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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Impressionist
Style: Photorealist
Portrait of a Gentleman - British Edwardian art male 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 of a gentleman in a da...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Streets of Barcelona 1 Impressionism Cuban Artist Oil on Canvas Spain 29x20
Located in Houston, TX
JUST ARRIVED January 2025
The Streets of Barcelona 1 Impressionism Cuban Artist Oil on Canvas Spain 29" x 20" gallery wrapped .
This is Streets of Barcelona series that Cristian ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Cafe Scene Nicely Framed Genre Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted contemporary cafe interior scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Marion Jones Farquhar" Frederick William Macmonnies, Tennis Olympian Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Frederick William Macmonnies
Marion Jones Farquhar, 1905-11
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Provenance:
William Clerk
Private Collection, New York
Literature:
Mary Smart, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, no. 90.
The work depicts Marion Jones Farquhar who, was an American tennis player who competed during the late 19th century and early 20th century. She won the singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S championships and was the first American woman to medal at the Olympics placing Bronze in singles. Additionally, she was the artist's sister-in-law who often played and competed with MacMonnies in golf and tennis. MacMonnies would often study the movements of her form referenced in his sculpture. When MacMonnies won a doubles golf tournament he said "Marion dragged my dead weight thro' and won us the tournament, showing what great Generalship can do."
A sculptor of classical figures, American-born Frederick MacMonnies had fame in the United States and Europe in the later half of the 19th century and early 20th century. He occasionally returned to America but lived most of his life as in expatriate in France. He was especially known for his lithe bronze figures, especially ones titled Diana. The classical names of these figures allowed him the appearance of propriety but gave him the opportunity to model svelte nudes.
Frederick MacMonnies was one of the first American sculptors to recognize the potential market of the middle class. He copyrighted his works and then contracted with foundries to mass produce some of his figures such as Diana in smaller sizes.
MacMonnies was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was a child prodigy at carving stone. At age 18, he worked in the studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and then persuaded him to become his assistant, keeping models damp and covered, running errands, and cleaning the studio. Evenings he studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design.
In Saint-Gaudens' studio, he met many of the wealthy people who shared Saint-Gaudens Beaux-Arts based ideas that art and architecture should be unified in order to create public art in America equal to that of classical antiquity or Renaissance Europe. Among the men that MacMonnies met through Saint-Gaudens who later furthered his career were architects Stanford White and Charles McKim...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
"In Nature" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "In Nature" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist nude portrait of a woman standing in a vibrant green forest.
About the artist:
Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
'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
Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: William Weintraub (1926)
Title: Young Boy with Donkey
Year: 1962
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 33 x 25.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
MEYER KUPFERMAN (1926-2003) ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS 1975
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original abstract oil painting on canvas by Meyer Kupferman(1926-2003) depicting a portrait of a young boy.
Good condition.
Unframed. Measures 30" x 40".
Signed and dated 1974 in the lower right corner. Please see the photos.
Meyer Kupferman(1926-2003):
Was a versatile and eclectic composer who incorporated diverse elements in his works, from aleatoric music and jazz to Impressionism, from serial music and atonality to Romanticism. He wrote works in most genres, including opera, ballet, symphonies, concertos, film scores, chamber, vocal, and choral music.
Kupferman was born in New York City on July 3, 1926. He exhibited talent as a child, first showing interest in the violin but then taking up the clarinet at age 10. He soon taught himself piano, as well, and then later studied music at New York's High School of Music and Art. Though he pursued music studies at Queens College, he learned composition on his own.
Around the mid-'40s Kupferman served as an arranger for several jazz bands. His first opera, In a Garden (1948), drew considerable attention at its first performances at the Tanglewood Festival and later at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1951 he joined the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, teaching composition and chamber music. He eventually became chairman of the music department...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger’, Jean François Portaels ( 1818 - 1895 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Jean François Portaels
1818 - Brussels - 1895
Belgian Painter
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger, Maroc’
Signature: signed lower right ‘J. Portaels’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: image size 40,5 x 28,5 cm, frame size 67,5 x 56 cm
Biography: Jean François Portaels, also known as Jan Portaels, was a versatile Belgian painter born on April 3, 1818, in Vilvoorde and passed away on February 8, 1895, in Schaerbeek. He was celebrated for his genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. As a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Portaels significantly impacted Belgian art, becoming a pivotal figure in the Belgian Orientalist school. His works were known for their 'everyday elegance and feminine grace,' and he played a crucial role in influencing the next generation of Belgian artists, including notable figures like Théo van Rysselberghe.
Portaels was the son of a wealthy brewer who also served as Vilvoorde's mayor. Showing an early passion for drawing, he was sent to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1836, where he studied under François-Joseph Navez, a former student of Jacques-Louis David. Navez invited him to his studio, which was renowned at the time, allowing Portaels to refine his skills alongside other talented students like Charles de Groux and Joseph Stallaert.
In 1841, Portaels moved to Paris, enrolling at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studying under Paul Delaroche. He became influenced by the emerging Orientalist movement, which was gaining traction in Paris. In 1842, he won the Grand Prix de Rome, which funded his travels across Italy and other regions, including Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Judea, Spain, Hungary, and Norway. These journeys profoundly influenced his artistic vision, particularly his Orientalist works.
Upon his return to Belgium in 1847, Portaels was appointed Director of the academy in Ghent. In 1849, he married Marie Hélène Navez, the daughter of his first teacher. Despite being offered the directorship of the Brussels Academy, he initially declined, opting to preserve his independence. He later accepted a teaching position at the Academy and eventually became its director in 1878, succeeding Eugène Simonis.
Portaels was known for his broad range of artistic talents, including history painting, portraiture, and genre art. He was particularly recognised for his Orientalist depictions, often portraying the 'Oriental woman' with distinctive features like arched eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. His style, marked by charm and elegance, distinguished him from the dominant artistic movements of Classicism and Romanticism.
He was a pioneer in monumental art in Belgium, working with Jean Baptiste van Eycken to introduce fresco techniques like water glass painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in a Sun Hat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Susan Ricker Knox
American, 1874-1959
Lady in a Sun Hat
Oil on canvas
28 by 36 in, w/ frame 36 by 44 in
Signed upper left
Susan was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Susan Knox ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'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
1960s Clown Portrait #4
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a clown in three quarter view, with expressive brushstrokes and use of color by Marjorie Blake (1920-1994). Unsigned, but was purchased with...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Portrait Magenta - Hyperrealistic Figurative Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Combining photorealistic oil painting on canvas with the illusion of computer-rendered graphics, Jose Carlos Zubiaur’s original artworks transcend the depth of a hyperrealistic three...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist 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
Distinguished Portrait of Authoritative Gentleman in Glasses French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Distinguished Gentleman Portrait
Signed by D - Lubin (French, early 20th century)
Dated 1915
oil on panel, unframed
panel: 13.75 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Paris
...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Woman Seated with Oranges
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elderly Woman
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on canvas unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For mo...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bad Hombre XLIV" (2025) By Mark Andrew Bailey, Original Oil Painting, Cowboy
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Bad Hombre XLIV" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic profile portrait of a male cowboy with a beard wearing a hat.
Ab...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Young Lady at a Parisian Café
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov
(Born 1974) Russian
Elegant Young Lady seated on the Terrace at a Parisian Café, wearing a Lilac and blacvk dress
Oil on canvas: 16 x 13inches. Frame: 23 x 20 i...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Portrait
Size: 23.5" x 18.5" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th C. original Oil on Canvas, Genre Scene with Figures in a Tavern
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is the original antique 17th/18th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a contemplative scene featuring a man sitting indoors. He is dressed in period clothing, includ...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog
English artist, late 19th century
Watercolour drawing on board, unframed
drawing: 7.25 x 5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: This paint...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
M. Vidiella (Europe 20C) Oil painting on canvas, Genre Scene, Amazing Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting portrays a refined 19th-century interior scene, where a group of elegantly dressed individuals gathers in an opulent drawing room. The richly decorated space, adorned w...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Rose
Located in St. Albans, GB
'The Rose'
Canvas Size: 38.5 x 28" (98 x 71cm)
Outside Frame Size: 48.5 x 38 (123 x 97cm)
Oil on canvas
Emile CHARLET
1851 - 1890
Born 1851 in Belg...
Category
1870s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Large 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Grey Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Claude Benard (1926-2016, French), signed
Portrait of a Fashionable Young Lady
oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed upper corner
painting: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky"
by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955)
signed and dated 1920
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 31 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Elegant Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Her Self Made 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Impressionist, Women
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
Omo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Shadows, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Night Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman posing with her hand combing through her dark h...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Large Portrait of Young French Girl, Signed Impressionist Oil
By Paul Morro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Young Model
Paul Morro, German circa 1960’s
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 27 x 23.5 inches
Portrait of a young girl, signed by the impressionist artist.
Unfra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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
Vintage art portrait by Gervex Henry, Study for a Woman. Oil, signed.
By Henri Gervex
Located in PARIS, FR
Excellent condition. Mint. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia.
Henri Gervex was the son of Joséphine Peltier and Félix Nicolas Gervex, a piano maker. A family friend...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
20th Century French Modernist Portrait of a Woman in Wide-Brimmed Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Chic Lady
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 21.75 x 18 inches
Inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
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
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Elegant Moonlit Young Woman Portrait Framed 19th C Rare Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English portrait painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Measuring 17 by 23 inches overall and 10 by 15 painting alone.
Category
1890s Impressionist 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
French Impressionist landscape the South of France, with children playing
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful French impressionist landscape of children playing in a playground somewhere in the South of France.
The earliest work by the artist is from the late 1960s and this piece...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Important Polish Beach Scene Seascape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique elegant Polish beach scene oil painting by Paul Merwart (1855 - 1902). Finely detailed with great color.
Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 13L by 16.25H
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ashcan School Early Antique American Impressionist Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted antique American school oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 29 by 38 inches overall and 23 by 32 painting alone.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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.
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.