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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: American Modern
Texas Artist David Pryor Adickes John F Kennedy Bas Relief Painted Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
David Pryor Adickes American (b. 1927)
John F. Kennedy bas-relief plaster relief sculpture in artists frame incised signature lower center. with gold stars.
Deep relief, approximatel...
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paint
Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"American Geisha" - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
"American Geisha" - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Linen
Modern portrait of a woman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The woman is s...
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Interwoven Socks Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1920-1925
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Size: 29.50" x 23.00"
Interwoven Socks Advertisement
Literatu...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'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
Masonite, Oil
"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas
By Christine Chatwell
Located in Soquel, CA
"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas
Figurative painting of an artist at work by Christine Chatwell (American, 20th Century). Presented in a blue wooden frame....
Category
1990s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Spanish/ French Modernist Oil Painting Elegant Couple in Tender Embrace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Embrace
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1991
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 29.5 inches
framed: 4...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1974 Modernist Swedish Expressive Nude Portrait Oil Painting - Repose by Red
Located in Bristol, GB
REPOSE BY RED
Size: 49 x 41 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A brilliantly executed modernist nude study, painted in oil onto board and dated 1974.
This painting depicts a seated ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude Lady Reclining Model Sketchy 20th century Beige Earthy Tones oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model
British School, circa 1970's
oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England
condition: good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
COLORFUL 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - MALE PORTRAIT BOW TIE CARDIGAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bow Tie"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 16 x 11.75 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by the widely exhibited...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Classical Music Orchestra Concert Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Orchestra
signed by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on canvas, unframed
painting : 32 x 40 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
untitled ( Civil Rights )
Located in Miami, FL
Evergood is decades ahead of his time in shouting out against racial injustice. Painted in the late 1950's KKK is an important work. For Philip Evergood (born Philip Blashki), pain...
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist French Portrait of a Woman Holding Flowers Expressive Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Portrait of Woman with Flowers
French artist, circa 1960's
Signed lower right corner
Oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 24 x 18 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Laughing Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait of a laughing woman by Chelsea Frost. Executed in a fauvist style, this piece is bright and highly saturated. The woman is framed very ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberboard
'Double Figural', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919).
Jack Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaki...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Damenportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meditation: Girl with Cup and Ball - Original Handsigned Oil on Canvas #FRAMED
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE (French, 1933)
Girls with Ribbons in the Hairs, 1975
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Countersigned, titled and dated on the back
On canvas 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Elegant Lady in Pink Dress with Parasol by Beach Original French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"A Day by the Sea"
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seated Figure (Portrait in Landscape – Paris Model Against Landscape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 inches, Signed lower left
Price Upon Request
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Kids
Located in London, GB
'The Kids', pastel on paper (1967), by Raymond Dèbieve. Picasso's influence is undeniable in this artwork yet Dèbieve's own naive artistic style is on display ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Earring Portrait of Ludmilla Barta
Located in Genève, GE
This captivating portrait shows a woman in profile, captured with timeless elegance. The deep red background accentuates the figure, highlighting her fair complexion and refined fea...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Treasures of the Peacock Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
At the center of the composition is a graceful nymph surrounded by peacocks, symbols of grandeur and elegance. Their vibrant feathers, shimmering with shades of turquoise and green,...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
vagabonds oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm.
Frame measures 83x63 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert
Roca has won...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Study of Man - Oil Paint attributed by Marcello Dragonetti - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of man is an original artwork realized in the late 19th Century and attributed to the painter Marcello Dragonetti.
Mixed colored oil paintig on canvas.
Titled and signature ...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Manner of Marcel Vertes Portrait of a Lady Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Mid century, manner of Marcel Vertes, 20th century painter, printmaker and illustrator.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, Signed lower right, Signed verso on stret...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960’s French Stylish Portrait of a Woman Modernist Oil 1965
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School signed A.Bertin
signed on back, dated 1965
Title: Period portrait of a woman
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
Board : 18 x 12 ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MODEST CUIXART mixed media cardboard painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
mixed media cardboard painting
CUIXART I TÀPIES, Modest (Barcelona, 1925 - Palafrugell, Girona, 2007).
He cuixart initially studied medicine, but soon abandoned his studies to devot...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson Signed British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lord Nelson
British school, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16.5 x 13.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 11 inches
provenance: private collection, London
condition: very go...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Paint - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized by an unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinell...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
traveling musicians oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm.
Frame measures 83x63 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert
Roca has won...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lesendes Mädchen
By Vilma Eckl
Located in Wien, 9
The extensive work of Vilma Eckl covers a period of more than seventy years. Her incomparable artistic talent and her essential contribution to the history of art can be seen in her ...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Orchestra Jazz Band Superb 20th Century French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Band
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18.5 x 13 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1917
Oil on masonite
33 x 24 inches
"We were fortunate in that the two farms in Brecksville were still open to our visits. The urbanization of the township was then only beginning and we spent several summers there where I tried to capture something of the rural peace so soon to be erased from the countryside." - Wilcox
Exhibited: “Water Colors and Oils by Frank N. Wilcox,” Cleveland Museum of Art, January 1937.
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School...
Category
1910s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Strees of Paris - Paint by Eliane Diverly - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a modern artwork realized by Eliane Diverly in the Mid-20th Century.
Oil on Wooden panel
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Virginia Cowles
By René Bouché
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rene Robert Bouche
American, 1906-1963
Portrait of Virginia Cowles
Oil on canvas
33 by 43 in, w/ frame 35 ½ by 45 ½ in
Signed upper left
Fascinated by th...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sabine
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
69.5 x 60.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait in Striped Shirt, Modern Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait in Striped Shirt (46)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board
Size: 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nymph of Eden
Located in Zofingen, AG
In "Nymph of Eden" the artist continues her exploration of human sexuality and identity through mythological images. Inspired by ancient Greek mythology, where nymphs symbolized nat...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modern Cubist Inspired Male Portrait Painting of a Bearded Man with a Red Tie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a male figure wearing a white jacket, blue shirt, and red tie. Signed in ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MODEST CUIXART mixed media cardboard painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
mixed media cardboard painting
CUIXART I TÀPIES, Modest (Barcelona, 1925 - Palafrugell, Girona, 2007).
He cuixart initially studied medicine, but soon abandoned his studies to devot...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
'The Market Seller in Nice' French Vintage Gouache Painting
Located in London, GB
'The Market Seller in Nice', gouache on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The role of women as support to their families has been both very important and highly undervalued b...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Paula"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman in the Morning Sun - Large Scale Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman in the Morning Sun - Large Scale Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Modern portrait of a woman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The portrait is close-up and off-cent...
Category
1980s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century British Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Woman Glasses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
British School, signed initials
dated 80'
oil on board unframed
board: 12 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original painting on canvas, "Fiery George Washington" by Serg Graff, COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a rare unique original acrylic/mixed media painting on canvas in a naïve primitivism style depicting George Washington (1732-1799) - the Founding Father of the United States....
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of Kevin's playmate
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Evening Temptation
Located in Zofingen, AG
Evening Temptation" is a painting that captures the sensual notes of a cozy evening. At the heart of the composition lies a vase with flowers, sculpted in the form of a woman's body...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Noblewoman - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Noblewoman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed.
Label on the back.
Antonio Feltrine...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Face in Prayer, Signed Modern Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Face in Prayer (10)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude with Dark Eyes, Signed Modern Oil Painting by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nude with Dark Eyes
Miriam Bromberg
Date: Circa 1970
Oil on Masonite, signed
Size: 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm)
Frame Size: 24 x 19.75 inches
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
I Dreamed of You
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "I Dreamed of You" offers a refined exploration of human sensuality and emotional experiences. At the center of the composition is an elegant woman with a confident gaz...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolour Breton School Mid 20th Century Fishing Fleet
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fishing Fleet
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right and dated
watercolour painting, with gouache and some graphite on artist's paper, unframed
measurement of framea...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York ...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Whisper of a Blooming Dream"
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Whisper of a Blooming Dream” is a work of art that reveals the subtle facets of sensuality, where passion is combined with tenderness.
In the center of the picture is a woman gracef...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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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