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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Portrait of a Young Woman with Shawl - British early 19thC portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British early 19th century female portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1800 it is a half length portrait of a beautiful...
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Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Women seen from behind
Located in PARIS, FR
Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Seated woman seen from behind, preparatory sketch Oil on cardboard Circa 1920 32 x 21.5 cm unframed Our oil o...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of a French Military Officer
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed oil painting portrait of a French military officer in dress uniform with sword, unsigned, and housed in a period decorative gilt gessoed frame with a London Freeman...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

J.Lambert 19th c. Antique oil painting on wood Portrait, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an amazing original antique oil painting on a wooden board depicting a portrait of a nobleman in a red camisole with a guitar. He peers around the corner as if he is a...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The bearded man
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden molded wooden frame 60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1891, John Gilmore Wolcott graduated from Harvard in 1914 and continued studies in art with Charles Woodbury. He was active in the Boston art scen...
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1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Signed French Impressionist Antique Oil Portrait of Man with Beard Paris Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed French School, Bouchet (19th-20th Century) Title: Portrait of a bearded man Medium: oil on board Size: 11 x 8.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Fran...
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1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

“Child in White Dress”
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1890 Signed verso on stretcher bar Original period gold leaf frame Overall size framed 21 x 18 in
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Perdu dans la Poésie - 19th Century French Oil Painting Belle Epoque Portrait
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Perdu dans la Poésie’ by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) The painting - which depicts a young Parisian society beauty reading beside an open window – is signed by the artist and present...
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1870s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Four Alphonse Mucha Lithographs The Times Of The Day
Located in Dallas, TX
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Four lithographs on wove paper For serious collectors and museum collections. A full set of Mucha’s iconic period lithographs representing The Times Of Th...
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1890s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

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Lithograph

Elegant Georgian Young Ladies Woodland Park Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Morning Amusement' English School, circa 1800's after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, British 1723-1792 oil painting on canvas, unframed please...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a worldly woman
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie Madeleine Amélie LOISEAU, born DUMONT (Paris, 1860 - ?) Portrait of a worldly woman Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 117 x 89 cm 1881 Exhibition: Salon de Pontoise of 1881 or 1882 under number 292 Marie Madeleine Amélie Dumont was born in Paris on January 23, 1860. She married on June 10, 1883 in Paris Mr. François Paul Raoul Loiseau, lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal. Three children were born from this union, two girls and a boy. Marie Loiseau was a student of Mademoiselle Espérance Langlois (active between 1860 and 1890) and Pierre Dupuis...
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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Miss Virginie Lupin
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas 130 x 90 cm (51 x 35,4 inch) ; 165 x 132 x 8 cm the frame (64.96 x 51.97 x 3.15 inches) Provenance: Achille François Bégé ; family estate Louis Hersent, second “Prix d...
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1820s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1888 Oil, Donnez Moi Un Sou!
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic study depicting a peasant father and child in a rural landscape. The artist captures the figures in a soft manner with a focus on light, showing influence from Barbizon and pre-Raphaelite contemporaries of the time. At the girl's feet is a small dog symbolising patience and loyalty. Paying close attention to the figures' clothing and faces, the artist displays an expert hand in portraying expression and lifelike details. Titled 'Donnez Moi Un Sou!' translating to 'Give me a penny...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Arthur Hacker - 1890s British Oil Painting - Portrait of a Lady
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR HACKER, RA (1858-1919) Portrait of Dora Radclyffe Signed and dated u.l.: To Dora Radclyffe/ from Arthur Hacker/ Aug ‘92 Oil on canvas Framed 56 by 43 cm., 22 by 17 in. (fr...
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1890s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The four militaries By Hippolyte Bellangé - Antique oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
The work is old, dated from the middle of the 19th century. The artist has been sold more than 300 times in auction houses, mainly in France (origin of the painter), which explains t...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Terrier "Hercules", 19th Century signed JL
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Terrier "Hercules", 19th Century signed JL 19th Century English Dog portrait of "Hercules" a small terrier, oil on board signed JL. Good quality and condition head port...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

c. 1800's French Oil Painting on Canvas Young Girl with Pet Dog on Lap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl with her Dog French School, circa 1800 period oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 23.5 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: the paintin...
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footnotes This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. Provenance Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863). Thence by descent to the previous owner. Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947). O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955). Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998). Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000. Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007). Private collection, Atlanta. Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019. Exhibited London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret'). Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959. Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001. Literature G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863). One of the earliest known paintings by Renoir...
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1860s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman nestled in an armchair
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph-Désiré COURT (Rouen, 1797 – Paris, 1865) Woman nestled in an armchair Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 81 x 65 cm 1834 Exhibition: in all likelihood, number 50 of ...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Christ in the House of His Parents The Carpenters Workshop Antique English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Carpenters Workshop British School, late 19th century based on the Pre-Raphaelite painting by Millais oil on canvas, framed framed: 27.5 x 39 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches proven...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of John Manners later 7th Duke of Rutland
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1793-1872, was an English portrait painter. She was one of the foremost portrait painters in the 19th Century, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, British In...
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1830s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Portrait of Russian cuirassiers colonel
By Hippolyte Lecomte
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Hippolyte LECOMTE (Puiseaux, 1781 – Paris, 1857) Colonel of Russian cuirassiers Oil on canvas H. 33 cm; W. 24 cm Signed and dated at the bottom towards the center 1817 Exhibition: S...
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1810s French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Escuela española (XIX) - Santa Bárbara - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la obra (la placa que pone "ESCUELA SEVILLANA XVIII" es errónea, esta obra es del siglo XIX Estado de conservación ...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Lady Eleanor Dundas - Old Master 18C Scottish art oil painting female portrait
By Henry Raeburn (circle)
Located in London, GB
A fine large and stunning Scottish Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas portrait in good condition which depicts Lady Eleanor Dundas in a white dress set against an open landsc...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Naked Beauty Lying with her Fan
Located in St. Albans, GB
Léon Laurent Galand 1872 – 1960 Signed and dated 1928 bottom left Artwork Size: 25.75 x 36" (66 x 92cm) Artwork Size with Frame: 32.75 x 43" (83 x 109cm) Oil on Canvas Discounted ...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Mercer Beasley
Located in Greenwich, CT
Provenance: Private Collection, Newton, Connecticut H. V. Allison & Co. This painting has been seen by Mary Ann Goley and is in her records. Signed Center Right Canvas size inside fr...
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1880s Tonalist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
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19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a li...
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19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Of A Lady With A Basket of Roses, 19th Century by Antonio Torres
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady With A Basket of Roses, 19th Century by Antonio Torres (19th Century, Spanish) Large 19th Century Spanish portrait of a young lady with a basket of roses in an a...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars
Located in Blackwater, GB
Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars Scene Large 19th Century French School Napoleonic Wars Scene of Napoleon retreating following the in...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English School 19th Century Oil - A Loving Sister
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate portrait captures a tender moment between a young girl and her baby sister. The baby is placed in a cot while the older girl entertains her with a rattle. The artist dr...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French romantic painting 19th Portrait Young Italian lady in costume 15th
Located in PARIS, FR
19th Century French School Portrait of a Young Italian Beauty in 15th Century Costume Oil on wood panel 27 x 21 cm (31.5 x 25.5 cm with frame) Beautiful antique giltwood frame Very g...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Pair of 19th C. American Oval Portraits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th century American oval portraits of a couple, possibly husband & wife Oil on canvas 21.5 x 26.5
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Antique French Rococo Oil Painting Mythological Lovers in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunter French School, late 19th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 32 x 42 inches provenance: private collection, France Superb large scale French oil painting,...
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Late 19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Bishop Gaspard Mermillod - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bishop Gaspard Mermillod is an original artwork realized by an artist belonging to the Roman School of 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. The bishop depicted in the painting examined here, as suggested by the coat of arms represented at the top left, is the Swiss Gaspard Mermillod, born in Carouge on 22 September 1824. Mermillod is known to have been one of the most active representatives of social Catholicism and one of the eminent personalities who formed in Rome that "select committee" set up in 1882 by Pope Leo XIII...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Oil - Victorian Lady in Mourning
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study of a Victorian lady wearing a black mourning shawl. A white dress with a lace collar is shown beneath the shawl with a decorat...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century genre portrait oil painting of a girl with a writing slate
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Sillem Lidderdale British, (1831-1895) The Scholar Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)94 Image size: 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches Size including frame: 33.5 inche...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fritz Zuber-Buhler (Swiss, 1822-1896) Important pair of paintings .
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful oil paintings by Fritz Zuber-Buhler, titled "The New Arrival" and "After Bath," exemplify his dedication to academic traditions in the ...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Scottish Oil Painting Circus Lady Performer, original antique oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Thomas Bromley Blacklock (Scottish, 1862-1903), signed and inscribed. The son of the English teacher at Kirkcudbright Academy...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'A Fashionable Young Woman in a Chiffon Ball-Gown', Scandinavian Oil Portrait
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicately-observed, three-quarter length oil portrait of a young woman in society, fashionably dressed in a pinch-waisted, embroidered chiffon ball-gown and wearing a gold pendant and teardrop earrings with tea roses in her hair; the subject shown gazing towards the viewer with candor and good humor. Displayed in a period, black-walnut frame with period gilt liner. Danish School...
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1860s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait John Gilbert - Australian 20's exhibited art male portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait of Mr John Gilbert. This original oil on canvas was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A fine portrait, it is in excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted Australian listed artist. Signed right. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris salon 1929. Condition. Oil on canvas in very good condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, 47 by 37 inches framed. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne. He was the third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman Reading, Oil on canvas circa 1896
Located in Gent, VOV
This exquisitely rendered painting captures a moment of serene introspection — a fleeting glimpse into the stillness of domestic life. The young woman, immersed in her reading, is no...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Southern Bell Female Portrait Oil Painting 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4096 A 1920's oil painting on canvas of an elegant southern lady .Artist unknown. Unframed
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman with flower basket"
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman with flower basket" Signed, F.Bach. Dimensions with frame 52cm x 72.5cm
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19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

After Carlo Dolci "Madonna del Dito" Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
After Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616-1686), "La Madonna del Dito" [Madonna of the Finger], Oil on Canvas, 19th century, unsigned, framed oval in carved gilwood frame. Image: 22" H x 18" ...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red-haired beauty portrait oil painting on canvas by René Avigdor 19Th Century
Located in Gavere, BE
Red-haired beauty portrait oil painting on canvas by René Avigdor 19Th Century Rene Avigdor was born in Nice and spent his career in France. He specialized in portraits, especiall...
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1890s French School Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Renaissance Style Head Profile Portrait of Christ Beautiful Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Head of Christ 19th Century Dutch School oil on paper laid down on board, unframed size: 7.5 x 6 inches private collection The painting is in overall very good and sound condition
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19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings

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Oil

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Anglo/ American School, early 19th century. Title: Full length portrait of a seated young gentleman wearing a dark suit, cream waistc...
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Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Lady - Old Master Scottish art oil painting by RSA president
By John Gordon Watson
Located in London, GB
A fine Old Master British portrait oil painting which dates to circa 1830 and depicts a girl. Painted by the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, Sir John Watson Gordon...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

La Fille Du Pêcheur By William Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French La fille du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Daughter) Signed and dated “W-Bouguereau-1882” (middle right) Oil on canvas William Bouguereau's...
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19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings. Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude
Located in London, GB
'Reclining Nude', oil on canvas, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). A sensuous portrayal by the artist of a young woman reclining on a divan draped with cloth. Inspired perhaps from Ingres' (1780-1867) classic, La Grande Odalisque...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Suicide, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Suicide, 19th Century Unusual European School Oil On Panel 19th century European School interior scene of an artists suicide, oil on panel. Beautifully painted melancholy interior...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Christ Crucified
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Christ Crucified" is a striking oil on copper painting by an anonymous German School artist. This bold composition presents a powerful portrayal of the crucifixion, a central theme ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Copper

S.C. Jago - 1889 Oil, Sewing in the Parlour
Located in Corsham, GB
An unusual detailed oil depicting a female figure darning socks in a country cottage. Signed and dated 1889 to the lower left. Well presented in a swept gilt effect frame. On canvas ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

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