Borgarelli d´Ison, friend of General Négrier. General Négrier belonged to a family from Maine, brought back by Marshal Lannes from emigration. Born in Le Mans on April 27, 1788, François Marie Casimir de Négrier entered, barely 18, as a volunteer in the 2nd Light Infantry Regiment. He began in 1806 with the campaigns of Prussia and Poland, during which he earned, through his bravery, the rank of sergeant and the decoration of the Legion of Honor. He made the following campaigns in Spain and Portugal, and left, with his regiment, only for the campaign of France, in 1814, after having risen successively, by actions of brilliance and by a serious wound, to the ranks of head of battalion and officer of the Legion of Honor, with which he was provided from October 1813. The Restoration retained his rank in his regiment. After having fought and wounded a second time seriously in Waterloo, Négrier was recalled in 1816 under the second Restoration. He was appointed, in 1825, lieutenant-colonel, then colonel in 1830, brigadier general in 1836, and of division in 1841. From March 1837 he participated in the conquest of Algeria. The Revolution of 1848 found Negrier in possession of the important command of the 16th Military Division in Lille. Quaestor of the Assembly in these times which promised to be troubled, Négrier reviewed the Place de la Concorde on June 23 at around noon various mobile guard battalions. He then took the head of 2,000 men provided by the 10th and 11th legions of the national guard and bivouacked on the Place du Palais until the next day 24. On Sunday 25 at nine o'clock, the Négrier division resumed the fight towards the Saint suburb. -Antoine. The troop gains continual advantages. At around two o'clock the column of Négrier had seized the Pont Marie: it had removed the barricades from the Quai Saint-Paul, the rue de l'Etoile, the rue des Barres...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Spring 1945", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 38x31, Impressionist
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
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1980s Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soaring Fish, Portrait, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2011 Style: Portrait Surrealism Title: Soaring Fish Si...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Children w Lamb Scene 18th century Oil painting by French Rococo Master
By Jean Baptist Marie Huet
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting was attributed to Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (1745 - 1811) by Cabinet Turquin (France). A cute scene with children tying a ribbon around the neck of a young lamb. Rococo in th...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Continence of Scipio, Erasmus Quellinus, School Rubens, Baroque Art, Old Master
By Erasmus Quellinus the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Erasmus Quellinus The Continence of Scipio Oil on Canvas The painting is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist. The Roman commande...
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17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Happiness Is... a Merle Dane
Located in Loveland, CO
Original Oil "Happiness Is... a Merle Dane" Canvas is gallery wrapped with black sides, perfect as is, or easy to frame. 14" x 11" oil on canvas 'I painted all of my dane's siblings, this one was Maya, so distinguished and beautiful' - AK ABOUT THE ARTIST: Since graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1999, Alyson Kinkade’s artwork has been widely collected and exhibited throughout the U.S. Her work is displayed publicly in the permanent collections of the cities of Little Rock, AR; Downey, CA; Paramount, CA; Loveland, CO; Platte River...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th century french painting GREUZE Portrait of a young girl Oil on canvas
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century After Jean-Baptiste GREUZE Tournus, 1725 – Paris, 1805 Oil on mounted canvas 46 x 38 cm (63.5 x 55 cm with the ...
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady with carnations By Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674 - Madrid 1735), circa 1700 Oil on canvas in oval shape, Dimensions: h. 35.82, w. 28.34 in. Period Louis XIV giltwood and carved frame with laurel leaves. Framed dimensions: h. 42.52 in, w. 33.85 in. Provenance: Collection of the Marquis de Bailleul at the Château d'Angerville-Bailleul (before 1942). To be included in the catalog raisonné of the artist by Stephane Perreau Important portrait of a young woman depicted half-length turned three-quarters, her face looking at the viewer. Dressed in a brick red velvet dress, an elegant blue scarf envelops her figure. Hair styled “a la Fontange”, her powdered hair is raised and tied at the back with a red ribbon, several curly locks escape from her bun and fall on her back and shoulders. The perfectly oval face with regular features dominated by her straight nose is softened by her gray eyes with slightly lowered lids. The red tinged skin tones on the cheeks and cheekbones color the face and make the portrait come alive. The young woman is portrayed standing near a pot of carnations. Her strongly lighted figure stands out against an architectural background of columns. The artist's palette is made of contrasts opposing warm to cold hues. The icy electric blue contrasts with the fiery brick red, the hair powdered with white accentuates even more the flush of the cheeks. The left arm bent at the elbow, extending the open hand with slightly bent fingers in the foreground brings depth to the composition. Our portrait, an interesting testimony in the corpus of works of the painter, is part of his youthful period, around 1700-1705. The former belonging of this portrait to the Marquis de Bailleul reinforces the remarkable character of our painting. The portrait has been examined by Stéphane Perreau, specialist of Jean Ranc and will be included in the catalog raisonné currently being written, under number P. 43. The notice edited by Mr Perreau is below: "Painted around 1700-1705, this portrait of a woman is directly inherited from Hyacinthe Rigaud, the master of Jean Ranc (the hand turned over the front, in a watch...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Necklace" Oil on board by Telopa
Located in Carmel, CA
Telopa, the father and son of artists, paints women in an elegant Mannerist style that combines classic beauty and mythological, symbolic allegory. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Painting Realist Portrait PETUA Old man Pipe Swiss 19th Oil Wood panel
Located in PARIS, FR
Léon PETUA Besançon, 1846 – Zürich, 1921 Oil on canvas 45 x 32 cm (58 x 44 cm with the frame) Signed lower left “L. Pétua” Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame of the 19th centur...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Playing around- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of a woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Alejandro Casanova Playing around 100 x 100 cm oil on canvas The Spanish artist Alejandro Casanova lives and works in Tenerife, where he moved afte...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spanish painting Portrait man Trace signature Academic 19th oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Juan Pablo SALINAS (Attributed to) Madrid, 1871 – Rome, 1946 Oil on canvas on a panel 34 x 22 cm (43 x 31 cm with the frame) Trace of signature lower lef...
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Late 19th Century Academic 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.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.

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