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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1990s
Period: 1940s
Young blonde woman posing in profile
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 51 x 43.5 x 4 cm
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Reading a love letter oil on canvas painting woman portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antoni Vidal Rolland (1889-1970) - Reading a love letter - Oil on canvas Oil measures 55x46 cm. Frame measures 76x67 cm. Disciple of José Ruiz Blasco in Lonja and of Aleix Clapés. H...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Thick Impasto Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait of Freddie Mercury. Oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressi...
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Judaica Oil Painting 1945 Palestine Old Jewish Man Polish Israeli Artist
By Ozer Shabat
Located in Surfside, FL
Ozer Shabat 1978-1901 Ozer Shabbat was an Israeli painter, a resident of Haifa. Belonged to the Palestine Expressionist group of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Shabbat was born in Wolbrom, Poland. At the end of the First World War he went to Holland for agricultural training in the framework of the HeChalutz movement, prior to his immigration to Palestine. In 1920 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and joined the Hulda group. Later he joined the Merhavia group and there he began painting. Because of his desire to study drawing, he left the group and moved to Jerusalem. In 1921, he wrote articles in the newspaper "HaSadeh" on the subject of agriculture and Dutch cheese. Ozer Shabath won the first prize in a competition for the design of the Dutch Consulate's Garden in Jerusalem, enabling him to travel to Paris in 1923 to study painting. Until 1925 he studied painting at the Grande Chaumiere Academy in Paris. This year he returned to Eretz Israel and settled in Haifa, where he lived until his death. In 1928 he participated for the first time in an exhibition of Eretz Israel artists at the Tower of David. Since then he has participated in all the general exhibitions of Israeli artists. In 1934, together with painters Menachem Shemi, Avraham Mohar, Zvi Meirovitch and others, he founded the Haifa Artists' Group. In 1935-36 he toured Europe and visited Italy, France and England. During his visit, he maintained contacts with artists from the Jewish school of Paris. He has exhibited in several solo exhibitions, represented Israel in exhibitions in Europe and participated in international exhibitions in New York, Johannesburg and Zurich. In 1958 he represented Israel in the Venice Biennale. In 1960, Shabat, together with Elchanan Halpern he represented the Israeli Painters Association at the International Congress of Plastic Arts held in Vienna, Austria . In the 40s and 50s he focused on landscape pictures. However, despite the focus on the Israeli landscape, the approach is universal in the framework of the post-Impressionist painting school. In the 1960s, his approach changed and he turned more to abstraction. The abstract direction gradually evolved. The point of departure of the abstract approach is the architectural landscape, but this view loses its real character and becomes only imaginary: the buildings lose their real character and turn into exclusive geometric areas that are usually set against a dark background. Over time, architecture captured the lion's share of his paintings. Cities like Safed, Jaffa and Jerusalem are the subject of many pictures. He taught painting and art at the schools of the kibbutzim in Ramat Yochanan and Kfar Yehoshua, in high schools in Haifa and in the IDF and Gordon seminars. His paintings were purchased and are in the permanent collection of the Bezalel National Museum (now the Israel Museum), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa Maritime Museum, Acre Municipal Museum. Select Solo exhibitions 1936 - Nadler Gallery, Haifa. 1943 - The Tel Aviv Museum of Art. 1952 - Artists House, Haifa. 1953 - Bezalel House, Jerusalem. 1955 - Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. 1955 - The Writers' Club, Haifa. 1959 - Artists House, Haifa. 1960 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1962 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1963 - Gallery 220, Tel Aviv. 1968 - The Municipal Museum of Beit Emanuel, Ramat Gan. 1979 - Memorial exhibition marking the first anniversary...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait of Mozart oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

woman in white oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - woman in white - Oil on canvas Canvas measures 73x60 cm. Frame size 76x63 cm. MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joa...
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1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Post Impressionist Portrait of a Woman - British 40's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Harry Rutherford. Painted circa 1940, the portrait is of a dark haired young woman in a f...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Jenness Cortez, "Secretariat as a Stallion, Claiborne Farm", Equine Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This rare original equine painting by renown artist, Jenness Cortez, features a stately portrait of legendary racehorse Secretariat standing in the lush verdant grass at Claiborne Farm. Bathing in the warmth of an afternoon sun, Secretariat's copper-colored beauty is captured perfectly. Titled, “Secretariat as a Stallion Claiborne Farm”, this beautiful oil painting measures 18.5 x 24.5 and is framed in an ornate gold frame, finished with a commemorative plaque. Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and the most recognizable name in thoroughbred racing. Big Red, as he is most often affectionately referred, became America’s Horse after his historic Triple Crown win in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths (in world record time) in what stands today as the single greatest horseracing performance ever. About Jenness Cortez: Jenness Cortez is a distinguished figure in the contemporary revival of classical realist painting. She was born in Indiana and exhibited a very early talent for art. As a teenager, she took private lessons with Antonius Raemaekers...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Extra-Large Warm Blue And Orange Contemporary Abstract Face By Hans Bouman
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
An exquisite contemporary painting by Dutch artist, Hans Bouman. In this painting Bouman creates a captivating interplay of colors and forms that gives rise to an enigmatic abstract face that invites interpretation and contemplation. This captivating large-scale abstract painting is a harmonious blend of warm white, earthy tones, invigorating orange, and calming blue hues. Hans Bouman, born in the Netherlands in 1951, embarked on his artistic journey at the Amsterdam Graphic School and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Fine Arts. During the early 1980s, Paris became his haven of inspiration, where his debut in galleries marked the onset of an international presence that continues to flourish. Bouman's artistic evolution is characterized by cycles of creativity, but it is his larger-than-life hieratic heads that he is renown for. These remarkable pieces pay homage to influences as diverse as the Moai sculptures of Easter Island, the intricate masks of Africa...
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Mick Jagger
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Peter Max Title: Mick Jagger Medium: Acrylic on serigraph Date: 1994 Edition: One of a kind Sheet Size: 45" x 31 1/2" Signature: Hand signed "MAX" in acrylic (upper right); p...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Screen

Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Hans Hofmann School of Art in New ...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Encaustic, Oil, Board

Corgi
Located in Charleston, US
The charming quintessential Corgi dog painting by Audrey Challoner-Desjardins is a must have for the Corgi lover.   Audrey Challoner-Desjardins immortalizes ...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Female Nude Study Watercolor Drawing by Rotislaw Racoff
By Rotislaw Racoff
Located in Atlanta, GA
1940s nude study, watercolor, and ink on paper painting by Polish/Russian artist Rotislaw Racoff (1904 - 1982). This is a fine study of a young woman, probably Asian, sitting back. T...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

FLOWERS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
oil on canvas, ready to hang I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
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1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

THE BOOT
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by Britto. There is also a signed and dated dedication on verso by Britto. Canvas siz...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Portrait of a Woman "Irene Handl" with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas Elegant portrait of a woman (Irene Handl) with horn rimmed glasses by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American, 20th Century). Th...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nocturnal portrait
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Gray wooden frame, silver borders 100 x 80 x 6 cm
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Italian Renaissance Prince Portrait oil Painting 1940
By Alessandro Milesi
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4076 Italian Oil on canvas set in an antique wood frame Image size 19.5x15.5" by Alessandro Milesi
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Yellow and Blue-Toned Realistic Impressionist Portrait of a Boy
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow and blue-toned abstract impressionist portrait of a boy by Danish artist Hans Christian Bärenholdt. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Hung in a gold carved frame. Dim...
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1940s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood Elegant portrait of a woman and her newborn child (*Natalie Wood and Natasha) by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pop Art Acrylic Painting 'Detectives' from the Tintin Comic books
By Fernando Fer Sucre
Located in Surfside, FL
These are the detectives of the Belgian comic book Tintin created by Herge. FER SUCRE is a Venezuelan-born artist now in Wynwood Miami, Florida. He studied graphic design and paintin...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Plastic, Acrylic

Figurative Neutral-Toned Realistic Impressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit
Located in Houston, TX
Neutral toned abstract impressionist portrait of a man wearing a suit by Danish artist Hans Christian Bärenholdt. Signed and dated by the artist at the bottom right. Currently hung i...
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1940s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
Located in Miami, FL
“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe in Oil on Masonite Detailed portrait of a man with a pipe by Heinz Robert Schubert (German, 1912-2001 approx.). A man wearing a short-brimmed hat is...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Moments of Reflection Depicting a Woman Sitting by the Fire, Original Oil Paint
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to present a captivating painting by the artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964). This beautiful artwork depicts a woman from Dalarna, sitting in front of a warm, glowing fire. The entire painting is bathed in a soft, radiant light, particularly illuminating her face and traditional white/red attire. The woman appears contemplative, lost in thought, perhaps thinking of someone dear to her heart. She is depicted in a kitchen, taking a moment to relax after a day's chores in her home. Sam Uhrdin's artistic journey began in the early 1900s, he traveled to Stockholm in 1903 to further continue his studies in painting. He worked as a painter during the day and attended various evening schools in the evenings. In 1906, he journeyed to America to work as a sign painter, but he mainly ended up working as an upholsterer. Returning to Leksand in 1909 via London and Paris, his artistic talent gained recognition, and with the help of some patrons, he began studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1911, occasionally attending Althin's painting school in Stockholm. Financial circumstances cut his study time short, and his skill as a portrait painter earned him numerous portrait commissions, which further occupied his time. In 1921, Uhrdin received a scholarship from the Royal Academy, enabling him to embark on a study trip in 1922 to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, which he had to cut short due to his wife's illness. He later visited places like Spain and Portugal. Uhrdin's breakthrough came with his portrait of the former Prime Minister Nils Edén, which he executed in 1919. In 1921, he portrayed the participants of the Swedish Academy. Among other representatives of official Sweden captured by Uhrdin were Gustav V, Manne Siegbahn, Ludvig Stavenow, and bishops Gottfrid and Einar Billing. In 1932, he held a solo exhibition at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, and he participated in various exhibitions, including the Swedish Artists' Association in Stockholm in 1917, Swedish Art at Valand-Chalmers in Gothenburg in 1923, Dalarna Artists displayed at Liljevalchs Konsthall in 1936, and the National Museum's traveling exhibition "Barnet i konsten" (Children in Art...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

girl reading oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Llimona Benet (1896-1957) - Girl reading - Oil on canvas Oil measures 116x89 cm. Frameless. Rafael Llimona i Benet (1896-1957) was a Spanish pai...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

surreal woman face oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) - Surrealist figure - Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x38 cm. Frameless. Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) Catalan painter attracted by the Middle Ages and I...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil

Dutch Girl Contemporary Portrait of a Child
By Kiki Lamers
Located in Brookville, NY
Woman artist Kiki Lamers portrait of a Young Girl is Signed and dated with title on the reverse the painting "Dutch Girl" by Kiki Lamers is framed in a silv...
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1990s Dutch School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Spanish school XX century Saint Pancras oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 55x46 cm. Frameless.
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Christ Pantocrator after an Russian icon of the 15th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ Pantocrator after a Russian icon of the 15th Century. Tempera and gold leaf on gesso over a wooden board. Measurements in centimeters: 38 x 29.5 x 3 cm. / In inches: 14.96 x 11.8 x 1.18 " This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon: “The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal. The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability. Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well. Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is "shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold. Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments. Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light. When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Samsinger (Vienna, 1968) began to take an interest in icons in 1990. He undertakes several trips to Bulgaria, Greece, and Cyprus to see in situ the original works treasured in these three countries. This experience will be crucial in his life since the studies carried out in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, and his stay on Mount Athos...
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1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Portrait of Molly Le Bas
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Portrait of Molly ( Le Bas ) Brocas Burrows, this picture was painted by her brother Edward. The significance of the mirror is of paramount importance to the paintings subject, the r...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Muchacha
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expressionist 1940s Self Portrait Oil Painting in Blues, Greens, Gray, Interior
By Cornelis Ruhtenberg
Located in Denver, CO
Expressionist style self portrait of the artist, Cornelis Ruhtenberg (1923-2008), oil on board painted in 1949. Signed by the artist on verso. Interior scene of the artist painted in...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

"The Lamp Lighter" Texas Mid-Century Modern Everett Spruce (1908-2002) EXHIBITED
Located in San Antonio, TX
Everett Spruce (1908 - 2002) Austin Artist Image Size: 18 x 15 Frame Size: 28 x 25 Medium: Oil on paper / Mixed Exhibited at a University of Texas Faculty art show in 1947 Unsigned Biography Everett Spruce (1908 - 2002) The following, submitted by a researcher of the Ashworth Collection of Native American and Western Art, is from the artist's obituary in the Fort Smith, Arkansas "Times Record" newspaper, October 20, 2002. Everett F. Spruce, well-known artist, teacher, professor emeritus, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at age 94. Everett Spruce was born on a farm in Conway to William E. and Fannie McCarty Spruce. He came to Dallas, at age 17, on a scholarship to study at the Dallas Art Institute, under Olin Travis and Thomas M. Stell Jr. In 1931, he became gallery assistant at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and in 1934 married Alice V. Kramer, a fellow art student. He was one of the "Dallas Nine" group of Southwest artists...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Mourning woman oil on board painting impressionist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Woman in mourning - Oil on panel Oil measures 25x13.5 cm. Frameless.
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1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Accretion Yankel Contemporary painting collage abstract art work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint, collage and mixed media on panel Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Woman
Located in Austin, TX
By Bartolome Sastre 45.75" x 32" Oil on Canvas
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1990s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil, Board

Yin Yang (woodcut, hand-pulled print, black and white, figurative, patterned BG)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer Yin Yang Woodcut on paper Year: 1990 Size: 33x23x0.35in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1661 Framed artist proof woodcut print of male and...
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1990s Feminist Portrait Paintings

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Woodcut

Boat trip oil on board painting impressionism Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Boat ride - Oil on panel Oil measures 46x28 cm. Frameless.
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1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Woman on the beach Spain oil on canvas painting impressionist spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Woman on the beach - Oil on canvas Oil measures 47x56 cm. Frameless. It presents restorations.
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1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue grey Yankel Contemporary painting figurative art blue colour portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Blond Pin up with Perfect Smile Tennis Racket - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Julia (Elsie Julia Miller) Schleicher (Canadian/American, 1916-1988) Woman Tennis Player Pastel and gouache on board 18 x 13-5/8 inches (45.7 x 34.6 cm) S...
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1940s Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Pastel

"Untitled, " Abstract Acrylic Portrait on Canvas Panel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is an original acrylic painting on canvas panel by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This artwork features an abstract portrait of a man in blue, b...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Panel

Nude with Lace, Pastel Study Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming pastel painting on paper was designed by Pio Santini (1908-1986) and named: nude with lace. The artist's signature, Santini, can be found in the bottom left corner of the artwork. Lovely romantic composition with a nude young lady kneeling and holding a piece of white lace. Flamboyant magenta red drape background. The painting remains in its original frame, which features delicately carved wood, a gesso finish, an off-white wood liner, and glass protection. The piece is in good condition but has a dark stain and some small chips on the edges of the original wood frame. Measurements: With frame: 22.75 in. wide (58 cm) x 26 in. high (66 cm) Opening view: 14.50 in. wide (36.5 cm) x 17.75 in. (45 cm). Artist Biography: Pio Santini (1908-1986) Pio Santini was born on April 17, 1908, close to Rome, in Tivoli, Italy. He showed a precocious and pronounced artistic taste and gifts, to begin with, drawing and painting. From his childhood drawings, as early as 5 or 6 years old, he was gifted and had a technique above the average. As early as 1933, Pio Santini moved to Paris, in the Montparnasse district, also known as The Artists Area, where he settled in his first Parisian studio. He is recognized as a member of the Academy of Paris, a significant art movement in the first half of the 20th century, alongside Amedeo Modigliani and other Italian artists. While attending the classes of the Estienne School for further training in plastic art, Pio Santini started to attract attention in various Parisian Salons (particularly the Winter Salon, the Independents Salon, and the French Artists Salon) and to find a place in the Parisian universe of painting, as is shown in the press of the time. The Second World War, which pitted his country of birth against his adopted nation, created conflicting emotions in him. During this time, the concept of a united and reconciled Europe took root in his mind. In a way, he played a part in the resuming cultural exchanges between France and Italy by founding the association The Romans in Paris after the war, and especially by creating and animating the Villa D’Este Prize for about ten years, rewarding each year a French artist or writer by offering, a one month stay at the Villa, in Tivoli. Later, the Montparnasse Prize would reward Italian artists in Paris, in the same way. While devoting himself to painting, he worked as an art illustrator for edition and press and left us a rich but unrecognized work from this period. In the early 1960s, Pio Santini decided, imperiously and bravely, to live on his painting. A member of the Society of Independent Artists since 1934, he then actively participated in numerous collective exhibitions in France and abroad. He regularly exhibited in Parisian Salons, most of which he was a member: the Independents Salon, the Autumn Salon, the Winter Salon, the National Salon of the Fine Arts, and the Comparison Salon. A regular participant in the prestigious Salon des Artistes Français, he was often rewarded: Great Price of the Salon in 1970, then in 1974, a gold medal in 1971, and Prize-winner of the Ernest Marché Prize in 1974. Pio Santini lived his last years in his house in Garches, near Paris. He worked there until the last moment and died of illness at the age of 78. Keeping himself a part of the avant-garde of contemporary art, Pio Santini developed a personal work of formal coherence very steadily. He is a two-time artist, one of the beginnings of his career, the Thirties, and the other one, his rebirth, the Sixties, when the artist can again devote himself to painting. Between these two periods, the Second World War badly hit the pictorial growth of Pio Santini. However, everything had started under the best auspices for the young painter whose desire to devote himself to painting is evident in his self-portrait of 1928 as a manifesto. In the 1930s, following the revolutions of cubism, abstraction, and surrealism, figurative and sensual...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Board

Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm "Mag" is an intriguing artwork created in 1999 by Igor Maikov. It is a large oil painting on canvas, measuring 74.2x80.3 cm. The painting depicts a portrait of an old lady set...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jardim Botanico 2
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lovely painting by Otto Aguiar depicts five elegantly presented, life-size figures seated on a Botanical Garden bench, that leads to an alluring tropical dimension beyond the ar...
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1990s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

'Toreador', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919); additionally signed, verso, dated 1998, titled 'Toreador', with artist information. A dramatic figural study of a proud, young toreador shown seated, wearing an embroidered vest and gazing directly towards the viewer. Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104. Speaking of himself, the artist says: "I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les Masons
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and sophisticated oil painting was realized by an underrecognized (but extraordinary) Flemish painter named F.V. Sliches in 1946. Entitled Les Masons (or the masons), th...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Lady with White Linen Hat"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985). An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scene...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad. Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...
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1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

Materials

Silver

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