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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Woman, Yellow Shawl and Fan
Located in Greenwich, CT
An impressive and masterful depiction of a young woman with a fan. An American artist who studied and traveled in Europe and painted this painting before his return. It has its original frame which is magnificent. The frame has been regilded in th past 10 years. Vinton was abroad in the 1880s. The sitter gazes coyly over her fan in a gesture that ladies and gentleman of fin-de-siècle Europe would have understood to mean “wait for me,” and perhaps indicating her interest in a potential suitor. Vinton embarked on several trips to Europe—to Spain in 1882 with William Merritt Chase and Robert Blum, and to several different countries in 1888 following his marriage—which provided inspiration for a renewed style and subject matter. While in Spain with Chase and Blum, the three artists visited Madrid and Toledo; there, Vinton studied the masterfully tenebrous portraits of Velázquez, an influence that can be seen in Portrait with Yellow Shawl...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Josefine Batke - Koller (Austrian, 1897-1976) Jewish Brigadist Oil Painting 1936
By Josefine Batke-Koller
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Josefine Batke - Koller
(Austrian, 1897-1976)
Portrait of a Young, Jewish Communist Brigadist from the Spanish Civil War
• Oil on panel ca. 60 x 49 cm
• Frame ca. 75 x 62 cm
• Sign...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Female Nude
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul-Élie Gernez (1888-1948)
Paul-Élie Gernez (born 27 January 1888 in Onnaing, France, and died 6 September 1948 in Honfleur) was a French painter, watercolor...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mischievous Child French Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mischievous Child, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on board...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of Two Children in Traditional Dress
By M. Ray Stancliff
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of two children, a young boy and girl in traditional dress, set in a rustic interior by M. Ray Stancliff (American, b. 1925). Si...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1945
Located in London, GB
CONSTANTIN Andreevic TERECHKOVITCH 1902-1978
(Russian)
Title: Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1945
Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas
size: 33 x 24 cm / 13 x 9.5 ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Reading - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman reading is an modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The artwork depicts a portrait of a woman.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
Allegory - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Allegory is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative work of the artist with two a...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
Located in San Antonio, TX
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil
Bio:
Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State University of Iowa
Coreen Spellman
Biography
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978)
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art
teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and
muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and
industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism and
abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was
the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas
landscape.
Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I
enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and
making something fine and important out of it . . . It always gives me
great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being
inadequate material". (Trenton 199)
Spellman was born in Forney,
Texas in 1905. At an early age she moved to Dallas, Texas and studied
under Vivian Aunspaugh before attending the College of Industrial Arts
(Texas Woman's University). She received a Master of Arts degree from
Columbia University and a Masters Degree from the University of Iowa,
Iowa City in 1942.
In addition, Spellman received a Carnegie
Scholarship for study at Harvard University, followed by studies with
Kenneth Hayes Miller, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Charles Wheeler...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Saint - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Saint is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on canvas.
Beautiful and representative work of a female figure sur...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman in Warm Grays and Soft Ochers
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Leon Kroll was above all an academician. To him "abstract art was merely the beginning of a picture. Structurally, "Portrait of a Young Woman recalls some of the portraits from the ...
Category
1930s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Women- Painting on Canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative work of a female figure and on ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Female Portrait - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original artwork realized in 1931 by Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 - Gargnano, 1942).
Original Painting on canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower right corner. ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's MODERN BRITISH OIL - ARTISTS STUDIO STILL LIFE ART CLASS WITH NUDE MODEL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, circa 1930's
Title: The Art Class
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 28.75 x 23.75 inches
Provenance: private collection, E...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Parc des Buttes-Chaumont' in Paris, gouache on art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). A charming depiction of well turned out Parisians enjoying a day at the park. Boaters, strollers and swans all co-mingle around the peaceful lake. The reflection of the rocky bluff in the water is superbly treated by Génin. It's a cheerful and uplifting image of days-gone-by in 1930s Paris.
The park takes its name from the 'bare hill' (chauve-mont) that once occupied the site. It became a place where gypsum was mined, and where the limestone was quarried to be used in buildings in Paris and the United States. Worse, though, it was a site that also became a dumping ground. Luckily, during the 19th-century renovation of Paris under Napoleon III, chauve-mont was chosen as a place for a large park, as part of the emperor's fascination with endowing Paris with green spaces.
The artificial lake created at that time wraps around a hilly central island. The lake attracts waterfowl and other birds and is stocked with fish. The 19th-century planners cleaned up the site and added tons of soil to fill the pits left by a limestone mining operation. Then dynamite was used to "sculpt" the site into the craggy shapes seen today, including the 50-metre-high central hill with cliffs, an interior grotto, pinnacles, and arches. Up on top, overlooking the rest of the park - and depicted in this artwork - is a small, round belvedere, based on the Roman Temple of Vesta in Italy. From that spot you can see a lovely view of Montmartre and the white cupolas of the Sacre-Coeur. The painting is in very good condition. It has been newly framed and glazed with museum-quality glass (anti-reflective and UV protection) to preserve this significant artwork for decades to come.
Dimensions with frame:
H 62 cm / 24.4"
W 76 cm / 29.9"
Dimensions without frame:
H 48.5 cm / 19.1"
W 63 cm / 24.8"
About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Jan Verhoeven A large Vertical Matisse like Indian woman in a Sari ,
Located in Brookville, NY
A Beautiful Indian woman in a flowing green sari is seated in an exotic chair. The blue and cream rug set off the red and blue background behind her.
...
Category
1930s Dutch School 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
Oil, Canvas
Hispanic woman with jewels Latin female Art Deco
Located in Miami, FL
Long-necked , elegant slender fingers and spellbinding eyes define a quintessential Latin beauty. The painting is has a simple, architectonic composition of vertical and horizontal e...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Embracing Couple on Sailboat , Art Deco Style Romantic
Located in Miami, FL
Love at sea. A nautical romance is captured as a handsome couple embrace.
The big splash of water at the peak moment of drama symbolizes passion and defines Falter's creativity in communicating
a romantic narrative. This is a companion piece to a romance story.
Most likely done on assignment for a major newsstand magazine.
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Magazine Illustration circa 1940 Oil on board Signed lower right h: 28.5 x w: 30 in / h: 72.4 x w: 76.2 cm Morris Weiss collection...
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miss Carolyn Edmunson
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
The art world today does not value traditional academic skills in portrait painting. If it did, this portrait would replace the childlike student-level art that is now achieving two...
Category
1930s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York where Tromka first became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an artist. Upon arrival at immigration headquarters, Tromka’s family adopted the surname “Phillips,” which he kept until 1930. Hence the artist’s early works bear the signature — ‘Phillips.’
Having a rough childhood, Tromka left home at 15 and spent the remainder of his teenage years living at the Henry Street...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Geisha
By Roland Strasser
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Roland Strasser (1895-1974)
"Japanese Geisha"
Signed lower right
Oil and gold leaf on canvas, measures: 76 x 46 cm
In fine white-wash wood frame.
...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Modernist Portrait" Mid-20th Century Spanish Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly known for his abstract figures on canvas, this piece is a w...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Girl, 1949 Watercolor Painting by Roger Etienne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roger Etienne, French/American (1922 - )
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed and dated
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 29 x ...
Category
1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'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
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Large Surreal Masterpiece Landscape Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique surrealist oil painting of a landscape with a sculpture. Oil on board, circa 1949. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 35"L x 22"H.
Category
1940s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hispanic woman with jewels Latin female Art Deco
Located in Miami, FL
Long-necked , elegant slender fingers and spellbinding eyes define a quintessential Latin beauty. The painting is has a simple, architectonic composition of vertical and horizontal e...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl with Donald Duck
Located in Milford, NH
A fine oil portrait of a young girl with Donald Duck and other toys by American artist John Lavallee (1896-1971). Lavalle was born in Nahant, Massachusetts and earned an A.B. Degree from Harvard University and also studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Philip Hale and with Jean Auburtin in Paris at the Academie Julian. He painted in Boston early in his career and New York City by the late 1940s, becoming known for his landscape, portrait, street and market scene painting...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cute Baby with Rosy Cheeks playing with Toys
Located in Miami, FL
A cute baby playing with toys is captured as he/she responds to someone outside the picture plane. Haddon Sundblom is a masterful artist in the school of An...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. That's easy art. Executing a portrait with a great depth of anatomy and structure takes years of academic training. In Riggs's time, there were teachers who knew how to pass on this knowledge. He studied at the Art Students League and the Académie Julian . Today, they are very few and far between. Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel - Robert Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marternity
Located in Geneva, CH
Artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1887.
Died in 1970 in Geneva.
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938
By Neysa McMein
Located in Miami, FL
Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates before printing and strengthened the colors to give it more newsstand appeal - From Wiki : as an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrator and during World War I, she traveled across France entertaining military troops with Anita P...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Tribesmen with Headdresses - Gay Artist
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
"Riggs openly identified as gay to his friends in the Philadelphia art community, but did not disclose his orientation to his employers." - Woodmere Art Museum
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Mid Century Young Blonde Girl Portrait Egg Tempera - Style of Thomas Hart Benton
By Robert Collins
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pointillist egg tempera portrait of young blonde girl by Robert Joseph Collins (American, 1922-2011), 1947. Signed "Collins" and dated "'47." U...
Category
1940s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
Portrait of a Woman
By Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of a Woman by Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith
Signed upper right
30 x 24
Framed
Pastel on paper
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Parchment Paper
Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame
By Franz Ludwig Kiederich
Located in London, GB
'Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame', oil on canvas, by Franz Ludwig Kiederich (circa 1930s). A delightful depiction of a woman, comfortable...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed - work is unframed. - Riggs was a Gay Artist.
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Suzanna and the Elders
By Ben Shahn
Located in Miami, FL
A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders.
Signed lower right
Ink and wash on paper
The Downtown Gallery
Felix Landau Gallery
Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper
Woman in Pink - Oil Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in pink is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative work of a female figure...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl - Original Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a girl is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative work of a female fi...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
"Le Roi de Rome, d'apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Roi de Rome, d'apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed and dated '1942' by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Titled verso
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board size: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Wonderful portrait of a little boy, who we believe was called 'Laurance'. Also, 'Le Roi de Rome' translates to 'The King of Rome' which is a mystery.
The painting itself is quite exceptional. He has strawberry blond coloured hair, piercing big blue eyes and a beautiful mouth, a very handsome little boy. This would make a lovely addition to an interior looking to add some vintage oil painting portraits...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses - Photo Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Vintage English Portrait Oil Painting of an English Writer
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3423 English writer portrait, oil on board displayed in a gilt -wood frame, signed by Welsh.Image size 10 H x 8 W
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clemence Dane Attribution
Located in San Francisco, CA
Attributed to WiniFred CleMence Ashton Dane: 1888-1965. She was a British novelist, playwright, and artist. She has auction prices over $2,900. This incredible portrait seems to be ...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comedian's costume which he wears while staring in Jea...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Study of a Young Woman', California Woman artist, Art Institute of Chicago
By Sarah Hobson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Sarah H. Hobson' and dated, '1936'.
A delicately modeled, gouache and watercolor study of a young woman with copper hair.
Sarah Villarette Hoover Hobson studied...
Category
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tennis Champion, Don Budge
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvasboard
Signature: Unsigned
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Tennis Champion Don Budge, Number One ranked player in the world, 1937-42, injury from ...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Unknown
By Lucie Decsényi
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful portrait of the 30s expressionist style realized on canvas by the Hungarian artist of the Parisian school Lucie Decsényi born in Budapest and mainly active in France.
the p...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bright Painting of a Clown, Bessie Howard painted about 1935
Located in Hallowell, ME
Bessie J. Howard, American, (1890-1962)
This is a bright and colorful oil painting of a clown on artist board and measures 12 inches tall by 9 inc...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Laundry Day. Child hanging cloths in Breeze. Cover. The Household Guest
Located in Miami, FL
The Artist captures a "caught moment" of cloths blowing in the wind. It's being witnessed by an inquisitive bird, while be ducklings and a cute kitty cat accompany her.
Signed lower...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Gouache, Graphite
Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown
Located in Hallowell, ME
Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown
Samuel Brecher, American, (1897 - 1982)
This portrait of a clown is pastel on paper, is fully signed by Samuel Brecher and dated 1943.
This pastel painting of a clown measures 21.5 inches tall by 15.5 inches wide.
Matted in the frame the pastel portrait measures 33.5 inches tall by 26.5 inches wide.
Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period -
Midtown Galleries label on verso, Unframed Signed and date...
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait study of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed. Unframed.
This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sir Thomas J. Lipton
Located in Bristol, CT
Hand-colour lithograph c1931 of Sir Thomas J Lipton, Bart by Gordon Ross (1873-1946) aboard his yacht 'Erin'
Print Sz: 22 3/4"H x 15 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 31"H x 23"W
w/ coral mat & antique bamboo frame...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
When the Wood Grows Dry "Good House Keeping Magazine", 1948
Located in Miami, FL
When the Wood Grows Dry "Good House Keeping Magazine" illustration
How friendship and love were depicted in post-war America. There was a sense of innoc...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
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.
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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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