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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1910s
'Skagen', Paris, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Salon des Artistes Français, Munich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clement' for Gad Frederick Clement (Danish, 1867-1933) and painted circa 1920. Titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Fra Haven' (From the Garden). Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar and titled, 'Vesterby, Skagen' Exhibited: Skagen Museum, circa 1920, from label, verso. 'Helsinki Art Gallery, 1928', from label, verso. 'Danish Art Convention Forum, 1929', from label, verso. Gad Clement created this luminous painting in the garden of the Vesterby beach house where he and his wife, the artist Martha 'Tupsy' Clement, summered from 1908-1920. A substantial and well-exhibited work, it shows Tupsy at her easel beside their daughters, Bitten (b.1912) and Lillemor (b.1909). Fusing the ideal with the intensely personal, the artist has lyrically captured both the bonds of maternity and the dreamland of childhood. Gad Frederick Clement first studied at Copenhagen's Technical School (1883–1885) before attending the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1885-1888). Returning to Denmark, he continued his studies under Laurits Tuxen...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Realist Balinese Indonesian Beauty Princess Portrait of a Girl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Balanise Portrait of a girl with garlands of flowers in her hair by DULLAH (1919-1996). Dullah was an Indonesian artist who painted many portraits and is in all museums. ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Outstanding in His Field
Located in London, GB
'Outstanding in His Field', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève, 1976. The artist depicts a salt-of-the-earth farmer seated on a fence post, arms crossed with a look of wholeh...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman with Yellow Blouse
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Yellow Blouse', oil on cardstock paper (1979), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a woman posing in front of her home under a blue sk...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Vintage Pierrot et Perroquet Clown Original Oil Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful monotone figurative of clown wearing a top hat with a parrot by Alice Jean Small (American 1918-2009), c. 1970. Signed lower edge. Condition: Good; some wear around edges consistent with age/use; frame is rustic and shows minor age. Image size: 28"H x 22"W. Alice Jean Small was a trained artist, graduating from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts with a Master's Degree. She continued her studies, traveling around the world and settling in California's Monterey Peninsula. Alice Jean Small was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on December 11, 1918. She studied art at the Derbyshire School of Art and she went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts Degree in water color from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts. Following her graduation, she studied at many universities in both the United States as well as foreign countries, learning from artists such as Amedee Ozenfant, Emilio...
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1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Filipina Girl Playing the Harp
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait of a Filipino girl playing a harp by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is done in the style of traditional Filipino art, with ...
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1970s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Ramon sanvisens self portrait oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x38 cm. Frameless. Catalan painter trained in Olot and the Llotja in Barcelona, ​​where he was a disciple of Lluis Muntané. Through his travels he completes his train...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Maternity girl with baby oil on board painting
By Amadeo Freixas Vivo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Certainly a family of artists, such as, of course, Amadeu (1912-2004), known for a long artistic career, as a teacher of several generations of painters and as an artistic popularize...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Surreal Figures - figurative painting, surreal painting
Located in New York, NY
This early surreal figurative work by Jacob El Hanani was done in 1971. It is ink on paper. Measurements of the paper are 35X25 cm. It is dated and hand signed in Hebrew in the botto...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Ink

Portrait of a Young Woman - Modernist Female Portrait Oil by Alfredo Guttero
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Stunning signed and dated modernist oil on canvas by Argentinian painter Alfredo Guttero. The work depicts a portrait of a young Argentinian woman. It is beautifully and the brush strokes make it almost pointillist like. This work has come from the collection of the esteemed Jewish art collector Gaston Prosper Levy and was gifted top him by the painter. Prosper Levy held one of the most important collections of modern French art - many of the works were taken by the Nazis from his home in France in 1940. This work has been assessed by the Art Loss Register and is not recorded on their database. Signature: Signed, dedicated and dated 1918 upper right Dimensions: Framed: 29"x24.5 Unframed: 26"x21.5" Provenance: Original exhibition number to frame The collection of Gaston Prosper Levy Alfredo Nicolás Guttero was born in Buenos Aires on May 26, 1882. He studies music as a child and from an early age he shows his drawing abilities. He starts a law career which he quits two years later to start painting full time. Ernesto de la Cárcova and Martín Malharro encourage him towards this change and, in 1904 he gets a scholarship to travel to France to further his work. His scholarship only lasted a year, but with his family’s help and his work related to decorative art, he manages to stay in Paris until 1917, where he studies under Maurice Denis. He moves to Spain, and towards 1917, he studies in Madrid and La Coruña. Then he moves to Segovia in 1918. In this occasion he takes parts in a collective exhibition of Argentine painters and sculptors, together with artists such as Fray Guillermo Butler and Pablo Curatella Manes, among others. After his passing through Germany, Austria and Italy, in 1925 he settles in Genova where he holds an exhibition of his entire artistic production to date. After 23 years in Europe, on September 26, 1927, Guttero arrives in Buenos Aires, and on October 20, he holds an exhibit at Asociación Amigos del Arte. That same year, the Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes acquires for the Museo Nacional his piece: Mujeres indolentes (Indolent women). A week later he takes part in the Feria del Boliche de Arte invited by Leonardo Estarico and Atalaya. Upon his return from Genova, he continues his investigation and development of the pictorial techniques denominated by him as “cooked plaster”, a technical procedure based on a paste of plaster with pigments mixed in with glue that the artist generally applied mounted on wooden supports. As of this moment, Guttero starts in Buenos Aies an intensive array of exhibits and other activities which make a big impact on the local cultural scene, apart from continuing with his personal art production. Between 1927 and 1932, the year of his sudden death, Alfredo Guttero takes part, among other projects, in the “3ª Exposición Comunal de Artes Aplicadas e Industriales 1927- 1928”, where he is awarded the Grand Prize in the Sección Pintura Decorativa; and the “X Salón de Otoño de Rosario” (1928) where he gets the Gold Medal for the Figure category; he presents works in the exhibits organized by Ateneo Popular de la Boca (1928); “XVIII Salón Nacional“ (1929) and is awarded the Second Municipal Prize for his work Playa (Beach). In 1929, he organizes the “Nuevo Salón” in Buenos Aires, Rosario and La Plata. He presents his work at the “XIX Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes” where he gets the First Prize in painting with his work Feria (Street market); in September of that same year he inaugurates his fourth individual exhibition at Amigos del Arte and participates in the selection of paintings which will appear in post cards that this institution would print eventually. In 1930 he is named artistic advisor of the Asociación Wagneriana and director of its Plastic Arts Section. That same year he organizes the “Salón de Pintores Modernos. Primer Grupo” in Buenos Aires; exhibits at Amigos del Arte, at the “Salón de Pintores y Escultores Modernos” and at show rooms in Rosario and Santa Fe. In January, 1931 he takes part in the “First Baltimore Pan-American Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings” and is awarded the Museum of Art Award with his piece Anunciación (Announcement), which he later donates to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires. That same year he organizes exhibits of Miguel Carlos Victorica and Demetrio Urruchúa in Amigos del Arte and, in May, Guttero presents his work at the Salón Centenario de Montevideo, “Primer Grupo Argentino de Pintores Modernos”. In June he directs together with Falcini, courses on Plastic Art and works on stage scenery for the Colón Theater. Also in 1931, he organizes the “Salón de Pintores Modernos” in Amigos del Arte and takes part at the Salón Nacional, being awarded the Eduardo Sívori Prize. On April 15, 1932 they open together with Pedro Domínguez Neira, Raquel Forner and Alfredo Bigatti the Cursos Libres de Arte Plástico (Free plastic art courses). That same year Guttero is awarded the First Municipal Prize for his work Oda (Ode). In November, he is invited to take part in the “Salón de Arte del Cincuentenario de La Plata” and, on December 1, he dies in Buenos Aires at the age of 50. The following year, between October and November, the Dirección Nacional de Bellas Artes organizes...
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1910s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Seventies Siblings', Pair of Oil Portraits, Period 1970's fashion, Great Dane
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, on the male portrait, 'Marjory Hillman' for Marjory Hillman Beardslee ( American, 1915-2015) and dated '1975'. Signed lower left, on the female portrait, 'M. Hillm...
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1970s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The sun. Portrait. 1973. Cardboard, oil, 33x46.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The sun. 1973. Cardboard, oil, 33x46.5 cm Woman portrait in orange colors Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

'Young Girl Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1971; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Leslie'. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di G...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Together. Cardboard, oil, 50x39.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Together. Cardboard, oil, 50x39.5 cm Double portrait of a man and woman Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, po...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Smiling Woman', pastel and crayon on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). Is this a modern version of da Vinci's Mona Lisa? The simi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

Untitled, Watercolor on Paper, Black, Yellow color by Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face ; Watercolour on Paper 9.6 x 12.8 inches (unframed) ; 2008 ( Shipment will be in a ready to hang ) Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They came from far to work and earn their livelihood. He would observe them and was deeply moved by the labour and low rung working class who carried all the heavy load oriented work. He would paint the men and the women , some distressed , some gloomy but with a force that would uplift them to be the heros of the society. Surprisingly Mondal was never depressed himself although he painted people in hard labour and poverty . Style : Mondal`s works are mainly figurative. He paints in bold strokes and creates tableaux, whose themes are universal. The faces of his figures stare at you out of the canvas, strange and pensive, but also strong and defiant. Not yet beaten, survi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Flirt. 1970. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flirt. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm Abstract/Surrealist composition with two fasec Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, grap...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard

Collier's Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Collier's Magazine Cover, February 7 1914
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1910s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Woman - Original Charcoal and Watercolor Drawing by F. Chapuis-1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in Charcoal and china on paper by François Chapuis in the 1970s Sheet dimension: 55 x 39 cm The state of preservation is good except for so...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Watercolor

The fishmonger La Rambla Barcelona oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Unframed Manuel Capdevila i Massana (Barcelona, ​​December 28, 1910 - April 18, 2006) was a Catalan painter and goldsmith, son of the goldsmith Joaquín Capdevila y Meya and father o...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Man in Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
An alluring portrait of a man (the artists son David) in a blue button up shirt by Lee T. Dalton (American, b.1925). Signed "Lee Dalton '72" upper left....
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1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mixed Media Painting on Masonite -- Portrait by Mario Martin del Campo
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed media painting on masonite is a portrait of a Renaissance figure. The background is a light taupe color with a delineated profile of the face. The signature is on the front, bordering the figure's cape. The work is sold framed. Although the painting itself is in marvelous condition, the original wood frame has some slight imperfections on the top and sides, as pictured. Mario Martin del...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Paint, Masonite, Mixed Media

Expressionist Seated Figure
Located in Cotignac, FR
An expressionist portrait of a seated figure, acrylic on paper by French artist Alain Caucat. Signed bottom right. Also signed and dated to the back of the framing board. Presented u...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Hawaii
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of Calif...
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Seated Woman Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage watercolor portrait of a seated female figure with red robe in front of a plant by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" in the lower left corner. Presented...
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1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Conté, Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking portrait of a young man (possibly the artist's son, California artist Dave Dalton) by Lee T. Dalton (American, b.1925), 1973. Signed and dated "Lee Dalton" '73" upper right....
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1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Blond Girl with Basket of Flowers "Rosemary's Playmate"
Located in Miami, FL
This is an almost lifesize portrait of a charming blond holding a basket of freshly picked flowers. The girl set against a verdant landscape with blue sky and cumulus clouds. The subject is the friend of the artist's daughter. 78 x 42in. framed. This joyful image of youth looks better in person due to its impressive size and clearly will be a statement piece in any home. Francis Luis Mora ( ( Uruguayan / American, 1874-1940) Studied under Edmund Charles Tarbell...
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1910s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

George McGovern Presidential Campaign ( Alt ) - Che Guevara Poster Artist
Located in Miami, FL
From the artist who created the famous Che Guevara poster comes another powerful political portrait. With the same graphic boldness, Paul Davis depicts the presidential candidate George McGovern...
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique Historic Ashcan Panama Canal Diggers Signed Original Rare Oil Painting
By Lee Roland Warthen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original historical modernist landscape oil painting by Lee Roland Warthen (1893 - 1949) . Oil on canvas, circa 1912. Signed and titled on verso. Image size, 18L x 14H. H...
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1910s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Fisherman with a hat
By Pieter van der Hem
Located in Brookville, NY
This detailed charcoal and pastel of a fisherman with a tall black hat, blue eyes and a details coat, depict the hardships of a fishermans life. The artist, Pieter van der Hem...
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1910s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

Red Lady, Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Red Lady Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed l.l. Size: 16 x 11 inches Paper Size: 25 x 1...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Dynamic self-portrait. 1972. Cardboard, oil, 37x36, 5 cm + gift book
Located in Riga, LV
Dynamic self-portrait. 1970, cardboard, oil, 37x36,5 cm + gift book about artist Vladimirs Glušenkovs Painting published in the book "Vladimirs Glušenkovs", Ed .: Neputns, 2018, on L...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Etude
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Shatalin was one of the most influential painters from Kiev, Ukraine from the last 50 years. He was a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and a corresponding member of the Academ...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Military Man Portrait Figurative Abstract Oil Painting American Modernist Artist
By Dean Richardson
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on board, 1978. It depicts an abstracted portrait of a military man in an army uniform with medals. It is signed by the artist verso. Dimensions: sight size-22 inches tall X 19 1/4 inches wide. Framed-23 1/4 inches tall X 20 5/8 inches wide. All measurements are approximate. Dean Richardson...
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1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Lunch at Chez Louis
Located in London, GB
'Lunch at Chez Louis', oil on canvas, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). The outdoor terrace at restaurants and cafés in France goes back centuries as they have always been a gathering place for intellectuals to meet and debate philosophical issues; for the Avant Garde set to display their works; for artists to compare and exchange ideas and for writers to drown their sorrows over their artistic anguish or melancholy. Even the freedom fighters of the French Revolution and later the French Resistance would meet in cafés to plot their course. Regular people of course also enjoy these venues. A very delightful feature of these French institutions is that there is always room for quiet book readers, romantic couples, business meetings and lively groups of friends sharing a bottle of wine. The artist Dubuc captures a slice of this lovely aspect of French culture in this smile-inducing depiction painted in vivid oils. With a background of greenery, the patrons enjoy the outdoors protected from the intense sun by the table's parasols. Ah, the life. The artwork is in good vintage condition, is framed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video may be provided. About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Modern Priscilla, Magazine Cover, 1916
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pencil and Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right The Modern Priscilla Magazine Cover, June 1916.
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1910s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board, Pencil

African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on looking king. The work has an abundant amount o...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Pattern Skirt, Expressionist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Pattern Skirt" is an oil on board interior portrait of a young woman sitting, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist artist Bernard Harmon. The painting is 39 1/2" x 36" in size...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of a Girl - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Girl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s Century by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Oil on Canvas. Dimensions: cm ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of an Old Man, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/American (1923 - 1977) Title: Portrait of an Old Man Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors. Provenance: Christie's Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
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1910s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Maid in Japan
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on board Signed lower left Provenance: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Exhibited: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Ten portraits of plastic toys attach...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Inkjet

Girl at Desk, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl at Desk" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a young woman, presumably a student, sitting by her desk. This work features a second portrait on verso of an elegant older woman. The painting is 40" x 36" in size and is 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 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Portrait - 1970s - François Chapuis - Pastel - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s. Pastel on paper; on the lower right corner, the artist wrote his initials i...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on-looking king. The work has an abundant amount o...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fashion Girl, Expressionist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Fashion Girl" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a stylishly dressed woman sitting on a chair. This work features a se...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Return" Portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative pop art/fauvist treatment of the return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran by Monterey, California aritst Dick Crispo (American, b.1945). Presented in a mat. Signed and dated "D. Crispo 79" upper left corner. Image size, 29"H x 23"W. “I am an abstract journalist of the landscape and a choreographer of the dance of the mind, eye and hand. The plastic, the decorative, the horrible and the serene that pepper the visual landscape of the present time challenges the artists who address the age of information. I consider myself a global artist, not an American artist. This galactical view is the true basis of my work–Nature is my teacher–the Master. I’m the apprentice.” –Dick Crispo Dick Crispo, born in New York City on January 13, 1945, has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Portrait. cardboard, oil, 50x35, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1970s, cardboard, oil, 50x35,5 cm Woman portrait in light colors Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Motherhood
By Henri GUIBAL
Located in Paris, FR
Neo Expressionist Large oil on canvas from the 70's representing a mother and her child. the painting is signed Henri Guibal French artist born in 1947 and still active. This mother...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Modern Man, Expressionist Portrait in Red, White, and Blue
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Modern Man" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on canvas portrait features a young African American man posing casually and s...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Minimal Abstract Impressionist Recling Nude Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract female nude painting in neutral tones. The work has Oris Robertson's signature textured surface that creates an uneven painting surface. ...
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil

Self portrait original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Cruspinera Muñoz was born in 1945 in Tiana, Barcelona. This Catalan artist is a painter, draftsman and painter. His training is extensive and int...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait in Paris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert-Louis Nicoidski, Swiss (1931 - 2001) Title: Self-Portrait in Paris Year: circa 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.. Size: 57 x 44.5 in. (144.78 x 113.03 cm) Frame...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bella. Oil on canvas, 50x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bella. Oil on canvas, 50x50 cm Woman portrait in warm colors Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated from the Paint...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The girl in the city. oil on cardboard, 76.5x41.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The girl in the city. 1964, oil on cardboard, 76.5x41.5 cm Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated from the Paintin...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Stars and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait with American Flag
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Stars and Stripes" is an oil on board portrait of a young woman with an American Flag, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist artist Bernard Harmon. The painting is 41 3/4" x 35...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

PORTRAIT OF CHARLIE KELLER
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"PORTRAIT OF CHARLIE KELLER" ARTIST OIL ON PAPER C.1970 23 X 17.5 INCHES Morton Dimondstein 1920-2000 At the age of seventeen Morton Dimondstein enrolled in the American Artists School and then the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied painting, drawing, and printmaking with Anton Refregier, Harry Sternberg, and Kimon Nicolaides. After serving in the 387th Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, Dimondstein continued his studies at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was one of the first artists to produce serigraphic prints on the West Coast, marketing them as affordable art in galleries and retail stores. His prints and oil paintings garnered several awards during this post-war period, including an A.C.A. Gallery international competition for a one- man show in New York City. In 1951 he moved to Mexico, where he attended the Instituto Politécnico Nacional and studied art with José Gutiérrez and David Alfaro Siqueiros. During his three years in Mexico, Dimondstein worked as a staff artist and instructor in visual education for UNESCO and was a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular. After moving back to Los Angeles, Dimondstein served as the art editor of the California Quarterly from 1953 to 1956. He briefly worked for the Saul Bass advertising firm where he designed books and book jackets, and collaborated on the ad campaigns for films such as William Wyler’s “The Big Country” and Otto Preminger’s “St. Joan.” Dimondstein received industry recognition for the images he created, but cranking out art for commercial ventures with strict deadlines was not for him. He chose to leave that world in favor of working as an independent artist and art teacher. Over the years he taught at the Kann Art Institute, the New School of Art, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the School of Fine Art which he established with UCLA faculty member Martin Lubner...
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1970s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rag Paper

'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915. Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection. Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood. Reference: Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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