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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Madonna Addolorata By Sassoferrato
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi) 1609-1685 Italian Madonna Addolorata Oil on canvas Celebrated Italian artist Sassoferrato and his moving religious imagery are the epitome ...
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17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches) 18th Century Auricular gilt frame Provenance New York private collection This portrait of the King Edward VI dep...
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Early 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981) Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris Oil on canvas signed low right Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm Dim frame : 67 X 76 cm HERVE J...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th Century Old Head Flemish School Eyes Caravagism Oil on Canvas Yellow White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on panel depicting a strong and distinctive old man's head with dimensions of 36 x 28 cm without frame and 68 x 60 with frame coeval Flemish school of the second half of...
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Late 17th Century Flemish School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell
By Robert Walker
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell, 17th Century attributed Robert WALKER (1607-1658) Large 17th Century portrait of General Henry Ireton, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition Civil War portrait...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait Of The Persian Sybil, 17th Century School of GUERCINO (1591-1666)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of The Persian Sybil, 17th Century School of GUERCINO (1591-1666) Large 17th Century Italian Old Master portrait of the Persian Sybil, oil on canvas. Excellent quality an...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood. Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel

Portrait of Jesus Christ with thorn crown on zinc or lead panel
Located in Oostende, BE
Portrait of Jesus Christ with thorn crown, painted on a lead or zinc panel. Signed on the back by Gabriel Planella Major De Edat 81.As. Period unknown.
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20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Coating

Portrait of a Man - Painting Russian Ukrainian
Located in London, GB
The painting is hand signed by the artist at the lower left part "I. Ryback". It was probably painted between 1925 to 1935 in France. Provenance: Josef Steiglitz Gallery, Tel Aviv. ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait Of Theodore Roosevelt By Joseph A. Imhof
Located in New Orleans, LA
Joseph Adam Imhof 1871-1955 American Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Signed "J.A.Imhof 17" (lower right) Oil on canvas President Theodore Roosevelt is r...
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20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Haitian Couple in Bed Simultaneously Adjusting their Radios, Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame. Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Little Sister, Big Sister, c.1970
Located in Franklin, MI
A wonderful painting in the style clearly identified with the artist.
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1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century Europe
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century European School 17th Century European School portrait of Czech Theologian Jan Hus, oil on panel. Excellent...
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16th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Prayer, 19th Century after JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)
By Henri Pierre Danloux
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Prayer, 19th Century after JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Large 18th Century English School portrait of a girl at prayer, oll on canvas attributed to Joshua Reynolds, Excellent qu...
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Late 18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ecce Homo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on canvas. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and workshop. Certificated by Enrique Valdivieso who is the most inportant expert in this artist.
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Detente
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
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Early 20th Century Tonalist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Matthew At The Piano, dated 1969 by EDWARD HALL (1922-1991)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Matthew At The Piano, dated 1969 by EDWARD HALL (1922-1991) Large 20th century portrait of Matthew at the piano, oil on canvas by Edward Hall...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Russin
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 ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joseph Margulies, Portrait of a Girl Oil Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Joseph Margulies (American, 1896-1984) Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 20th Century Oil on canvas (or possibly linen?) 29 3/4 x 25 in. Framed: 33 3/4 x 26 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower rig...
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20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Russian oil portrait of Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky by A. Ivasenko
By Anatolii Ivasenko
Located in London, GB
Russian oil portrait of Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky by A. Ivasenko Russian, 1987 Frame: height 106cm, width 111cm Canvas: height 95cm, width 100cm This excellent portrait was executed by the artist A. Ivasenko, and depicts Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky, the famed Soviet filmmaker, and son of the noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky wasthe most important Soviet filmmaker after Sergei Eisenstein, and his approach to cinematic time and space, as well as his commitment to cinema as a form of poetry, means his oeuvre is regarded as one of the most defining collections of modern film. He first achieved international acclaim with 'Ivan's Childhood' in 1962, which won top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and other career highlights include 'Andrei Rublev...
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1980s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man
By Sir Allan Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (27.25 x 19.5cm) Handmade William Kent frame This quickly created oil sketch is a study for a larger work, its purpose being to aid the artist and give the client a visual representation of the final piece. The subject is a young gentleman in a colourful pink and white outfit. He also wears a powdered wig and bears a decorative sword...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Musician
Located in London, GB
This head and shoulders portrait is an outstanding example of the breadth, force and beauty of this artist's pictorial manner and abilities. This captivating portrait features a musi...
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Late 17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
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1960s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Blue Collar Gritty Truck Driver with Tiger - Color field meets Social Realism
Located in Miami, FL
Gritty working class truck driver with tiger painting on truck door, is rendered in a flat and quick style with rapid brushstrokes defining the trucker. The tiger is painted in a t...
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1950s Color-Field Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century attributed to Louis-Michel VAN LOO (1707-1771) Large 18th European portrait of a Spanish Marquees / Noble at a bureaux signing a docum...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess o
Located in Blackwater, GB
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) Huge 17th Cent...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600 Flemish School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600 Flemish School Large circa 1600 Flemish School portrait of a man holding flowers wearing a plumed hat, oil on panel. Exceptional...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait, Mid-20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Sheila Holland 1932-2002 Self Portrait Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 30 x 22 inches This is a wonderfully dynamic self portrait by the female artist Shelia Holland. ...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gainsborough Dupont (1754 - 1797, British) Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat, with slightly later inscription identifying the sitter oil on canvas 2...
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Late 18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Eminent Women, Illustration for McCall's Magazine, May 1959
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned Illustration celebrating important women throughout history, published in McCall's magazine, May 1959. Accompanied by a tear sheet of the p...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a young Swedish woman, bathed in warm firelight, Oil on Panel
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964) Sam Uhrdin was born in 1886 in the Swedish town of Siljasnas to the north-west of St...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Milton Avery #6"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benjamin sustained an active career for over seven decades. D...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

1900 Young Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Leaves
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right American Art Works Calendar Illustration
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1910s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Marilyn Monroe - Sweet Dreams
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Panel Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 36.00" x 30.00"
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

End of the Road, Golden Light Ladies Home Journal, Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This sunbathed painting will light up your room with warmth. Sundblom's painting technique has the freedom and quick energy in his paint application. His subjects are bathed in the ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary, circa 1600 School of Palma il Giovane (1548-1628)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary, circa 1600 School of Palma il Giovane (1548-1628) Fine Large circa 1600 Venetian School depiction of Saint Elizabeth of...
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16th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Lady, Early 20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Follower of Ambrose McEvoy Circa 1910 Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm) Original ebonised Frame
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Redhead in Profile
Located in Miami, FL
Beautifully rendered in Krolls signature academic style. Unframed - Signed lower right, unframed
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1930s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Devotion
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...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.
By Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Located in London, GB
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1750-1811) was an English portrait painter and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Justly celebrated in his lifetime he won several...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Sketch Of Nude Bathers, 1938 William Russell FLINT (1880-1969)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Sketch Of Nude Bathers, 1938 William Russell FLINT (1880-1969) Large circa 1930 study of nude bathers, oil on panel attributed to William Russell F...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ice Follies Souvenir Program Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1963 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover art of two women skaters in costume for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies...
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1960s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Marilyn Monroe - Sizzle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Panel Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 29.5" x 22.75"
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

Girl at the Sink
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Judgment
Located in Miami, FL
Thin edged metal frame Philip Castle is an Irish Painter and husband to artist Barry Castle He is rarely exhibited and Prince Rainier of Monaco once pu...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nude Smoking
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 9.25" x 10.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nurses, Literary Guild, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 17.25" x 12.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

In The Bride's Shop, Lord & Taylor
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right Printer's and designer's marks in margins "Tool pearls in bodice, train & headband & ribbon under bosom." Ex-collection photographer Frank Paulin...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Film Noir Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Herbert Morton Stoops American (1888 - 1948) Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine illustration, 1925 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Not signed Work is framed
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Tribesmen with Headdresses
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel "Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Signed M. Maccari Post Impressionist Figurative Painting dated 1956 oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas, 44.5 x 35 cm; with wood frame 64 x 54,5 cm) represents a moment on deception. It's signed Maccari on the bottom left, and it's dated 1956 and titled "ins...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Boy and Dog
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Left
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1930s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman in Horror and Terror at Gunpoint
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right. Inscribed on the reverse 'My first color illustration, Nov. 1954.' Work is unframed, Film Noir in paint
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1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of a Charming Seated Woman Against Maroon Drapes
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors. Provenance: Christie's Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
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1910s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Door Gevaert (b. 1911/17, Kortrijk/Belgium), Portrait of a Woman
Located in Greding, DE
Depiction of a woman's head with necklace in impasto color application in blue and pink tones. Bottom left signed Door Gevaert. Image size: 78 x 58 cm. Oil on canvas; profiled wooden...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

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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