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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: Early 1900s
Little Sister, Big Sister, c.1970
Located in Franklin, MI
A wonderful painting in the style clearly identified with the artist.
Category

1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Patterns and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Patterns and Stripes" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a muted color palette. The painting is framed in a new, gold frame and signed "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...
Category

1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Dog Painting; Cavalier King Charles Gustav Lorincz (Austrian, 1855-1931)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Cavalier King Charles Gustav Lorincz (Austrian, 1855-1931) Oil on panel, signed 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 (13 3/4 x 11 1/4 frame) inches Gustav Lorincz was a noted painter of animal subjects, mostly portraiture of dogs and cats...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Karo Mkrtchyan "The Phenomenon" Original Oil on Canvas, 1978
Located in Pasadena, CA
"The Phenomenon" by Karo Mkrtchryan, Oil On Canvas 64cm X 75cm, Framed, Signed and dated,, 1978 Provenance : Estate and Family of the Artist, Glendale, California. Sold with COA signed by the administrator of the estate and certificate of Export from Armenia. A catalog of the artist with the actual painting will be provided to the buyer. ABOUT : Karo Mkrtchyan...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"J. FRANK DOBIE AT PAISIANA"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Texas Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 23.25 x 29.25 Medium: Oil Dated 1976 "J. Frank Dobie at Paisiana Biography Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Edward Reichert, architect, designer and artist, is a native Texan who has combined regional, national and international study and practice of the visual art and architecture since 1936. He is a versatile artist and designer, skilled in creating quality landscapes, portraits, architectural, western, religious and varied work in all media. After 36 years of architectural practice based in Houston in which he was involved in the design of more than 400 regional and international projects, he now devotes full time to painting. Best known of his art works are his designs of stained and faceted art glass which include 100 panels designed for the First United Methodist Church of Houston. In 1983, he wrote and jointly published with the Church, Windows Sharing God’s Caring, an art book with photographs by his wife Elizabeth, illustrating and describing these panels and the historic sanctuary windows. While attending The University of Texas in Austin he served as art editor of the university publication Architecture, Engineering and Industry (1938-41). After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture Degree and the Alpha Rho Chi Architectural Medal in 1941, he was awarded scholarships for continued studies a M.I.T., Harvard, and Yale. As a Naval Reserve Officer during World II, he authored and illustrated Naval Intelligence publications. He became a Registered Architect in Texas in 1947, AIA member since 1951 and NCARB certified since 1974. He has worked and studied in England, Europe and Canada. Invitational study and travel with Master Painter, Lajos...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Child Resting in Chair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Child Resting in Chair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "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...
Category

1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Girl with Ribbon in Hair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl with Ribbon in Hair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette and l...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century. Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood. Author: Oliver Samsinger...
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Early 1900s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas Portrait of a sad clown by San Francisco artist John Peers (American, 1922-2009). This portrait is closely fra...
Category

1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of the Artist
Located in New York, NY
This oil painting by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting Salon BERNE-BELLECOUR Portrait Military oil wood 20th medical officer
Located in PARIS, FR
Etienne-Prosper BERNE-BELLECOUR Boulogne-sur-mer, 1838 - Paris, 1910 Oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm (55 x 43 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "To his friend doctor Daymard / E. Berne-Bellecour / 1903" Painting exhibited at Salon des Artistes Français of 1904 (number 136. “Portrait of Mr. Major Daymard”) Very good condition ( only a few and small repaints) As an academic painter, Berne-Bellecour worked for illustrated newspapers after failing at the Prix de Rome in 1859. In 1870, he enlisted in the Frankish Corps of Tirailleurs de la Seine and is decorated with the Military Medal. This will decide his career. Companion of Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, he painted battle pictures and portraits of soldiers that made him very well known as a specialist military painter. "The Tirailleurs of the Seine in the battle field...
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Early 1900s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Chief Joseph" Modern Pointillist Figurative Portrait of Native American Figure
Located in Houston, TX
Modern portrait painting of a Native American figure by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate depiction of the figure using pointillism, the practice of applyin...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Horace Porter, United States Ambassador to France
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Plaster and gilded wood frame 114 x 95.4 x 10 cm
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Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Girl Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French surrealist artist signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 19 x 16 inches canvas: 18 x 15 inches private collection, France The painting is in overall sound ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Koordinator - Oil on Canvas by Bernhard Gillesen - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Koordinator is an artwork realized by Bernhard Gillesen (Düsseldorf 1952 - Trevi 2023) in 1976. Oil on Canvas cm. 120x100 cm. Hand signed, dated and titled on rear. Good condition...
Category

1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orientalist Painting Tuareg Horse Rider in the Desert, 1908 by Paul Jouve
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Tuareg Rider in the Desert, 1908 Paul Jouve (1878-1973) Oil on panel, signed lower right. 27 ½ × 24 inches (21 ¾ × 17 1/2 frame) inches Paul Jouve’s work has been celebrated and col...
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Early 1900s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

American School Portrait of a Lady
Located in Larchmont, NY
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1900 Oil on canvas 36 x 28 1/2 in. Framed: 37 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.
Category

Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Niece Véronique de Savièse, Valais
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 52 x 43.5 x 3 cm
Category

1970s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait de Sylvie Lacombe
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Portrait de Sylvie Lacombe" is a Post-Impressionist painting by Théo van Rysselberghe. The portrait is signed with monogram and dedication, upper right, "pour ma petite amie Sylvie ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

self portrait with flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Miquel Serrano (1912-1982) - Self-portrait - Oil on canvas Oil measures 92x73 cm. Frameless. Josep Miquel Serrano, of a Santander family, was born in Barcelona in 1912 and die...
Category

1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique Portrait of a Bulldog: "Big Ben" by Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait of a Bulldog "Big Ben in Garden" Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949) Pastel on paper Circa 1900 13 x 9 inches Though he made his reputation with large-scale oils, Wardle is now remembered for his pastels, Christopher Wood...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pastel, Laid Paper

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's oil painting on card, unframed size: 18 x 25.5 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the sur...
Category

1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Portrait of a Young Woman', Gold Earring, Silk Scarf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Scandinavian School, early twentieth century. Inscribed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Anna Ancher' with indistinct inscription and painted circa 1910. A psychologically-penetrating portrait of a young woman shown in profile, wearing a gold earring and a polychrome silk headscarf...
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Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Post Impressionist Tuscan Figurative Painting 20th century oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas, 40 x 29,8 cm; with wood frame 61 x 51 cm) represents two lovers. It's signed M Maccari on the bottom right. Mino Maccari was a satirical artist and journ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

woman in blue oil on canvas painting postimpressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pilar Margenat (1939) - Woman in Blue - Oil on canvas Oil measures 81x65 cm. Frameless. He was born on August 2, 1939 in Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona). He studied drawing and ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's oil painting on card, unframed size: 18 x 26 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the surfa...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Swing Jazz Quartet. Satchmo, Louis Armstrong! Oil Painting on board. Hand signed and dated 1974 Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is ...
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1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lonely Mother and Child in Embrace - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
In this interior illustration for "When the Heart Beats Young" by J.W. Riley, pioneering female illustrator Ethel Franklin Betts creates an intimate statement of mother and child in an embrace. The composition is abstract with patterns that suggest the influence of Asian art—initialed lower right. Work is framed under glass - Oil on board Ethel Franklin Betts Bains (September 6, 1877 – October 9, 1959) was an American illustrator primarily of children's books during the golden age of American illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Betts first gained work illustrating magazines, including St. Nicholas Magazine, McClure's, and Collier's. Beginning in 1904, she was commissioned to illustrate several books, including James Whitcomb Riley's The Raggedy Man, While the Heart Beats Young, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess...
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nude Sitting - Fine Nude Portrait of a Lady, Modern English Oil Painting
By Susan Crawford
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1970 oil on panel nude portrait of a nude lady by Susan Crawford, an artist who has painted the Queen and many other Royals. Excellent quality and condition portrait of the lady with sketched body and highly detailed face. The work is signed lower right and presented in a fine burr walnut frame. Tryon Gallery, London exhibition label verso. This work likely sold at the artist's 1972 exhibition at the Tryon Gallery - details below. This portrait is featured on the website of the artist under Portraits. Artist: Susan Crawford (Scottish, b. 1941) Title: Nude Sitting Medium: Oil on panel Size: 27 x 23 in (59 x 49 cm) including frame Condition: Ready to hang Provenance: Tryon Gallery, Dover Street, London Susan Crawford was born in Scotland in 1941 and was brought up on a farm in East Lothian where her parents bred and trained racehorses. She was educated at St Denis School, Edinburgh and at Priorsfield, Godalming, before studying classical drawing for two years at Studio Simi in Florence. In 1967 she went to Ireland for a few days and stayed for almost two years, thereby kicking off her professional career as an equestrian artist. On returning to London she bought a studio and started getting private commissions to paint a number of famous racehorses and several royal portraits. She has to date painted 22 Derby winners. Her first joint exhibition was with the Tryon Gallery in 1969, where she sold all her pictures on the opening night. Over the next 40 years she travelled widely; firstly to the USA then Canada, Germany, Brunei, Australia and the Sultanate of Oman as well as with numerous visits to Ireland and throughout the UK. “Susan Crawford’s working of her paintings is masterly and shows a deep love of horses and animals, together with a special sensitivity towards the human form and personality. Such talent is a rare gift and one that brings enormous and lasting joy into the lives of all who come into contact with it.” HRH The Prince of Wales Portrait Commissions include: HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Princess Margaret , HRH The Princess Royal, HH The Sultan of Brunei and HM Sultan Qaboos...
Category

1970s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Le Ruban Noir - Early 20th Century British Portrait by Edmund van Someren
Located in London, GB
EDMUND VAN SOMEREN (British 1875-1963) Le Ruban Noir Signed l.r.: E L van Someren; signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse: “Le Ruban Noir”/ E L van Someren 1903 Oil on canvas F...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson
Located in Larchmont, NY
Charleston Wilson (1919-?) Untitled (Modernist Portrait), 1970 Oil on board 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. Framed: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. Signed lower left: Charleston Wilson '70 Charleston Wilson was born 1919. Death date and place are unknown. He was a portrait sketch artist...
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Huge 1900's European Fine Oil Painting Elegant Figures Dining Lakeside Terrace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant figures drinking a toast by Hans August Lassen (1857-1938) Danish oil on canvas, framed and signed dated 1909 canvas: 21.75" x 39.75", (55 x 101cm) plus the frame condition...
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Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's oil painting on card, unframed double sided size: 18 x 25 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jeune femme à l'ombre d'un arbre
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Jeune femme à l'ombre d'un arbre Circa : 1903 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard Format of the work: 27 x 36 cm Stamp of the artist on the back...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
Feu de Joie 1970 hand signed and dated. Measurements: 25.75 X 25.75 Framed. Image is 23.75 X 23.75 Emilcar Similien, known as Simil was born in 1944 in St. Marc. He finished elementary school in St. Marc and high school in Port-au-Prince. From 1965 until 1971 he studied at the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, where he took courses in painting, sculpture, and art history. Simil uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker. Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures. He is of the generation of Haitian artists that include Bernard Sejourne, Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Henri Calixte, Paul Dieuseul, Laurent Casimir, Frantz Zephirin, Denis Smith, Philton Latortue, Philome Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Fernand Pierre...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Canvas

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 18 x 25.5 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Herman Hyneman Original American Portrait, Signed and Dated 1907
Located in Larchmont, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907) Sunday Morning, 1907 Oil on board 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Framed: 21 1/3 x 17 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Copyright 1907 by H.N. Hyneman Inscribed verso: Sunday Morning by H.N. Hyneman The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island." Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master. In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay. In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Wide Eyes - The Lost One
Located in Miami, FL
The image of Wide Eyes defines Margaret Keane's signature style. However, not all of her work rises to a high level. This painting has punch and power tempered by sensitivity and com...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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

Three Children Book Illustration - Female Illustrator - Turn of the Century
Located in Miami, FL
At a certain size, painting a small painting with precise and meticulous detail becomes an art in itself. So is the case of "Three Children" by English Childen's book illustrator Amy Millicent Sowerby...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking likeness to Jack London by Robert Alexander Graham (American, ...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Antique Painting of a Dog: "Red Terrier" circa 1910, European School
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique painting a of a dog "Red Terrier" Possibly Dutch School Oil on wood panel, circa 1910 Initialed lower left 7 1/2 x 7 (12 x 11 1/2 frame) inches  A charming and thoughtfully...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Woman portrait by Armand Cacheux - Oil on canvas 92x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas without frame Painter born in Geneva in 1868. Died in 1965.
Category

Early 1900s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur
Located in London, GB
'The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur' by Jean-Marie Luc Blanpain, oil on canvas (circa 1970s). The artist's depiction of the terrace of the well known Honfleur restaurant, 'Au Relais ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A large portrait of Vivien Chartres, by Vittorio Matteo Corcos
Located in London, GB
A large portrait of Vivien Chartres, by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Italian/British, 1907 Frame: height 175cm, width 95cm, depth 5cm Canvas: height ...
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Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Woman
Located in London, GB
'Seated Woman', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). This work of sumptuous colour and sensuous subject matter elicits an immediate response. ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Original Emilio Greco Painting, titled "Roma", 1972
Located in Larchmont, NY
Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913-1995) Roma, 1972 Oil on canvas 45 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. Signed and inscribed lower left: Emilio Greco, Roma, 1972 Emilio Greco, (born Oct. 11, 1913, Catania, Italy—died April 5, 1995, Rome), Italian sculptor of bronze and marble figurative works, primarily female nudes and portraits. At the age of 13, Greco was apprenticed to a stonemason, and he later studied at the Academy of Art in Palermo. Though he began exhibiting in Rome in 1943, he was not well-established until after World War II. His first solo exhibition was held in 1946, and in 1948 he became a teaching assistant at the Artistic Secondary School in Rome. His subject matter varied little throughout his career. In their refined, elongated forms and assertive balance, his sculpted figures...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Feather Boa, ' a large oil painting of Miss Crofton by Herbert Sidney
Located in London, GB
'The Feather Boa,' a large oil painting of Miss Crofton by Herbert Sidney British, 1901 Frame: height 193cm, width 115cm, depth 6cm Canvas: height 143, width 77cm, depth 3cm By the ...
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Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with a Bouquet of Flowers, 1970s Framed Female Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Jennifer", portrait of a woman with long brown hair and a blue dress with bouquet of flowers in a green vase, vintage 1970s original painting by Marcel Ronay...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine 1900's French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of a Lady, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Belle Epoque Lady French School, signed and dated 1907 oil painting on canvas: 24 x 19.5 inches antique original gilt frame: 29 x 24 inches condition:...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Alan, Bella, Brick and Slate
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Masonite board, signed and dated (lower middle), 70cm x 70cm (91cm x 91cm framed). Price on request This work depicts Alan and his dog, Bella, on Michael Leonard’s balcon...
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1970s Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Pair of Portraits, Captain and Mrs. Evelyn R. Le Marchant
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This charming and distinguished looking couple still survive in the radiance of their youth captured for all time by the Plymouth portraitist W. Andresen. Although we know little about the artist, his skill is evident in the fine quality of these images. Captain Evelyn R. le Marchant, commander of his Britannic majesty's battleship `Nile', posed for this portrait in Plymouth, England in January 1906. His vessel, one of the earliest battleships to operate without sails, is shown anchored in the background. The following month his lovely wife Edith posed for her portrait. These two fine images show an interesting balance with the man of the sea in his element and his shoreside wife surrounded by her garden. Both paintings are very well done in watercolor with added body color, pencil, and charcoal. Their condition is outstanding and both are mounted in their original period frames with antique glass. Sight Size: 41 Inches x 29¾ Inches each. Each painting signed LR: W. Andresen, Plymouth Vallejo Gallery features the finest in marine and maritime antiques...
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Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Divertimento in the Music Salon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GUIDI Giuseppe (1881-1931) Divertimento in the Music Salon Oil on canvas signed low right Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 70 X 100 cm Dim frame :...
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Early 1900s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

People in period clothing oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Camo Sentis (1920-2021) - Period Characters - Oil on canvas Canvas measures 46x38 cm. Frameless. Joan Camo Sentis (1920 - 2001) Catalan painter specialized in oil painting on c...
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

self portrait with woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Moscardó (1953) - Self-portrait with a woman - Oil on canvas Oil measures 92x73 cm. Frameless Barcelona, 1953 Painter, sculptor and draftsman of ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Surreal Signed Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gilt...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wife portrait.Oil on cardboard, 110, 5x72, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wife portrait. Oil on cardboard, 110,5x72,5 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Woman in Yellow
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Yellow', oil on cardstock paper (circa 1970s), by Raymond Debiève. A cubist portrait of this lovely young woman at her window is ...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

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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.

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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