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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Surrealist
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Thick Impasto Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait of Freddie Mercury. Oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressi...
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
lovers
Located in Roma, GB
original oil paintings on canvas
hand signed
ready to be hanged on the wall
coloured borders
NO frame is required if decide to hang it on the wall as it is .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Leanna's Dream
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In my appropriation of Henri Rousseau's painting "The Dream," I replaced his nude reclining on the couch with my sister Leanna.
I envisioned her magically transported into a lush ju...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Prayer
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Prayer for peace in Ukraine
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
lovers portrait
Located in Roma, GB
original oil paintings on canvas
hand signed
each canvas is 61x51x2cm
61x102x2cm both
ready to be hanged on the wall
coloured borders
NO frame is required if decide to hang it on t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Couple (oil painting woman portrait man flesh tones sleeping beauty vintage)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"The significant size difference plays with the perception of the viewer, perhaps confused, one asks
oneself the question, if what is shown much larger, is also much more important ....
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflections, American 20th Century Oil Painting
By Philip Campbell Curtis
Located in London, GB
Philip Campbell Curtis
American 1907 - 2000
Reflections
Oil on board, signed and dated 1960
Image size: 12 ½ x 5 ½ inches
Original frame
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Repose (sleeping beauty woman hair portrait figurative oil painting flesh tones
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this painting, the painter tries to portray the young sleeping, lying and oversized figure of a woman as part of the landscape. Who likes to be this person and what is she doing i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Discord (couple oil painting suitcase vintage nostalgia sleeping beauty skin)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this painting, the painter tries to portray the young sleeping, lying and oversized figure of a woman as part of the landscape. Who likes to be this person and what is she doing i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brotherhood 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Yes, I am black.
The right hand of the morning sun
Glittering on my skin,
Showcasing the beauty of my flesh,
Not the power that I possess.
Yes, I am black.
My origin is the vivid pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Mechanical Heart" Contemporary Green and Yellow Surrealist Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work shows a man with pastel colored features opening his shirt to reveal his mechanical heart and robot parts set against a vivid, yellow background. Signed at bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple (oil painting flesh tones vintage couple sleeping beauty nostalgia)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The significant size difference plays with the perception of the viewer, perhaps confused, one asks
oneself the question, if what is shown much larger, is also much more important .....
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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. ...
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil
"Go With The Flow" Fantasy and Surreal Oil on Canvas by acclaimed British artist
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary abstract expressive woman's portrait on paper " Before the mirror"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressive portrait of a woman was created by French-based Kazakhstani artist Natalya, who now lives and works in Lyon. "Before the Mirror" captures a youn...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Contemporary abstract expressive woman's portrait on paper " Behind green eyes"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Behind Green Eyes" is a compelling mixed media portrait by French contemporary artist Natalya Speaks, part of her evocative Women series—an introspective journey into the female exp...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Angel I. Mystic/symbolic oil painting, vertical, dark colors, medium size
Located in Oslo, NO
This portrait is truly mystic. A young, beautiful person—let's call her Angel—is playing an invisible violin. The surroundings are dark, yet a strong light illuminates only her face ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judith Brenner, Rich Dancing 1, Original Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paint
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Rich Dancing 1
Original Figurative Painting
Mixed Media on Paper
Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indicat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Portrait, Abstract Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper Painting by David Stern
By David Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Stern
Title: Portrait
Year: 1997
Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Paper, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Era of Elegance", Oleg Turchin, Surrealism, Sophisticated, Elaborate, Hat
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"Era of Elegance" by Oleg Turchin is an original oil on canvas that measures 58x30 inches. This surrealistic painting is of a woman with an elaborate hat ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Conflab" Oil on Canvas 18x22"
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the oil...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Above Heads" (Abstract, Floral, Roses, Pink, Rustic, Vintage, Antique Wood)
Located in Paris, IDF
"ABOVE HEADS"
2024
Paris, France
This is a small, but impactful piece, full of character. The title, "Above Heads" slightly indicates hallucinations from either the past or the fut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1970.
Signed. Image size, 5.5"L x 8.5"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
The brooch (oil painting sleeping beauty surrealism man tennis figurative hair)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A scene in the middle of nowhere: a young man with a tennis racket unexpectedly sees a huge
figure of a young lady who apparently sleeps or simply dreams in front of him.
keywords; ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has with arms stretched out like a Christ figure. The drum grows out of a yellow plant-...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Figure de Notier" framed, signed oil on canvas painting by artist Max Papart
By Max Papart
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Figure de Notier" oil on canvas painting of a human figure by Max Papart. Signed Max Papart on front. Signed and titled "Max Papart Figure de Notier" on back. Additional markings o...
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aging Sucks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
I created Aging Sucks at the beginning of my painting career. Modeled after a relative of mine, the man acts almost as an inverse to the car, which is old and run down. The young man...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Invisible Women Vermella
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Europe.
This combination allows her to have the best of three worlds; it brings together the creativity and passion that her paintings demand.
"I invest time in my work. You must look at paintings on different days, with different eyes. There is a need to go back to it again and again.”
Born to a family of artists, she grew up surrounded by drawings, tapestries, and paintings that awakened a special sentiment that over time matured into her work. A graphic designer first and painter by evolution, in 2018 she decided to make the leap into becoming a full-time artist. Nothing has deterred her since.
After traveling the world and bringing up four children who are almost living their own lives, the artist feels the need to empower the role of women inspired by her own journey. “Invisible Women” is a tribute to each and every woman that fights from anonymous positions, in everyday jobs and everyday lives, to improve their family, their society, their world.
Some of her pieces are part of the personal art collections of different CEOs of fortune 100 companies. “Invisible Women” is part of a recent purchase...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blonde Portrait with Blue Eyes with Vertical Lines Abstract French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 40 x 39.5 inches
Inscribed verso
condition: overall ve...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Portrait, "Réveille Mon Amour"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind surrealist oil painting on canvas by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 16"x 16" x1.5". It is unframed. A ce...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Glitch" Small Abstract Expressionist Male Portrait by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
This 14" x 11" work titled "Glitch" by Masri embodies 'Shattered Cubism', where the essence of a face is captured in a constellation of fragmented shapes and vibrant colors. Against ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Soyva" Painting 20" x 16" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Soyva" Painting 20" x 16" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and realistic styles, with a focus on p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Obras" Painting 39" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Obras" Painting 39" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
ATT: ships rolled in a tube
Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
What is Behind, Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism, Modern Cuban Art, Surreal
Located in Houston, TX
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What is Behind (Lo que esta atras) shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to the world art market. What is Behind is one of many of the hyperrealism paintings by the artist. Brian Sanchez...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Abstract Visage" Painting 16" x 10" inch (1970) by KAMAL KHALIFA
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage" Painting 16" x 10" inch (1970) by KAMAL KHALIFA
Kamal Khalifa is regarded as one of Egypt’s most prolific modern artists. He left the art world with several catego...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Miriam & Sue Orr with Flute
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower left): KLINE
EXHIBITED: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., October 30–December 27, 1962; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachuset...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family Portrait, Figures, contemporary art.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
"Family Portrait", sighed lower right KOKO and artist certificate of authenticity is included. 48"x60" oil on canvas.
Los Angeles artist Koko Hovagumian now celebrating 20 Years of...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary figurative art portrait of two women oil pastels on paper "Sisters"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative piece with abstract touches, depicting two women, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Through her dynamic approach, Mougenot explores the intr...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Late 20th century colorful close up face portrait oil painting red and green
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pan" is a fauvist-expressionist-figurative oil on canvas painting by American artist Matthew Schaefer. Primary colors of red, yellow, and blue fill the figure with brown hair and is...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dream Fragment 5". Surreal Wall Sculpture, Polymer Assemblage on MDF
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Part of the Dream Fragments series, this wall-mounted sculpture by spanish artist Inés Silvalde explores repetition and the uncanny through an assemblage of synthetic fingers. The wo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Oil, Acrylic, Fiberboard
"Layers of the Self", Surrealist, Portrait, Man, Collage, Acrylic Painting, 2025
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Layers of the Self” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 20 inches in greys, blacks and whites, with flesh tones. Although quite young, the gentleman has ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Eating and Drinking I", surrealist, red, green, yellow, acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in reds, greens and yellows against a neutral background. What at first glance appea...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Arlequín
Located in MADRID, ES
Surrealistic human figure. Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Located in Culver City, CA
"Iv" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik
Ships rolled in tube
Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and realistic styles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Bask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Bask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait Painting
42" x 33" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil and Print on Canvas
This mixed media portrait by artist Sarah Jacobs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Color
"Shapes and Patterns" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Shapes and Patterns" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create l...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
lovers
Located in Roma, GB
original oil paintings on canvas
hand signed
ready to be hanged on the wall
coloured borders
NO frame is required if decide to hang it on the wall as it is .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gingham
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"THE NEW YORK - DOMINIQUE CLAIRE" Oil Painting 49" x 31" in by Charles Malinsky
Located in Culver City, CA
"THE NEW YORK - DOMINIQUE CLAIRE" Oil Painting 49" x 31" in by Charles Malinsky
Full name: THE BLACK COAT PROJECT - THE NEW YORK SESSIONS - DOMINIQUE CLAIRE X
Artwork ships rolled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Contained Emotions" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Contained Emotions" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create la...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
oil canvas portrait
Located in Roma, GB
artist:
Anastasia Aureum
original oil painting on canvas
hand signed
Aureum is an internationally renowned visual artist with the background in fine art and interior design. Antiq...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Oil
"Groupings" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Reminiscing" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create layered t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Reminiscing" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Portrait
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Reminiscing" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create layered t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
UNTITLED
By Sofia Ruiz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"UNTITLED"
OIL AND ACRILIC ON CANVAS
SIGNED
35.5 X 27.5 INCHES
Sofía Ruiz was born in 1982.
What she expresses through her paintings has to do with whe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Essence Of" (2025) By Ron Hicks, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Ron Hicks' (US based) "Essence Of" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstract portrait of a woman, face in view and her clothes abstracted into the flowing...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
jesus christ superstar oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - jesus christ superstar - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 80X60 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 19...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brave Girl II
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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.