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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Contemporary
Only Red, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A geisha, adorned in a red dress with a floral pattern, moves gracefully. The composition places her off-center, shifting the oversized parasol to the right for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dimitri Likissas - Eye Two
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Ask Alice" contemporary realist portrait in colorful abstract oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Ask Alice" depicts a realist portrait of a woman within an otherwise abstract oil painting.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a block away from Jackso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Self Portrait, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, 14 ¼ x 12 1/4 inches, signed lower left, presented in a newer frame
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of th...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waiting Room 1 - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic Black-White and Brown Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
1950's Modernist Painting Lady Maid Holding Badminton Sporting Equipment
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Badminton
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 13 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atelier/ ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Our magnetic fields
Located in Oslo, NO
Our magnetic fields
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil, Acrylic
Yellow Symphony #1
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This horizontal painting on canvas contains several layers of color, with textures and transparencies, representing a dreamlike scene where fantastic animals and humans in yellow and...
Category
2010s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 26 x 19.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Plage de Bussaghlia
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Feminine force
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Embracing my roots and my cultural background through having a special spiritual connection to the women I depict on my canvases. The theme of women, womanhood and femininity is at ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Freedom of choice
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Embracing my roots and my cultural background through having a special spiritual connection to the women I depict on my canvases. The theme of women, womanhood and femininity is at ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - 4 Skaters
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Agnes Mills (American, -2008)
Untitled (Girl Eating an Apple), c. Late 20th - Early 21st Century
Watercolor (?) and pastel on canvas
30 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 37 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 1 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Watercolor
English mid century oil painting Portrait of Miniature Black Poodle
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Miniature Poodle
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subj...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In The Cafeteria - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic Black-White Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Platform - Contemporary Expressive, Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Silent dialogue
Located in Oslo, NO
Silent dialogue
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Acrylic
Set of 4 Portraits. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portraits #13, 2, 1, and 3, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Overall size: 30 H x 84 W cm
Individual size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframe...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Waiting Room 2 - Contemporary Expressive, Symbolic Black-White Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Leaving the Circus", Original painting, Figurative art, Women, Pastel, Ethereal
Located in Deddington, GB
Acrylic painting on linen canvas. Inspired by the Circus.
The painting shows a blurred portrait of a female. Pastel blues, greys, pinks and white fill the composition with an ethere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"It Was Summer" colorful contemporary female nude resting in artist's studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"It Was Summer" is a colorful contemporary oil painting of a female nude resting in artist's studio
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a block away from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The knitter Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
OIl painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - 7 Personnages Skate Park
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sisters
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1000 Years, blue and earth tonehuman face, bark from birch tree, natural element
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made with the bark of the Paper Birch tree on a repurposed trophy plaque. The title was inspired by the song, "Scott Pilgrim," by the Canadian band, Plum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Birch
Modernist Portrait of a Child by NY Artist Syril Frank
Located in Larchmont, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1960s
Oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ole Lukoje, Sandman
Located in Oslo, NO
Controversial hero in Scandinavia-Ole close your eyes. The image of the Sandman can have both a positive connotation , he is a kind creature who calms naughty children and brings goo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Bakeneko 2.
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their
shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Turn Your Magic On_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"Turn Your Magic On"
Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 60 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
The red hat Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The turbaned Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The dancer Moreno Pincas Contemporary art painting portrait people figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
C.Z Guest Time cover. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
C.Z Guest Time cover, 2024 by Manuel Santelices
From the Fashion series
Ink and markers on paper
Image size: 15 in. H x 11 in. W
Unframed
The artist have covered the New York Colle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
A Windy Day - Contemporary Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018)
The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Man With The Beretta - Seascape Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018)
The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Recovery - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple on the balcony. Large format young woman and man portrait.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Couple on the balcony" is an interior scene of a young woman and a young man sitting comfortably watching the street from their balcony.
Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Alfredo Rold...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forward Motion - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Fillmore’s tightly con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Captain James Cook Portrait Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Captain James Cookl
European School, late 20th century
painted after an earlier work
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire, Englan...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Blue Scarf', 1960's African American Oil, Study of a Black Woman, Phoenix
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant and psychologically penetrating, American School portrait of a woman, shown in three-quarter profile wearing a blue headscarf and contrasted against a terracotta backgroun...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Orchestra Jazz Band Superb 20th Century French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Band
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18.5 x 13 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sisters
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Lament of Icarus Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Mythological Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The Lament of Icarus'
Continental School, late 20th century, signed
after the original painting by Herbert James Draper
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Portadora de árboles
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Figurative/Female/Portrait/Florals/Pattern_Go Your Own Way_Anna Kincaide_2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANNA KINCAIDE
"Go Your Own Way"
Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 60 inches
Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Yellow Roses
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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
Narcissus Awoken Visage, Dark Tones Face Painting on Papyrus Paper, Pink, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
R. Poch. Figures Faces Blue acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
54. Ramon POch. figures. faces. blue painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bakeneko.
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Canvas, Linen
Twirling, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An elegant figure dances among decorative floating shapes, her glowing gown swirling with motion as she twirls with delight. Painted with a palette knife, she s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Goya Disorders, Pastel Tones Diptych, Black Gestures, Urban Forms, PinkGeometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Bakeneko 3
Located in Oslo, NO
In Japanese culture, magical creatures Bakeneko are supernatural cat yokai known for their
shapeshifting abilities, being able to transform into normal cats or even humans.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
By Joseph Biel
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom left
Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
Joseph Biel
Joseph Biel was a painter and photographer who was born in ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin Mary tempera painting religious altarpiece
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Vila i Rufas (1924-2011) - Virgin Mary 1948 - Egg tempera
Painted on gold metallic surface.
Painting measurements 40x32 cm.
Frame measurements 53x45 cm.
Inactive xylophagous ga...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
French 20th Century Modernist Red Pastel Female Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Portrait
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
pastel on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Calm Before The Storm #3, Original painting, Seascape, landscape, Beach
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
The Calm Before The Storm #3 - An seascape painting by Lucy Moore. When winter roles in it slowly strips the earth of her colour and vibrancy, the grey storm clouds creep along the s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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