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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Surrealist
Fashion Essentials I - Contemporary colourful surrealistic painting
Located in DE
Gamez de Francisco paints and photographs very passionately, making statements filled with symbolism. He frequently includes insects in his artwork. He says: Flying insects represent...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cynthia I, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mystical portrait of a woman holding a mask in a surreal, dream-like setting by Ramon Santiago. Artist: Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001) Title: Cynthia I Year: 1976 Medium...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST SIGNED OIL ABSTRACT FIGURE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract" by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) inscribed verso, oil painting on board, unframed board: 13.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, F...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Abstract Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed size: 24 x 19.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate, Franc...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I was inspired to create this painting by a mirage in the sea. I saw on the horizon, a fantastic city with huge eyes looking at me. By purchasing Ukrainian art from Ukrainian artists...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Father & Son - colorful, expressive, abstracted figurative, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This charming, unembellished portrait of a little boy held closely by his father as they wade in the water is by Pat Service. The backdrop for the painting is lime green…a summer col...
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Early 2000s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Huge French Modernist Figurative Portrait, Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lost, Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005 Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil painting on canvas, framed Canvas size: 60 x 38 inches Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Man, Yaddo
By Rosemarie Beck
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rosemarie Beck (1923-2003). Yaddo Portrait of a Man (possibly Larry Osgood). Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches. Without frame. Minor rippling of canvas with...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL PEN & INK DRAWING - FIGURES ON THE BEACH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"On the Beach" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) ink drawing, on very thin paper, unframed paper: 8.25 x 10.75 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine origin...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL INK DRAWING - FIGURE SKETCHES DOODLES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Doodles" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) ink drawing, on very thin paper, unframed paper: 10.75 x 8.25 inches provenance: the artists e...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

Curtis Sliwa, Guardian Of The City
Located in Brecon, Powys
His time in New York City has ingrained Berlin with the whole vibe of the culture that existed in the city at that time. He is so passionate when talking about it and the lasting eff...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

CLAUDE LAGOUCHE (1943-2020) ORIGINAL 1960s FRENCH CHARCOAL DRAWING - PORTRAIT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020) Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020. He quickly gained recognition f...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal

Striking Portrait, Dark Colours, "Un Jour de Pluie", Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Striking Portrait, Dark Colours, "Un Jour de Pluie", Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Titled and dated '200...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Dark Picasso Style Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Picasso Style Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Titled 'Lavande' in the lower left hand corner Oil p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Contemporary French Oil Painting - Portrait of a Figure in Blue, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century/ early 21st century Title: Abstract portrait of a figure Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed Size: canvas: 29.5 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary Abstract French Portraits Two Paintings Side by Side
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portraits, Two Paintings Side by Side, Signed Oil Painting By French artist, Beatrice Werlie, Mid 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner, Oil painti...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this painting, I've melded the whimsical with the surreal to explore the dichotomy between fantasy and reality. The jester, typically a figure of folly and transient joy, juxtapos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) 1940's FRENCH OIL PAINTING - ELDERLY LADY SEWING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Sewing" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) oil painting on board, dated 1944 board: 19.5 x 10.5 inches Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Genevi...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Light After Dark" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Light After Dark" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life woman reclining in a landscape of mountains. ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

LARGE FRENCH OIL EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF WOMAN - LILAC PURPLE COLOURS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's Title: Abstract portrait of a woman Medium: oil painting, on canvas. Size: canvas: 27.5 x 31.5 inches Provenance: private col...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The revolt of the innocents by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 130x97 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas without frame
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Sophie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...
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1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Portrait, Dark Colours, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait, Dark Colours, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 21.5 x 18 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

20th Century Original French Signed Expressionist Oil Painting - Abstract Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) signed and dated 91' oil on canvas, unframed size: 32 x 23.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from the a...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge 1970s Parisian Nude Portrait Modernist Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1970s Parisian Nude Portrait, Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005 Oil painting on canvas, unframed Signed, dated 1979 and titled by the artist verso Canvas size: 36 x 36 inches Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Pocket Full of Dreams", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Pocket Full of Dreams" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure surrounded by darkness, gently holding...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Century Original French Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed size: 18 x 13 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate, France ...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Macabre Style, Abstract Portrait, Dark Colours, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Macabre Style, Abstract Portrait, Dark Colours, Original Oil Painting By the French artist Beatrice Werlie, Early 21st Century Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 21.5 x 18...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Anguish' Huge French 20thC. Modernist Portrait Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anguish, Huge French Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting Signed By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005 Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 67 x 24 inches Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ross Bleckner Geometric Abstract Painting, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) Untitled (Geometric Abstraction) Acrylic on board 19 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Ross '66 Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, N...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Titled and dated '2004' verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 21.5 x 18 inches Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie. The mosaic style painting shows a medley of coloured flecks, based on a neutral background, with a soft range of pinks and turquoise. There is a faint outline of a face lost amongst the cubist paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pencil on thin paper, unframed paper: 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: the artists estate, Pari...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

"Silver Cord, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Silver Cord" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vibrant purple and red eye and face.
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pencil on thin card, unframed Thin Card: 4 x 5.25 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawin...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Surrealist Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed size: 26 x 19.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate, France...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century Original Signed French Abstract Oil Painting - Cubist Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) signed oil on canvas, unframed size: 13 x 8.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Two Dummies", surrealist, brown, tan, grey, mixed media, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Two Dummies” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 24 x 1.5 inches wide in browns, tans and greys with red and yellow accents. The wooden neck lever of the ventriloquist suggests that he is in reality the dummy of the young boy; and yet, impossibly, both seem to be the dummies of one another! Regardless, the brightness of the props on the prop table...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff, "Apocalypse" COA, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an exclusive unique original acrylic painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style by Serg Graff Titled "Apocalypse: Lost Soul Catcher". Amazing bright colors and very detailed. Some details on the painting are decorated with Crystals Swarovski. It comes signed, dated, and with a COA (Certificate of Authenticity). Presented in an ornate gold frame. Excellent condition. Framed measures 25.5 "x 21.5", painting measures 20 "x 16". Signed and dated on the backside by Artist Serg Graff. Please see the photos. ________________________ Please note that the physical colors of the item may vary from the pictures in the listing, given the quality of the camera, the lighting, and the background used We sell vintage...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Pedro Gasto Vilanova - Modernist painting of a family, dated '44
Located in New York, NY
Pedtro Gasto Vilanova (Spanish, 1908-1997) Untitled (Family), 1944 Oil on canavas 21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. Framed: 24 3/4 x 21 1/3 in. Signed and dated on left side. Inscribed verso: PAG...
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1940s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Self Chaperone", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media Acrylic Painting, 2020
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Self-Chaperone” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in flesh tones, yellows and greys. The portrait depicts the inner conflict between uninhibi...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010) Untitled, 1950 Oil on canvas 36 x 25 in. Signed lower right: RJE '50 Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child. Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist. After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study. After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953. For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983. As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known. Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring Harbor...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cubist Abstract, Purple, Colourful Oil Painting, Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Abstract, Purple, Colourful Oil Painting, Original By French artist 'Mauduil', 20th Century Signed on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on card, unframed Board size: 22...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Fragrance, " Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Fragrance" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model and a male model with colorful butterflies and flowers ebbing betwee...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary semi-abstract portrait of women acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Together We Are Unbreakable" by Natalya Mougenot is a captivating abstract piece created with acrylic paints on heavyweight professional paper. Part of a series dedicated to women,...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Contemporary semi-abstract portrait of women acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Bound by Strength, We Stand Together is a captivating piece by Natalya Mougenot, created as part of her Women Series, where she delves into themes of femininity, strength, and the pr...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Addisonjones artwork, Anti-Hero pop artwork
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Anti-Hero pop artwork A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T: Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors and screen prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Signed American Illustration "Romeo and Juliette" Framed Rare Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American illustration painting. Signed. Framed. Measuring 20 by 24 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
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1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring III - Contemporary colourful figurative surrealistic painting
Located in DE
Gamez de Francisco paints and photographs very passionately, making statements filled with symbolism. He frequently includes insects in his artwork. He says: Flying insects represent...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Beak" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Beak" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with her face in profile with a yellow triangle that resembles a beak.
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Oil

"Moon Glow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Moon Glow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form holding a full moon in ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pen on thin paper, unframed paper: 10.5 x 8 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawing by t...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pencil on thin card, unframed paper: 17.25 x 9.75 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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Pencil

"Reboot" (2023), Original Surrealist Oil Portrait by Jen Starling
Located in Denver, CO
Jen Starling's Surrealist Oil Paiting "Reboot" (2023), is a masterful portrait of a woman, against a dark slate background. The subject's right side and waist begins to fade down int...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Gnome"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this painting, I've depicted a whimsical world where fantasy and reality blend under a vintage patina. The main figure, a gnome, exudes a contemplative aura, imbued with the myst...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Citadel" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Citadel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life woman reclining in a seaside landscape. Artist Autobi...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Gnome"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this painting, I've depicted a whimsical world where fantasy and reality blend under a vintage patina. The main figure, a gnome, exudes a contemplative aura, imbued with the myste...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Shadow Self", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Shadow Self" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face with blue lipstick fading into the darkness of spa...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Man with Pipe - Paint by Buntoon Brothers - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Man with pipe is an artwork realized by Buntoon Brothers in the 1970s. 24 x 19 cm ; 40 x 34 with frame. Hand signed in the lower right part. Oil on canvas. Good conditiions!
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

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.

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