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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1920s
Blue Self Portrait Fabric Weaving #2 by Richard Proctor
Located in Pasadena, CA
This unique artwork by Richard Proctor is part of a series of 3 (see last pictures and other listings). It is a self-portrait repeated 3 times in diffe...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fabric, Board
Figure in the shadow - Oil Painting on Canvas by N. Gattamelata -1968
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in the shadow is an original modern artwork realized by N. Gattamelata in 1968.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
Includes frame
Hand signed and dated on the back.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Self Portrait Fabric Weaving #1 by Richard Proctor
Located in Pasadena, CA
This unique artwork by Richard Proctor is part of a series of 3 (see last pictures and 2 other listings)
It has been created through interweaving strip...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
“Country Girl”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful expressive portrait of a blue eyed country girl by the American artist David Pallock. Signed top right and dat...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Woman - Mid Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fiberboard, Gouache, Graphite
Girl Thinking, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. 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 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boy Waiting, Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Boy Waiting" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a young man with somber expression, sitting on a chair. This work features a second environmental portrait on verso. The painting is 41.75" x 35.75" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Julius Cesar - Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Cesar is an original China ink drawing on paper applied realized by Albert Decaris in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft stokes i...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
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
Portrait - Oil on canvas by Dimitri Godicky Cwirko - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by Dimitri Godycki Cwirko (1901-1987).
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Label on the back with details about the artwork.
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
MId Century Animal Portrait: "Rooster" Pierre Bosco (1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Winged Woman - China Ink Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Winged woman is a fine ink drawing, realized by Albert Decaris (1901-1988) .
Good conditions.
Albert Decaris was a French artist, engraver and painter. ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hans Bertle (1880 1945) Geburt des Todes, 1924 (Cain and Abel) - Symbolist Oil
By Hans Bertle
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Hans Bertle
(Austrian, 1880-1943)
Geburt des Todes - Kain und Abel
(Birth of Death - Cain und Abel)
• Symbolistic painting
• Oil on canvas, ca. 62 x 72 cm
• Original Frame, ca. 87 ...
Category
1920s Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Figure - Painting by Behçet Safa - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized by the artist Behçet Safa (1934-2018).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the back.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
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...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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
Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States.
The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
Category
1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Portrait de Femme
Located in Zeist, UT
Kees van Dongen- Portrait de Femme
Medium:
Watercolor on cream laid paper
Year:
Executed ca. 1924
Dimensions:
Sheet size: 457 x 304 mm.
Frame size...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Oil, Linen
Man Smoking a Pipe
Located in London, GB
'Man Smoking a Pipe', oil on carton (circa 1960s), by Raymond Debiève. The artist depicts a moustached man puffing on his pipe in his post-cubist style. The identity of the subject i...
Category
1960s Cubist 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
Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
By Bob Peak
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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings.
Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Chinese American Impressionist Ashcan Portrait Young Woman Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting of a young woman by Chee Chin S Cheung Lee (1896 - 1966). Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed. Housed in a giltwo...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
By Lorraine Fox
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
Category
1960s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Funchal, le Port (Port of Funchal, Portugal)" Pastel Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Funchal, le Port (Port of Funchal, Portugal)"
Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Pastel on paper
12 x 9 (18 3/4 x 15 5/8 frame) inches
Stamp of studio on reserve
INV Nbr. 821RT...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Rebecca Couchée by JULES PASCIN - School of Paris, Nude Painting, Figurative Art
By Jules Pascin
Located in London, GB
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Rebecca Couchée by JULES PASCIN (1885-1930)
Oil over pencil on canvas
73.1 x 91.8 cm (28 ¾ x 36 ⅛ inches)
Signed lower right, Pascin
Executed in 1927, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris
Provenance
Collection Marcel Bernheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, acquired from the artist, 1928
Pierre Blum, Paris, acquired from the above, 1952
Perls Galleries, New York, no. 13565
Private collection, Osaka
Sotheby’s, New York, 14th May 1998
Peter Findlay Gallery Inc., New York
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above, June 2011
Literature
Luis Seoane...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Pencil
Introspective Woman / Actress on Movie Set. Mid Century Art, Female Illustrator
By Lorraine Fox
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, ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Pencil
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...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
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
Early 20th century English portrait of a red haired young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States.
The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
Category
1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Fauve Portrait of Three Women in Blue Holding Red Abanicos
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Miami, FL
Bernie Fuchs's painting "Fauve Portrait of Two Women in Blue with Red Abanicos" captures a festive scene of three Spanish women in traditional dress at...
Category
1960s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1960s Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Vintage Native American Portraits
Located in Soquel, CA
Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Two Ladies Trying to Out-Mystify Each Other, Semi Abstract Figural Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
'Two Ladies Trying to Out-Mystify Each Other', Original 1969 semi-abstract cubist style oil painting portraying two female figures with still life. Figural abstraction, oil paint on ...
Category
1960s American 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Paper
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and colorful mid century Fauvist portrait of a man by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). The expressive and vibrant color palette, a signatu...
Category
1960s Fauvist 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...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Ashcan School New York City Street Scene Kids Playing Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed New York City street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Image size, 18L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape with Two Bathers
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with Two Bathers', oil on panel, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). Dulac's oils and drawings manifest an elegant classicism with an immediately identifiable style. It is these qualities which are so attractive both aesthetically and in the context as an investment in fine art. Our gallery holds virtually the entire remaining collection of Guillaume Dulac's sketches and memorabilia with impeccable provenance. In this acquisition of a Dulac oil painting, one finds a depiction of two women, one of them in the nude, seated on the edge of a bathing pool. The other is peacefully seated on a comfortable boulder stone...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hedwig Mechle – Grossmann (1857 - 1928) Rose Flower Girl , 1920 - Oil Painting
By Hedwig Mechle-Grossmann
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Hedwig Mechle - Grossmann
(Germann, * 3rd of December 1857, Görlitz - † 1st of October, 1928 Ödenburg)
Die Kleine Rosenverkäuferin - The Little Rose Seller
• Oil on carse canvas, ca. 100 x 75 cm
• Frame, 107 x 81 cm
• Signed and dated 1920 upper right
This large painting will make everybody stop, look, smile and want to buy a lovely rose from that charming girl. Take your time and have a look at the details … the stopper of the water ceramic bottle, her piece of bread, the torn and frayed clothing and more.
Hedwig Mechle-Grossmann is well known and appreciated for her expressive genre scenes depicting children. Born in Görlitz, she worked in Berlin and moved on to Ödenburg, where she died. Important examples of her work are held in the Ödenburg Landesmuseum.
A few words on condition:
The painting has received slight sympathetic restoration - The partially frayed edges have been professionally relined with a narrow strip of new canvas for strength and then the canvas has been re-stretched on to the original stretcher, with the arms of the stretcher covering most of the newly attached strips of canvas.
One of the arms of the stretcher has suffered slight worm damage in the past. That short section has been treated, stabilized and the restorer covered the unsightly area with a strip of the same canvas, which was used to reline the edges.
The frame seems to be original (certainly early 20thC) - the corners have been re-glued, small areas have been retouched and minor sections of the molding are missing.
New small woodblocks...
Category
1920s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Devotion
By Erich Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Deling with the work of Erich Waske today, one encounters first of all a number of reasons why this outstanding artist has fallen into such undeserved oblivion. In addition to the de...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood 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
Oil, Canvas
Women in Deckchairs
Located in London, GB
'Women in Deckchairs', oil on canvas, by Camille Hilaire (circa 1960s). Folding wooden chairs with woven or cane seats and backs, of the type now...
Category
1960s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bretonne à la Vache by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Oil on panel
Located in London, GB
Bretonne à la Vache by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Oil on panel
54 x 65 (21 ¹/₄ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Manzana 1929 Pissarro
Inscribed lower left, Pon...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child (Framed Early 20th Century Figurative Portrait Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gentle, quiet, lovely portrait of motherhood painted by British artist Arthur Bradbury in 1927, a distinguished painter who over the years exhibited 14 works at the Royal Academy. ...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carnival by Stéphanie Guerzoni - Oil on cardboard
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas board
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
66,5 x 56,5 x 3 cm
Category
1960s Modern 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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Girl
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...
Category
1960s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Gouache
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...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Au Bal Masque - Spanish girl at Opera
By Dietz Edzard
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 ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
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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