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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Impressionist
Impressionist Portrait, "Of Whom We Take, We Must Appreciate, We Must Protect"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind impressionist oil portrait by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. It is painted on a circular wood panel. Its diameter is 24". ...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Portrait of a Girl in Traditional Garb, Oil Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - ) Title: Girl with Fan by the River Year: circa 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 40 x 31 in. (101.6 x 78...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Self Portrait with Rainbow Wig 3" Colorful Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract self-portrait by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This portrait features the artist as the subject in a pink wig. With the main medium as a silkscreen pigment on...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bob Dylan Icon III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Musician Painting Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Bob Dylan Icon III" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2022 Medium: Or...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Acrylic

Amusement Park (diptych)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Amusement Park' 2021, This is a diptych (two oil on canvas panels that are each 84”x48” and 84”x 36”) The overall dimension is 84 x 84 inches. A contem...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Oil on Panel Portrait, "An Inseperable Bond"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind impressionist oil portrait by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. It is painted on a circular wood panel. Its diameter is 18...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Silenciado Sergio Moscona 21st Century painting Contemporary drawing portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper Hand signed and dated lower right
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

UNTITLED (FLAUTA)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front by Ivan Guayasamin. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Meditation No.2
Located in Paris, IDF
A person's life is full of excitement, anger, sadness, joy, separation, and convergence. Some people win, some lose, some are famous, some are unknown, some gain fame and fortune, some are full of pride, some are depressed and unhappy. Only by letting go of obsessions can we live happily and easily. If you want, close your eyes and sit quietly for a few hours, you will find another true self, understand what you really need, why you live, and how to live more meaningfully. Jia Yuan-Yua is a Chinese artist born in 1980 who lives and works in Beijing, China. Jia works mainly with oil and acrylic in his painting. His contemporary artworks focus on social issues such as the protection of historical buildings, the inheritance of traditional culture, the conflict between tradition and contemporary times, education reform and the sustainable development of the natural ecological environment. There are two main forms of expression in his works. One is a common realistic technique known for paintings. The other is to use an oil painting knife...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Squeeze
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Squeeze' 2019, a contemporary oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

David Bowie (AM414)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Carolina - Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Lindsey McCord creates artworks that encapsulate the fun of being stylish and the a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Antique Chinese American Impressionist Ashcan Portrait Young Woman Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting of a young woman by Chee Chin S Cheung Lee (1896 - 1966). Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed. Housed in a giltwo...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Naomi, Figurative Western Portrait of Strong Female, Neon Pink, Fur with Red Gun
Located in Kent, CT
This figurative painting on archival paper portrays a strong female character in typical American Western pose and dress. The woman, dressed in a cream-c...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

Skin
Located in New York, NY
Much of Kathleen's art is inspired by the urban environment of New York. Recently, her works from the series of subway paintings were chosen by ArtOnLi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Contemporary Iranian outsider painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while thundering. A charivari of African masks, children's drawings and neon colors invades the meticulously meshed backdrops with volcanic overflows. It seems that within a kindergarten class, merry feathered wizards have joined together to cover the canvas or the paper with totemic figures strewn with the most inventively unexpected graffiti, in a creative frenzy so bubbling that the anarchy that threat recovers as in spite of itself a semblance of balance. The graphic design performs an enveloping and virtuoso dance that passes from the most wisely academic exercise to the most exuberant and Dionysian lyrical expressionism. It's flamboyant, paroxysmal and wonderfully joyful. Should we detect here any influence of the spirit of "outsider art", today widespread worldwide? Perhaps, but then it is undeniable that the personal temperament of Mohammad ARIYAEI...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Portrait no. 17, 2008
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Portrait no. 17, 2008' by artist John Goodman. 42 x 32 inch panel. The painting is signed and dated, and in excellent / new condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. Good...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait no. 15, 2008
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Portrait no. 15, 2008' by artist John Goodman. 30 x 22 inch panel. The painting is signed and dated, and in excellent / new condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. Good...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Girl in Traditional Clothing, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - ) Title: Girl in Traditional Clothing Year: circa 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 51 x 38 in. (1...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Series of Four Portraits from a New York City Gay Underground Club
By Damien Smith
Located in London, GB
A series of four paintings - acrylic on stretched canvas - unframed, by Canadian artist Damien Smith (born 1969). This unique series depicts four characters in a New York City erotic gay bar...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Icon III (Bernini) /// Renaissance Italian Classics Rome
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Icon III (Bernini)" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

Impressionist Portrait Titled, "Safe Places"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind impressionist oil portrait by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 20" x 20" x 3". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Casting and Cast - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Dada Art, Modern Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is from the Series Duchamp Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worke...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Portrait of Sean" Green Toned Abstract Contemporary Portrait of a Man
Located in Houston, TX
Green-toned abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This portrait features a man wearing glasses against a dark green bac...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Silk, Pigment

Grisaillestudie Study Oil Painting Rembrandt Black and White on Panel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Grisaillestudie Study Oil Painting Rembrandt Black and White on Panel In Stock Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil, Wood Panel

20th century English, fun oil on canvas portrait of a running or jumping Hare
Located in Woodbury, CT
A well-painted and fun picture of a feeding pig. Oils on canvas The artist painted animal subjects like this with a great deal of skill, giving his animals life and character. He ...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Skateboarders
Located in New York, NY
Much of Kathleen's art is inspired by the urban environment of New York. Recently, her works from the series of subway paintings were chosen by ArtOnLi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

LES EORUE UN DOUES
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by Charles Levier. Stretched canvas size 39.5 x 29.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Charles Levier (French, 1920–2003) aka Maurice Verrier...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

I Came Here for the Food
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painting is an oil on canvas, measuring 37" x 28". There is a lot of texture on this painting built up entirely of scarped and dried oil paint. This image depicts a person at a festi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Lady on Venetian Balcony Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
By Innocenzo Melani
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Venezia" Lovely Impressionist oil painting on canvas, depicting this elegant young lady standing on a balcony overlooking the beautiful city of Venice. The painting is signed by it...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique French Belle Epoque Portrait of a Lady with Flowers, Original Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century Title: Portrait of a lady from the Belle Epoque period Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed in origin...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mona's Sister, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE GALLERY OFFERS FREE SHIPPING. ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS: "Mona's Sister": oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint. Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again. Also seen in this listing are other available paintings by the artist which can be found in a separate listings. Joan Breckwoldt is an American contemporary artist living in Houston, Texas. Her training has a foundation of traditional methods and she enjoys the challenge of using traditional painting methods to create contemporary works. Joan has studied at the University of Texas at Austin, The Art League of Houston, and the Konigs Schule in the Hague, the Netherlands. She is represented by the Jack Meier Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Birch

"Portrait of Yet and Alie" Blue Toned Abstract Portrait of Two Women
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of two women by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This portrait features two sitters that the artist recalls as Yet ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Broken Coach
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original painting. Biography Creating paintings inspired by western movies and by Remington and Russell, he is a native of the West, having been born and raised in rural Colorado. He studied art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas; at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he earned a Master's Degree in 1979. For two decades he worked as curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, before leaving in 1999 to begin work as a full-time painter and independent curator. His work is in the collections of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; the Art Museum of Missoula; and the Yellowstone Art Museum; the Federal Reserve Bank in Helena, Montana; and the Deaconness Medical Center in Billings, Montana. Artist Statement For a long time, the images in my paintings have been identifiably, even iconically, western-stagecoaches and false-front main streets, poker games and gun battles, cowboys, Indians, cavalry troopers and horses, all suspended in a choreographed matrix of dancing paint. Distinct from the traditional western genre-which inventories the minutia of cowboy gear or tells sentimental stories of rangeland romance-my paintings embody something more elemental and timeless, animated and abstract. The images tend to be stark, graphic, and charged with painterly energy. Though they are derived from fugitive television images, the paintings, as paintings, are still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register the technological transfer of primal shadows onto the electroluminescent screens of our collective consciousness, a shimmering blur of perception and memory transposed in an interchange of gesture and description, painted marks simultaneously arresting and embodying movement. I've always liked what a painter friend, Marc Vischer, wrote in 1988 about an early group of my western paintings. Now, I'm fourteen years closer to actualizing my vision for this work, and his astute remarks seem more pertinent today than they did then. He wrote in part, "For McConnell, a searing light emanates from a new desert: that of television. And from that most desolate backdrop, he salvages fragments from a movie world that spoke of honor in a land that was lawless. In a romantic sense, McConnell's works are a visual seance. Figures, like specters distorted through intense heat waves, are captured from their eternity of 24 frames a second. Their shapes and shadows are brought back into a radically different world and given substance and texture. It is an impossible attempt to freeze them, to arrest the present's ceaseless molestation of the past, to close off the continuum. Sometimes this is done darkly and thickly as an emphatic gesture of permanence. In other works a few light strokes quickly applied suggest the ephemeral nature of film and perhaps the fleeting nature of our own lives." I have been examining new imagery in my paintings, drawing subjects from Mexican graphic novelas, modern women and men of romance and mystery from the mid-20th century, motorcycles and airplanes. The end titles of movies, stated in several languages, have inspired me to begin a new series of cross-media translations in both acrylic and watercolor. My paintings have long begun where the movies have left off. The elements of water and light co-mingle in some pieces from this series and in others which take the viewpoint of a swimmer, watching other swimmers from the wet side of this aqueous membrane, looking up toward the light. My arrival in Montana in 1982 brought me into intimate contact with some of the most storied places of the historic West and also gave me the opportunity to study the paintings of two of the most influential codifiers of western imagery, Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel, Canvas

Portrait No. 13, 2008
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Portrait No. 13, 2008' by artist John Goodman. 54 x 42 inch canvas. The painting is signed and dated, and in excellent / new condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. Goo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willlie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Morgan Sims Willie 50” x 50” acrylic on canvas 2022
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Bright Blue Puffy Dress, Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Dashing Green Ball Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Elegant Lady With The Red Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design signed by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon IV /// Contemporary Pop Art Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Icon IV" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, da...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

"Susan in red, white and blue, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Susan in red, white and blue" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman in a white dress reclining, with her hand softly placed behind he...
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Mid Century Portrait of the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century self-portrait by California artist Myrtle Cureton (American, 1909-2000). Signed "Myrtle Cureton" lower left. Artist's Santa Cruz Art League ...
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1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Selena - Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Lindsey McCord creates artworks that encapsulate the fun of being stylish and the a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper, Spray Paint, Glitter, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel

"O.W. Circles" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on paper, framed
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Siems has created this artwork by painting and drawing over an archival print on thick 100% cotton fiber paper. All archival materials. Unframed size: 8.5x11 inches Frame size: 15x12x1 inch ANNE SIEMS (b. 1965, Germany) Artist Statement I was born in Berlin, Germany. From 1969 to 1971 I lived near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student in 1986. Then in 1991, after finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Ceramic, Panel

Happy Valentine Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Iranian outsider painting love
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed lower right « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

The separation of the beloved Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century oustider Iranian art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed on the left « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while thundering. A charivari of African masks, children's drawings and neon colors invades the meticulously meshed backdrops with volcanic overflows. It seems that within a kindergarten class, merry feathered wizards have joined together to cover the canvas or the paper with totemic figures strewn with the most inventively unexpected graffiti, in a creative frenzy so bubbling that the anarchy that threat recovers as in spite of itself a semblance of balance. The graphic design performs an enveloping and virtuoso dance that passes from the most wisely academic exercise to the most exuberant and Dionysian lyrical expressionism. It's flamboyant, paroxysmal and wonderfully joyful. Should we detect here any influence of the spirit of "outsider art", today widespread worldwide? Perhaps, but then it is undeniable that the personal temperament of Mohammad ARIYAEI...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Unconditional Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece talks about real and genuine love. Love without expectations or benefits, when this kind of love exists between relatives, friends, siblings, couples, the world will sure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"My Name is Freddie" - Portrait of Black Woman with Headscarf
By Lucille H. Olpin
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, painterly portrait of a young black woman with colorful headscarf and sarong by Lucille H. Olpin (Ethel Lucille Harman Olpin), (American, 1909-1990). Signed "Olpin" lowe...
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1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1940's Fashion Illustration - Beautiful Bride & Child Portrait Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided. The sketch is original, ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Monkey with a Cigarette I - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artist Tomasz Bielak loves animals, but especially monkeys. He often portrays her. Old photos serve as templates. Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Acade...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Head No. 13, 2010
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Head No. 13, 2010' by artist John Goodman. 16 x 16 inch panel. The painting is signed and dated, and in excellent / new condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. Goodman’...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Midnight, From the Musica nocturna series. Abstract painting on Canvas.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Midnight, by Sergio Bazan Oil on canvas Image Size: 63 H x 63 W inches Unframed Signed by artist _______ The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist impr...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled
Located in Spetses, GR
inspired by the paintings of Jenny Saville, George Alekou created this artwork in 2019, probably one of his best so far. Portrait painting on stretched c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Girl By The Sea, Florence, Italy, 2018
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

THE GORGE WALKER - Painting of the Artist's Wife Hiking Through a Gorge
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In THE GORGE WALKER, Charlie Newton attests to the spiritual reality of our human relationship with nature. Emphasizing the linear qualities of nature, its ability to permeate deep i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Patience- 21st Century Figure Painting of a blond girl with red and blue dress
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen Patience Oil on wood panel 134 x 92 cm (Framed 142 x 100 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places with...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

I can not forget you Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Contemporary outsider art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed lower right « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bu...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

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