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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Rare New York City Oil Portrait by Modernist Artist Lisa Mangor, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized portrait of a lady by known and listed artist Lisa Mangor. Ms.Mangor was born in Russia in 1890 and came to New York likely around the beginning of World W...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud' by Hubert - Denis Etcheverry (1867 – 1950)
Located in Knokke, BE
Hubert-Denis Etcheverry
Bayonne 1867 – 1950 Paris
French Painter
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud'
Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘D. Etcheverry / Paris 1900’
Medium: oi...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jenness Cortez, "Secretariat as a Stallion, Claiborne Farm", Equine Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This rare original equine painting by renown artist, Jenness Cortez, features a stately portrait of legendary racehorse Secretariat standing in the lush verdant grass at Claiborne Farm. Bathing in the warmth of an afternoon sun, Secretariat's copper-colored beauty is captured perfectly.
Titled, “Secretariat as a Stallion Claiborne Farm”, this beautiful oil painting measures 18.5 x 24.5 and is framed in an ornate gold frame, finished with a commemorative plaque.
Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and the most recognizable name in thoroughbred racing.
Big Red, as he is most often affectionately referred, became America’s Horse after his historic Triple Crown win in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths (in world record time) in what stands today as the single greatest horseracing performance ever.
About Jenness Cortez:
Jenness Cortez is a distinguished figure in the contemporary revival of classical realist painting.
She was born in Indiana and exhibited a very early talent for art. As a teenager, she took private lessons with Antonius Raemaekers...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Detailed Contemporary Impressionist Train Station Signed and Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Super detailed French impressionist train depot painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16"H x 20"L.
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Girl with Cat”
Located in Southampton, NY
Evocative original oil on canvas painting by the Welsh artist, John Bowen. Signed lower left. Condition is very good. Circa 1970. The artist uses the light to capture the beauty of the young girl looking directly at us with her cat resting in her lap. The painting is housed in a dark wood frame with narrow liner of the same time period of the artwork. Overall framed measurement is 41 by 29 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
John Bowen (1914–2006)
Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection
Painter, born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. After attending Llanelli and Swansea Schools of Art he taught at Llanelli School of Art, 1939–60, also at the Boys’ Grammar School there apart from wartime service in the Royal Air Force. He was an artist member of SWG and also showed WAC and at the Royal National Eisteddfod. In 1968 he had a retrospective at Parc Howard Mansion, Llanelli. Painter of landscapes in Britain and abroad and still life, in oil and watercolour whose work is in many public collections, including WAC and Newport Art Gallery and Museum.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
His work was influenced by some of the twentieth century's greatest artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. His paintings are in the permanent collections of Parc Howard Museum...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pensive Woman oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Pensive Woman
Artist: Vicente Oliver (1896–1970)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18.1 x 15.0 in (46 x 38 cm)
Support: Unframed canvas
Date: Mid-20th century
Signatu...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s French Intimate Kitchen Scene Black Ink Drawing of a Woman at Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Intimate Kitchen Scene
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of A Chic Lady With Shielding The Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Day
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
signed J.V
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good condition
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
'The wedding Dress', Large Scale French 1950s Society Portrait. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale 1950s French society portrait by Anne-Marie Joly. The painting is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in a magnificent carved wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charles PICART LE DOUX, The Beautiful Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1939
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1939. The Beautiful Girl. With frame: 85.5x72.5 cm - 33.7x28.5 inches ; without frame: 73x60cm - 28.75x23.6 inches. 20F f...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Characterful Portrait French Man with Hat & Pipe Signed & Dated 1903 Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe
French School, signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gypsy girl, 1947. Oil on canvas, 34x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jadviga Žilvinska (1918-2010) was born in Tallinn.
She grew up in Liepāja, where her great interest in art began and strengthened, which led the young artist to study at the Art Academy of Latvia. During her studies at the Academy, she studied with K. Ubāns, V. Tone and J. Liepiņš, and defended her diploma thesis under the guidance of L. Liberts. Later on, she devoted her entire life to art, working at the Liepāja School of Fine Arts and as a portraitist at the "Māksla" combine.
She had four favourite themes: landscapes, portraits, flowers and sacred painting. Her works have lyricism and inner harmony. In the portraits, we see not only the outer form of a person, but the artist allows us to look into the very essence of a person - it is likely that the models themselves often saw something new and bright in themselves through the artist's vision.
The works are executed in various techniques - tempera, oil, pastel and watercolour.
CV:
1938 - Graduated from the Liepaja Secondary School of Applied Arts, Department of Decorative Painting.
1943 - Latvian Academy of Art, L. Liberts Figurative Painting Workshop with her diploma work "At the Artist's"
1946-1948 - teacher of painting and drawing at Liepāja Fine Arts High School.
1948-1966 - portraitist at the "Māksla" combine
Participated in exhibitions since 1948.
Member of the Artists' Union since 1966.
Solo exhibitions in Riga, Jelgava, Sigulda (1972); Riga (1975; 1978; two in 1981; 1986; 1994), Jurmala (1979).
Works exhibited in Latvia as well as abroad (Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Finland, Venezuela, Germany, Hungary).
The works are located in:
"Portrait of Cardinal Julian Vaivoda", 1983, in the Vatican Museum in Rome
"Portrait of Pope John Paul II, 1982, in the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Curia of Riga
The altarpieces "The Heart of Jesus" and "Our Lady of Fatima", the paintings "John the Baptist" and "The Holy Family" , all from the late 1960s, in the Church of St Mary Magdalene...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1997 Oil, Blanco Vitesse
Located in Corsham, GB
A fun, expressive portrait depicting a man in the driver's seat of a car. the gestural, sweeping brush strokes give the impression that the car is whizzing by the artist, only being ...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scottish Terrier Dog Portrait English Vintage Pastel Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
L.W.Fraser
English, mid 20th century
The Scottish Terrier
Original pastel drawing signed on artist paper
Framed: 20.5 x 14 inches
Glass covering
Provenance: private collection, UK
...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Fernand Audet (1923-2016) French Signed Oil Elderly Lady Sleeping on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Park Bench"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches
A fine oil painting by the listed French Impres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-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
Two Worlds - British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting religious art
Located in London, GB
This intriguing British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Croft Mitchell. It is entitled Two Worlds verso and dated as c1910. The composition of th...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Early American Signed Female Modernist Portrait Original NY Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting by Salpi Miriam Mavian (Born 1908). Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed. Displayed in a giltwoo...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jewish Man Playing Viol, Framed Oil Painting by Abraham Straski, 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jewish Man Playing Viol (3-F)
Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987)
Date: 1952
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
Size: 16 x 11.5 in. (40.64 x 29.21 cm)
Frame Si...
Category
1950s Post-War Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Girl with the Gun 1990's Stylised Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl with the Gun, Stylised Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
by Larissa Ickx, Belgian 20th century
Signed on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 47...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anna Hillermann - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
German School, oil portrait of a young woman in profile. Signed 'A. Hillermann' to the lower left. Well presented in a handsome black moulded frame with a ribbon twist running patter...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reading Rabbi, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987)
Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi 12F
Year: circa 1957
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Frame Size: 20 x 15 i...
Category
1950s Post-War Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Regattas day (a tribute to Seurat). Large format Riverside scene with figures.
By Fabio Hurtado
Located in Segovia, ES
Reggatas day (tribute to Seurat), by Fabio Hurtado, is an oil painting on canvas which was created in 1995 and which obtained the Honorary Medal at the C...
Category
1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Chic Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Chic Lady
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Lying Nude Study Oil Painting by Robert Roujas
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming oil painting on marouflé canvas was designed by Robert Roujas (1908-2000). This romantic composition presents a study of a reclining nude seen from behind in a weary po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Man - Large Modern British Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb large scale Modern British oil on canvas portrait of a smartly dressed young man wearing a striped shirt, suit jacket and tie.
Excellent quality and unsusual work, which i...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Portrait of a Redhead Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura Greenwood (1897-1951)
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1925
Oil on canvas, measuring 16 x 20 inches
Signed lower right.
Condition: the piece will require some minor conserva...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegance – Oil Portrait of a Woman, Spanish Romantic Figurative Art
Located in London, GB
This captivating oil painting by Luís Muntané Muns exemplifies the artist’s mastery in figurative art, portraiture, and classical elegance. Renowned for his evocative depictions of finely dressed women, Muns presents a young woman in an opulent, multi-layered gown, her delicate posture exuding both grace and introspection. The artist’s soft yet expressive brushwork enhances the flowing fabric, creating a striking contrast against the dark, atmospheric background.
Muns, born in 1899 in Mataró, Spain, studied under José Mongrell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Modernist Art Deco Exhibited Signed Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful and finely painted American modernist portrait painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Two Sisters by a Window - British 1918 Slade School art oil painting
By Clive Gardiner
Located in London, GB
This charming British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist (Alfred) Clive Gardiner. It was painted in 1918 and shows the influence of the French a...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Muriel Sutherland Playing Badminton- Scottish Edwardian Oil Painting
By George Fiddes Watt
Located in London, GB
This charming Edwardian Scottish full length portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish portrait artist George Fiddes Watt. Painted circa 1910, the sitter is Muriel Sutherland, daugh...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bedouin Woman in Purple, Modern Framed Oil Painting by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Alfieri, Italian/American (1921 - 2009)
Title: Bedouin Woman in Purple
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
Fram...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1950's Portrait of Dashing Gentleman Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
European artist, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 35.5 x 30.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Portrait of a woman, circa 1950, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacques BERLAND (1918-1999)
Portrait of a woman, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
34 × 25 cm
A figurative painter of the Paris School, Jacques Berland's work was brought back into the limel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Croele Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973)
Creole woman
1938
Oil on canvas
89 x 74 cm
(97 x 85 cm with frame)
35.04 x 29.13 in
(38.19 x 33.46 in with frame)
Signed and dated top right
Online ca...
Category
1930s 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
Self Portrait with Cat - Scottish 1920's Art Deco Oil Painting female artist
By Helen Margaret MacKenzie
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish 1920's self portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Helen Mackenzie. Painted circa 1929 the composition is the head and shoulders of the artis...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Mid Century Blocking Portrait Study, Mid Century Portrait of a Woman
By Gordon Cook
Located in Soquel, CA
Blocking Study pair #1 and #2, portrait of a blonde woman, by Gordon Cook (American, 1927-1985). Circa 1960. Signed on verso "G. Cook (3) #1. unframed. Image size: 24"H x 20"W each. Bay area estate sale find.
Gordon Cook was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington where he received his B.F.A in 1950. Cook then went on to study fundamentals and life drawing at The American Academy of Art* in Chicago. The same year he studied intaglio* printmaking with Vera Berdich at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago*. He took graduate courses and continued studying intaglio printmaking under artist Mauricio Lasansky at the State University of Iowa.
In 1951, Cook moved to San Francisco. Soon after his works received the journeyman's card in International Typographical Union, Local 21. He began exhibiting his prints, drawings, and paintings at the Porpoise Gallery in San Francisco. Four years later, Cook became a charter member of the Bay Printmakers Society and exhibited in their annual exhibitions at the Oakland Art Museum for the next five years. His etchings portrayed mainly San Francisco landscapes such as the Golden Gate Park, Diamond Heights, and Lake Merced as well as flowers, especially roses.
He participated in his first weekly drawing group with artist Alvin Light, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, and William H. Brown. Cook also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute*. His etchings where exhibited in a one-man exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. At this point Cook returned to painting. Moving to Rio Vista...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl with a Puppy - Scottish Edwardian art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to Scottish Kirkcudbright School artist William Stewart MacGeorge. Painted circa 1910, The painting shows the influences o...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Original Oil Painting Portrait 1953 large work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
by Paul Briscoe, (British), signed & dated 1953
oil painting on board, unframed
size: 40 x 30 inches
condition: overall very good and presentable.
provenance: from a private collection in England
we can help arrange a suitable frame if buyers wish, prior to shipping.
A magnificent large scale portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Portraits of Her Majesty in private collections are exceedingly rare and adding to the importance of this work is the fact it was painted in the year of her Coronation, 1953.
Her Majesty requires no introduction from us, but here is a quick reminder of the basic facts:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of a Woman, Signed Folk Art Oil Painting by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of a Woman
Miriam Bromberg
Oil on Canvas
Size: 36 x 14 in. (91.44 x 35.56 cm)
Frame Size: 43 x 21 inches
Category
1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Realist Art Deco Framed Signed Young Woman Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school realist portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailboat Race, Cubist Abstraction Oil Painting by Female Artist Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sailboat Race
Miriam Bromberg
Date: circa 1960
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 24 x 50 in. (60.96 x 127 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
RMS Laconia, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
RMS Laconia, 1921
by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015)
oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board
framed
Framed size: 14.25 x 22.75 inches
Superb oil painting by the well ...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Early 1900s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Bather
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on board, by Charles Kvapil (1934). The world of art has for centuries depicted bathers in one form or another. Kvapil's wonderfully allur...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman in Front of the Mirror
Located in London, GB
'Woman in Front of the Mirror', oil on canvas, by Vincent Tailhardat (circa 1990s). A nude woman seated in front of a mirror grooms herself while en...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1900's French Impressionist Oil on Canvas Nude Model Artists Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French Impressionist, circa 1900's
oil on canvas, unframed
indistinctly signed with initials to the corner
canvas: 51.5 x 35.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Charming Antique Beach Scene Oil Painting; attrib to Boston artist W.E. Norton
Located in Baltimore, MD
This bright summer beach painting holds a surprise if you look closely. What seems like a young couple just spending a day at the shore together, actually tells a story. The young wo...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY English School Oil Painting INTERIOR SELF PORTRAIT
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned (early / mid 20th Century) English School
TITLE: "Self Portrait In A Round Mirror"
SIGNED: appears unsigned
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 73cm x 62cm inc frame
CONDIT...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boxer Dog Signed British 20th century oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Tessa"
by Eric Hargreaves, British mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 19.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
1960's French Signed Oil Portrait Nude Lady Dancing with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tambourine Player
French School, circa 1950's-1960's
signed lower front corner
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18 x 16 inches
board: 14 x 12 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting
by Georges PACOUIL (1903-1996) French circa 1950
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas
canvas: 25.5 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.
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