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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Contemporary
Vintage Motorcycle, Texas artist , oil on birch 16 x 20, Racing, Contemporary
Located in Houston, TX
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Vintage Motorcycle: oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back
They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint.
Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again.
Also seen in this listing are other available paintings by the artist which can be found in a separate listings.
Joan Breckwoldt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil
"Mother and Daughter"
By Luigi Gatti
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
The main feature of his work is the overlap between "serious" painting and images drawn from the world of advertising, illustration and comic strips. Pictorial influences range from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Embrace (Nature) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I observed that her beauty comes from embracing herself. Her flexibility to switch from night to day and her open alms of embracing the two seasons.
Therefore, embrace yourself like...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Framed Male Portrait New England Flannel Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicey painted American modernist portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 8H by 10L.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed Young Woman Portrait Exhibited Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted early 1900s American impressionist portrait painting by Alexander Oscar Levy (1881 - 1947). Oil on canvas, lain to board. In excellent original condition. Hand...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Stoic' by Masri - Black and White Abstract Portrait - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri (Lebanese, born 1965)
'Stoic' 2023
Oil paint, Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The piece is signed on the bottom left and back of the canvas.
"Stoic," is an enthralling p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Interior with Five Children - Oil Painting on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with Five Children is an original oil painting on canvas applied on panel.
This painting has been realized between the end of the 19th century ...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Square - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard.
Very good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy by Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy
Oil on canvas
A dazzling display of Giovanni Boldini’s signature style, Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy captures the ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very stylized and powerful portrait by the noted artist Frank Anderson Trapp. It is dated 1940, and is very much in the modern style of French painters Ferdinand Leger...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American School Modernist Interior Scene Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist interior scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 28 by 22 inches.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1975 Modernist Semi-Abstract Portrait Oil Painting - Figure in the Dark
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN THE DARK
Size: 49 x 40 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An emotive and expressive semi-abstract figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1975.
The co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Woman, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Reclining Woman
Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958)
Date: circa 1990
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 39 x 31 in. (99.06 x 78.74 cm)
Frame Size: 46 x 38 inches
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in Red, Framed Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Lady in Red
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 44 inches
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
John Lennon Icon VII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art The Beatles Portrait Paint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "John Lennon Icon VII"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2024
Medium: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo); Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction ...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancing Plague - Colorful and Joyous Painting of a Dancing Crowd - Ben Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Choreomania refers to a phenomenon that occurred during the medieval and early modern periods, characterized by spontaneous and uncontrollable dancing in large groups of people. It w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French School, mid 20th century
signed, S. Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Does It Get Better? - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Africa, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Does it Get Better?” is a hauntingly beautiful question that echoes the collective longing of humanity. It's an emotional inquiry that arises from the depths of our darkest moments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mukwooru" Bright Contemporary Portrait of Central Texas Penateka Comanche Chief
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful contemporary portrait of the 19th Century Penateka Comanche Chief Mukwooru, also known as Mugara. An important leader and shaman since the 1820s, Mukwooru also trained Buffalo Hump and Yellow Wolf, two of the most important chiefs during the period between Texas Independence...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nude on Armchair 2 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 20x20in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude on Armchair 2"
Part of my "Nude in Interior" series.
Original painting. size 20x20in / 51x51cm .
This is the second version of Nude in Armchair pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Young Woman Wearing a Copper Scarf', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Brittany, Skagen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'W. Schwartz' for Walter Erwin Otto Schwartz (Danish, 1889-1958), dated 1935 and inscribed 'Skagen' lower right.
A substantial, psychologically penetrating portrait of a young woman with braids, shown dressed in a charcoal wool coat and wearing a copper-colored neck-scarf. The self-possessed sitter stands and meets the viewers gaze directly, proving herself an unusually confident subject for this noted Danish Modernist.
Nephew of the Danish academic artist, Frans Schwartz, Walter Schwartz grew up surrounded by the painters who frequented the Danish art colony on the picturesque island of Skagen. Walter first studied formally (1904-8) with Michael Ancher...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Vielle Ame (The Old Soul) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
AT THE BEACH - Modern Women Portrait, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Marzena Ślusarczyk
Located in Salzburg, AT
The patient waiting for Bresson's “decisive moment” characterizes the pictures of the young Polish painter Marzena Slusarczyk. The compositions of her works have the magic of a successful photography. Often with a powerful neckline, they use expressive foreshortened perspectives and unusual versions and they take us into an intimate dimension of the women portrayed.
However, Slusarczyk's pictures are mainly emotions captured on canvas, and this is what makes her works so special. The women she paints perform normal, banal activities in everyday life. But they are the key to reading the feelings of the female figures lost in thought. The lack of clarity in the artist's pictures allows the viewer to make their own interpretations. As the painter herself emphasizes, the aim of playing with the audience is to awaken the viewer's imagination and imagination so that they notice the seemingly invisible.
This mystery and the unspoken are reminiscent of the paintings by Michelangelo Caravaggio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Spanish old woman oil on canvas painting Andalusia Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jesus Villar (1930-2015) - Andalusia - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 81x65 cm.
Frame measurements 98x82 cm.
The painter Jesús Villar was born in 1930, h...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Woman on a Sofa with Dog - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the mid-20th Century by Fausta Settimj.
Good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucha - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Green, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Lucha" is a poignant and evocative artwork that delves deep into the complexities of human emotions, interpersonal relationships, and the struggle to cope with personal challenges. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
COLORFUL 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE FIGURES IN DESERT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"In the Desert"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
signed gouache paint
dated 85'
painting: 15.75 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original paintin...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Ice Coffee Bombshell 3 - Neutral Beige Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Beauty in Her Space
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Beauty in her space was created by Tunde Bakare. Tunde created the painting with Oil paint on Ankara Wax Fabrics of 32W by 33H.
Beauty in Her Space depic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cocoa Line Art - Soft Neutral Purple Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ice Coffee Bombshell 2 - Abstract Figurative Portrait of a Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Distant Child - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Isolation, Green, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I stood apart, a quiet enigma in a world of noise,
my gaze often lost in horizons no one else could see.
Within me swirled a tempest—thoughts too vast for words,
emotions too intr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Sweet dreams in the Moonlight -21st century interior painting with figures
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
'Sweet Dreams in the Moonlight'
100 x 80 cm
Oil on linen
Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with a frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
First Fruit -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mother and Child
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"First Fruit" is a poignant and intimate painting that captures the essence of motherhood and protection. The title "First Fruit" symbolizes the preciousness and value of the first ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
One thousand and one nights- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
One thousand and one nights
50 x 100 cm
Oilpaint on canvas
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
May that be the reflection I see- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
May that be the reflection I see
50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm
Oilpaint on wood panel
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Loc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1950's Signed Modernist Painting -Two Caricature Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting on artist paper
overall size: 21 x 25.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoye...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ronny Moortgat, First Over the Line, Original Oil Seascape
Located in London, GB
Signed lower right.
Image dimensions: 40cm x 50cm, 15 ¾" x 19 ¾"
A beautiful original oil seascape painting by Ronny Moortgat.
Ronny Moortgat is one o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Athena - Original Muted Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard
Collegiate Swim Match
Oil on canvas
Signed in red upper right corner
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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"Untitled III", painting by Lídia Masllorens (64x74in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Untitled III by Lídia Masllorens.
Lídia Masllorens is attracted by a moderate abstraction, which allows the observer to interpret the painting with precision and to perceive implici...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Perfect Day - 21st Century, Contemporary, Impressionism, Africa, Women, Blue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Every man has a dream of becoming something shortly, thereby picturing what it would look like, where it will happen and how it will happen. Many people don’t even have the idea of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1950's Symbolist Portrait Young Figure in Exotic Green Cloak
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Symbolist Portrait
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
overall size: 31.5 x 20 inches
painting size: 27.5 x 18 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realistic Green and Brown Painting on Canvas, 2024 - 'Man in the mirror II'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating from 1943.
Depicting a Maternity scene - or possibly a m...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Arthur Smith Modernist Erotic Painting
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled, 20th century
Oil on board
8 x 9 7/8 in.
Framed: 14 1/4 x 16 3/8 in.
Signed lower left: A Smith
Arthur Smith is a listed American paint...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Traccia" by Masri - Blue, Yellow, and Red Male Abstract Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965)
"Traccia" (2019)
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
"Traccia"—meaning "Trace" i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very finely painted and a rare fauvist palette. No signature found.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady Portrait by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 46x38 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Distinctive Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Man with Red Necktie, Joe Muldoon
Located in Chicago, IL
A distinctive Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man with red necktie by noted Chicago painter, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Chapin's estate records list the sitter as named Joe Mu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Velvet- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Red Velvet
50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm
Oilpaint on canvas
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1971 Aluminium Engraved Painting Abstract Figure by Alberto Viani
By Alberto Viani
Located in Brescia, IT
This aluminium painting engraved by Alberto Viani, is a soft female portrait. The woman's figure is in an ethereal way, as a poetry.
This artwork is a multiple of a limited edition o...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Secret - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, Boy Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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