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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Post-War
Rare Hungarian Jewish Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Portrait
By Lajos Polczer
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is exceedingly rare. Polczer was an Hungarian artist, his foundations of painting were taught by a painter Bertalan Karlovszky. His works were exhibited in the National Salon and the Art Hall from 1928. His works are held by the Hungarian National Gallery. In his later years he worked in the United States, he was working in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1960s. Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess scenes and other early 20th Century salon style nude paintings. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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

190's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Male French Priest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Priest by Denise Dardel (French circa 1950) signed lower front, dated 1950 verso oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 19.5 inches provenance: private collection condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Raoul Dufy's wife by Raoul Dufy, gouache on paper, 1915, French Fauvist portrait
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking and very intimate work created by the renowned Fauvist artist Raoul Dufy in the early 20th century, depicting his wife in 1915. This artwork is a rare and very precious ge...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

French Breton Lady - British Victorian Post Impressionist portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
A stunning British Post-Impressionist portrait oil painting by noted British artist William Lee Hankey. He was a very interesting painter who travelled widely throughout Europe capt...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940'...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Post Impressionist Portrait - British 1950's art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British Post-Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Anthony Devas. Painted in the 1950's the sitter is Fiona Benkiston of Heskham Square. She is wearing...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Jelle Troelstra, Portrait Of A Seated Woman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Jelle Troelstra (1891-1979) depicts a seated woman wearing a floral top and dark grey dress. With eyes closed and hands held upo...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb vibrant Orientalist Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Norther...
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1920s Post-Impressionist 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

Portrait of Woman in Red Hat - American 50s art Post Impressionist oil painting
By David L Swasey
Located in London, GB
This captivating post-Impressionist portrait is by American artist David L Swasey circa 1953. The painting depicts a seated woman, turning to look at the artist with stunning blue ey...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Lady Audrey Norris - British 50s Post Impressionist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This bold British Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted portrait artist Anthony Devas. Painted in the 1950's the sitter is Lady Audrey Norris. It is a seated portrait in warm a...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Queen Mary Greeting School Children - British 1910 royalty portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. Painted circa 1910 the painting depicts Queen Mary greeting a large group of school child...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Portrait of a Man in Suite" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated oil painting depicting a pensive man wearing a brown suite with a turquoise tie and shirt. His expression is alluring as we feel his energetic personality portrayed w...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Family Portrait in Market - British 1914 art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish female artist Amy Julia Drucker. Of German descent, Drucker was born in England i...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Nude Painting Of A Lady Stood Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) oil on thin board, unframed board: 27 x 15 inches good condition with some cracks shown in photos provenance: from the artists estate, ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Flamenco Dancer Original French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flamenco Dancer by Georges Regnault (French 1898-1979) signed oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 13 inches board: 11 x 9 inches provenance: private...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Self Portrait (American Post-War, Impressionist, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Suite)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Alex Tschernjawski Self Portrait Oil on Canvas 1960s Size: 37.5x25.5in Framed: 39x27xin Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1826 *Condition: G...
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1960s Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nabis School Early 1900s French Oil Painting Lady in Blue Scarf in Floral Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Garden French School, early 1900's typical of the Nabis School movement oil on canvas, framed framed: 16.5 x 16.5 inches canvas : 14.5 x 14.5 inches provenanc...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Top Hat and Tails, Original Figurative Oil Painting 150x200 cm by Ta Byrne
Located in Sempach, LU
Oil painting by Ta Byrne I love painting people, but I don’t want to paint portraits, I want my people to have a bit of character, a little of the night about them I want them to be ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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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

Portrait of Sheila De Quincey - British 1950's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted Suffolk artist Sydney Seymour Lucas. Painted circa 1957 the sitter is Sheila de Quincey, who stood as a p...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Rare Russian Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Pogrom Refugees Signed in Cyrillic
Located in Surfside, FL
In the tradition of the Jewish European artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Moritz Oppenheim, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Jakob Steinhardt, Jehudo Epstein, Stanislaus Bender...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

gypsy woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Serrasanta (1916-1998) - Gypsy woman - Oil on canvas Oil measures 65x50 cm. Frame measures 88x73 cm. Josep Serrasanta was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1916 - 1998 Valdo...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1920's French Portrait of Fashionable Young Lady in Dapper Headpiece Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Fashionable Lady French School, indistinctly signed "Degucret"? oil on canvas, unframed painting: 25.5 x 21 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good a...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist 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

Portrait of a Lady in a Hat - British 50's art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting of a woman in a hat. (verso another portrait). A very evocative period portrait of a woman painted by British listed female artist C...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1940's French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992) signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2) oil on canvas canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

La Femme au Chapeau Bleu, Large French Fauvist Figurative Oil on Canvas.
By Jean-Louis Dubuc
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large scale colourful figurative portrait of a fashionable lady in a blue hat by French artist Jean-Louis Dubuc. The painting is signed bottom right and titled to the rear cross stre...
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Late 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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

The Papakha, A Pre Revolutionary Nobleman From the Caucasus.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large French oil on canvas portrait of a dignitary from the Caucasus by Théophile Paul Marie Bérengier. The painting is signed and dated b...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady - English Art Deco Impressionist Antique Oil Sketch Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's English Art Deco oil on canvas portrait of a young lady wearing an evening dress and a stunning pair of earrings. An intriguing and unusual sketch like impression...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kle...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Wash Day - India - British 50's art Post Impressionist portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This very vibrant Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Edward D'Arcy Lister. Painted circa 1950 this figurative painting is of two Indian women washing clothes...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1970's British Portrait of Lady in Green Jacket Long Brown Hair, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Jennifer" by Agnes Annabel Kidston (Scottish 1896-1981) oil painting on board, framed inscribed verso, with extensive bio details. framed: 18.5 x 12 inches board: 15.5 x 10 inches ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite Mid Century Modern portrait of an older man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). This portrait is made of layers o...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

1970's French Portrait of a Distinguished Lady Oil Painting on Canvas d.1975
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French Impressionist artist, circa 1975 inscribed verso oil on canvas canvas: 24 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait d Souza, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a limited edition, signed and numbered by the artist. It is from my private collection of mid 20th Century School of Paris artists.
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Lithograph

1931 Portrait oil painting by Swiss artist Gottardo Segantini or Bergsma
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a captivating portrait of Samuela Bergsma, executed by the Swiss artist Gottardo Segantini. Painted in the Divisionist style, the artwork em...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Study of a Moor', Post-Impressionist Figural Oil, Othello, Moroccan, Tunisian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American school, Signed indistinctly lower right and dated 1988. A bravura, psychologically-penetrating oil study of a man, shown wearing a turban and contrasted against a scumbled ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Masonite

Portrait of a French Woman Oil Painting Hungarian Master A. Biro French Beauty
Located in Surfside, FL
Canvas measures 25" X 19" inches without the frame. Born in Nagykaroly, Hungary in 1911 (Transylvania, in 1919 it became Carei, Romania). His parents came from the gentry and trade...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1900's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Lady Seated in Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Chair French Post-Impressionist artist, circa 1900 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: v...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

Portrait de Sylvie Lacombe
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Portrait de Sylvie Lacombe" is a Post-Impressionist painting by Théo van Rysselberghe. The portrait is signed with monogram and dedication, upper right, "pour ma petite amie Sylvie ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

L’air Qu’on Respire by Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French L’air qu’on respire (The Air We Breath) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower right) Signed, titled and dated "L’air qu’on respire / Cassigneul / 2001" (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Nude Portrait by Henri Burkhard
By Henri Burkhard
Located in Larchmont, NY
Henri Burkhard, Born in New York in 1892, began his studies at the Art Students league in New York and then pursued international studies at the Académie Julian, Acadêmie Colarissi, and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Pariss. Once the artist returned to New York, he began to exhibit frequently frequently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1926-36; the Corcoran Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the 1930's. Works by the artist have been handled and sold over the last hundred years at major American auction houses and dealers, such as Heritage...
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1930s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Charles PICART LE DOUX, Model on Green Background, Oil on Isorel, 1949
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on isorel panel by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1949. Model on green background. With frame: 97.5x76.5 cm - 38.4x30.1 inches ; without frame: 81x60cm - 31.9x23.6 i...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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

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Oil

Maria Van Rysselberghe au coin du feu
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Maria Van Rysselberghe au coin du feu" is a portrait painting by Post-Impressionist Théo van Rysselberghe. The portrait is signed lower right, "Atelier Van Rysselberghe". The framed...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil, Canvas

Moorish, Belle Epoque, Villa and Garden at St Tropez
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on canvas view of a villa and garden at St Tropez in the South of France by French artist Suzanne Minier. The painting is signed bottom left. There is a Parisi...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun Signed and dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
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20th Century Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

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

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Oil, Canvas

people from ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas Oil measures 50x61 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic training at the age of nine, Gil Sala entered the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, ​​where he had as teachers Felix Mestres and Vicente Borrás. Already in 1930, being still almost an apprentice, he obtained the bronze medal of the School, and in 1936 he won by contest a scholarship to make a study trip through Spain. Those were the difficult moments of the outbreak of the Civil War and thanks to the help of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, he was able to complete his artistic training. Throughout his life Ignacio Gil dedicated himself to travel both in the Peninsula and in different Islamic and Latin American countries. He exhibited his work in Spain, France, the Philippines, Switzerland, the United States, Canada and Colombia, among many other countries. Extraordinary draftsman, agile handling pencil and charcoal, Ignacio Gil immortalized landscapes of all Spain...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

La Toilette - Post-Impressionist Nude Oil Painting by Georges D'Espagnat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on original canvas nude circa 1914 by French post impressionist painter Georges D'espagnat. The work depict a nude woman standing beside a wash basin in a boudoir. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 45"x34" Unframed: 37"x26" Provenance: Private collection - Netherlands From the beginning of his career, it was a constant concern of Georges d'Espagnet to assert his originality. His studies at the École des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, did not last very long, for he wanted immediate independence and decided to follow courses in the private academies of Montparnasse. In about 1900, he became acquainted with Maurice Denis, Bonnard and Vuillard, and his collaboration with Denis led to a renewal of religious art in France. In 1903, d'Espagnet was one of the founders of the Salon d'Automne, and was appointed professor in charge of studios at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1934. He illustrated a number of books: Rémy de Gourmont's Evil Prayers ( Oraisons mauvaises) (1896), The Saints of Paradise ( Les Saintes du paradis) (1898), Simone (1907), Sistine ( Sixtine) (1922); Alphonse Daudet's The Immortal ( L'Immortel) (1930); André Gide's The Pastoral Symphony ( La Symphonie pastorale); Francis Jammes' Clearings in the Sky ( Chairières dans le ciel) (1948). D'Espagnet belongs to the group of artists who made the Courrier Français so successful. The drawings of his which are published in it are strongly expressive and some bear comparison with the designs of the great Renaissance masters. He also contributed to L'Image. He often placed cheerful nudes in a landscape, reminding us that, though he moved away from the Fauves, he retained their freedom of colour and arabesque. He painted many portraits, including those of Albert André, André Barbier, Victor Boucher, Déodat de Séverac, Albert Marque, André Marty and Albert Roussel. He also painted mural decorations, including a wall for the Palais de la Découverte (1937), the ceiling of the Victor Hugo Room in the Palais du Luxembourg (1939), a decorative panel for the Palais de Justice, Toulouse (1941) and interior decorations for private houses. His landscapes are Impressionist in inspiration, and work for a certain sobriety, an intimacy, both in their composition - one, two or three sketched figures and large open spaces - and in the choice of colours and treatment with the special hazy brushstroke that marks his style. D'Espagnet took part in a number of annual Parisian exhibitions, including the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Salon d'Automne (from 1903 to 1949, except in special circumstances), the Salon de la Libre Ésthétique, Brussels (1899, 1901), the Berlin Secessionists (1940). He also exhibited at the first Salon de la Société de la Gravure sur Bois. Among other exhibitions were 1912, A Century of French Art ( Centenaire de l'art français), St Petersburg; 1916, Kunstverein, Winterthur; 1918, 1926, Galerie M. Bertheim, Paris; 1930, Contemporary French Art...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Gentleman with a Pipe - French Post Impressionist Smoking Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A striking c.1930 French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a gentleman smoking a pipe by Antonin Guéton. Excellent quality and condition post-impressionist portrait. Signed...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Sketch Ballerina green background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930), French Impressionist artist Title: the Ballerina Medium: oil on board, unframed and double sided work board: 13 x 9.5 inches Pro...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Scene
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A black and white pointillism feminist figurative painting of Marie Antoinette by artist Maurizio Battifora on view at the "GO LOCO" exhibition at M...
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2010s Pointillist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Blonde Lady Perched At A Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady at the bar by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed paper: 13 x 9.5 inches stamped verso very good condition provenance: fro...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Color Pencil

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

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

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

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

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

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