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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
Is the sun burning your retina ?Julien Wolf, Contemporary Expressionist painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915. Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection. Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood. Reference: Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Aptekareva (girl portrait oil painting abstract figurative pink glasses flowers
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Lucas Bononi was educated at Academy of Art University, San Francisco (2012 - 16) and Grand Central Atelier, New York (2017 - 2018). His work explores the mystery of ontology through...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

A small picodon ? Julien Wolf Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2017 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flamenco
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an magnificent original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002) Flamenco, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1955, with an image dimension of 12 x 9 ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Parnassus madness-Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dance with me - Joanna Flatau, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed Unique work Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland. She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Varsaw Academy in ...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Supper is not over ! - Julien Wolf, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France. In 2007, he graduated and obtained the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

What should I do with the ball ? Julien Wolf Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Girls at the Gate, Oil Painting by Wellington Virgolino de Sousa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wellington Virgolino de Sousa, Brazilian (1929 - 1988) Title: Meninas No Portao (Girls at the Gate) Year: 1974 Medium: Oil on board, signed lower Size...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Faccia Ubriaca" by Enzio Wenk, 1993-1997 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Portrait
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Drunken face". Mixed media on canvas.
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Recovery - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France. He graduated in 2007 at the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blonde, Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Blonde Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed l.l. Size: 16 x 11 inches Paper Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 cm)
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Couple of Berbers - Oil paint, a couple, 41x33 cm. each
Located in Nice, FR
Couple of paintings depincting a Berber man and woman by the spanish artist ANGLADA PINTO Luis. The man is painted on panel and the woman on canvas. Both same size. Not framed. A bea...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Players' transfer -Julien Wolf 21st century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Afternoon, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Afternoon Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

From here 2 hours and a half' wait! Julien Wolf Contemporary Expressionist Paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"L' Espagnole", Portrait Oil Painting by Dietz Edzard, 1935
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on Canvas, 1935 by Dietz Edzard ( German/French 1893-1963 ) Height: 17.99 in ( 45,7 cm ), Width: 12.99 in ( 33 cm ) With the artist's signature stamp at lower left. Framed. Prope...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Geez ! - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France. He graduated in 2007 at the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Child in Prayer Cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Famed female illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The accompl...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Mixed Media

Portrait of a Woman, Woman's Magazine Illustration Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait of a Woman Mixed media on board , Redbook magazine interior illustration done in the 1950's , Work is unframed
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Board

He grabs it by the tail - Julien Wolf, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France. He graduated in 2007 at the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section a...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Will Be The Wolf
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Will Be The Wolf. Monika Dalek Polish contemporary artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Diploma defended 2008 at the Faculty of Visual...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Jeremy on acid - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas Signed Unique work
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Girl, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977) Title: Portrait of a Girl Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm) Frame Size:...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

ATTITUDE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas size 36 x 12 in. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of a...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Painting 19th century Genre Scene Landscape With Characters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Niczky Edouard (1850 – 1919) Love date in 19th century Oil on canvas signed low left Old original frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 61 X 52 cm Dim frame : 76 X 66 cm Certificate of authenticity Niczky Eduard (1850 – 1919) German painter 19th century Birth on July 17th, 1850 in Kassel Died on May 16th, 1919 in Munich Painter of genre scenes, portraitist, landscapes and flowers. Eduard Niczky...
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1880s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mother, Oil Painting by Chaim Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Goldberg, Israeli (1917-2004) Title: Mother Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed in English lower left and Hebrew lower right Size: 24 x 20 inche...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stoic and Soulfully Strong Women - All Women Composition Euphorbia -
Located in Miami, FL
One of Cornwell's hallmarks is that he paints stoically soulful faces that express the subject's trials and hardships. In this only-woman composition, he depicts a scene of two women who are strong, unafraid, and self-confident and can weather the storm despite the challenges. In this regard, it is similar to "A Strange Sound Drifted Down to Kit from the Top of the Range—A Man’s Voice, Singing" by Cornwell, which sold at Christie's USD $163,800 on 18 Apr 2024. Caption: "Are you making little things?" questioned Lucy. 'No ,' said Marge. 'If this one happens to live, there will be many long years ahead of us for that." Morris Weiss collection...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Woman by Greg Kessler, Abstract Oil Painting by Greg Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Greg Kessler, American (1966 - ) Title: Woman in Crop Top Gesturing Year: circa 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas (unsigned) Size: 26 x 18 in. (66.04 x 45.72 cm)
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Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Who Are These Angels CIII, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This is "Who Are These Angels "CIII", an original oil painting on Gallery wrapped canvas. This large painting measures 36" x 36" x 1.5 inches. The sides are p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Imperious II
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas with finished black edges. It comes ready to hang.

About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Who Are These Angels CVI, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This is "Who Are These Angels CVI," an original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas.


About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career by ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Who Are These Angels LXXI
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This piece is number 71 from my ;Who Are These Angels; series. This painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas with finished ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Who Are These Angels LXXXV
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is number 85 from my series of mysterious figures titled Who Are These Angels. The piece is on a gallery wr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Kindred of the Dust, Frontier Town Cosmopolitan Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
More than 20 beautifully rendered post-impressionist portraits in character, define Dean Cornwell as one of America's great artists. In his time, he was a famous as Norman Rockwell and was Norman Rockwell's favorite illustrator. "One thing puzzled Dirty Dan extremely. That was the perfectly frank, friendly manner in which his employer and this outcast woman greeted each other, the earnestness with which they conversed, and the effect of the woman's low-spoken words upon the color of Hector McKaye's face." Morris Weiss collection...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Red Women - like Gertrude Abercrombie - Surrealist Women Artists
Located in Miami, FL
Somewhat like Gertrude Abercrombie but the work is better painted, conceived, and designed - Magazine Illustration. Most likely for: Good Housek...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Tall Post-Impressionist Oil Painting - Portrait of an Artist in Interior
By I. Johns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall upright oil painting on canvas depicting an artist standing in his studio interior - holding a paintbrush. The work is of British authorship and is signed and dated by the artis...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Painting 20th Century Post Impressionist Paris Montmartre
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981) Tourists in Paris Montmartre Oil on canvas signed low right Gault framer (Paris) Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm Dim frame : 66 X 75 cm HERVE Jules René (1887-19...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Study of a Young Woman', Karlsruhe, Berlin, Danish Post-Impressionist, Benezit
By Alfred Hermann Helberger
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right 'A.H.'; signed verso, "Alfred Helberger", inscribed "Gertrúd" and dated 1914. Bearing the original 1962 exhibition label from the Senator fur Folksbildung, Ber...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Princess Diana, " an Oil Canvas signed by Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Princess Diana" is an original oil painting created by Alayna Rose. This piece was created shortly after the death of Princess Diana in 1997. The painting effectively captures the distance and sadness surrounding the event. Alayna Rose did not set out to make a tribute painting...
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Film Noir Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Herbert Morton Stoops American (1888 - 1948) Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine illustration, 1925 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Not signed Work is framed
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Man
By Emmanuel Mane-Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Emmanuel Mane-Katz circa 1950. An expressionist style portrait of a man with a forlorn expression in dark gray and red tones. A...
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman with Cel Phone
Located in Burlingame, CA
“Mary Robertson’s joyous and meditative paintings are are colorful simulations of contentment and sacred play.” Wayne Thiebaud. Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Man Portrait
By Ann Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANN SINGER "MAN PORTRAIT" ACRYLIS ON CANVAS, SIGNED CZECH, DATED 1983 35 X 29 INCHES Plus frame
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1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Suzanne Eisendieck "Chapeau Printanier. La Parisienne" Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on canvas, circa 1950, by Suzanne Eisendieck ( 1906-1998 ) Signed lower left: SUZANNE EISENDIECK Dimensions: 22.04 x 17.51 in ( 56 x 44,5 cm ). Framed: 26.37 x 21.45 in ( 67 cm x...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mujer de Juchitan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raul Anguiano, Mexican (1915 - 2006) Title Mujer de Juchitan Year: 1974 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l., signed, dated and titled verso Size: 25.5 x 37.25 in. (64.77 x 94...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Le Violoniste - Expressionist Oil, Portrait of a Violinist by Jean Albert Pougny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed expressionist oil on canvas portrait circa 1942 by French painter Jean Albert Pougny. The work depicts a violinist in an interior. Signatur...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Adolf Feder Miniature Oil Painting of a Jewish Rabbi Sensitive Judaica Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolphe Aizik Feder (Ukrainian, 1886-1943), alternate spelling Adolf Feder "Portrait of a Rabbi" Oil painting mounted to board. Signed (upper left). Sight size, 6 3/4 by 5 1/8 inches; overall as framed, 8 3/8 by 6 3/4 inches. Adolphe Féder (1886 – 1943) was a Jewish-Ukrainian painter and illustrator. He moved to France in 1908, where he remained until his deportation and subsequent murder at the hands of the Vichy regime. Adolphe Feder is best-known today for the artwork he produced of those interned with him in the Drancy internment camp. Born to Jewish Ukrainian merchant parents, in 1905 Féder found himself involved in the revolutionary Bund Labor Movement. His involvement in the organization would force him to flee to Berlin, Germany at the age of 19. Following his time in Berlin, Féder moved to Geneva, Switzerland before moving to Paris, France in 1908 to study at the Académie Julian. At the Académie he studied painting and worked closely with the French Impressionist, Henri Matisse in his workshop. In 1926, Féder made a trip to British Mandate Palestine (Israel). On his trip he encountered many Judaic elements, which he painted. The trip's impact on him yielded many of his most notable paintings such as "Juif à barbe tenant un plateau" ("Bearded Jew holding a tray"). When Féder returned to Paris, he brought many of these paintings back with him, which garnered him recognition in the Parisian artistic community. Before Féder was sent to Auschwitz he painted prisoners and guards in the Drancy internment camp. When Nazi troops marched across France in 1942, Féder, aged 52, tried to get in contact with the French Resistance but was caught by the Pétain militia. He and his wife were arrested on 10 June 1942 and imprisoned in Cherche-Midi prison; he was transferred to the Drancy internment camp in September 1942. In Drancy, Féder continued to paint, creating portraits of those around him such as the other prisoners and guards. His paintings stopped with his deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp on 13 December 1943 where he was murdered. Féder's wife, Sima Féder, donated Féder's works from inside Drancy to the Ghetto Fighters' House upon her death in 1967. Féder's success came in 1912 when his landscape works were displayed at the Salon d'Automne. He continued to paint following this including a series of 45 illustrations created for a book of poetry by French poet Arthur Rimbaud. The book received a limited run of 350 copies in 1924, but was commended for its watercolor illustrations. When Féder's work appeared in the Fearon Galleries in 1923, his work received great praise. A monograph on Féder was written in 1929 by Gustave Kahn. (also known as Aizik Féder or Айзик Федер) He was associated with The School of Paris, Ecole de Paris, which was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a center of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. Between 1900 and 1940 the city drew artists from all over the world and became a centre for artistic activity. School of Paris was used to describe this loose community, particularly of non-French artists, centered in the cafes, salons and shared workspaces and galleries of Montparnasse. Before World War I, a group of expatriates in Paris created art in the styles of Post-Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism. The group included artists like Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani and Piet Mondrian. Associated French artists included Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes. The term "School of Paris" was used in 1925 by André Warnod to refer to the many foreign-born artists who had migrated to Paris. The term soon gained currency, often as a derogatory label by critics who saw the foreign artists—many of whom were Jewish—as a threat to the purity of French art. Art critic Louis Vauxcelles, noted for coining the terms "Fauvism" and "Cubism", Waldemar George, himself a French Jew, in 1931 lamented that the Ecole de paris, School of Paris name "allows any artist to pretend he is French. it refers to French tradition but instead annihilates it. The artists working in Paris between World War I and World War II experimented with various styles including Cubism, Orphism, Surrealism and Dada. Foreign and French artists working in Paris included Jean Arp, Joan Miro, Constantin Brancusi, Raoul Dufy, Tsuguharu Foujita, artists from Belarus like Michel Kikoine, Pinchus Kremegne, and Jacques Lipchitz, the Polish artist Marek Szwarc and others such as Russian-born prince Alexis Arapoff. A significant subset, the Jewish artists, came to be known as the Jewish School of Paris...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Paul Manes - Woman with Pearls, Painting 2016
Located in Greenwich, CT
Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948 in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and hi...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

1930's French Oil Portrait Atmospheric Moody Atmosphere Lady in Black Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) oil on unstretched canvas, unframed painting: 24 x 19 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: the painting is on unstretched canvas...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Buzzy French Cafe Outside Scene 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Cafe signed oil on canvas stuck on board, framed framed: 13 x 9.5 inches canvas: 9.5 x 6.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound co...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soul Gazing
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Oluwafemi Akanmu is a Nigerian artist known for his exceptional talent in creating striking artworks that reflect the beauty and complexity of African culture. "Soul Gazing" is one o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic

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

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Mixed Media

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Oil Painting -Portrait in an Interior, Framed
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT IN AN INTERIOR Size: 57 x 49.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A beautifully executed and subtle mid century modernist portrait, executed in oil onto board. This semi-ab...
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Depository VI
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
It is imperative to say that one cannot separate the African culture and the use of proverbs. Prof. Chinua Achebe who was a novelist, poet, and one of the dominant figures of modern...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

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

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

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

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