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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1940s
Portrait of a Woman with Gold Earring
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful portrait of woman with gold earring by Patricia E. Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016), c.1980s. From a collection of her works. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 20"H x 16"W. Patri...
Category

1980s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Captain's Lady. style of Andrew Wyeth
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection. Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady" Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category

1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"The General"
Located in Southampton, NY
Signed Tschacbasov l.r. dated 1982 Professionally matted and framed
Category

1980s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Three Sisters, Oil Portrait Painting by Charles Lanier
By Charles Lanier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Lanier, French/American (1938 - ) Title: Three Sisters Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Frame Size: 38.5 x 48.5 inches
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cosmopoilitan Magazine Cover, February 1942
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Cosmopoilitan Magazine Cover, February 1942
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Le Roi de Rome, d'apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Roi de Rome, d'apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1942' by the artist on the lower right hand corner Titled verso Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 8.5 x 6.5 inches Wonderful portrait of a little boy, who we believe was called 'Laurance'. Also, 'Le Roi de Rome' translates to 'The King of Rome' which is a mystery. The painting itself is quite exceptional. He has strawberry blond coloured hair, piercing big blue eyes and a beautiful mouth, a very handsome little boy. This would make a lovely addition to an interior looking to add some vintage oil painting portraits...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Captain's Lady
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection. Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady" Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category

1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

La Nobildonna - Il Guanto Rosso (Noblewoman - The Red Glove) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left: FANTUZZI. Archived in the General Catalogue of Eliano Fantuzzi, No. A-6, order number 15/76741. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Football coach Paul Bear Bryant
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Under Glass Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: Approximately 12.00" x 16.00" Portrait of Football Coach Paul Bear Bryant
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cheryl Ladd in ‘Grace Kelly
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cheryl Ladd in the role of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. Cover illustration for TV Guide, February 5-11, 1983. Richard Amsel had a brilliant ...
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil, Mixed Media

" D'apres Delacroix" Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"D'apres Delacroix" Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '47 by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil pai...
Category

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Marilyn Monroe, Painting by Jim Ceravolo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jim Ceravolo, American (1953 - ) Title: Marilyn Monroe Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic and Silkscreen on Canvas, Signed l.r. Size: 38 x 32 inches
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Screen, Acrylic

Portrait of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait study of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed. Unframed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the...
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Paula"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depict...
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not', Girl in a Gingham Dress, 1940's, Folk Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively painted portrait of the artist's daughter, Nancy, aged two and a half, shown wearing a floral-striped, jade green gingham dress. Signed lower right, 'Martha Tracy Frey' (American, 1915-2010) and painted 1944; additionally inscribed verso 'Picture of Nancy Jane Frey from life-sized photograph when about 2 1/2. Painted by her mother in 1944.' This Kern County...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of Harriet Toby, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Flores Silvestres, Framed Acrylic Painting, 1983
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Froylan Ojela, Mexican Title: Flores Silvestres Year: 1983 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 28.25 x 25 inches Frame Size: 36 x 28.5 inches
Category

1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Manuel Avila Camacho, Time magazine cover, - Journalist Portraiture
Located in Miami, FL
Journalist Portraiture. Gouache on board Signed Lower Right matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. Archivally Matted Not Framed 
 He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine a...
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Arnold Scaasi and Parker Ladd" Portrait by Norris Church Mailer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Norris Church Mailer, American (1949 - 2010) Title: Arnold Scaasi and Parker Ladd Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'John and Mimi with Tim', John Lennon, England, Manchester College of Art
By Stephen Bower
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and fresh portrait of the musician and composer standing in front of Mendips, the house where he was mostly raised by his mother's sister Mimi, with his aunt standing behind him holding her large ginger and white cat, Timmy, that he grew up with. Signed lower left, 'S. Bower'; additionally inscribed with dedication verso 'To Mrs. Smith - Best Wishes, S. Bower', titled 'John Lennon with his Aunt Mimi and Tim at Mendips' and dated October 1982. This listed English plein-air painter, attended Manchester College of Art from 1970 to 1974 and currently lives in Totnes, Devon. He describes himself as "a colorist who is inspired by flower gardens, especially English cottage gardens in early summer. I have spent successive summers painting in Monet’s garden at Giverny, Northern France." Exhibitions: Nothern Young Contemporaries, Liverpool – 1974 Marlborough Gallery, London (Buddy Holly...
Category

1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harlequin with Nude - Original Tempera on Paper by Maurice Rouzée - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Harlequin with Nude is an original painting realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Tempera on paper; good conditions, except for some small folds on the lower right corner and a sm...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Fred Astaire and Diana Vreeland, Vanity Fair Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Airbrush Illustration on paper Signed Risko lower right Blindstamp Upper Right Published: Vanity Fair Magazine Unframed
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Time magazine cover, April 6, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
This work is meticulously and brilliantly rendered to capture not only the likeness of the sitter but spirit as well. The image is pushed to the forefront of the composition and s...
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil

Young Man
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
Category

1980s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Margaret Thatcher
By Philip Burke
Located in Buffalo, NY
An early painting by American artist and illustrator Phillip Burke depicting Margaret Thatcher. This work was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair...
Category

1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Zero in Blue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Zero In Blue Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated u.r. Size: 24 x 18 inches Frame: 27 x 20.5 inches
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Y Un Dia, Mi Muerte (And One Day, My Death), " Acrylic & Oil on Canvas signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Y Un Dia, Mi Muerte" or "And One Day, My Death" is an original oil and acrylic painting by Monica Flores Martinez. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This piece depi...
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Woman Receiving Box of Chocolates at the Post Office, Liberty Magazine
By Richard Fayerweather Babcock
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 29.00" x 23.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Magazine cover: Liberty Magazine (Canada), February 24, 1940;
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Self Portrait, " Oil on Masonite signed by Francesco Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait" is an original oil painting on masonite board by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts the artist holding a pipe in front of a...
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Yosuke Matsoke, Time magazine cover illustration , July 7, 1941
Located in Miami, FL
Ernest Hamlin Baker is one of America's greatest artist that no one has ever heard of. Take a look at his full body of work. If you haven't noticed, Ernest Hamlin Baker is an excepti...
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

DANZA DE LA SULTANA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; hand signed and titled on verso by the artist. Frame size approx 28.75 x 37 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
Category

1940s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Up at Bat, The Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 10, 1940
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Price on Request. The Saturday Evening Post cover, August 10, 1940
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"The Con is On... Again"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1983 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Dimensions: 29.75" x 25.70" Signature: Signed Center Right Movie poster design: Pair of rich con artists on the telephone Movie starred: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden and Oliver Reed. The published poster also showed a $1000 bill...
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1947' by the artist on the lower left hand c...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

SELF PORTRAIT WITH SCARF - Female Portrait with Muted Colors and Gold Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Perhaps it is her skill in portraiture which renders such strength to Olga Antonova’s still life paintings. Beneath her brush, technically “inanimate” objects come alive with a vibrancy and depth of character that make a viewer want to know their history. Each curve of kettle or teacup rounds the bend, just out of sight, beckoning us nearer. Russian-born Painter Olga Antonova trained at the Repin Institute in Saint Petersburg and specializes in still life paintings of shiny kettles and porcelain china...
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1980s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mother and Child by Perez Petriarte Oil on Board
Located in FR
Perez Pétriarte Mother and Child Oil on Wood Board Perez Pétriarte grew up on the coast of SW France. This painting is one her rarer works appearing for sale from the 1980s She is a...
Category

1980s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Board, Oil

R
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right ha...
Category

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Bather, Classic 1982 oil on canvas, 50x50"
Located in Southampton, NY
New York art Critic Malcolm Preston wrote of Ceravolo's painting "The Bather" after viewing it in a solo exhibition. "Painted in a soft-focus manner, featuring a low intensity, gray,...
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

L`Escalier` by Perez Petriarte Oil on Canvas
Located in FR
Femme en Bleu "L`Escalier" by Perez Pétriarte Oil on Canvas Perez Pétriarte grew up on the coast of SW France. This painting is one her rarer works appearing for sale from the 19...
Category

1980s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man with Reeds, Oil Painting on Canvas by Jorge Dumas
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Jorge Dumas from 1982. A modernist portrait in a Latin American mural-style painting. Bold and bright colors are accented by blue cubist shadows. Signed and dated ...
Category

1980s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mongols
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel There is from frame burn and scattered surface abrasions but they are minor. Additionally, there are a 3 or 4 very fine hair line scratches not visible unless you look very closely. The work is varnished and has a reflective quality to it that makes it hard to photograph. In person the viewing experience is much better. You can see more detail in the shadow areas. The colors are rich, deep and saturated. Riggs was very particular in researching the tribal costumes...
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Woman Patriots Harriet B. Stowe, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton
Located in Soquel, CA
A fresh and contemporary piece honoring charitable, revolutionary and patriotic women in the US, "The American Women" by Charles Warren Mundy (American, b. 1945), provides a nod towards the pop art movement. Pictured in this unique painting are Harriet Beecher Stowe...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Violoniste - Expressionist Oil, Portrait of a Violinist by Jean Albert Pougny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed expressionist oil on canvas portrait circa 1942 by French painter Jean Albert Pougny. The work depicts a violinist in an interior. Signatur...
Category

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Southern School Piano Player Black Male Portrait Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A compelling Early 20th Century American modernist portrait painting. Depicting a black man lost in the music of his piano draped in an almost surrealist blue cloudy sky. A very inti...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American School Modernist Art Deco Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed.
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Five Ladies and Three Parotts
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Walasse Ting Acrylic on Paper Paid on Canvas Canvas Sive 18 x 24 Signed in ink
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of a Young Girl holding a Kitten, seated in a Summer Garden
Located in West Sussex, GB
Valentin Danilovitch Bernadski (1917-2011) Ukrainian Portrait of a Young Girl holding a Kitten, seated in a Summer Garden Oil on Canvas: 30 x 25 in. Frame 35 x 30 in. Signed in Cyr...
Category

1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dr. Gregorio Hernandez
Located in New York, NY
Slonem's work is full of textural color and expressive brushstrokes, leaving an exotic and vibrant feel.
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Alphonsine
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Kushner (American, b. 1949) Alphonsine, 1983 30 x 22 inches without frame 32.75 x 25 inches with frame Titled Lower Left Signed and dated Mid Lower Right A member of the Patt...
Category

1980s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Neo-Expressionist Portrait (Cuban artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Manuel Pardo (1952-2012). Portrait, 1985. Oil on masonite panel, 24.25 x 24 inches. Unframed. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Manuel Pa...
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Queen on Moose
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the nation...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Elizabeth Anne" Abstract Portrait Painting
By Jeanne Billfaldt
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist portrait painting of a woman. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The painting is framed in a dark wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 24 in x...
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Female", Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Detroit, MI
This acrylic on canvas from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subject is a female nude in pose, holding a flo...
Category

1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Portrait of little girl" Oil cm. 20 x 20 children, pink, russia
Located in Torino, IT
children, pink, russia,little girl GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United S...
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1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Zero Megalopolis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Zero Megalopolis Year: 1989 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r. and studio stamp verso Size: 60 x 60 inches Frame: 67 x 67 inches
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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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.

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