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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: Photorealist
Lila, first snow, orange chrome
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Portrait of Lila, oil on canvas 47 3/4 in x 31 in 2015
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Girl
By Yigal Ozeri
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A breathtaking oil painting by Israeli Born-New York based artist Yigal Ozeri.
This hyperrealist portrait of a young girl staring back at her viewer, is a classic example of the arti...
Category
1990s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionistic Portrait, "Dreaming"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original expressionistic painting by San Diego artist Stefan Talian. Its dimensions are 40" x 40" x 1.5". It is unfra...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
‘The Lovers’ Figurative Nude Female Models oil on board by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Electrified Jazz
Located in Nashville, TN
"Electrified Jazz" is an acrylic-on-canvas painting by Nashville artist James Threalkill. People being his primary subject matter, Threalkill depicts his subjects with vivacity. He ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Bather
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on board, by Charles Kvapil (1934). The world of art has for centuries depicted bathers in one form or another. Kvapil's wonderfully allur...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Missed Call
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is an oil on canvas measuring 36" x 29". Portrait was stylized on artist owned images.
Framing is available based on buyers preference. The image depicts a middle aged...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
‘Seated Nude women’ Figurative With Yellow Background Oil on Canvas by Shana
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I’m Different 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“In Africa, Yoruba land to be precise where I grew up the nourishing attitude of Omoluwabi, our facial looks is been used to define us as a person, a guy with ear piercing and dreadlocks on his head being looked at as a thug, frauds tars, and so on,
Meanwhile, these guys are a cool and calm-hearted person
Though there are guys like these that are truly counted in the act not all of them are like that
Good and God fearing youth still exist”
(Written by the Artist)
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
- About the Artist
Joy Eyitayo Alagbe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas
Sade
Located in Nashville, TN
"Sade" is an acrylic-on-canvas painting of the Nigerian-born British singer/songwriter Sade Adu by Nashville artist James Threalkill. People being his prima...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bargain Aunty
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The painting is an oil on canvas, measuring 45" x 33". There is a lot of texture on this painting created by cigarette butts and ash mixed with oil paint, smeared on the canvas to highlight the hair. The painting shows a character inspired by Bollywood, in the market, reflecting on all the patterns and designs she sees in a South Asian jewelry...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Portrait Of An Old Man’ Contemporary Natural Colors Oil On Canvas By Leviathan
Located in Carmel, CA
David Leviathan, an Israeli born artist who worked mainly in Holland, is widely known amongst European art collectors.
His works are exhibited in several museums in Holland and Fran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Arrival" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Arrival" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face, with dark hair, arching back as she looks upwards in the darkness
Mia Bergero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robert Friedrich Karl Scholtz. Portrait of a young lady. 1928. Oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Portrait of a young lady. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right.
Dimensions with frame: 74 cm x 88 cm
Without frame: 57.5 cm x 70.5 cm
The painting has several paint chips an...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Devotion
By Erich Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Deling with the work of Erich Waske today, one encounters first of all a number of reasons why this outstanding artist has fallen into such undeserved oblivion. In addition to the de...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Expressionist Judaica Rabbis Oil Painting Jewish American WPA Modernist Ben Zion
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbinical Discussion
Hand signed lower left.
Provenance: bears label verso for Summit Gallery
Dimensions: H 14.25" x W 8"
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name.
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolph Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel Kufeld, Marcus Rothkowitz (later known as Mark Rothko), Louis Schanker, and Joseph Solman. The Art of “The Ten” was generally described as expressionist, as this style offered the best link between modernism and social art. Their exhibition at the Mercury Gallery in New York held at the same time as the Whitney Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, included a manifesto concentrating on aesthetic questions and criticisms of the conservative definition of modern art imposed by the Whitney. Ben-Zion’s work was quickly noticed. The New York Sun said he painted “furiously” and called him “the farthest along of the lot.” And the triptych, “The Glory of War,” was described by Art News as “resounding.”
By 1939, The Ten disbanded because most of the members found individual galleries to represent their work. Ben-Zion had his first one-man show at the Artist’s Gallery in Greenwich Village and J.B. Neumann, the highly esteemed European art dealer who introduced Paul Klee, (among others) to America, purchased several of Ben-Zion’s drawings. Curt Valentin, another well-known dealer, exhibited groups of his drawings and undertook the printing of four portfolios of etchings, each composed of Ben-Zion’s biblical themes. He worked as a WPA artist.
Ben-Zion’s work is represented in many museums throughout the country including the Metropolitan, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Phillips Collection, Washington. The Jewish Museum in New York opened in 1948 with a Ben-Zion exhibition.
Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Rabbi, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work throughout his life. "In all his work a profound human feeling remains. Sea and sky, even sheaves of wheat acquire a monolithic beauty and simplicity which delineates the transient as a reflection of the eternal. This sensitive inter- mingling of the physical and metaphysical is one of the most enduring features of Ben-Zion's works." (Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Mystical Imprints: Marc Chagall, Ben-Zion, and Ben Shahn presents the print work of three prominent 20th century Jewish artists born in the Russian Empire. Among these seventy pieces are etchings and lithographs from Chagall’s Bible series...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Harlequin
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Portrait of harlequin by Vassyl Khmeluk was executed in circa 1946-1947. This impressive stylistic artwork by Khemluk falls well into a series of portraits masterfully created by the...
Category
1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
British early 20th Century expressionist portrait of a lady by Frank Bramley
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Frank Bramley RA (British, 1857 – 1915)
Portrait of an elegant lady
Signed and dated ‘FRANK BRAMLEY / 11’
Oil on canvas
21 x 15.1/2 in. (53.4 x 37.2 cm.)
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Striking large white horse on black background photoreal portrait 30 x 40
By Roger Henry
Located in Charleston, US
"Ghost" is a photoreal portrait of a white horse in his dark barn in the South of France. The equine painting stuns the viewer with the drama o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beauty In African 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A woman's polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
Painting
Charcoal, Acrylic on canvas
Size: 18W x 24H Inches
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic
‘A portrait of a woman with a red shirt’ Figurative painting By Jose
Located in Carmel, CA
'A portrait of a woman with a red shirt', oil on canvas. Figurative fine art painting
Eidelman used palette knives directly on the canvas with stunning thick oíl layers.
The painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Self-Portrait with Pink Hat" Oil On Canvas 28"x28" by Betsy Podlach
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self-Portrait with Pink Hat. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
"IN BETSY’S SENSUAL PORTRAITS, I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Soulmate 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Soulmate is an artwork which was created by the artist during his tough experiences, it explains inner satisfaction and self-belief,
The kind of personal love for self in any situat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Great old age" nude portrait china ink 50x65cm on paper oak frame 2008
Located in Roscoff, FR
nude portrait "Great old age" china ink 50x65cm on paper
dignity and fragility, pathetic and admirable
delivered in oak and glass frame
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
Celebrate Life 10
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece shows a lady demonstrating joy from within with contagious laughter.
We live in a world filled with crazy people, filled with problems and anxieties,
Most times our probl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Culture 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor.
But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living.
We are al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
State of Mind 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Our mindsets dictate our product and output.
The mind presides over our endeavors
The Power of mindsets should be trained and nurtured towards achieving the best and making great imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Culture 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor.
But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living.
We are al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Janine, The Muse
By Armand Avril
Located in Cotignac, FR
A vibrant colourful French portrait of Janine, muse of the artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated mid right. Presented in new contemporary framing under glass.
Armand Avril (1926) i...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Celebrate Life 9
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece shows a lady demonstrating joy from within with contagious laughter.
We live in a world filled with crazy people, filled with problems and anxieties,
Most times our probl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sailors in the Port of Nice
Located in London, GB
'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil, Gouache
Lunch at Chez Louis
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'Lunch at Chez Louis', oil on canvas, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). The outdoor terrace at restaurants and cafés in France goes back centuries as they have always been a gathering place for intellectuals to meet and debate philosophical issues; for the Avant Garde set to display their works; for artists to compare and exchange ideas and for writers to drown their sorrows over their artistic anguish or melancholy. Even the freedom fighters of the French Revolution and later the French Resistance would meet in cafés to plot their course. Regular people of course also enjoy these venues. A very delightful feature of these French institutions is that there is always room for quiet book readers, romantic couples, business meetings and lively groups of friends sharing a bottle of wine. The artist Dubuc captures a slice of this lovely aspect of French culture in this smile-inducing depiction painted in vivid oils. With a background of greenery, the patrons enjoy the outdoors protected from the intense sun by the table's parasols. Ah, the life. The artwork is in good vintage condition, is framed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video may be provided.
About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Zulu Dancers'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
‘Zulu Dancers’
Signed bottom right Hardman, titled on a sticker at the reverse and with address Walton End, Walton Lane, Bosham, Chichester, and Price 45 gns.
Oil on board, 99 x 87...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lynx speak Nicolas Kennett 21st Century Bristish painting portrait expressionist
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
"Incanto" or the enchantment of shifting
"Nicolas Kennett revisits the organic world through painted and sc...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
The man with the pipe by Alois Wittlin - Oil on canvas 54x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Dark beige wooden frame
102 x 90,5 x 3 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressionist Seated Figure
Located in Cotignac, FR
An expressionist portrait of a seated figure, acrylic on paper by French artist Alain Caucat. Signed bottom right. Also signed and dated to the back of the framing board. Presented u...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Plumed, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Plumed" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female face in profile with a white feather hanging from her dark...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Woman in Pearl Necklace
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Pearl Necklace', pastel on fine art paper (see information below), by Charles Camoin (circa 1920s) dedicated to Marie-Louise Tavernier. Regrettably, research on...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
‘Self Portrait And Red Lips’Contemporary Figurative By Betsy Podlach
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self-Portrait with Red lips. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
"IN BETSY’S SENSUAL PORTRAITS, I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Boy Eating Watermelon
Located in Miami, FL
The work looks much better in person with snappy bright colors that form a complex abstract composition of interconnected shapes.
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, The Work is Signed lower left - Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York - Label on verso
Swann Gallery...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Category
1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Self Portrait. Original Oil Painting Austrian 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Joseph Weidner
Austrian 1801 - 1870
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Image size: 23 x 19 inches (58.5 x 48.5 cm)
Original gilt swept frame
An artist from Vienna, who...
Category
1860s Vienna Secession Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
' Young Women & Birds' Nude Contemporary Figurative Oil/Canvas 38"x 38"
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self portrait with birds" oil on canvas 38"x 38', oil on canvas. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIM...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Reclining Young Women’ Figurative, Nude Female Model O/C by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eugène Lavieille began his career engraving works by Jean-François Millet and Charles Emile Jacque and was, by 1841, studying with the greatest French landscape painter of the centur...
Category
19th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Art Nude Females Models oil on board by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Ingosi" African American Portrait, Abstract Collage, Colors
By Onzie Norman
Located in Detroit, MI
"Ingosi" is an abstracted collage portrait of an artist holding the symbolic tool of his work - his paintbrush. Ordinarily the view of an artwork is as seen by the artist, this rever...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Locked, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resting, Expressionist Portrait of Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Resting" is an interior portrait of a young man resting on a sofa. This work was painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24" x 32" oil on board painti...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Curly From the Three Stooges -- Original Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original oil painting on wood.
This artwork is produced under a license from the grandchildren of The Three Stooges®.
We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Oil on Canvas Man Portrait Male Model On Red Background 20"x24" by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
A Lebanese born, Italian artist ,Masri has developed a style that captures mideastern mood with A Lucien Freud brush touch. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, and in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled - Mysterious Figure in Black Pancho and Expressive Hands
Located in Miami, FL
Haunting yet beautiful with a simple graphic composition and monochromatic palette.
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, signed E. Kingman and dated (lower right)
Looks better in pe...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
Coffee Peloton Series XVII, Eliza Southwood, Coffee Artwork, Original Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton Series XVII by Eliza Southwood [2021]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Coffee
"Glow, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Glow" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face with her eyes closed as her necklace and alabaster skin reflect brightly again...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Potter, Expressionist Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
‘Seated Young Man’ Figurative Nude Male Model Mixed Media by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Geisha
By Roland Strasser
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Roland Strasser (1895-1974)
"Japanese Geisha"
Signed lower right
Oil and gold leaf on canvas, measures: 76 x 46 cm
In fine white-wash wood frame.
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Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Magnitude" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Magnitude" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a masculine face with shadows and white thinning hair.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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