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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1840s
"Retired Ballerina" Great Mid Century Modern Portrait.
By Clarice Akin Holloway
Located in San Antonio, TX
Clarice Akin Holloway (1905-1989) Port Arthur Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 28 x 24 Medium: Oil Circa 1960s "Retired Ballerina"
Biography
Clarice Akin Holloway (1905-1989)
Mrs. Richard B. Dell Holloway Port Arthur Painter, teacher. A native of Port Arthur, Holloway graduated from nearby Lamar College, Beaumont, with honors. She received instruction or criticism on various occasions from Otis Dozier, Frederic Taubes, Elliott O'hara, Henri Gasser, Ted Schuyler, Fred Samuelson, Boardman Robinson, Morris Davidson...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Madonna and Child
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful mid century modernist take on Madonna and child by Dorothy Steck Beech of Carmel, California (American, 1915-2002). Signed "D.S. Beech" lower right. Displayed in a rusti...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Portrait of a Young Lady" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young lady posing with an alluring look in a colorful blouse. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting s...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of Man in Cap', French School (circa 1960s-70s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Man in Cap', oil on canvas, French School (circa 1960s-70s). This artwork was discovered in the South of France. A splendid portrait it is and is most likely from one of the countries in French-speaking Africa. Most of those countries that speak French are in Western and Central Africa, with others scattered across the continent. Having arrived in Africa from colonial activity, French took on many different forms and maintained use to some degree in nearly two dozen nations. In addition to the continent of Africa, there are many other French speakers...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960’s French Stylish Portrait of a Woman Modernist Oil 1965
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School signed A.Bertin
signed on back, dated 1965
Title: Period portrait of a woman
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
Board : 18 x 12 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait in Striped Shirt, Modern Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait in Striped Shirt (46)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-Century "The Emigrants" Pierre Bosco #34 (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Emigrants" #34
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears i...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Two Sisters in a Landscape - British 19th century art oil painting
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in London, GB
British female artist, attributed to Margaret Sarah Carpenter, nee Geddes, painted this lovely 19th century portrait oil painting. Painted circa 1840 it is a three quarter length portrait of a two sisters in a landscape. The colours are still vibrant and the detail lovely. Carpenter mostly painted portraits in the manner of Thomas Lawrence and his influence can be seen here in the composition and detail. A lovely Victorian portrait oil painting by a female artist who was much sought after as a portraitist in London and she was also a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy. When purchased this painting was of a single sitter. However when this stunning painting was professionally cleaned it revealed the second younger sister.
Provenance. Christie's, London. 22 September 1978 Lot 50 as by D Allen...
Category
1840s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait with Crown, Abstract Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait with Crown (24)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 23 in. x 21.5 in. (58.42 cm x 54.61 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Woman- Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli- 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargn...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Portrait of Man in Red, Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of Man in Red (30)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Face in Prayer, Signed Modern Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Face in Prayer (10)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young Girl With Green Eyes - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Young girl with green eyes, 1960
original oil on canvas
Signed and dated bottom right
On canvas size 65 x 46 cm (c. 21 x 13 in)
Very good condition
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading', Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (British, 1809 – 1896) and painted circa 1845. Displayed in a period, carved and giltwood frame. (Framed dimensions: 22.75 x 21.5 x 1.0)
This English painter and portraitist was a founding member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake. Later in life, he established himself as a successful society portrait painter of the British gentry, nobility and royalty.
George Richmond was the son of Thomas Richmond the miniature-painter and, also, the father of the painter William Blake Richmond. For a short time, he attended a day school in Soho, before became a student at London's Royal Academy. Here he was much impressed by Henry Fuseli, his professor of painting, and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer, and had as fellow-students and companions Edward Calvert...
Category
1840s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Sophie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolour Breton School Mid 20th Century Fishing Fleet
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fishing Fleet
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right and dated
watercolour painting, with gouache and some graphite on artist's paper, unframed
measurement of framea...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
The Girl With The Glasses 1960's Stylised Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Girl With The Glasses, Impressionist Stylised Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
British School, circa 1969
Initialled and dated '69 by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil p...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
“The Horse Race" #50 A Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) circa 1950s
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“The Horse Race" #50 A
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Oil n canvas
Signed lower right
12 x 15 inches
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It is an art of pure ex...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Polo Player" Pierre Bosco (Italy/France) 1909-1993) circa 1950s
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Polo Player"
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Oil n canvas
Signed lower right
15 x 12 inches
Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Portrait of a Clown #5
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower left corner. Unframed.
Marjorie May Gulley Blake w...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Rock
Located in Storrs, CT
Freeman Baldridge's landscape painting, "Portrait of a Rock." The painting featured a rock on the slope of a hillside covered in wildflowers; the eye...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Blonde Beauty, Art Deco Oil Painting by Bernard Locca
By Bernard Locca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bernard Locca, French (1926 - 1997)
Title: Portrait of a Blonde Beauty
Year: 1963
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 in. x 29 in. (91.44 cm x 73.66 cm)
Frame Size: 4...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
African American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910- 1985) oil painting, portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas, depicting the Portrait of a woman in a profile, titled "Sun and Shade".
Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed African-American Artist Charles...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Antique European portrait, young boy seated with book by landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful portrait of a young boy seated in his room looking out over the expansive landscape.
Painted circa 1840 this piece has all the style of middle European art. French, Swis...
Category
1840s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Regina
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Regina (the Queen)
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 37" x W 29", (Panel) H 27.5" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. “After all”, he said, “you've got to know how to sell...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Partial Nude with Hat
Located in Kansas City, MO
Daniel Brennan
Title: Partial Nude with Hat
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 1969
Size: 51 x 31.75 inches
Framed in a simple wooden frame (52 x 32.25 x 1 inc...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Little Blue Head (Abstract Female Portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elliot Barowitz (b.1937). Little Blue Head, 1965. Oil on canvas, 1965, signed 'E.O. Barowitz', titled and dated on the stretcher. 16 x 16 in., 16 3/4 x 16 3/...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dancer 1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dancer
1969. Oil on canvas, 92,5x92,5 cm
The artist's portrayal of the dancer captures the grace and elegance associated with ballet. The ballerina's pose and body language convey ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Philadelphia Modernist, PAFA, Baum School of Art
By Martin Zipin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Zipin' for Martin Zipin (American, 1920-1991) and painted circa 1960.
Displayed in the original, hand-carved giltwood frame.
Framed ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Diminutive Mid Century Expressionist Clown Portrait #1
Located in Soquel, CA
Small portrait of a clown with colorful, expressionist brushstrokes by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Self Portrait
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Sir John Kiffin Williams O.B.E. R.A. 1918-2006, was a Welsh landscape painter. Kiffin Williams as he was known lived on Anglesey and was widely regarded as one of the greatest We...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Signed American Illustration "Romeo and Juliette" Framed Rare Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American illustration painting. Signed. Framed. Measuring 20 by 24 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Girls in School, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Two Girls in School" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 36" x 40.25" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. There is a second portrait the artist painted on the back of the painting. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Academie Chaumière, Paris, Chouinard, Art Center
By Leon Franks
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Leon Franks'; additionally signed and titled, 'Portrait of a Girl', on old label verso.
A bravura brushwork study of a young woman wearing a floral patterned shirt gazing calmly towards the viewer.
A noted portrait and still life painter, Leon Franks studied at the Academie Julian and Grande Chaumiere in Paris and, subsequently, in Los Angeles at the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Art Center. Franks additionally studied privately with Nicolai Fechin, Will Foster and F. Tolles Chamberlain.
Before settling in Los Angeles in 1936, where Franks continued his education and began designing for the movie industry, he did portraits and decorations for Vancouver theaters. The author of several 'How to Paint' books, including titles 'How to Do Still Life' (1952) and 'Leon Franks on Techniques' (1964), Franks was a teacher. He privately taught several artists, including Vernon...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait. 1961. Watercolor on paper, 29, 5x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1961. Watercolor on paper, 29,5x21 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began her studies...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Smoke Portrait - Original Ink and Tempera and Oil Painting by D. Bergamo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Smoke Portrait is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Danilo Bergamo (b.1938) in 1969.
Original ink, tempera and oil painting on cardboard
Hand-signed and dated b...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Ink
Three Figures - Black and White Illustration in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Figures - Black and White Illustration in Ink on Paper
Bold illustration of three people by an unknown artist (20th Century). The figures are depicted in a tight cluster, as i...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink
PROFILE OF A WOMAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"PROFILE OF A WOMAN"
OIL ON PANEL
C.1960
PAINTED IN ITALY
16 X 12 INCHES
Morton Dimondstein
1920-2000
At the age of seventeen Morton Dimondstein enrolled in the American Artists School and then the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied painting, drawing, and printmaking with Anton Refregier, Harry Sternberg, and Kimon Nicolaides.
After serving in the 387th Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, Dimondstein continued his studies at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was one of the first artists to produce serigraphic prints on the West Coast, marketing them as affordable art in galleries and retail stores.
His prints and oil paintings garnered several awards during this post-war period, including an A.C.A. Gallery international competition for a one- man show in New York City.
In 1951 he moved to Mexico, where he attended the Instituto Politécnico Nacional and studied art with José Gutiérrez and David Alfaro Siqueiros. During his three years in Mexico, Dimondstein worked as a staff artist and instructor in visual education for UNESCO and was a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular.
After moving back to Los Angeles, Dimondstein served as the art editor of the California Quarterly from 1953 to 1956. He briefly worked for the Saul Bass advertising firm where he designed books and book jackets, and collaborated on the ad campaigns for films such as William Wyler’s “The Big Country” and Otto Preminger’s “St. Joan.” Dimondstein received industry recognition for the images he created, but cranking out art for commercial ventures with strict deadlines was not for him.
He chose to leave that world in favor of working as an independent artist and art teacher. Over the years he taught at the Kann Art Institute, the New School of Art, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the School of Fine Art which he established with UCLA faculty member Martin Lubner...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rag Paper
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Modern Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 20 in. x 18 in. (50.8 cm x 45.72 cm)
F...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Duet, Framed Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Violetta de Koszeghy
By Violetta de Koszeghy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Violetta de Koszeghy, Hungarian (1928 - )
Title: Duet
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 47.5 x 37.5 ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tonight I Wait at the Window - Oil Paint by Franco Rivola - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Tonight I wait at the window is an original modern artwork realized in 1968 by Franco Rivola.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand-written dedica...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Acrylic Painting by Robert Carroll - 1969 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic painting by Robert Carroll, realized in 1969 ca.
Very good condition.
Robert Carroll is an american artist born in 1934 in Painesville, Ohio. He did study Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Arts where he graduated in 1957.
Since the end of 1950s he has been associating with some of the most important writers and intellectuals of the beat generation...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Two Portraits - Oil Painting by Dimitri Godycki Cwirko - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Two Portraits is a contemporary artwork realized by Dimitri Godycki Cwirko (1901-1987).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Self Portrait - Clowns - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Modernist Portrait of a Child by NY Artist Syril Frank
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1960s
Oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting by Robert Carroll - 1969 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Robert Carroll is an american artist born in 1934 in Painesville, Ohio. He has been studying Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Arts where he graduated in 1957.
Since the end of 19...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Portrait of a San Francisco Lady by Alfred Jonniaux
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful portrait of woman from San Francisco by European portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux (Belgian/American, 1882-1974), circa 1950s. Signed on verso....
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Clown Boy from Paris, Folk Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Felix Felmart
By Felix Felmart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Felix Felmart, Spanish XXth
Title: Clown Boy from Paris
Year: 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 28 x 20 in. (71.12 x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 28 inches
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-portrait. 1960, paper, mixed technique, 29.5x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
Young Girl on a Couch, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003)
Title: Young Girl on Couch
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 26.5 x 32 inches
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in Red - British Impressionist oil painting portrait - Royal Academy artist
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1960 oil on canvas female portrait painting by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British portrait. In good condition and framed i...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait in Tie, Oil on Board Painting by American Artist John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait in Tie (47)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait in Tie, Modern Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait in Tie (48)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 18 in. x 14 in. (45.72 cm x 35.56 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait, Modern Oil on Board Painting by American Artist John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait (52)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 20 in. x 15 in. (50.8 cm x 38.1 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Women's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 16.7x13.8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Janis Mednis (1910 28 05 Valka, Latvia – 1997 30 09) – painter
Mednis learned at Smiltenes secondary school, where teacher Zegners creates to him first interest about painting and t...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Red Figure, Modern Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Red Figure (11)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas
Size: 30 in. x 12 in. (76.2 cm x 30.48 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait with Madonna, Abstract Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait with Madonna (25)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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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