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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
Portrait of a Young Lady - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait
Located in London, GB
This lovely portrait was painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. This painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an Impressioni...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative painting of a mother and child by H. Willard Ortlip (American, 20th Century), 1927. Signature and date lower left "H. Willard Ortlip 1927." Presented in a giltwo...
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1920s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars

Post Impressionist Portrait of a Girl -Jewish 1920's art oil painting apples
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Jewish artist Alfred Lomnitz. Lomnitz was born in Germany and Jewish by denomination. He emigrated to England in 1933...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil Bio: Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State University of Iowa Coreen Spellman Biography Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas landscape. Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and making something fine and important out of it . . . It always gives me great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being inadequate material". (Trenton 199) Spellman was born in Forney, Texas in 1905. At an early age she moved to Dallas, Texas and studied under Vivian Aunspaugh before attending the College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman's University). She received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Masters Degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City in 1942. In addition, Spellman received a Carnegie Scholarship for study at Harvard University, followed by studies with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Charles Wheeler...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Spanish Tavern
Located in Miami, FL
There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. Dean Cornwell in his day was as famous as Normal Rockwell...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1940s WPA Era American Modern Figurative Painting of Figure on Deserted Street
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The artwork features a solitary figu...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a man with a mustache
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Green wooden frame and gold borders With frame 51 x 43 x 2.5 cm This captivating portrait depicts a man in profile, elegantly capturing an era with rich hues and expre...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not', Girl in a Gingham Dress, 1940's, Folk Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively painted portrait of the artist's daughter, Nancy, aged two and a half, shown wearing a floral-striped, jade green gingham dress. Signed lower right, 'Martha Tracy Frey' (American, 1915-2010) and painted 1944; additionally inscribed verso 'Picture of Nancy Jane Frey from life-sized photograph when about 2 1/2. Painted by her mother in 1944.' This Kern County...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Portrait of Two Children in Traditional Dress
By M. Ray Stancliff
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of two children, a young boy and girl in traditional dress, set in a rustic interior by M. Ray Stancliff (American, b. 1925). Si...
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1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard

Spanish Souvenir- mantilla, peineta, gilet
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Souvenir- mantilla, peineta, by Francis Luis Mora is a painting of beautiful Spanish women in traditional dress with their entourage. It's is a museum-quality work. In fact, ...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Portrait of a Girl Oil on Canvas in Frame French School Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Portrait of a girl in Art Deco style, French School around 1920, signed by painter Hélène Le Roy d'Etiolles. Oil on canvas in gilt frame. This splendid portrait comes to us from the ...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Tangiers Lemon Market - British 1920's Oriental Figural art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb vibrant Oriental Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted circa 1925 when Pryse first visited Morocco. He was so en...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Modernist Portrait" Mid-20th Century Spanish Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly known for his abstract figures on canvas, this piece is a w...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, 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

Self-portrait of the artist, 1928
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Latcher Self portrait, 1928 Oil on canvas 97,3 x 72 cm (106 x 81,5 x 4,5 cm with frame) Signed and dated upper left
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a French man
By Jean Despujols
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jean DESPUJOLS (Salles 1886 – Shreveport 1965) Portrait of a Henri Martin, mayor of Saint Médard en Jalles (Gironde) Oil on canvas H. 75 cm; L. 60 cm Signed lower right around 1920/2...
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1920s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a lady
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Alfred Neville Lewis 1895-1972, was a South African artist. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London and became a member of the New English Art Club in 1920, he married a fell...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Signed Exhibited American Female Modernist Woman Sewing Framed Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior portrait oil painting by Sadie Skoletsky Rosenblum 1899-1987. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1945 American Modern Oil Painting - Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1945 oil painting by American artist Hayes Lyon portrays Bessy Lyon, the artist’s wife, in a warm and intimate portrait. The piece features soft yet vivid tones and ...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Jimi Hendrix Can you see me? Kehinde Wiley Chut Les Barbizons
Located in Zofingen, AG
Iconic portrait of Jimi Hendrix with all-over technique. Floral patterns elements create confusion between foreground and background. Such as an Orthodox icon, Jimi Hendrix is haloed...
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1920s Tonalist Portrait Paintings

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Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Canvas

Portrait of Susan Isabel Dacre - British exh oil painting of feminist artist
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, colourful British 1920's exhibited oil on canvas portrait painting by Francis Dodd RA and with extensive provenance. The work depicts the Feminist and famous artist Susa...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Girl with glasses. Circa 1920. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900-1966)
Located in Firenze, IT
Girl with glasses. About 1920-30. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900 - 1966). Painted on two sides: on one side the young woman with glasses is represented, in charcoal/penci...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Mother and Child (Framed Early 20th Century Figurative Portrait Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gentle, quiet, lovely portrait of motherhood painted by British artist Arthur Bradbury in 1927, a distinguished painter who over the years exhibited 14 works at the Royal Academy. ...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Train Set - British 20's art interior oil portrait boy playing female artist
By Agnes L Reid
Located in London, GB
This charming oil painting is by British female artist Agnes L Reid. Painted circa 1920 the painting is of a little boy playing on the floor with his train set, with balloons and a b...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a French Bulldog, oil painting on canvas early 20th c.
Located in Gavere, BE
Description Title: Portrait of a French Bulldog Materials: oil on canvas Signature: signed lower right Provenance: private collection Germany Dimensions canvas: 40 cm x 50 cm Framed...
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1920s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th century English portrait of a red haired young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1940s Impressionist Oil Painting – Three Bathing Female Figures, Original Art
Located in Denver, CO
Step into a world of serenity and natural beauty with "Three Bathers," a captivating vintage 1940s oil painting on board by renowned Colorado artist Morgan Wagner. This exquisite art...
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1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 signature, Santini, can be found in the bottom left corner of the artwo...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Cardboard, Archival Paper

Portrait of a Woman
By Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of a Woman by Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith Signed upper right 30 x 24 Framed Pastel on paper
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Parchment Paper, Pastel

Portrait of a Boy in White Shirt - Scottish 1920's Art Deco male oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Cowan Dobson. Painted in 1923 it is a really light and bright portrait of a young boy. The light catching his white shirt and face illuminate him beautifully as his blue eyes gaze at the artist/viewer. The brushwork, for example on his hair and shirt are superb. This stunning portrait is finished off in a gorgeous original frame. A excellent example of Cowan Dobson's work. Signed and date (19)23 lower right. Provenance. Scottish estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, unframed size is20 inches by 16 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed behind glass in a beautiful ornate gilt frame. Framed size is 28 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. David Cowan Dobson (1894–1980), referred to as 'Cowan' Dobson ARBA (1919), RBA (1922), was a leading Scottish portrait artist of his day. Dobson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the second son of the Scottish portrait painter Henry John Dobson (1858–1928).Dobson started his career in Scotland. He was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and studied art in Edinburgh, London and Paris. In 1918 he was using his father's studio at Dalry. Around 1920 he moved to London and from then on he worked and resided mainly in London. Occasionally, he would work in and around Glasgow. He is said to have rented Kenmure Castle, in New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, in the 1930s and 1940s to entertain and paint fashionable sitters. Dobson mainly worked in oils but also painted some fine water-colour scenes. He painted in the tradition of the academic nineteenth century with mostly a rather darker colour scheme, while his brother Henry, influenced by the Modernist movement in Edinburgh, painted more colourful portraits. Although he painted some fine portraits of well known men, like Earl Attlee, Earl Beatty and Harold Wilson, Dobson also portrayed "fashionable London ladies". Dobson was married to Phyllis Bowyer, who was the brains behind his financial success. She made Dobson one of London's leading society portrait painters. She herself sat for the photographer Alexander Bassano, the resulting portrait now being at the National Portrait Gallery, London. During World War I, Dobson was commissioned by the Royal Air Force section of the Imperial War Museum to paint portraits of three recipients of the Victoria Cross. Dobson painted portraits of Lt. Col. L.W. Brabazon Rees, Sgt Mottershead and Flight Lt. A.W. Beauchamps-Proctor. Dobson first exhibited at Royal Academy when aged only nineteen and began showing at the Royal Scottish Academy four years later. Dobson's works were also exhibited at the Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Water-colourers, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Cambrian Academy, Fine Art Society and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Dobson enjoyed significant commercial success and thirty-six of his paintings, almost all portraits, are held in UK public collections including Glasgow Museums, The National Galleries of Scotland, Imperial War Museum, Paisley Art...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Modernist Tropical Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 18H.
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Woman with Book - British Art Deco 20s portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted British artist James P Barraclough. Painted circa 1923 it is a seated portrait of a young woman holding a book on her lap. She is wearing a blue satin dress with lace cuffs and collar and is gazing warmly at the artist and viewer. The illumination on her features is superb. A lovely Art Deco period oil portrait...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Damenportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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

Portrait of a Girl in White Lace Shawl - British 1929 art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1929 it is a half length standing portrait of a young woman in a blue dress with a white lace sh...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1920's Scottish Portrait of Gentleman David Ingles
By David Nicholson Ingles
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative portrait of Scottish gentleman by David Nicholas Ingles Ingres ARHA (Associate member) (Scottish, 1888-1933), circa 1920. Signed lower rig...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Self Portrait
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Robert Buhler R.A. 1916-1989, was a Swiss landscape and portrait painter born in England, lived in Chelsea and painted cityscapes and the portraits of a number famous painters, and ...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Clarissa - British exhibited art 20's oil painting portrait actress Olive Groves
By Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
Located in London, GB
A large, original portrait of Clarissa. It depicts Olive Groves as Clarissa in Lionel and Clarissa at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith in 1926. Given to Olive Groves in 1966 by Sir G...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Twentieth century Italian orientalist male portrait figurative painting
Located in Florence, IT
The unframed painting measures 120 x 61 cm. Romualdo Locatelli è conosciuto per i suoi ritratti che riflettono le culture e le tradizioni dei luoghi esotici che ha visitato. Born in ...
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1920s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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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Oil, Mixed Media

Writer Fannie Hurst in Floral Pattern Dress Bathed in Warm Light Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This portrait of Fannie Hurst may have graced the cover of another major newsstand magazine. Most likely, it was a non-published alternate cover for Redbook. One of the most widely-read female authors was painted by one of the most widely-viewed female illustrators. Edna Crompton was an in-demand and prolific for-hire female illustrator/artist for some of the most prestigious newsstand magazines of the day. She regularly did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Colliers and Judge to name a few. Crompton presents Fannie Hurst - the nation’s highest-paid short story writer and advocates for suffrage and race relations - as a confidently attractive young woman bathed...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil

Portrait of a Scottish Boy - Like Robert Henri
Located in Miami, FL
Margery Ryerson paints a stunning portrait of a boy dressed in Scottish clothes. The paint application is quick and loose but based on a sound academic understanding of how to constr...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

A Chinese Company playing Droughts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Elegant Woman holding White Roses Flowers , Portrait Champetre French Symbolist
Located in Miami, FL
Masterfully painted portrait with rich paint surface by the famous French Symbolist Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Waterhouse & Dodd, London ...
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1920s Symbolist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
Located in Miami, FL
Burlesque Clown Bert Lahr is dipicted in a bowler hat with a wry grin. Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is de...
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1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Expressionist 1940s Self Portrait Oil Painting by Cornelis Ruhtenberg – Blues, G
By Cornelis Ruhtenberg
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating expressionist self-portrait by Cornelis Ruhtenberg (1923–2008) captures the artist in a contemplative interior scene. Painted in 1949, the oil on board artwork featu...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Theresa Thompson"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Interwoven Socks Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1920-1925 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 29.50" x 23.00" Interwoven Socks Advertisement Literatu...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spanish Tavern
Located in Miami, FL
There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. He was Normal Rockwell's ...
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1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Fisherman - Mid 20th Century French Naïf Naive Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb signed and dated 1946 French naïf oil on canvas portrait of a fisherman holding his net. Wonderful study of the fisherman wearing a white suit and standing next to typicall...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Embracing Couple on Sailboat , Art Deco Style Romantic
Located in Miami, FL
Love at sea. A nautical romance is captured as a handsome couple embrace. The big splash of water at the peak moment of drama symbolizes passion and defines Falter's creativity in communicating a romantic narrative. This is a companion piece to a romance story. Most likely done on assignment for a major newsstand magazine. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Magazine Illustration circa 1940 Oil on board Signed lower right h: 28.5 x w: 30 in / h: 72.4 x w: 76.2 cm Morris Weiss collection...
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1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Country Gentleman (An Early Thanksgiving)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated 'N.C. Wyeth' (Lower Left) The Country Gentleman, vol. 91, no. 11, November 1, 1926, cover illu...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two hunting dogs in a kennel, oil painting on canvas 19th Federico OLARIA
Located in Gavere, BE
Two hunting dogs in a kennel, oil painting on canvas 19th Federico OLARIA Federico Olaria was a Spanish 19th Century painter who was born in 1849. Olaria's work has been offered at ...
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1920s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Twentieth century Italian orientalist female portrait figurative painting
Located in Florence, IT
Romualdo Locatelli è conosciuto per i suoi ritratti che riflettono le culture e le tradizioni dei luoghi esotici che ha visitato. Born in Bergamo, Italy, in 1905, he traveled and exp...
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1920s Other Art Style 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.

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

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