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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1970s
Portrait of a woman, French Antique portrait of a woman, framed portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French female portrait signed bottom right P Chardin (Paul Louis Léger Chardin 1833-1918) and dated 1874, Ville d'Avray. This delightfu...
Category
1840s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Capuchin monk in his garden
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
116 x 140 x 6 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Picassian cubist figure oil on board painting cubism Picasso Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Picassian surrealist figure - Oil on tablex.
Oil measures 50x40 cm.
Frame size 65x55 cm.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo...
Category
1970s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Magnificent and Rare Portrait Painting of William Shakespeare, Circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Rare Portrait Painting of William Shakespeare, circa 1870, Possibly English
Oil on canvas, apparently unsigned.
Step into the timeless allure of artistic heritag...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Oil Painting. Portrait of an Italian Boy with a Pipe, by Anton Kaulbach.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oil painting. Portrait of an Italian boy with a pipe.
Painting restored.
Frame with minor damage in places.
Dimensions without frame: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm.
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mein Vater
By Heinz Otto Laub
Located in Wien, 9
Heinz-Otto Laub was born 1944 in Cologne (Germany), studied at the KA Munich under Mac Zimmermann and is actually working in Bonn. He is known in the first place for his surrealistic...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs”
An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885.
Mas...
Category
19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Board Painting - Profile Landscape 438.019
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.019 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Board Painting
Profile Landscape 438.019 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pai...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.048
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.048 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.048 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.053
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.053 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.053 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pa...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French Romantic School, 19th Century, Portrait of a man, oil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School, 19th Century
Portrait of a man, a selfportrait ?
oil on paper
17.5 x 12 cm oval
Framed under glass : 43 x 34.5 cm
This rather mysterious portrait is perhaps a self-portrait of the artist who painted it. This is suggested by the three-quarter pose and the gaze fixed on the viewer.
What this man seems to be staring at is himself.
Similarly, the model's appearance is reminiscent of the image of the romantic, bohemian, tortured artist. It's also very interesting that he used a range of dark colours to reinforce this idea of melancholy.
It has been suggested that this small oil on paper is close to the art of François Bonvin (1817-1887) and Théodule Ribot...
Category
1860s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.054
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.054 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.054 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.057
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.057 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.057 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pa...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Linen, Canvas
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.051
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.051 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.051 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pa...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Lady, 1830 Era, Portrait With Micromosaic Bracelet.
Located in Firenze, IT
Lady, 1830 era, portrait with micromosaic jewelry.
A richly detailed portrayal of 1830s fashion, this rare testament to jewelry history vividly ca...
Category
1830s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.049
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.049 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.049 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Paintings - Profile Landscape 438.052
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.052 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Paintings Diptych
Profile Landscape 438.052 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collag...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Fine 1870's British Sporting Art Large Oil Painting Chestnut Horse in Stable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Chestnut Hunter
British School, circa 1870's period
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 34 inches
canvas: 25 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, south...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancer at the Opera - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Norbert Goeneutte
By Norbert Goeneutte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated figurative oil on panel by French impressionist painter Norbert Goeneutte. The work depicts an elegant seated dancer getting dressed. She is wearing a dress with a black corset trimmed with yellow flowers around the bust and a white tuile skirt. A yellow flower contrasts against her dark hair.
Signature:
Signed upper right and titled and dated 1886 verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 9"x7"
Unframed: 8"x6"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Goeneutte studied under Pils and exhibited at the Salon from 1876 onwards. He was one of the organisers of the painter/engraver exhibitions ( Expositions des Peintres-Graveurs). His principal preoccupation lay in capturing scenes from everyday life in Paris, portraying its citizens and, above all, the women of the city. There is a discernible influence of Raffaëlli, although Goeneutte lacks the latter's expressive intensity. Examples of his work include Classroom, Boulevard de Clichy in the Snow, Arrival of the Wedding Party...
Category
1880s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Museum Quality American School School Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible quality American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" classical religious
By (After) Giampietrino
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" is an original oil painting on wood panel, likely painted by Italian artist Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli). The painti...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a gentleman, 19th century portrait of a man, antique portrait man
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A classic romantic portrait of a man on stretched canvas in a rectangular frame with an oval setting. This painting was found in France but is likely to be of German origin. A gent...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of the family of Dutchess Adèle Ozarowsk Georg von Bothmann (1810-1891)
Located in Gent, VOV
Portrait of the family of Dutchess Ozarowska Adèle (born Matthiessen)
The present work depicts the family of the owner of a porcelain factory in St. Petersburg. The back of the (poss...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self portrait oil on cardboard painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curos - Self-portrait - Oil on cardboard
Oil measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He trained at the Olot ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Jeune paysanne tricotant auprès de l’âtre
By Jules Breton
Located in Barbizon, FR
Oil on canvas. 56x46.5 cm.Signed lower right, dated 1860
Provenance :
- Gift of the artist to Monsieur Allou in March 1861- Sale by Allou and Ehrlier in February 1872 (Galerie George...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garçon et son chien à l'orée de la forêt
Located in Barbizon, FR
Provenance:
2014 Sale of Dr George Horst's collection (Philadephia)
A major painter of the Barbizon School, he was born to Spanish parents, whom he lost at an early age. He debuted...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1820's English Portrait of Country Squire Jane Austen Period Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Squire
English artist, circa 1820's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 23 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some minor indents and scuffs but ...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna & Child, 19th Century European School - after Raphael (1483-1520)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna & Child, 19th Century
European School - after Raphael (1483-1520)
Raphael
19th Century Italian School scene of the Madonna & Child presented in a handmade antique gilt F...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Allegory Of Death, 19th Century, European School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Allegory Of Death, 19th Century
European School
Large 19th Century European School portrait a skeleton warrior depicted as an allegory of Death, ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rue de village en Angleterre
Located in Barbizon, FR
Provenance:
-Collection Anna de Noailles , then her descendants
-Collection Lesieutre, Sotheby's sale in June 2017, lot n°159
-Online Catalogue Raisoné reference n°RM694
A pupil of G...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Young Hunter - French Realist Portrait Oil Painting by Victor Gilbert
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel portrait by French realist painter Victor Gabriel Gilbert. The work depicts a young hunter wearing a brown outfit with laced up leather boots standing on a path i...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Very Large 19th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Bearded Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Bearded Man
French Impressionist artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 38.5 x 30.5 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil Portrait of Girls with Rabbits
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Heinrich Faust is a German genre painter of the late 19th century. He painted dramatic interpretations of everyday occurrences such as families and grou...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Demetrio COSOLA (1851 – 1895) Portrait of a woman Oil on canvas
Located in Gent, VOV
Cosola Demetrio (1851-1895)
Demetrio Cosola lived his entire short life between Chivasso and Turin. At the age of eighteen he entered the Accademia Albertina in Turin, where he becam...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, American Portraiture, Blue Eyes, White Dress, Excellent
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Presented is a wonderful example of mid-19th-century American Portraiture.
Portrait of a Girl, c. 1850s
Oil on Canvas
27" x 22"
Housed in its original period frame
Spandrel Sit...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with mustache and glasses
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Illegible signature
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner
by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895)
signed & dated 1890
oil painting on canvas,
framed in what we believe to be the original frame
framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Oil portrait of woman and child
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Edwin Howland Blashfield was born in New York and as he grew up, he prepared for a life as an engineer: studying at Harvard, Boston, and MIT. He later grew into a love of art and beg...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Deposition Atala De Roussy-trioson Paint Oil on canvas 19/20th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The deposition of Atala
Follower of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (Montargis, 1767 - Paris, 1824)
19th-20th century
Oil on canvas
47 x 65 cm. - Framed 67 x 84 cm
The propos...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
English School, A Rare Portrait of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern"
Located in New York, NY
English School, A Rare Historical and Important Portrait Painting of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern",
(19th Century)
Oil on canvas, in a period hardwood frame.
John Scott Russell of Scotland (1808-1882) was one of the great marine engineers of the 19th century. In 1858 he launched the Great Eastern, (depicted here in this painting) then the world's largest ship, which would make history by laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Portrait of a girl
Located in PARIS, FR
Germain PAGET
(Morbier, 1817 – Morbier, 1884)
Portrait of a girl
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
65 x 54cm
Germain Paget was born in Morbier on May 18, 1817, second in a family o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
GEORGE ROMNEY(after)19th century portrait The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey as a Bo
Located in York, GB
A fine painting after George Romney of The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey (1774 – 1833) as a Boy
The painting depicts a boy aged about ten, standing, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue coat, and white linen collar, a spaniel with its paws on his chest. Shoulder length brown hair. Trees in the background on the right, distant horizon with cloudy sky on the left.
The sitter was the third son of George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1765-1845) and Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck (died 4th June 1827), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Portland...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait de femme, école française fin XIXe. Huile sur toile de forme ovale
Located in ROYÈRE-DE-VASSIVIÈRE, FR
Portrait de femme, école française fin XIXe. Huile sur toile de forme ovale
Bon état
Encadrement en bois et stuc doré (quelques petits manques au stuc)
Annotation au dos du châssis “...
Category
1880s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Locked in Love Huge French Modernist Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Locked in Love, Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 46 x 35 inches
Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Jewish Yemenite Family Oil Painting Israeli Judaica Itamar Siani
By Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Israeli artist, painter, engraver, born 1941, Yemen
His art commemorates the unique cultural heritage and traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community, who returned to the Promised Land on "Eagles' Wings," the code name of the Israeli rescue of Yemenite Jewry in 1949. Among his notable works is a ten-meter long oil painting depicting the immigration of the Yemenite Jews, which he worked on for 30 years.He did a celebrated series titled "The Magic Carpet" etchings depicting stages in the artist’s life including: Liberation, The Magic Carpet, Refugees, New life in Israel, Family, Mount Sinai. published in Jerusalem 1973. The artist was born in Sana’a in Yemen and flown to Israel aged 5 years old as part of operation ‘Magic Carpet’ the mass migration that transported almost the entire Jewish population of this part of the Arabian peninsula to the new State. The etchings continue and develop a long tradition of Yemenite artistry. Yemenite born Israeli painters Avshalom Okashi...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with fan mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 35x27 cm.
Frame size 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Admiring Her Looks by Auguste Toulmouche
Located in New York, NY
"Admiring Her Looks" by Auguste Toulmouche is a quintessential example of 19th-century academic art, emphasizing beauty and technique. Toulmouche's work often explores themes of femi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, 1830s Portrait of a Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John F Francis (American, 1808 - 1886)
" Portrait of a Gentleman ", 1838
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 3 1/2" Frame
Overall Size: 37" x 32"
...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, Sideburns, Cleft Chin
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Gentlemen, c. 1835
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 2 1/2" Frame
Overall Size: 34 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Craquelure throughout, some inpainting. In otherwise good condi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Petit Thinker
Located in Greenwich, CT
A student of the great French academic Bouguereau, Lobrichon has done a moving and entrancing depiction of a young girl mid-gaze. Beautifully painted and done in a circular format t...
Category
1860s Barbizon School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Louise Abbéma, 1853 – 1927, French Painter, 'Lady in Paris on a Winter Day'
Located in Bruges, BE
Abbéma Louise
Étampes 1853 – 1927 Paris
French Painter
'Lady in Paris on a Winter Day'
Signature: Signed lower middle right
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 100 x 120 cm, frame size 112 x 132 cm
Biography: Louise Abbéma, a prominent French artist of the Belle Époque, was born on October 30, 1853, in Étampes, Essonne, France. She hailed from a wealthy Parisian family with strong connections to the local artistic community. Her family’s artistic ties ran deep, as her great-grandmother was the renowned actress Louise Contat.
From a young age, Abbéma exhibited a talent for painting and began her artistic journey in her early teens. She received formal training under the guidance of notable artists of her time, such as Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Henner, and Carolus-Duran. Her talent and dedication bore fruit when, at the age of 23, she painted a portrait of the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt, who became both a lifelong friend and, speculatively, a romantic partner.
Abbéma’s artistic endeavors extended far beyond portraiture. She lent her creative touch to the embellishment of various iconic Parisian landmarks. Her panels and murals graced the Paris Town Hall, the Paris Opera House, numerous theaters (including the aptly named “Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt”), and even the “Palace of the Colonial Governor” in Dakar, Senegal. Her unique style combined academic and impressionistic elements, characterized by the use of light and rapid brushstrokes.
Recognition continued to find Abbéma, and she became a regular exhibitor at the prestigious Paris Salon, earning an honorable mention for her work in 1881. She also had the distinction of having her art displayed at the Women’s Building during the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Moreover, a bust of Abbéma sculpted by Sarah Bernhardt was showcased at the exposition.
Abbéma’s artistic repertoire was diverse, encompassing oil portraits and watercolors. Her work often bore the influence of Chinese and Japanese painters, as well as contemporary masters like Édouard Manet. Flowers were a recurring motif in her creations. Some of her most celebrated works include “The Seasons,” “April Morning,” “Place de la Concorde,” “Among the Flowers,” “Winter,” and portraits of prominent individuals such as actress Jeanne Samary, Emperor Dom Pedro II...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man portrait oil on canvas painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Man portrait
Oil on canvas.
Canvas measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He tr...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Berthe Morris by Rosalie Thévenin
Located in Gent, VOV
Portrait of a young girl Oil on canvas Dedicated to his girlfriend Berthe Morris, signed and dated 1890 at the top 46 x 38 cm (without frame)
Marie-Anne Reine Thévenin is the daught...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century American Folk Art portrait of a young lady holding a flower
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very Interesting 19th century Folk art painting of a young woman.
Classic American Folk art style portrait
Circa 1850-60
Oils on canvas
Original frame, with a little damage.
Po...
Category
1850s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Ritratto di Bambino XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-europea di fine '800. Firma non identificata in basso a destra.
Il ritratto presenta un bambino in ambito marinaresco: è seduto sul masso di una spiaggia, ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
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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A Rare Q&A with American Legend Alex Katz
On the eve of a new exhibition just north of New York City, the nonagenarian contemporary-art icon talked with ‘Introspective’ about his long and ongoing career, the development of his signature style and his rather malleable definition of realism.
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