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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1910s
French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Introspective Woman / Actress on Movie Set. Mid Century Art, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for were Woman's Day, ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Pencil

MId Century Animal Portrait: "Rooster" Pierre Bosco (1909-1993)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Rooster" Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993) Gouache on paper 10 x 9 (18 x 14 frame) inches Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to painting...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Soldier Beats Up Muggers on Subway - Stag Magazine story illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed (as Emmett Kaye) lower right it was Mort Kunstler's pseudonym, unframed
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1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Boy Standing in The Field" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young boy outdoors with an alluring look. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and des...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Boy with Anemones
Located in London, GB
'Boy with Anemones', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1965). Here the artist paints a young boy having his breakfast with a beautiful bouquet of an...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ethiopians Shake Hands with Europeans
Located in Miami, FL
This deceptively naive painting was most likely done for a children's book. Upon close study, the viewer will recognize that this painting is anything but a child's effort. It's a g...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Lord Cardigan, Charge of the Light Brigade, British Army Military Officer
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic composition depicts Lord Cardigan on horseback commanding an equestrian military unit with the Union Jack flag proudly displayed. The famous battle scene "Charge of the Light Brigade...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

La Montera
Located in London, GB
'La Montera', gouache, watercolour and ink on art paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1960s). The artist created many artworks with bullfighting as theme. In this case, a single torer...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil

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...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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....
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1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

'Portrait of Blue-Eyed Woman' French School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Blue-Eyed Woman', oil on board, signed by artist, Ayral, French School (circa 1960s). Discovered in the South of France, this small portrait is painted with vibrant colo...
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1960s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Dance of Salome, Abstracted Figural Framed Triptych, 1960s Oil Paintings
Located in Denver, CO
The Dance of Salome or the Dance of the Seven Veils is a Triptych painted in 3 panels in oil on board. Each panel depicts a semi-abstract, cubist style individual figure: Herod, Herodias and Salome. Painted in bright colors of yellow, orange, red, green, fuchsia, purple, pink, white, blue, black and brown. Presented in vintage frames, framed dimensions of each panel measure 29 x 17 x 1 ½ inches, Image size is 23 ½ x 12 ¼ inches, each. Overall dimensions of the triptych measure 29 x 53 ½ x 1 ½ inches as displayed with 1 inch spacing between each panel. Based on the Dance of Seven Veils in which Princess Salome danced...
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1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
The painting is signed Sykes and dated 1960 lower right. It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art ...
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1960s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Green" by Albert Radoczy - Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Green Face painted diagonally by Albert Radoczy in a red-stained thin wood frame. Many of his paintings, primarily the ones of facial features with near solid backgrounds, all suit...
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1666
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Lombard school of the seventeenth century. A smiling young girl is portrayed in an elegant black dress, embellished with lace on the neckline and a play of re...
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1960s Conceptual Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Collier's Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Collier's Magazine Cover, February 7 1914
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1910s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Kids
Located in London, GB
'The Kids', pastel on paper (1967), by Raymond Dèbieve. Picasso's influence is undeniable in this artwork yet Dèbieve's own naive artistic style is on display ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Secundo Congreso Feminino, Large Canvas Surrealist Female Group Portrait, 1969
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Secundo Congreso Feminino " by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a large scale, surrealist painting of a group gathering showing women in the nude. The 60" x 42" oi...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl in White
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Daniel Brennan Title: Girl in White Materials : Oil on Canvas Date : 1960's Dimensions : 46 1/2 x 32 in. COA provided In the late 1960's, Danie...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Portrait of a Young Woman - Modernist Female Portrait Oil by Alfredo Guttero
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Stunning signed and dated modernist oil on canvas by Argentinian painter Alfredo Guttero. The work depicts a portrait of a young Argentinian woman. It is beautifully and the brush strokes make it almost pointillist like. This work has come from the collection of the esteemed Jewish art collector Gaston Prosper Levy and was gifted top him by the painter. Prosper Levy held one of the most important collections of modern French art - many of the works were taken by the Nazis from his home in France in 1940. This work has been assessed by the Art Loss Register and is not recorded on their database. Signature: Signed, dedicated and dated 1918 upper right Dimensions: Framed: 29"x24.5 Unframed: 26"x21.5" Provenance: Original exhibition number to frame The collection of Gaston Prosper Levy Alfredo Nicolás Guttero was born in Buenos Aires on May 26, 1882. He studies music as a child and from an early age he shows his drawing abilities. He starts a law career which he quits two years later to start painting full time. Ernesto de la Cárcova and Martín Malharro encourage him towards this change and, in 1904 he gets a scholarship to travel to France to further his work. His scholarship only lasted a year, but with his family’s help and his work related to decorative art, he manages to stay in Paris until 1917, where he studies under Maurice Denis. He moves to Spain, and towards 1917, he studies in Madrid and La Coruña. Then he moves to Segovia in 1918. In this occasion he takes parts in a collective exhibition of Argentine painters and sculptors, together with artists such as Fray Guillermo Butler and Pablo Curatella Manes, among others. After his passing through Germany, Austria and Italy, in 1925 he settles in Genova where he holds an exhibition of his entire artistic production to date. After 23 years in Europe, on September 26, 1927, Guttero arrives in Buenos Aires, and on October 20, he holds an exhibit at Asociación Amigos del Arte. That same year, the Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes acquires for the Museo Nacional his piece: Mujeres indolentes (Indolent women). A week later he takes part in the Feria del Boliche de Arte invited by Leonardo Estarico and Atalaya. Upon his return from Genova, he continues his investigation and development of the pictorial techniques denominated by him as “cooked plaster”, a technical procedure based on a paste of plaster with pigments mixed in with glue that the artist generally applied mounted on wooden supports. As of this moment, Guttero starts in Buenos Aies an intensive array of exhibits and other activities which make a big impact on the local cultural scene, apart from continuing with his personal art production. Between 1927 and 1932, the year of his sudden death, Alfredo Guttero takes part, among other projects, in the “3ª Exposición Comunal de Artes Aplicadas e Industriales 1927- 1928”, where he is awarded the Grand Prize in the Sección Pintura Decorativa; and the “X Salón de Otoño de Rosario” (1928) where he gets the Gold Medal for the Figure category; he presents works in the exhibits organized by Ateneo Popular de la Boca (1928); “XVIII Salón Nacional“ (1929) and is awarded the Second Municipal Prize for his work Playa (Beach). In 1929, he organizes the “Nuevo Salón” in Buenos Aires, Rosario and La Plata. He presents his work at the “XIX Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes” where he gets the First Prize in painting with his work Feria (Street market); in September of that same year he inaugurates his fourth individual exhibition at Amigos del Arte and participates in the selection of paintings which will appear in post cards that this institution would print eventually. In 1930 he is named artistic advisor of the Asociación Wagneriana and director of its Plastic Arts Section. That same year he organizes the “Salón de Pintores Modernos. Primer Grupo” in Buenos Aires; exhibits at Amigos del Arte, at the “Salón de Pintores y Escultores Modernos” and at show rooms in Rosario and Santa Fe. In January, 1931 he takes part in the “First Baltimore Pan-American Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings” and is awarded the Museum of Art Award with his piece Anunciación (Announcement), which he later donates to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires. That same year he organizes exhibits of Miguel Carlos Victorica and Demetrio Urruchúa in Amigos del Arte and, in May, Guttero presents his work at the Salón Centenario de Montevideo, “Primer Grupo Argentino de Pintores Modernos”. In June he directs together with Falcini, courses on Plastic Art and works on stage scenery for the Colón Theater. Also in 1931, he organizes the “Salón de Pintores Modernos” in Amigos del Arte and takes part at the Salón Nacional, being awarded the Eduardo Sívori Prize. On April 15, 1932 they open together with Pedro Domínguez Neira, Raquel Forner and Alfredo Bigatti the Cursos Libres de Arte Plástico (Free plastic art courses). That same year Guttero is awarded the First Municipal Prize for his work Oda (Ode). In November, he is invited to take part in the “Salón de Arte del Cincuentenario de La Plata” and, on December 1, he dies in Buenos Aires at the age of 50. The following year, between October and November, the Dirección Nacional de Bellas Artes organizes...
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1910s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Sierra Mountains Double Sided Landscape - (w/ Clown verso painting)
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury impasto landscape of Sierra Mountains with stream in foregrounds snow-covered mountains in background. Signed "Lorie '65". Clown is painted on verso. Presented in carved a...
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1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gesso, Acrylic

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...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Mexican Painting on Paper -- Sin Titulo
Located in Troy, NY
This is a remarkable work by successful artist, Armando Villagran, purchased directly from him in Mexico City in the 1960s. This represents an opportunity for collectors to buy one o...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Paper

Jazz, Expressionist Portrait of Woman with Violin by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Jazz" is a figurative painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1968. The 34" x 40" oil on board portrait features a young African American woman playi...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

'The Red Headdress' by W. Worms
Located in London, GB
'The Red Headdress', pastel on art paper, by W. Worms (circa 1960s). A beautiful woman with contemplative expression and tender eyes is exquisitely portrayed by the artist. The treat...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Girl at the Beach with wide Brim Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful 60's chic is on full display in this beach scene. It's masterfully designed. The beautiful model horizontally fills the center space while supporting players fill background spaces. The style is very flat with lots of gray muting the colors and defining the artist's palette. Fuch's was a giant talent who is overlooked by today's art world participants. His style could be described as a post-post impressionist. This particular work is so deftly designed and exhibits the most intriguing positive and negative spaces. The model is rendered with loose, quick and authoritative brush strokes which give an air of chic confidence. Most of all, it's her dreamy blue eyes that truly captivate the viewer. All parts of the eye ( Iris, Pupil, Sclera ) are composed of a soft robin's egg blue which is in counterpoint the pink day-glow color on her lips. She looks at you. You look back and the process is repeated and repeated. Fuch's not just a great painter, designer, academic artist but a brilliant and innovative colorist as well. To demonstrate how great this simple work is, out of a world population of 7.2 billion people, as a betting man, I would say there may be no other artist who could render a scene this good. An artist such as Peter Doig, who does nice and beautiful work, may come close to the talent of Fuchs. Bernard Fuchs American, 1932 - 2009 Girl at the Beach...
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1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of Red Headed Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking Fauvist portrait with a vibrant, high voltage color palette, featuring a green woman with red hair by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). Aut...
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1960s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Surreal Portrait, Oil Painting by Richard Kirk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Kirk, American XXth Title: Surreal Portrait Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame:...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Resting, Expressionist Portrait of Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Resting" is an interior portrait of a young man resting on a sofa. This work was painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24" x 32" oil on board painti...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Ballet D'enfants
Located in Sheffield, MA
Suzanne Eisendieck French, 1908-1998 Ballet D'enfants Oil on canvas 36 by 29 ½ in. W/frame 44 by 37 ½ in. Signed lower right She was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in 1908 ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Little girl" Oil cm. 20 x 28 , Child, Winter, Russian, Impressionism
By Yakov Kozlov
Located in Torino, IT
Child,Little girl,Russian painter ,Baby, Russian baby YAKOV KOZLOV (1918 - 2015) MUSEUMS Riga, Museum of Latvian and Russian Art Riga, Janis Rainis National Literary Museum Pereslavl-Zalessky, Museum of Art and History Mosca, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, Boy Eating Watermelon
Located in Miami, FL
The work looks much better in person with snappy bright colors that form a complex abstract composition of interconnected shapes. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, The Work is Signed lower left - Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York - Label on verso Swann Gallery...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Au Bal Masque - Spanish girl at Opera
Located in Miami, FL
Au Bal Masque - Spanish girl at Opera - This spectacularly beautiful post-impressionist portrait t could be reminiscent of Degas. A charming girl with a ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Small Expressionist Clown Portrait #2, 1960s
Located in Soquel, CA
Small and colorful expressionist portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Dated "1969" ...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Figurative Portrait of a Boy with Toy Car
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic mid century portrait of a boy playing with an antique toy car by Ralph Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" in the lower left ...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Afternoon, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Afternoon Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Clown
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roger Etienne (French, 1923-2011) Title: Portrait of a Clown Year: 1963 Medium: Gouache on paper Sheet size: 24 x 18 inches Signature: Signed, dated upper left by the artis...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Untitled - Mysterious Figure in Black Pancho and Expressive Hands
Located in Miami, FL
Haunting yet beautiful with a simple graphic composition and monochromatic palette. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, signed E. Kingman and dated (lower right) Looks better in pe...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Mixed Media

Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9, 5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Located in Riga, LV
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9,5x6 cm; 9x6cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Portrait of a Woman in a Purple Head Scarf, Oil Painting by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Alfieri, Italian/American (1921 - 2009) Title: Portrait of a Woman in Purple Head Scarf Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l....
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Historic Ashcan Panama Canal Diggers Signed Original Rare Oil Painting
By Lee Roland Warthen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original historical modernist landscape oil painting by Lee Roland Warthen (1893 - 1949) . Oil on canvas, circa 1912. Signed and titled on verso. Image size, 18L x 14H. H...
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1910s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist landscape the South of France, with children playing
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful French impressionist landscape of children playing in a playground somewhere in the South of France. The earliest work by the artist is from the late 1960s and this piece...
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1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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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/...
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1960s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Tempera, Ink

A Lion Mangled Me - A Man Eating Lion
Located in Miami, FL
Using brilliant compositional devices and late afternoon light, Frank McCarthy captures a man at the precise moment before death. The scene is staged wi...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Casein, Board

The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic and flatwork was an Interior illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. George Giusti( Italian - American 1908-1990)- ''The Last Snapshot''- ink and acrylic on illust...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors. Provenance: Christie's Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
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1910s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carpathian Ancestor
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...
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1960s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

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Casein, Plaster, Wood

Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil on board group portrait of three musicians playing t...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Fisherman with a hat
By Pieter van der Hem
Located in Brookville, NY
This detailed charcoal and pastel of a fisherman with a tall black hat, blue eyes and a details coat, depict the hardships of a fishermans life. The artist, Pieter van der Hem...
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1910s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Skagen', Paris, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Salon des Artistes Français, Munich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clement' for Gad Frederick Clement (Danish, 1867-1933) and painted circa 1920. Titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Fra Haven' (From the Garden). Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar and titled, 'Vesterby, Skagen' Exhibited: Skagen Museum, circa 1920, from label, verso. 'Helsinki Art Gallery, 1928', from label, verso. 'Danish Art Convention Forum, 1929', from label, verso. Gad Clement created this luminous painting in the garden of the Vesterby beach house where he and his wife, the artist Martha 'Tupsy' Clement, summered from 1908-1920. A substantial and well-exhibited work, it shows Tupsy at her easel beside their daughters, Bitten (b.1912) and Lillemor (b.1909). Fusing the ideal with the intensely personal, the artist has lyrically captured both the bonds of maternity and the dreamland of childhood. Gad Frederick Clement first studied at Copenhagen's Technical School (1883–1885) before attending the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1885-1888). Returning to Denmark, he continued his studies under Laurits Tuxen...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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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.

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