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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Impressionist
Style: Photorealist
Breathe
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large French Signed Oil Portrait of Nude Lady Signed & Dated 1950's Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Evelyne"
French School, mid century
titled verso
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 51'
board: 24.5 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern 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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Seated Nude - Early 20th Century English Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's English impressionist oil on canvas depicting a nude lady seated on a chaise longue.
Very good quality portrait of the lady which is presented in a fine carved wo...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of De Forest Mellon, Early 20th Century w/ Landscape, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940)
Portrait of De Forest Mellon, 1922
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches
35.5 x 30.25 inches, framed
Ora Coltman was born in 1858 in Shelby, Ohio, but spent...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge British Portrait Painting Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge Royal Academy Exhibit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)
by Liz London, British contemporary
signed acrylic on canvas, framed
framed: 46 x 36 inches
canvas: 39 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
Pre...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Portrait of Young Lady Reading a Book large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Reading
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
oil on board, unframed
board: 29 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south of France
condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude.
The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Danseuses a la barre - Impressionist Figurative Pastel - Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative pastel on canvas circa 1910 by French genre painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. The work depicts three ballerinas wearing white tutus, warming up in a studio. Carrier-Belleuse was a contemporary of Edgar Degas and they exhibited simultaneously at the major Salons in Paris. This classic example evokes the Belle Epoque period in french history and is superbly executed.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 29"x24"
Unframed: 26"x21"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and the interior decorative artist Pierre Victor Galland. He started out as an oil painter and produced genre compositions, such as his Final Rendezvous. From 1885, however, he opted to work exclusively in pastel, producing a large number of sketches and portraits but always remaining faithful to his earlier genre compositions. Examples include Pierrot, Harlequin, Woman with Cat. The periodical Figaro Illustré published a large number of his sketches of dancers, a recurrent theme throughout his work.
From 1875, Pierre Carrier-Belleuse exhibited frequently at the Paris Salon, receiving an honourable mention in 1887 and being awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
Museum and Gallery Holdings:
Dunkirk: Dancer Adjusting her Shoe (pastel)
Gray: On the Dunes; In the Sun
La Rochelle: Dancer
Le Puy-en-Velay: Fantasy
Mulhouse: Mule's Bonnet
Paris (Municipal Collection): Tender Vow (pastel)
Versailles...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1900's French Oil Painting Impressionist Portrait Sketch Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Young Lady
French School, early 1900's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque French Impressionist 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Beauty
French Impressionist painter, circa 1890s
signed indistinctly
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 23 inches
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Polish Jewish Chassidic Rabbi Judaica Art Oil Painting Konstantin Szewczenko
Located in Surfside, FL
Konstanty Szewczenko (1910-1991), signed oil Judaica Oil Painting, Chassidic Rebbe, Polish.
Frame: 17 X 15.25
Image: 11.5 X 9.5
Konstantin Shevchenko studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1927 - 1928. Then, in 1932 he studied painting under the guidance of Kowarski and Pruszkowski at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Practiced easel painting, mostly judaic hassidic rabbi portraits, genre scenes. Among others, a portrait Moscicki, Rydz - Rydz, and after the war Rokossowski.He worked as a set designer. In the years 1934 - 1935 was production designer Variety Theatre. He collaborated with publishing houses with illustrations. He exhibited in Warsaw, Poland, Vienna, Austria and New York. In 1947 he took part in Exhibition Independent Artists Group) and abroad (solo exhibition at the Gallery G. Tomalsky in New York, 1964) . He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb, Maurycy Gottlieb, Henryk Hechtkopf, Leopold Pilichowski, Isidor Kaufmann, Lazar krestin, Alois Heinrich Priechenfried and Itshak Holtz. His works are in the collection of the Museum of the Polish Army. He was an Polish, Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Self Portrait Signed painting abstract figuration
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Historic Self Portrait, 1955-1959
Oil painting on board
Hand signed in paint on the upper recto and dated 1955-9
Frame included: held in original vintage artist's frame
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century La Prima Vera Portrait of Girl with Balloon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of young girl with balloon in style of Raoul Duffy by Barbara "Mari" Berkman (American, 1930-2010), 1963. Titled "La Prima Vera...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thoughtful
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" is an evocative piece that captures the transcendental moment of spiritual rapture. The central figure, poised in a state of divine surren...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grand Prix Racer
Located in London, GB
'Grand Prix Racer', French School, oil on board (circa 1960s). The 'good ole' days' of Formula One racing are depicted in this thrilling mid-century...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 Auburn Haired Sulking Women in Swimsuit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches
Superbly decorative 196...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
"Portrait of Britt Daniel, " Original Oil Painting with Resin by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Portrait of Britt Daniel" is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
My Light Blue Dream 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Pop Art, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Omo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Girl
Located in Denver, CO
Italian girl and text
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stunning Woman In Light Blue 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
Woman praying oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 70x61 cm.
José Muntané Balaguer (1889 - 1963)
Immerse yourself in the spiritual beauty of "Woman Praying," a sublime work by the acclaimed Spanish artist José Muntané Balaguer. This oil on canvas captures the serenity and introspection of faith, showcasing a masterful use of light and shadow reminiscent of great masters such as Joaquín Sorolla, Ignacio Zuloaga, and even the emotional restraint of Diego Velázquez in his most intimate portraits.
The painting depicts the purity of a devotional moment, where the female figure seems to transcend the canvas, inviting the viewer to reflect on spirituality and human connection. The meticulous attention to detail and subtlety in expressions place Muntané Balaguer in the tradition of artists who immortalized scenes of everyday life with unique sensitivity, much like Julio Romero de Torres...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Flower Girl Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist portrait and landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 18H by 14L.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This captivating painting portrays a young ballerina, delicately adjusting her pointe shoes. Dressed in a ballet tutu, she exudes grace and discipline. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Artist Sally Wagner oil painting, portrait of a woman "April Showers"
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas, depicting a young woman with umbrella dancing among the flowers. Titled "April Showers". The painting bring a positive and relaxi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century Stylish Portrait of a Young Lady French oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
stamped verso with the artists studio mark
oil on board, unframed
board: 7.75 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Female Portrait Blue Pencil Sketch Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide
conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Contemporary French Modernist Portrait with Beach Seascape Beyond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
oil painting on textured canvas
18 x 15 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Pre-Raphaelite Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working Sketch
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed
measures: 10.5 high by 12 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Girl
Located in Greenville, DE
Titled on the back, "Head of Small Girl". Painted in a impressionist style. Labeled on the back Eloise Waggoner 24 Wilmont Mews, West Chester, PA, 19380. ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas. Framed in a nice modernist molding. Signed.
Artist Bio:
Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982)
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Christine Martin majored in art at Columbia University/Teachers College. She spent summers painting at the Woodstock Art Colony under the tutelage of artists there and continued her art studies at the Art Student's League in New York City. Over the years, her teachers included John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and John McFee. She also studied with Eugene Speicher, who recommended her for Portraits Inc, through which some of his own commissions came. Much later in life, in her 80s, Christine studied watercolor with Zoltan Szabo.
Before marrying attorney George Martin in 1923, she taught art in the New York public schools for several years. During summers in the late 1920s, after having two daughters (Cynthia, 1924-2008, and Joan, 1927-2000), she went to Woodstock with her girls in tow, staying at the Hasbrook farm. In 1930, she and her husband purchased a stone house on Ohayo Mountain Road and lived there seasonally for 25 years. Among her closest artist friends in Woodstock were Emil Ganso, Florence Hardiman, Albert Heckman, Peggy Dodds, Joe Rollo, Henry Mattson, Mary Ellen Early, and Maud and Miska Petersham, along with Juliana Force (Whitney Museum). During many summers in Woodstock, Christine's daughters Cynthia and Joan kept up their serious piano studies under the tutelage of Vladimir Padwa and Inez Carroll.
Known for portraits and landscapes, she was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY. Her work showed at the National Arts Club, Weyhe and Preston Galleries and the National Academy of Design in New York; the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia; the Woodstock Art Association and Rudolf Galleries in Woodstock, Vermont's Dawson Grist Mill Gallery, and South Hampton College, among others. Her portraits, landscapes and still lives hang in hundreds of homes around the world.
Information provided by Bunny McBride...
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Medusa - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Realized by Francesco Settimj in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Good condition except for some minor losses of colors on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Lady Seated Playing Guitar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guitar Player
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 32 x 39.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Firelight, 1893
Located in New York, NY
Renowned portraitist Frank West Benson paints a young woman by the fireplace reclining in a chair in his artwork entitled, “Firelight.”
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'Hortensia by Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
b.1935 French
L'Hortensia
(The Hortensia)
Signed “Cassigneul” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Jean Pierre Cassigneul’s L'Hortensia captures an elegant woman se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Figurative Painting - Figure in Blue
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN BLUE
Size: 48.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)
Acrylic on card
A striking mid-century modernist abstract figurative painting that presents a seated figure rendered in deep, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Lighthouse Keeper's Window" (2024) By Christopher Cart, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Cart's "Lighthouse Keeper's Window" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman in a red plaid shirt, looking out a lighthouse window at the town below.
About the Artist...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with lamb. Oil and pastel on cardboard.
By Abel Pann
Located in New York, NY
Excellent condition!
Very good provenance
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
Adam Shaw - "Street Market" - Contemporary Urban Scene Oil Painting 2021
Located in Denver, CO
Adam Shaw's "Street Market" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas created in 2021. This vibrant contemporary artwork measures 20 x 16 inches (50.80 x 40.64 cm) with a depth...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with turban. Pastel on Carboard.
By Abel Pann
Located in New York, NY
The work is in excellent condition.
Very good provenance
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Subtle Pastel Curves, Organic Mid-Century Shapes Toned Down Colors, Transparency
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Subtle Pastel Curves" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, a...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Study of Morgan, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Study of Morgan" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman, face downturned, with her long dark hair trailing down her porcelain fig...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait Young Girl Beautiful Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl
by Anna de Banguy (French circa 1960's)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 17.5 x 14 inches
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by post impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The painting is of the artist's wife, Ambroisine "Simone" Bouin, seated in a chair with a vase ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Woman with Pearls" Impressionistic Oil Painting of Figure Seated
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A depiction of a young woman wearing long pearls and a loose dress. A romantic air is felt throughout this piece with a dreamy atmosphere and lush colors. She has dark black hair, we...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ireti (Hope)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Ireti (Hope)" is a thought-provoking artwork created by the talented artist Olalekan Adeyemi. This captivating piece centers around a young woman and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Palettes, Orange and Turquoise Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Modernist Palettes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, and...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Huge French Modernist Portrait of Cubist Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"L'usure du Temps"
French School, late 20th century
signed indistinctly lower right, titled verso
oil painting on canvas
55 x 40 inches
Magnificent French oil painting on canvas from the close of the 20th century, depicting this haunting figure dressed in what looks to be some sort of coat of armour...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Anna" - Portrait of a Reclining Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a woman on a sofa by Nealon A. Mundt (American, 1939-2015). A woman is reclining on a dark blue sofa, with a pink wall in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a pink skirt, with a red bandana on her hear. Her skin is rendered in a fauvist style, mixing bold yellows and greens with skin tones. There are paintings hanging on the wall behind the sofa.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Titled, signed, and dated on verso.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen fillet.
Canvas size: 24"H x 36"W
Nealon Mundt...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Portrait Grumpy Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped on reverse
Image: 25. 75 x 19.75 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Signed upper right
Wonderful expressionist figurative of a painter at work - deeply focused on his subject - is captured by Cal...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Lady with Playing Cards Beautiful Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Playing Cards
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 30.5 inches high by 22.5 inches wide
condition: overall very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Nude Lady Soft Lighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower corner
Title: Portrait of a Nude Lady
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist 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.
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