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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: American Modern
1951 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Pose
Located in Bristol, GB
POSE Size: 80.5 x 41 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliantly executed modernist style figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1951. The composition feat...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

20th Century Portrait of man with Glasses by listed Polish Artist Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mr. Epstein by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes signed below oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 18 inches provenance: the artist...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Modernist Painting Head & Shoulders Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 16 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

Signed French Contemporary Painting Portrait of Rosy Cheeked Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) framed signed oil painting on textured board framed: 22 x 19 inches board: 18 x 15 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Julius Cesar - Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Cesar is an original China ink drawing on paper applied realized by Albert Decaris in the 1970s. Good conditions. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through soft stokes i...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Ink

Modernist Portrait of St. Francis
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Portrait of St. Francis Compelling modernist oil on canvas portrait of St. Francis by Dr. Tarmo Pasto (American, 1906-1986). Presented in a taupe painted wood frame. Signed "Tarmo Pasto" bottom right, and titled "St. Francis" bottom center. Image size, 25.5"H x19.5"L. Dr. Pasto was a long-time contributor to the California art scene, as well as an art teacher and psychologist to many successful artists. He also authored a book on art, "The Space-Frame Experience in Art", published in 1964. He, however, was mainly known to the world for introducing the works of one of his patients, Martin Ramirez...
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1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Klezmer Musicians Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame Country: United States The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether fa...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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

Dreaming Woman - Original hansigned oil on paper
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004) Dreaming Woman Original watercolor and oil painting on paper Signed bottom middle 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Artist Self Portrait in an Orange Sweater - Fauvist Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a the artist sketching by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). The seated figure is juxtaposed to a fun and vibrant two-toned background of...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

Winged Woman - China Ink Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Winged woman is a fine ink drawing, realized by Albert Decaris (1901-1988) . Good conditions. Albert Decaris was a French artist, engraver and painter. ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"Two Boys with Blonde and Guitar" Modern Abstract Cubist Figurative Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features three of his signature Cubist-inspired figures, two men and a seated woman, po...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Seated Female Figure - Oil Paint by Domenico Morelli - 19th century
By Domenico Morelli
Located in Roma, IT
Seated female figure is original oil painting on panel realized by the artist Domenico Morelli (1823-1901). Hand signed overleaf. Stamp "Galleri...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

BÍMPÉ "Self-Made VI"
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
BÍMPÉ (which means to be born with perfection) In Yoruba land, it's our culture to be christened with beautiful names most especially the women. BÍMPÉ is one of such beautiful names, so also this piece portrays the perfection in the creation of women. "Self-Made" is a captivating series of artwork created by the talented artist Alawaye Tope...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) watercolour on artist paper painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by th...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

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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Canvas, Acrylic

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

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Oil, Board

1960's French Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady in Blue Hat Modernist Style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Henri Laville (1916) 'La femme en bleu', cira 1960's signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 20.5 x 15 inches canvas: 16 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Modernist Signed Oil, Figures in Golden Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jostne Gallet Title: ' La Promenade' Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso. canvas: 28.75 x 21.25 inches Provenance: private collec...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Girl With The Glasses 1960's Stylised Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Girl With The Glasses, Impressionist Stylised Portrait, Signed Oil Painting British School, circa 1969 Initialled and dated '69 by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil p...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1960’s French Pair Portraits Fashion Ladies Original Paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 1960’s signed pair oil on board, framed framed: 5 x 4 inches board: 4 x 3 inches private collection, France overall very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Exercise by John Torcapel - Ink on paper 13x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Ink

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Study of a Man
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

Vintage Signed American Pop Art Superman Comic Art Surfing Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Interesting and rare American School pop art landscape. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - FIGHTING MALES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Fighting Males" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint dated 97' painting: 16.75 x 11.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by t...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Seated Jester
By Dan Wuthrich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Wuthrich', and accompanied by the original certificate of authenticity. Oil portrait of a jester dressed in black, white and emerald harlequin with bells on his collar and fool's hat, seated on a stone wall with the full moon hanging low in the coral and wine-red sky behind him. Raised in a family that supported Wuthrich's interest in the arts, Dan Wuthrich has been painting since he was eight and at eleven had artwork featured in a Wisconsin newspaper article. After high school, Wuthrich continued his fine art studies at the Layton School of Art from 1954-1959 and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1961 taking courses in printmaking, English, speech and psychology. While maintaining his painting career, Wuthrich established a professional career as an engineer from 1965 to 1991, working for American Motors...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Olympia-Lipa
Located in Zofingen, AG
the picture is written in the style of pop art. This is a very bright work and will look great in any most expensive interior. The heroine of the picture Lipa-Olympia is my respect f...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and colorful mid century Fauvist portrait of a man by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). The expressive and vibrant color palette, a signatu...
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1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

'Blue Eyed Girl', PAFA, Philadelphia Museum, Pennsylvania Artist, Trompe L'Oeil
By Robert Childers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, in the 53 stub, 'Childers' for Robert Childers (American, 1924-1984) and dated 1954. Robert Childers first served in the U.S. Navy for six years after graduating from Medford High School in 1941. Following World War II, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art where he was the recipient of a gold medal and, upon graduating from the Museum's school, was the recipient of a Cresson scholarship and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he received his Masters degree. Childers continued his education with classes at Fleisher Memorial and performed for two years with the Philadelphia Dance Theater. Following his studies, he worked in fabrics, film production, toys and illustrations for publishers with du Pont in New York City. At the same time he maintained a studio and old twine factory over the Cherry Lane Theater. He lived in Greenwich Village for 19 years before accepting a position developing new products for American Greetings Inc. While there he designed the Hobbie Holly cloth doll...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclined Nude - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude with Parrot is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Oil on canvas Beautiful and representative artwork depicting a reclin...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1930's modern art tempera painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1936 it is part of the myth se...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series II
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series II", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Modernist Israeli Soldiers Judaica Mixed Media Painting IDF Pilots Moshe Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
IDF Tzahal Fighter Pilots Dimensions: framed 31 X 25.25 canvas 30 X 24 inches Moshe Katz ( Romanian, Israeli ) Moshe Katz was born March 2 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. With his pa...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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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Oil, Board

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting, Portrait with Auburn Hair
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

1950s "Slit" Mid Century Painting Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Slit c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) watercolour on artist paper double sided painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original p...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Modernist WPA Female Portrait Interior Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Exhibition provenance verso. Image size, 25"L ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vincente Romero, Mademoiselle, original oil painting on canvas
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Vincente Romero Mademoiselle, 2022 Oil painting on canvas Image Size: 39 x 25 inches Frame Dimensions: 50 x 36 inches Custom framed to museum standards
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Sheila Antoine with Afro', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left with monogram, 'P.T.' for Pearl Took (American, 1928-2012); additionally signed verso, dated 1977 and titled 'Sheila Antoine'. Born in England, Pearl Took first st...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Prince Pug lll
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pug dog dressed like a general Hand Painted #3 of edition of 20 NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting. contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong Comes ROLLED in ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Modern Portrait of Young Girl "Cathy" Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern portrait of young girl named Cathy Gutman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1982. Signed and dated lower left corner and on verso Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work from the estate of Larry Miller fine Art Unframed. Canvas size: 18"H x 16"W. Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...
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1980s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bearded man by William Goliasch - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas Gilded wood frame 41 x 30,2 x 2,5 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Rejuvenation
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae Rejuvenation 2023 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag 315gsm Size: 24.01 x 24.01 inches (61 x 61cm) Edition: 15 Signed, titled and dated on label COA provided...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background) Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board

The Bubblers. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting
Located in Segovia, ES
The Bubblers (Los Burbujeros.. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting. Acrylic on canvas. Author: Igor Fomin. Measurements in ce...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Sitzende Frau
By Fritz Schmidt
Located in Wien, 9
signed on the lower left The painting can be categorised in the tradition of New Objectivity. The picture shows a real scene, the woman depicted stares into space with a serious and...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Whispers Had Changed - Figurative Portrait Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Antique American Modernist Southern School Guitar Musician Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting portrait. Oil on canvas board. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring 22 by 26 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

'In the Sycamore', Large Figural Oil, Carmel, California Woman Artist, Muralist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Caswell' for Helen Rayburn Caswell (American, 1923-2018) and painted circa 1955. A substantial, mid-century figural oil by this listed California woman artist who showed her talent at an early age. In Saratoga, Caswell began a successful career as an artist and portrait painter, displaying in galleries in Carmel and teaching artist workshops. In addition to her work as a fine artist and portrait painter, Helen wrote and illustrated over 30 books for children and adults. In 1981, Helen moved to Occidental in Sonoma County where, in addition to continuing to paint and teach, she designed stained glass windows for the Sebastopol United Methodist Church. She was also commissioned to paint numerous murals including at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco and for the Elizabeth Seton Center in Menlo Park.
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s. The artist uses a vibrant color palette and controlled brushstrokes to depict the subject in a realistic way. The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

"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...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Surreal Female Portrait Symbolic Rural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Negro Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Negro Boy, 1932, oil on canvas board, 16 x 13 inches, exhibited: 1) Third Local Artists Exhibition, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio TX, September, 1932 (label verso), and 2) Six C...
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1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

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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