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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm
"Mag" is an intriguing artwork created in 1999 by Igor Maikov. It is a large oil painting on canvas, measuring 74.2x80.3 cm. The painting depicts a portrait of an old lady set...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Paul Schouten (1860-1922) Portrait painting of elderly gentleman with beard
By Paul Schouten
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paul Schouten (1860-1922) Portrait painting of elderly gentleman with beard
Oil on board
9 x 12 unframed
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Model with Swan - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Model with swan is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figure.
Anton...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MR. KING'S FAMILY (MANET & WHISTLER)
Located in New York, NY
portrait painted in acrylic on canvas.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blond Hair Boy - Original signed oil on canvas - 1934
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Blond Hair Boy
Original Oil on Canvas
Signed Bottom right
37 x 25 cm (c. 15 x 12 in) at view
Presented in his original golden wood frame (defects to th...
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl with Hat - Scottish 1919 art oil painting Edinburgh artist
Located in London, GB
This Lovely Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted portrait artist James Bell Anderson who worked out of his studio in Glasgow. It was painted in 1919 and is signed and dated. It...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
ORIENTAL GIRL- Orientalism- French School Italy figurative Oil on canvas paint
By I. Di Matteo
Located in Napoli, IT
Oriental girl - I. Di Matteo Italia 1997 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x50.
The painting by I. Di Matteo depicts a typically oriental young woman in her hair an...
Category
1990s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grandma and Grand Daughter in an Interior - British 40's Portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British interior portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Anthony Devas. Painted circa 1940 the painting is of a seated grandmother and grand daughter in a lovely...
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Isiah Thomas
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This painting was purchased directly from the artist, and its sale benefits a midwestern university foundation.
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Elegant woman portrait with scarf
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attrib. Filippo Marantonio (1863-1937) - Italian Oil, Reading the Newspaper
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming interior scene depicting a man reading the newspaper to his wife. A pipe rests on the table. Presented in a distressed gilt-effect woo...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil - Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine oil portrait of an early 20th-century gentleman with parted hair and a well-groomed beard. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jocelyn Wildenstein (Burgundy/White), Pop Art Painting by Peter Mayer
By Peter Mayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Mayer
Title: Joyce Wildenstein
Year: 1998
Medium: Acrylic and Silkcreen on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 11 in. x 8 in. (27.94 cm x 2...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large-Scale Modern Multi-Color Portrait of Noir Author Cornell Woolrich
By Chris Pelletiere
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking, large-scale multi-color modernist portrait of Noir fiction writer Cornell Woolrich by Chris Pelletiere (American, B. 1942). Cornell Woolrich wrote the novel "The Rear Window." He studied at the Arts Students League and NY School of Painting and Drawing.
Signed on verso with artist's information, and title "Portrait: Cornell Woolrich".
Wood slat, basic frame. Image size; 50"H x 50"W.
A painter, illustrator, and cartoonist Pelletiere cites his early influences as the pre-code crime and horror comics. " Life in the metropolitan area plays a significant role in my artwork. For many years he made sketches of people in the transit system. Chris Pelletiere is a painter, collage artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library and private collections of Stephen King...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Modern Figurative -- Madre del Mundo
By Rodrigo Ramirez Pimentel
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative modern figurative painting of a mother and family in a calming but somber palette by Rodrigo Ramirez Pimentel (Mexican, b. 1945), 1973. Imprimatura and impasto reveals artist's first take had mother looking out at world (can be seen when viewed at side angle) with artist ultimately deciding to have mother looking down at what she's carrying with family behind her and one figure looking like angel of death. Signed and dated "R. P. -73" lower right corner. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 24"W.
Born in Zináparo, Michoacán in 1945, Rodrigo Pimentel is one of the most talented Michoacan artists whose career is well known to many specialists in Mexican art. His work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City and other important collections in Mexico and the world. Rodrigo Pimentel studied at the ENAP, and became a pupil of several teachers who were still struggling for classical academic education: Santos Balmori, Francisco Moreno Capdevila...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Hunter - Oil Painting - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
The hunter is a modern artwork realized by a european artist in 1952.
Mixed colored oil on plywood.
Includes frame:34.5 x 3 x 26.5
Monogrammed "GV" and datet 1952 on the lower lef...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Joan of Arc', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Group of Thirteen, Benezit
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1923.
In a later, giltwood swept frame. Framed dimensions: 34.25 x 1.75 x 24.75 inches
An early-twentieth century figural gouache showing Joan prior to her execution, kneeling and holding the communion chalice. She seems oblivious to the jostling crowd of captors and weeping supporters that surround her. An armored soldier stands at right, firmly grasping his scabbard and the hilt of his sword. A second solder draws aside the tent door...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
Three Figures - Black and White Illustration in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Figures - Black and White Illustration in Ink on Paper
Bold illustration of three people by an unknown artist (20th Century). The figures are depicted in a tight cluster, as i...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink
Odalisques - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Odalisques is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas, realized in 1930s.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award.
That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brother Sister
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928)
Title: Brother Sister
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signat...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Mid 20th Century Oil - Pretty Edwardian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman with long red hair. The artist has wonderfully captured the sitter in a relaxed pose, she wears a high neck lilac b...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Babushka in Red Head Scarf
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming continental portrait depicting an elderly women wearing a bright red headscarf and brown winter cloak, smiling directly at the viewer. Well-presented in an elaborate gilt-effect frame with lambs...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's English, Portrait in oil of a Bowler Hatted man, Photographer John Bean
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Herbert Buckingham Holland was born in Northampton, the son of a grocer. He studied at Leicester School of Art. He made his living painting portraits of Northampton dignitarie...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A. Costa - 1912 Oil, Portrait of a Spanish Lady
By A. Costa
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine portrait of a smiling Spanish lady dressed in fine lace, with fresh red flowers in her hair. She wears large green jewels around her neck and ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Figures by French Artist Jean Dassonval, 1989
Located in New York, NY
Jean Dassonval (French, 1939-2012)
Untitled, 1989
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Dassonval
Stamped verso: Jean Dassonval
Inscribed in Fren...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock
Mid Century expressionist portrait by unknown artist Jane W. Grace (American, 20th C...
Category
1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of Woman- Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli- 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargn...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Red - Scottish 1900 Glasgow Girl art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish Victorian portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Annie Rosie Laing. Laing grew up and studied art in Glasgow around the time of the Glasgow Girls...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Adhesive, Oil
Tony Jackson (b. 1945) - 1997 Acrylic, Waiting at the Clinic
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine artwork, well presented in a wood frame. Exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1997, labelled verso. Monogrammed and ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Judith, Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001)
Title: Judith
Year: 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Two Female Portraits - Original Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
To Female Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original painting. Tempera on pap...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Portrait of a Girl - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Girl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s Century by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil on Canvas.
Dimensions: cm ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clown Boy from Paris, Folk Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Felix Felmart
By Felix Felmart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Felix Felmart, Spanish XXth
Title: Clown Boy from Paris
Year: 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 28 x 20 in. (71.12 x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 28 inches
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful portrait of the hero of Italian Risorgimento, so-called "hero of two worlds" meaning his political and military effort in joining and enhancing revolutionary movements in L...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'A Racy Little Number’ a Woman with a Red Austin Mini Car in 1970's England
Located in Preston, GB
'A Racy Little Number’ a Woman with a Red Austin Mini Car in 1970's England, by Retro Nostalgic Artist, Paul F Harding. Signed, Original, Acrylic on Canvas. Presented in a high quality off-white shabby chic frame.
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
Born in Blackpool in 1954 Paul has lived and worked on the Fylde Coast ever since.
“My interest in art began during my schooldays in the mid 1960's through into the early 1970s. I had much enjoyment from this and a degree of success, though I did not follow a career in art until a few years ago after gaining an appreciation of the work of Edward Hopper, and of the Californian artist R. Kenton Nelson...
Category
Late 20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
Bold Expressionist Rabbi, Judaica painting
By Ted Jaslow
Located in Surfside, FL
TED JASLOW
Brooklyn, New York, USA, b. 1934
Ted Jaslow (b.1934) was born in Brooklyn, New York, the grandson of a Russian woodcarver.
He was initially interested in sculpture, and l...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Self Portrait - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Self portrait is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sven Berlin (1911-1999) - 20th Century Oil, Emerald Eye
Located in Corsham, GB
Sven Berlin (1911-1999). Original work in oil. Male Head Study on Yellow. Signed. Bearing the artist's studio sale stamp verso. On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Israel.
Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem.
Resides in Los Angeles, California, ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ball. 1920's, oil on canvas, 65x92 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ball. 1920's, oil on canvas, 65x92 cm
Provenance: Romans Suta daughter Tatjana Suta (1923-2004)
Artwork not signed
Romans Suta
Born on April 28, 1896 in the vicinity of Cesis (Lat...
Category
1920s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in the Garden - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in the Garden is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Includes frame: 98 x 4 x 68 cm
Mixed colored oil painting on board
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award.
That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tonight I Wait at the Window - Oil Paint by Franco Rivola - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Tonight I wait at the window is an original modern artwork realized in 1968 by Franco Rivola.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand-written dedica...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1997 Oil, And If You Cut Me Deeper
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 20th Century oil showing a glamorous woman wearing sunglasses, driving her car towards the sun. The artist's use of closely cropped composition and confident colours make ...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal Kingdom, Zebra, Buffalo, Lion, Giraffe, Elephant, Monkey, Tiger, Gorilla
By Richard Hess
Located in Miami, FL
Peaceable Kingdom features more than 60 aminal portraits by famous illustrator Richard C. Hess.
Impeccably rendered and designed. Signed lower center-left. R. Hess.
His illustrati...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Mid Century Garden Portrait of a Woman in Lavender
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful impressionist mid-century portrait of a woman in a garden setting by Philadelphia artist Sol Jasner (American, 20th Century). The woman has short hair and is wearing a lovely lavender colored blouse, and she is surrounded by lush greenery with a cluster of grapes growing on the vine in the background.
Signed "Sol Jasner" on verso.
Unframed.
Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W.
A mid-century Philadelphia artist and art educator active in the 1960’s, Sol Jasner taught art classes alongside his contemporary Philadelphia artist Martin Zipin.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attrib. Peder Mork Monsted (1859-1941) - Oil, Portrait of a Danish Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite and remarkable early 20th Century portrait in oil, attributed to the well-known Danish artist Peder Mork Monstead (1859-1941), depicting a Dani...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carmel Home, California Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work.
Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity.
Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
PLAUZEAU Painting Oil canvas French Academic Portrait of boy Early 20th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred PLAUZEAU Avanton-Paché (Vienna), 1875 - Hendaye, 1918 Oil on oil 61 x 38 cm (75.5 x 52.5 cm with frame) Signed lower right "A. Plauzeau" Good condition (sevreal restoration, w...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
ROW BOAT (YELLOW)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will b...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Composition - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Another painting of human figure on rear.
Includes frame: 98 x 4 x 68 cm
Mixed colored oil painting o...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbi In Prayer, Early 20th Century Oil Painting
By S. Sieberger
Located in Surfside, FL
Samuel Seiberger, (Seeberger) was a known artist and post-card designer who lived in Paris and was active circa 1900-1940. He was arrested for being a Jew when the Germans occupied Paris in the 1940s. He was brought into a concentration camp...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Red - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in red is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figu...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Popart, 1960s painting of Charlie Chaplin by Welsh artist Jeffrey Morgan
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jeffrey Morgan (British, b.1942)
Charlie Chaplin
Poster paint and collage
23.3/4 x 14.5/8 in. (60.3 x 37.2 cm.)
A 1960s pop art design for a tin print f...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint
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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