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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Historically Important American Army Soldiers in Paris Cafe WPA Ashcan Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 18 by 22 inches.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fisherman
Located in London, GB
'The Fisherman', oil on board, by Gabriel Vié (circa 1940s). This artwork depicts a solitary man fishing in a river surrounded by abundant foliage. He is p...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,991 Sale Price
30% Off
Marternity
Located in Geneva, CH
Artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1887.
Died in 1970 in Geneva.
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$680 Sale Price
88% Off
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
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, v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of a Young Woman - British Edwardian art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas on panel by Sir James Jebusa Shannon. The portrait dates to the Edwardian period and depicts a bold British Impressionist painting of a beautiful young woma...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,043 Sale Price
30% Off
1930 French Portrait on Wood signed Marie Yvonne
Located in New York, NY
Marie Yvonne Picard-Pangalos
[French Title Illegible], 1930
Oil on wood panel
25 1/2 x 19 in.
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left
Exhibition label verso
According to the 1999 "...
Category
1930s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Man of Industry
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Hamparzoom Zorthian was born April 14, 1911 in Kutahya, Turkey, of Armenian parents. At the age of three, he showed considerable talent in drawing and painting.
Zorthian we...
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Male portrait study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Portrait Study, 1966. 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Bor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Beautiful 1930's French Signed Oil Portrait Lady Purple Dress Blue & Pink Back
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in Purple Dress against a Pink and Blue Wallpaper background
French School, circa 1930's
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
p...
Category
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's French Portrait Lady With Closed Eye Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Characterful Portrait French Man with Hat & Pipe Signed & Dated 1903 Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe
French School, signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Man in Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
signed oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 27 x 21 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on unstretched...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Lady Audrey Norris - British 50s Post Impressionist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This bold British Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted portrait artist Anthony Devas. Painted in the 1950's the sitter is Lady Audrey Norris. It is a seated portrait in warm a...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ballerina - Oil Paint by Miroslava Vrbová-Štefková - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is a beautiful oil on panel realized by Vrbová-Štefková in the mid-20th Century.
Signed and framed, 60 x 50 cm.
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Oil The Musical Band Orchestra Playing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Orchestra
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: great condition
For more any ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist Female Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1966. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 10 x 14 inches; 15 x 18 inches in original matting which has some foxing and discoloration. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
20th Century Portrait of Woman Head & Shoulders Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Luc De Decker (1907-1982) - 1943 Oil, Portrait of an Elderly Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative portrait depicts an elderly figure in traditional attire, seated against a muted background. The artist skilfully captures the subject's weathered features and gentle ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Modernist Portrait of Black Haired Lady with Fringe Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Woman with Black Hair and Fringe styling
by Anton Sailer (French 1903-1987)
Signed & dated 1930
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 18 inches
Canvas: 18.5 x 13.5 inches
...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edwardian Portrait of a Young Girl - Scottish 1909 art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted artist William Alexander Cuthbertson. It was painted in 1909 before Cuthbertson left Scotland on a travel scholarship...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil, Portrait of Young Man in Blue Jersey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed Clayson and dated 55'
Title: Portrait of a Young Man
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Vintage Native American Portraits
Located in Soquel, CA
Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of WW11 British Army Officer Soldier Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Army Officer *see notes below
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
oil painting on canvas , unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
condition: very good, minor surface scu...
Category
1930s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Eve and the apple" by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 65x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Young Beautiful Framed Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American modernist portrait painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sophisticate
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have recently discovered, “The Sophisticate”, by American artist Alexander Rosenfeld.
Rosenfeld was classically trained in fine ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Oil Painting Fashionable Lady in Paris on Bridge River Seine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Thought
Paris School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Post Impressionist Bandshell
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981)
Bandshell in Langres Garden
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame : 66 X 75 cm
HERVE Jules René ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stunning Mid Century French Portrait of Young Lady, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner.
Title: Portrait of a Young Girl
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 17 inches
Pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of Woman in Red Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century portrait of a woman wearing red by Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Canvas has been mounted on fiberboard. Unframed. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
Holy Woman, after Quentin Matsys penitent Saint Magdalene master copy
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning copy of the Northern Renaissance masterpiece "Maddalena Dolente" by Quentin Matsys (1466-1530) which is in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Beautifully execut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Northern Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Philadelphia Modernist, PAFA, Baum School of Art
By Martin Zipin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Zipin' for Martin Zipin (American, 1920-1991) and painted circa 1960.
Displayed in the original, hand-carved giltwood frame.
Framed ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue with Glasses - Expressive Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue with Glasses - Expressive Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Signed Oil Portrait Nude Lady Dancing with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tambourine Player
French School, circa 1950's-1960's
signed lower front corner
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18 x 16 inches
board: 14 x 12 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautifully expressive portrait painted by the artist using vibrant colour...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,991 Sale Price
30% Off
Side Show Barker - Original Modernist American Fair Scene Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
From the Michael Hall Collection, this is a great American scene showing the excitement of the fair. It depicts a time when men wore coats and ties and women had hats at the fair be...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting
by Georges PACOUIL (1903-1996) French circa 1950
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas
canvas: 25.5 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Female Figures
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1989. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 10 x 14 inches; 15 x 18 inches in original matting which has some foxing and discoloration. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of William James, 1949 Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of William James (39)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: 1949
Oil on Board
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait Of A Posed Man Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front and back - inscribed verso of the man's name!
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 13 inches
Colors: Brow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MID 20th CENTURY BRITISH OIL - PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN PEARL NECKLACE - TEAL GREEN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady"
by Douglas Swainson (British, mid 20th century)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
painting: 18 x 14 inches
Beautiful oil p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" 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
Hudson River School Landscape with a portrait of a Boy and Dog Original Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a young boy and his dog in oil pastel on paper on linen by Maurice B. Rosenbaum (American, 1868-1942)
An American portrait painter form New York. Notable paintings includ...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Portrait of a Young Girl in a White Dress - British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted Liverpool artist Robert Edward Morrison. Born on the Isle of Man, Morrison moved to Liv...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Female Portrait Oil Painting by Vanzina
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2714 Impressionist woman portrait,oil on canvas displayed in a black wood frame, signed lower left by Vanzina. Image size 19.50 H x 15.50 W
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in Red Portrait - British Post Impressionist 50s oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting in tones of red. A very evocative period portrait of a woman painted by British listed female artist Constance Anne Parker. A highly...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman with Glasses - Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman with Glasses - Contemporary Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 13.75 (height) x 10.75 (width) (Moun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
City Peril. Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.
Located in Marco Island, FL
The danger of American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, City Peril (1958), where he depicts a moment in the city where a woman is targeted while walking. An accomplish...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Elegant Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Portrait of Old Man with Cat in Capestrano - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 58x48.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink 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 s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of a Girl
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...
Category
1960s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Gouache
$1,327 Sale Price
30% Off
Modernist Woman Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting with Rich Green Background
Located in Denver, CO
Discover a striking original modernist portrait by Eunice Katz (1927–2008). This captivating acrylic painting on board features a woman’s portrait, rendered in a bold palette of rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a woman, circa 1950, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacques BERLAND (1918-1999)
Portrait of a woman, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
34 × 25 cm
A figurative painter of the Paris School, Jacques Berland's work was brought back into the limel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s French Interior Scene Lady Seated at Chair Fauvist Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in the Interior
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Distinctive Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Man with Red Necktie, Joe Muldoon
Located in Chicago, IL
A distinctive Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man with red necktie by noted Chicago painter, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Chapin's estate records list the sitter as named Joe Mu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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.
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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.
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