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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mythological Classical Oil Painting Winged Angels with Naked Figure in Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winged Angels
European artist, late 20th century
(possibly a copy after an earlier painting)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire...
Category
20th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Side Show Barker - Original Modernist American Fair Scene Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
From the Michael Hall Collection, this is a great American scene showing the excitement of the fair. It depicts a time when men wore coats and ties and women had hats at the fair be...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th century English dog portrait of a Pekinese dog called Bumble
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Mabel Hollams (British, 1877–1963)
Bumble, 1957
Oil on wood panel
With characteristic precision and affection, Francis Mabel Hollams captures the spirit of a beloved compani...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mona Lisa
By John Bellany
Located in Edinburgh, GB
John Bellany was an influential Scottish painter. Credited with pioneering a style of painting that melded the influences of Impressionism with Naive painting, Bellany’s work explored endemically Scottish symbolism and histories. "What he was doing in the mid-1960s in many ways changed the course of Scottish painting,” Keith Hartley, the senior curator of the Scottish National Gallery, has said of Bellany’s importance. “It was like a manifesto: I don't want to do paintings for Edinburgh drawing...
Category
20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abundance of Blooms with Grapes and Roses Still Life Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abundance of Blooms with Grapes and Roses
Continental School, late 20th century
most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inch...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Attrib. Filippo Marantonio (1863-1937) - Framed Italian Oil, Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 20th Century Italian school portrait depicting a older lady dressed in a chequered mustard coat and blue head scarf. Well presented in a simp...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings throu...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
My Lady of the Rose Portrait of Hilda, the Artist's Wife - British oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. The influence of Lord Frederick Leighton and the It...
Category
1910s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Maternity in Ibiza beach original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portraits of Timeless Expressions No. 11' Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
'Portraits of Timeless Expressions No. 11', oil on canvas mounted on board, by Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
School of Paris, Barbara, Oil on Canvas, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
This captivating 1950s oil on canvas portrait, possibly depicting the French singer Barbara, exudes an air of mystery and existential reflection. While the identity of the subject re...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Chess Match
Located in London, GB
'The Chess Match', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1973). Rich colours, bold, painterly brush strokes and an unusual subject for a work of art, Debiève has created this s...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Italian Woman Grape Farmer Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 15 by 19 inches overall and 10.5 by 15 painting alone.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Big Ben in Garden" Portrait of a Bulldog by Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Big Ben in Garden"
Antique Dog Portrait of a Bulldog
Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
Pastel on paper Circa 1900
13 x 9 (17 x 12) inches
Though he made his reputation with large...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
A gentle mid-century portrait of a young girl by Pascal "Pablo" Cucaro (American, 1915-2004). Sealed in a layer of clear resin. Signed in a black textured medium, lower left: "cucaro...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil, Acrylic
English mid century oil painting Portrait of Miniature Black Poodle
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Miniature Poodle
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subj...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Italian lady in a carriage
By Ettore Tito
Located in New York, NY
Ettore Tito (17 December 1859 – 26 June 1941) was an Italian painter known for his significant contributions to the Venetian school of painting. Born in Castellammare di Stabia, near...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maternity mixed media on canvas Nepal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Maternity - mixed media (print and oil on canvas).
Canvas size 54x65 cm.
Frameless.
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 195...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Polish Jewish Art, The Rabbi, Judaica Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Konstanty Swewczenko (1910-1991), signed oil Judaica Oil Painting, Polish.
Konstantin Shevchenko studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1927 - 1928. Then, in 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luc De Decker (1907-1982) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Portrait of A Priest
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts a senior Catholic bishop, seated and gazing directly at the viewer with a gentle expression.
Unsigned.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman expressionist portrait mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 81x66 cm.
Category
1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
1940's French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992)
signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2)
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
By Arthur Heyer
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow"
Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right "Heyer A."
25 1/2 x 21 (29 1/4 x 3...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Molly Trefgarne - 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Man in a Russian Ushanka
Located in Corsham, GB
This moody portrait captures a figure in profile, wearing a distinctive dark fur Russian ushanka against a somber brown background. The brushwork is loose and expressive, creating a ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British Edwardian art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Percy William Gibbs. Pained circa 1910 it is a head and shoulders portrait in semi profile of a d...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
Vintage American Modernist Woman Portrait Large Oil Painting
By Jared Fitzgerald
Located in Buffalo, NY
Contemporary modernist American portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 20 by 40 inches.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ballerina - Oil Painting by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on panel realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century, depicting an elegant reclyned ballerina.
Hand signed.
Good condition, framed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Horse Painting "Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right" Georg Wolf dated 1907
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
“Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right”
Georg Wolf (Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1907 lower right
27 x 19 (35 x 27 frame) inches
With it's bobbed tail cut short so it doesn't become tangled, it's apparent that this fine specimen was a draught horse...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Young Child Antique European Oil Painting Fine Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child
European School, early 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 21 x 18 inches
canvas: 15 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: extensiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Very Large Draft Horse Standing in a Barn" Georg Wolf (German, 1882-1962)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“A Very Large Draft Standing Horse in the Stable”
Georg Wolf (Alsace/Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 21 1/2 (50 1/4 x 42 1/4 frame) inches
Estate stamp and inventory No. 17...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Self-Portrait', Paris Salon, Royal Danish Academy, Impressionist oil, Benezit
By Julius Paulsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910.
A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Jewish Yemenite Family Oil Painting Israeli Judaica Itamar Siani
By Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Israeli artist, painter, engraver, born 1941, Yemen
His art commemorates the unique cultural heritage and traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community, who returned to the Promised Land on "Eagles' Wings," the code name of the Israeli rescue of Yemenite Jewry in 1949. Among his notable works is a ten-meter long oil painting depicting the immigration of the Yemenite Jews, which he worked on for 30 years.He did a celebrated series titled "The Magic Carpet" etchings depicting stages in the artist’s life including: Liberation, The Magic Carpet, Refugees, New life in Israel, Family, Mount Sinai. published in Jerusalem 1973. The artist was born in Sana’a in Yemen and flown to Israel aged 5 years old as part of operation ‘Magic Carpet’ the mass migration that transported almost the entire Jewish population of this part of the Arabian peninsula to the new State. The etchings continue and develop a long tradition of Yemenite artistry. Yemenite born Israeli painters Avshalom Okashi...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Regina Maris Ship, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regina Maris, 1908
by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015)
oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board
framed
Framed size: 16 x 19.25 inches
Superb oil painting by the well li...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge British Portrait Painting Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge Royal Academy Exhibit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)
by Liz London, British contemporary
signed acrylic on canvas, framed
framed: 46 x 36 inches
canvas: 39 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
Pre...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dreaming Woman - Original hansigned oil on paper
By René Genis
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004)
Dreaming Woman
Original watercolor and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom middle
32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Portrait of Parisian Lady in Pearls & Black Dress Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mrs Helene Kernel, Paris 1964"
by Jacques Falcou (French 1912-1975)
signed, titled and dated verso
oil on canvas, framed in original period French frame
framed: 30.5 x 25 inches
can...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Tennessee, 9/12/86
Oil on canvas
34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in.
Titled and inscribed upper left
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jeanne THELIEZ (1875-1957) French School Portrait 1933 Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Jeanne THELIEZ (1875-1957) French School Portrait 1933
A sensitively painted art deco period portrait of a young woman resplendent in an embroidered fez style hat, signed and dated ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Oil Painting Portrait of a Man in Suit & Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in Suit
French, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, in a slip wooden frame
Framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches
Canvas : 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970s Big Eyed Waif Sad Child with Scarf Oil Painting
By Erbert Mule
Located in Surfside, FL
1970s Italian (based on the inscription, the artist's name sounds German or Austrian) big eyed waif crying little boy painting. from the era of Jea...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gri gri oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Gri Gri
Artist: Eduardo Arranz Bravo (Barcelona, 1941 – 2023)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in (100 x 81 cm)
Date: 1974
Signature: Signed lower left: Arra...
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern British portrait of a Bassett Hound in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful late 20th century portrait of a Bassett Hound dog.
Painted in England circa 1996 the artist was capable of painting the most amazing character in this portrait.
Oils on...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman
Figure Study, circa 1959-60
Signed with initials lower left
Gouache on Racing Form newspaper
Sight 9 x 7 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, Montecito, California
Pr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
Fine Antique British Oil Painting Head Portraits of Two Cavalier Spaniel Dogs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portraits of Cavalier Spaniel Dogs
by Henry Percy, British early 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 7 x 9 inches
board: 5 x 7 inches
provenance: private collection...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Dutch Old Master Large Oil Painting Portrait Gentleman in Ruff Collar Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Ruff Collar and Robes
Dutch School, 18th century
oil on canvas laid over panel, unframed
board: 28.5 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Signed Modernist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 28H by 22L.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Portrait of a Lady Sketchy Atmospheric Working Study on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
circa 1930's
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 22.5 x 19 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on uns...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 33x41 cm.
Frame 50x58 cm.
Catalan painter trained in Olot and the Llotja in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Lluis Muntané. Through his travels he completes his training.
He was in Paris for a year studying Van Gogh, Cezanne and Gaugin. The following year in Holland he studied Franz...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anton Gold (1914-1970) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Schoolboy in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking portrait of a schoolboy in a blue school uniform captured in expressive, gestural brushstrokes. Unsigned. Acquired as part of a studio collection. Presented in a black woo...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi in Synagogue Oil Painting Signed Mora
Located in Surfside, FL
a mid century Judaica painting of a Rabbi wearing a Tallit prayer shawl. In the Modernist manner of Maurice Kish, Tully filmus or William Gropper. ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art 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 cardboard.
Work measurements 35x27 cm.
Frame 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spani...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
20th century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th-century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Owning a painting of two English Labrador Retriever dogs by D.J. Holdswor...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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.
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