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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Abstract
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #2, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Portrait of Man with Beard
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait of Man with Beard Original mid century abstract expressionist of man with beard by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904 - 1...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Paper

(1934-2022) LARGE ORIGINAL oil painting MODERNIST EXPRESSIONIST PORTRAIT STUDY
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Robin Hambro (1934-2022) American TITLE: "Expressionist Portrait" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 120cm x 95cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Born ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #13, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Portrait #3. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #3, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady French School, mid 20th century signed, S. Ascher signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT MALE NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Male Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 16 x 12.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by the widely exhi...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

In The Pink: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another very pretty mixed media from the studio of this well collected British artist. Image 21" x 15" mounted Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Furious Embrace
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 82cm x 62cm (118cm x 98cm framed). Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Wolf Boy
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 56cm x 61cm, (67cm x 77cm framed) Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Portrait of a Young Lady Green & Yellow Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French Modernist artist, mid 20th century S.Ascher signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Continuity 2 -original abstract expressionist figurative painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Continuity 2" by Magdalena Morey is a mesmerizing abstract figurative painting that explores the essence of movement and continuity through the depiction of an abstract female figur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"Woman sleeping on couch"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transformation as an artist. This transformation was based on the expansion ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Girl with Cat (1935) Oil on canvas 38" x 26" 42 ½" x 30 ½" x 3 ½" framed Signed and dated "1935 H Burkhardt" lower right. Signed, dated and inscribed verso. About this artist: Hans ...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artists Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Julius Thiengen Bloch (American, born Germany, 1888-1966) Portrait of a Woman Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 1/4 inches Framed: 38 x 31 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: "Julius Bloch"...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Ponder' by Masri - Colorful Portrait of a Man - Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Carmel, CA
The enthralling piece 'Ponder' by the artist Masri is a masterful example of abstract portraiture stretched across a 40" x 30" canvas. Masri's unique application, forgoing brushes fo...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

'Stoic' by Masri - Black and White Abstract Portrait - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
"Stoic," is an enthralling piece by the distinguished Masri. The artist employed his bare hands, utilizing his thumbs and palms in place of a traditional paintbrush, to craft this un...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Allison Coolidge (Belmont)
Located in Boston, MA
Dated and titled on stretcher: "'37/ Mr + Mrs Chas. Coolidge/ Allison/ -Belmont". In 1929 Molly Luce and her husband, Alan Burroughs, moved from Garden Street on Beacon Hill in Bos...
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1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Madonna. Oil on canvas, 53x48 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madonna. Oil on canvas, 53x48 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes w...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Elegant French Expressionist Portrait Large Size Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant French Portrait, Large Size, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil paintin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very stylized and powerful portrait by the noted artist Frank Anderson Trapp. It is dated 1940, and is very much in the modern style of French painters Ferdinand Leger and...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas A quiet mood of this warrior is captured by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait. Oil on canvas, 64x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Oil on canvas, 64x50 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ASTRACT COMPOSITION - Oil on canvas signed Salvatore Benincasa, Italy 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Delightful brightly colored oil on canvas signed Salvatore Benincasa, with frame
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jesus
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Mykola Zhuravel came to New York in 2005 and worked in a studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn for 6 months. This painting was created during this time. The artist had an idea to depict Jes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Nude Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Angela
Located in Bristol, GB
ANGELA Size: 69 x 58 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style figurative nude composition, painted in oil onto board. The focal point of...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Contemporary French Cubist Portrait Multicoloured Original Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Portrait, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 21.5 x 18 inches Sensationa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Laßt Blumen sprechen and Hole, Diptych. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Laßt Blumen sprechen and Hole, Diptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti From the series INFINITE Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Overall size: 21.2 i...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Contemporary French Abstract Orange and Blues Still Life Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Abstract, Orange and Blues, Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 19.5 x 24 inches Sensatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Spur, Noiseless and Stuttgen Triptych. Mixed media on a B&W photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Spur, Noiseless and Stuttgen Triptych 2022 by Hunter & Gatti From the series INFINITE Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Overall size: 21.6 in ...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Original Painting on board by Serg Graff, Portrait, "Stranger", COA Gold frame
Located in Framingham, MA
This is a unique original acrylic painting on canvas board in abstract style by Serg Graff, Portrait titled "Stranger". It comes signed, dated, and with a COA (Certificate of Authe...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Strength in Diversity 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
We tend to lose a lot when we are divided probably because we are from different parts of the country or the world. Inside our differences lies a strong force that can never be defea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French school circa 1930, Portrait of a young man with blue eyes, oil
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1930 Portrait of a young man with blue eyes Oil on cardboard panel 27 x 21.5 cm Bears a signature (illegible) upper right Framed : 34.5 x 29.5 cm
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1960's French Portrait of a Stylish Fashioable Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French School, circa 1960's indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed board: 19 x 12.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: some paint loss t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Cactus, Sculptured Totem 3D Shapes in Green, Purple, Pink on Beige
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Abstract Cactus" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculptura...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Vintage Latin American School Original Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Minimalist Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait in Acrylic on Paper Oustandingminimalist self portrait by California-based Latin American artis...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Old Man: Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sympathetic portrayal of old age, really very pretty work by this British artist. oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted and very good condition
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Romy: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting by John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
John Emanuel embarking on a series of works using new life models. Unusual for a artist who has over the last 40 years only had 3 previous sitters. Now working with Sarah Jane and Ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, ABS

Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude. The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

'Naiad' - Abstract Profile of a Woman by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Presenting 'Naiad,' a stunning abstract portrait by Masri, celebrated for its vivacious flow and splatter techniques. This singular piece portrays a woman in profile, her form crispl...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Dreamy Young Blond Women Pondering "Deckchair and Cat" Summer Pastel Color
Located in Miami, FL
A dreamy young blond woman holding a Bengal cat is depicted relaxing in a deckchair. She gazes upward and outward, pondering—the distinctive marbling of the cat echos the floral back...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Basic Instincts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This abstract portrait painting is inspired by the work of Picasso. A unique patchwork style composition by artist Ilana Greenberg. The work is framed ...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Brothers
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Brothers" by Ademola Ajayi encapsulates the enduring bond shared between siblings with heartfelt authenticity. Inspired by the poignant sentiment expres...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

FAR FROM THE WORLD
Located in THOMERY, FR
In the serene piece titled "Far from the World," the artist transports the viewer into a realm of tranquil solitude. Measuring 40 x 30 cm, this gouache on paper captures a captivatin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper, Stencil

Until Morning Comes
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Until Morning Comes" is a captivating artwork by Boluwatife Victoria Lawal that depicts a tender and intimate moment between a man and a woman. In this evocative piece, the couple i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Tope Alawaye, is a young contemporary artist hailing from the vibrant city of Ibadan, Nigeria. Born with an innate passion for art, Alawaye has emerged as a dynamic force in the Nigerian art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun a...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Pink Sculptures on Green, Organic Rocks, Pastel Tones, Garden Render Shapes
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pink Sculptures" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculptura...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Figure Outlines
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Garden Sculpture, Pastel Palette, Abstract Render Shapes Pink, Yellow Monumental
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Garden Sculpture I" is an acrylic painting from Ryan Rivadeneyra's series of imagined modernist sculptures. In this series, Rivadeneyra explores the possibilities of colorful sculpt...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Antidote from the Gods
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Climate change is a serious issue that we must all work together to address. One key solution is the planting of trees. Trees help to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil, Mixed Media

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas. Framed in a nice modernist molding. Signed. ...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
This incredibly striking portrait, painted in a fiery palette captures an intimate moment between the artist and sitter who were lovers. Philip Core (1951-1989) Portrait of Adrian Ffooks, 4th/7th regiment Signed and dated 1987 to the reverse Oil on board 30 x 17¾ inches without the frame 35 x 23 inches with the frame Provenance: Gifted as a wedding present to Kit Hesketh-Harvey by his future wife. The artist was a friend of the couple and they had introduced Core to FFooks. Kit Hesketh Harvey co-wrote the screenplay (with James Ivory) for E.M.Forster’s Maurice and he had called upon Ffooks, who was renowned for his horsemanship, to be a stunt double for the equestrian scenes in this iconic film. Philp Core grew up in New Orleans, the son of a well-to-do family. At just seven he won the Vieux Carré Open Artists Competition. He was sent to a military academy, and from 1963 to the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, where he won a number of art and literature prizes. As a schoolboy he self-published a booklet of drawings Palm Fronde Alphabet. An interest in Aubrey Beardsley and fin de siècle artists and writers, led to him spending time in Paris working with Philippe Jullian on his book The Symbolists, before returning to Harvard to complete an honours thesis on Belgian symbolist Fernand Khnopff. He graduated in 1973. Under the pseudonym Féllippé Fecit, he produced a series of erotic drawings for the poet John Glassco for his book Squire Hardman, and in 1968 in the Japanese style for The Temple of Pederasty, a free adaption by Glassco of a work by Japanese expatriate writer Ken Sato. Of this time, George Melly...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

1950s French Modernist Colorist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Fashionable Lady by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986) signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 53' canvas: 16.5 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, France conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of African Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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.

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