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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"M.Y. 3" (2014) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"M.Y. 3" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on board depicting a brunette female in a contemplative pose.
A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature.
To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Sarah #3 The Matador" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Sarah #3 The Matador" is an oil painting on canvas on board, created in 2022 by Dave Seeley, a distinguished artist based in the United States. The artwork, with dimensions of 36 by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, Looking Smug
Located in Corsham, GB
Artist Self-Portrait. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort). On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Borders Not Boundaries - 21st Century, Contemporary, Impressionism, Floral Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In the course of fulfilling aspired dreams, life throws different challenges at you. These challenges are borders, not boundaries which are meant to be crossed to get to a desired en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Red Umbrella" - Contemporary Impressionist Woman Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful portrait of a young lady in motion, umbrella in hand, with sure brushstrokes and wonderful mastery of color.
Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hippie portrait original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 50x58 cm.
Joan Cruspinera Muñoz was born in 1945 in Tiana, Barcelona. This Catalan artist is a painter, draftsman and painter. His training...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Miss Vampire" (2024) By Audrey Benjaminsen, Original Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Miss Vampire" (2024) by Audrey Benjaminsen is an original handmade gouache painting that depicts a close up portrait of a bat wearing Victorian era clothing.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache
Woman posing oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
- Title: *The Model Posing*
- Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 38.2 x 45.7 in (unframed)
- Signed: Yes, in the lower left corner ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900's French Impressionist Portrait of a Lady Beautiful Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady"
French School, early 1900's
oil painting on canvas, framed
painting: 48cm x 41cm
framed: 69cm x 60cm
Beautiful quality early 1900's French Impressionist oil pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden Spirit no.16, original painting, contemporary, abstract, portrait
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting by Agnese Negriba. This painting on paper from 'Garden Spirits series' is inspired by gardens in London and Oxford. Female figure is depicted in a reclining positio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Demonstrating a Dive
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
85 x 45 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Nude Male Portrait, Burgundy Colour, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Portrait, Burgundy Colour, Original Oil Painting
English School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board size: 30 x 20 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Papakha', A Pre Revolutionary Nobleman From the Caucasus. Oil on Canvas.
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...
Category
1890s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary abstract figurative oil painting of a woman on canvas 'Love life"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative painting, titled "Love Life", depicts a woman in a dress and is created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. It is part of her “Women” series, which explor...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English 18th century portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle.
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles (née Godolphin) (1701-1776), Duchess of Newcastle, standing in a wooded landscape with a river beyond, three-quarter length wearing an ivory silk ...
Category
1720s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Houdini" (2024) By Nicolas Martin, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Houdini" (2024) by Nicolas Martin is an original handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a person in a yellow hoodie looking out at an abstract and surreal scene.
Nicolas Mart...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
My Self
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have discovered and now present a rare original self portrait by Austrian Expressionist artist, Franz Bergmann (1998-1977)
"My Self", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1938, with an image dimension of 29 x 24 inches. The painting is in good original condition, the frame has been restored.
A biography on the artist appears below, please contact the gallery with any question.
Franz Bergmann
1898 - 1977
Franz Walter Bergmann was born on August 6, 1898, in Dimling, Austria, a town northwest of Vienna. His parents were both involved in the arts: his mother was a pianist, and his father was an amateur artist and a violinist. After serving in World War I for three years, he enrolled in the National Academy of Art in Vienna and embarked on a seven-year course of study, focusing on figure painting and portraiture. Although schooled in the academic tradition, Bergmann also adopted elements derived from the more avant-garde German Expressionist style. By 1924 he was exhibiting in Vienna and Stockholm. The following year, he graduated with honors.
He left Vienna to tour Europe, and in early 1926 he traveled to the United States. After a brief stay in New York, he moved to Chicago, where he obtained a commission to paint murals for theaters owned by Balaban & Katz. That year his mural sketches were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. He then moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the noted Austrian architect and designer Josef Urban...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inner Nature 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
“Don’t let the n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Solitudes by Anne-Louise Ewen
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Two Solitudes," (2023) by artist Anne-Louise Ewen is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 14" x 11" x 2.25". The painting features an interior space rendered in black, gray and whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Inmaculada Concepción" Peruvian Cusco Style Catholic Scene by Martha Ochoa
By Martha Ochoa
Located in Austin, TX
By Martha Ochoa
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 48" x 36"
Framed Size: 56" x 34"
This lovely painting by Martha Ochoa is from the Cusco tradition. The Cusco School was an artistic tradition that first emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries in Cusco, Peru, blending indigenous and European baroque artistic styles. It is renowned for its catholic iconography, which often feature vibrant colors, elaborate ornamentation, and blended elements combining Catholic and native symbolism.
This painting portrays Mary the Virgin and Baby Jesus surrounded by angels celebrating the immaculate conception.
About the Artist:
Martha Ochoa, born in Cusco, Peru, studied at Santa Ana School, the Cusco School of Fine Arts, and San Antonio Abad University, focusing on design, architecture, and restoration. She is the granddaughter of renowned Peruvian artists Francisco Olazo, a founder of the Cusco School of Fine Arts, and Ernesto Olazo, a famous sculptor. Influenced by the Cusco School, she transformed religious themes into decorative renditions of Archangels and Madonnas with Peruvian colonial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Lady Holding A Flue, 18th Century French School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady Holding A Flue, 18th Century
French School
Large 18th century French School portrait of a lady holding a flute, oil on canvas. Magnificent and unusual portrait ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting Woman Portrait French Armenian Modernist Jean Jansem Ecole De Paris
By Jean Jansem
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Hand signed upper left corner
Dimensions: 14 X 9.5 Framed 21 X 16.75
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Bursa, Ottoman Turki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Anna de Hooghe - Flemish art Old Master portrait oil painting
By Jacob Ferdinand Voet 1
Located in London, GB
This strong Flemish Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Ferdinand Voet. The sitter is Anna De Hooghe, the fourth wife of artist Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631-1708), a German-born Dutch painter, draughtsman, calligrapher and printmaker. He was the leading Dutch painter of maritime subjects after Willem van de Velde the Elder and Younger left for England in 1672. He also painted portraits of his family and circle of friends. Painted circa 1660 Anna is standing profile but turned to the viewer/artist with her hand to her heart. She is set in a landscape at twilight. A really lovely painting and superb example of Dutch art. It is recorded in the RKD archives with N Maes signature LL - since removed through restoration.
Provenance. The estate of George Way.
Archive RKD
Condition. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 34 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine period carved frame, 46 inches by 42 inches framed and in good condition.
Jacob Ferdinand Voet or Jakob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689) was a Flemish portrait...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frame size 51x43 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Susanna Old Men Religious Roma nschool 17th Century Paint Oiul on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Painter active in Rome in the early 17th century
Susanna and the Old Men
Oil on canvas
76 x 62 cm.
with frame 92 x 78 cm.
This valuable painting illustrates the piquant episode, ta...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rising Son -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Expressionism, Boy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"The Rising Son" is a portrait of an innocent black boy with dreadlocks, tenderly grasping a golden key. Rendered with a bold, monochromatic red colour palette.
This striking artw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 9 - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Human Faces Abstract Collection - HFC 9 - Limited Edition Textured Canvas Print
Faces Abstract Collection by Irena Orlov
Introducing "Abstract Cubist Portrait - Human Faces Abstrac...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
Elegant Georgian Young Ladies Woodland Park Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Morning Amusement'
English School, circa 1800's
after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, British 1723-1792
oil painting on canvas, unframed
please...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Parc des Buttes-Chaumont' in Paris, gouache on art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). A charming depiction of well turned out Parisians enjoying a day at the park. Boaters, strollers and swans all co-mingle around the peaceful lake. The reflection of the rocky bluff in the water is superbly treated by Génin. It's a cheerful and uplifting image of days-gone-by in 1930s Paris.
The park takes its name from the 'bare hill' (chauve-mont) that once occupied the site. It became a place where gypsum was mined, and where the limestone was quarried to be used in buildings in Paris and the United States. Worse, though, it was a site that also became a dumping ground. Luckily, during the 19th-century renovation of Paris under Napoleon III, chauve-mont was chosen as a place for a large park, as part of the emperor's fascination with endowing Paris with green spaces.
The artificial lake created at that time wraps around a hilly central island. The lake attracts waterfowl and other birds and is stocked with fish. The 19th-century planners cleaned up the site and added tons of soil to fill the pits left by a limestone mining operation. Then dynamite was used to "sculpt" the site into the craggy shapes seen today, including the 50-metre-high central hill with cliffs, an interior grotto, pinnacles, and arches. Up on top, overlooking the rest of the park - and depicted in this artwork - is a small, round belvedere, based on the Roman Temple of Vesta in Italy. From that spot you can see a lovely view of Montmartre and the white cupolas of the Sacre-Coeur. The painting is in very good condition. It has been newly framed and glazed with museum-quality glass (anti-reflective and UV protection) to preserve this significant artwork for decades to come.
Dimensions with frame:
H 62 cm / 24.4"
W 76 cm / 29.9"
Dimensions without frame:
H 48.5 cm / 19.1"
W 63 cm / 24.8"
About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
French Mid Century Oil on Canvas Equestrian Portrait
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century portrait of a galloping horse by Roger Villet. The painting is signed top right and there is another signature and date to the back of the canvas.
A wonderfully e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Characterful Portrait French Man with Hat & Pipe Signed & Dated 1903 Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe
French School, signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cardinal Mazarin portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French School circa 1645
Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin - Sketch
Oil on canvas
H. 41.5 cm; W. 27 cm
Provenance: Collection of the Reverend Georges Downing Bowles (1789-1863)
Would ...
Category
1640s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Muriel Sutherland Playing Badminton- Scottish Edwardian Oil Painting
By George Fiddes Watt
Located in London, GB
This charming Edwardian Scottish full length portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish portrait artist George Fiddes Watt. Painted circa 1910, the sitter is Muriel Sutherland, daugh...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Self Portrait at 43, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Self Portrait at 43
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be ...
Category
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Woman Bathing-Scottish 20's Impressionist nude interior oil painting
By David Foggie
Located in London, GB
A large, original Scottish portrait by noted Scottish artist David Foggie. This oil on canvas depicts a woman bathing and is one of his best portraits. It dates to 1924 and is in fin...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the sur...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Dapper Man Smoking Pipe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Man Smoking Pipe
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 24 x 19.5 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Portrait of Future Man', German School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Future Man', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern portrait clearly in the style of Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism co...
Category
1960s Futurist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Harriet Toby, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Parisian Socialite Woman Oil on Canvas Painting by Maurice Ehlinger
By Maurice Ambroise Ehlinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
This mesmerizing 1950s modern portrait features an oil on canvas painting by Maurice Ambroise Ehlinger (1896 - 1981). The model is Miss France Noel, a socialite from the Paris bourgeoisie. The piece is hand-signed in the bottom left corner.
The canvas's back has the following caption: "Mademoiselle France Noel par M. Ehlinger - MCMLVII."
The painting still has its original elegant ornate cerused or limed oak frame with gray painted liner.
Measurements:
With frame: 30.75 in wide (78 cm) x 36 in high (91.5 cm) x 2.75 in deep (7 cm).
Opening view: 23 in wide (58.5 cm) x 28.25 in high (71.5 cm)
Biography: Maurice Ehlinger (1896 - 1981).
Painter, born in Champagney, Haute Saone, France in 1896. He spent part of his life in Moyenmoutier in the Vosges region. Ehlinger studied under Larcher at Nancy's Ecole des Beaux-Arts with funding from the City of Saint Die. Then, he went to Paris to follow the courses of masters Jules Adler and Francois Flameng...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided
The sketch is original, v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Man, Modern Oil on Canvas Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of Man (16)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
My Light Blue Dream 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Pop Art, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Omo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British satirical painter - 18th century figure painting - Connoisseur Tired Boy
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (late 18th century) - The Connoisseur and Tired Boy.
39.5 x 32 cm without frame, 46 x 38 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas,...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman face oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Woman - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 30X24 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with constant pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ballerinas Pas de Deux - British 1950's Ballet dancers art oil painting Dance
By Elizabeth Bridge
Located in London, GB
This lovely British ballet oil painting is by noted artist Elizabeth Bridge. Painted in 1951, the composition is a male and female ballet dancer on...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Horatio Nelson Attributed To Lemuel Abbott
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Lemuel Abbott
1760-1803 English
Portrait of Horatio Nelson
Oil on canvas
This previously unknown portrait is an important discovery in British Naval history. In Admiral Lord Nelson's illustrious and well-studied life, there existed a "silent period" spanning 16 years during which no known portraits of Nelson existed. The discovery of this 1790 portrait, rendered just before his reentry into the Navy, is a significant development for Nelson scholars, adding new insight into the leader's life prior to his legendary command as Admiral of the British Navy.
Almost certainly painted by Lemuel Abbott, the official portraitist of Admiral Nelson, the rendering depicts the naval titan in casual dress. This is one of the two final depictions of Nelson before he acquired the war-inflicted injuries that marked his later years. In 1790, Britain was at peace, and Lord Nelson found himself residing in Burnham Thorpe with his newlywed wife, Frances. Having served with great distinction in South America and the West Indies, he garnered much local acclaim. Yet, the uncertainty of returning to the sea weighed heavily on his mind. At the age of thirty, he lived the life of a country gentleman managing his estate. Only one other much smaller portrait of Nelson in civilian attire exists, a much smaller rendering from 1800 currently held at the National Portrait Gallery.
Compelling and atmospheric, the oil on canvas offers viewers a rare glimpse into the visage of a youthful and resolute Nelson, a man driven by an unwavering desire to forge his reputation in the art of naval warfare. This portrait had long been believed by the Nelson family to portray Edmund Nelson, Horatio Nelson's father. When connoisseur Jeremy Knight acquired this treasure directly from the Nelson family, he postulated that the work actually depicted the famed Admiral and not his father, as it was painted around 1790, and the elder Edmund Nelson would have been 68 years old at that time. Knight then hired the renowned Nelson scholar Martin Downer, the former Sotheby's expert and author of the bestselling books Nelson's Purse and Nelson's Lost Jewel, to confirm his hunch. It has now been confirmed by Martin Downer that this portrait is the missing...
Category
18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman With Blue Eyes
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Blue Eyes', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1985). A topless redhead gazes out to the viewer with her intense blue eyes. A mysterious blue hand sneaks into view from ...
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Xin (Oil Painting, Symbolist, Heart, Contemporary Pop, Surreal, ~40% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
心 (Xin)
2024
Oil on canvas
Size: 31.49 x 23.62 x inches (80 x 60 cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
*Framing options are available. Please inquiry.
Stella J Richey is an i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portraits "Old Newspaper"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The piece is a dialogue on freedom and grounding, encouraging reflection on life's journey and the stillness found in moments of change. It offers a vibrant addition to any space, co...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Alchemist -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Man Reading a Book
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
LARGE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - R. LEROY - OCHRE COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, framed, signed
Size: framed: 28.25 x 28.25 inches
painting: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Black Leather Jacket and Black Leather Boots
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Price includes $400 cost of framing.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
Signed in red, u.r.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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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...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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