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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Pop Art
Style: Post-Impressionist
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
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Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed upp...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La lecture au jardin (Lesson in the Garden)
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Post-Impressionist painter Georges d’Espagnat captures a charming moment between a mother and her child in this vibrant oil on canvas. Rendered with a studied use of complementary colors and bold brushstrokes, the painting showcases the artist's unique Post-Impressionist style. Remembered as one of the most individualistic artists of the 20th century, his distinctive canvases bring together the loose brushwork of the Impressionists and the bold color palette favored by the Fauves. Together, they achieve a vibrant spontaneity that lends itself well to the carefree subjects of the present work.
Masterfully composed, La lecture au jardin moves beyond the Impressionist instinct to capture a fleeting moment on canvas. Rather, d'Espagnat succeeds in creating a deep feeling of harmony in the work. Warm colors are perfectly balanced with cool tones, while vertical and horizontal lines are softened by the curves of the foliage and his subjects' figures. Through his simplification of forms and intentional use of color and line, he creates a scene that is carefully designed and thoroughly modern. A similar view of a mother and her child by d'Espagnat is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
The Post-Impressionist painter was an individualist since his youth, choosing to forgo traditional schooling in order to independently study the Old Masters in the Louvre. He soon became involved with the most prominent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the age, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Signac, who themselves existed outside the traditional norms of French Academic training. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, and again the following year at the Salon des Indépendants.
By 1895, he held his first one-man show in Paris, and just three years later his success earned him a solo show at the prestigious Durand-Ruel Gallery. Between 1905 and 1910 he made several trips to visit Renoir on the Côte d’Azur. Their close friendship resulted in a group exhibition at Marcel Bernheim...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
And Forsake All Others
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lady Gaga, The Pink Panther and the Little Man
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ladies by Annemarie Ambrosoli, Oil on Canvas, 50x70 cm
Located in Kiens, BZ
Ladies (2017), oil on canvas stretched over wooden frame, 50x70 cm, by Italian contemporary artist ©Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist)
Hand-signed by the Art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed M. Maccari Post Impressionist Figurative Painting dated 1956 oil canvas
By Mino Maccari
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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mia Farrow
By Seek One
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on wood panel with epoxy resin finish. Homage to Mia Farrow.
About the Artist:
Seek One is an up and coming talent, showing at galleries w...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Child in Prayer Cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Famed female illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The accompl...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media
Bright Eyed Ben 1/1
By TRANSPARENT
Located in New York, NY
Pigment Ink & Acrylic Canvas Gallery Wrapped over Custom Built Box. One of kind creation by the famed artist. Collected worldwide. Homage to Benjamin Franklin.
About the Artist:
Ultra Fine Money Artist TRAN$PARENT is an American based artist. He specializes in museum quality, ultra-fine money art. Specifically American denominations from the $1 to the $10,000 bill and with special granted requests the Million Dollar Bill. He also specializes in various rare and well known International currencies. Creating game changing revolutionary art has been his life’s passion and he illustrates it beautifully in his TRANSPARENT artwork depicting the front, back and middle security features of his bills. His TRANSPARENT Art is actually a metaphor for being TRANSPARENT with your loved ones, with your business associates, but most importantly with yourself.
He fine tunes each image to ensure the highest possible vibrancy and each image is personally quality controlled by him and is also hand signed and individually numbered. APs to Limited Editions his pieces are completely breathtaking and pop when viewed under regular or proper lighting. His pieces are not easy to come by and are becoming highly sought after. One of his many accomplishments was successfully orchestrating 12 different beautiful installations of his work at Miami’s Famous Art Basel 2018. His installations included being the featured artist at the opening night with the Miami Heat...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
'The Conversation Piece', oil on canvas by Tarkay
Located in St. Albans, GB
Itzchak Tarkay
Picture Size: 40 x 32(99 x 80cm)
Outside Frame Size: 49 x 41" (121 x 102cm)
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1935 - 2012
Born on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border in the city of Subotica ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Blue Face Girl Portrait on Wooden Orange Coin. "Currency #200"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"As if everything I know, everything I've lived through, is worthless here." This is the phrase that can be read in this piece, which, in this case, portrays a young Venezuelan immig...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
The sisters young women original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 98x117 cm.
Ramon Aguilar i Moré (Barcelona, 1924-Barcelona, September 23, 2015) was a Spanish painter. His work was influenced by the expressionist movement, although...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wild and Free" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by VIQA
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wild and Free" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by VIQA
Wild and free, she is like a whirlwind of passion, indomitable and daring. Her heart beats to the rhythm of freedom and her soul ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman by the sea oil on canvas painting mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 69x60 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930s Oil on Canvas Portrait of the Artist's Son
Located in Cotignac, FR
1930s Oil on canvas portrait by S Cousin. The painting is signed bottom right and the subject 'Henri Cousin' titled on the back of the canvas.
An engaging and charming oil portrait ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sparkling Rosé", Modern Pop Art Painting in Pink, 2022
Located in Delaware , OH
"Sparkling Rosé", Modern Pop Art Painting in Pink, 2022
Sparkling Rosé is Modern Pop Art Painting by Addison Jones. Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Morning After" Painting 60" x 72" inch by Ty Joseph
By Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Morning After" Painting 60" x 72" inch by Ty Joseph
From 7 L's series
2018
* * * The meaning of L series * * *
Although influenced by Pop Art, with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
What About?, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist John McCabe illustrates colorful graphic faces divided into twelve micro panels. He creates a scenario of an explosive politic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 55 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 81 - Giclee print on canvas female painting. 40/47”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been described by one of his sons as obsessed with painting, to the exclusion of most oth...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative/Portrait/Sunglasses/Pop_Sunset Style, Anja Van Herle_Acrylic
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Sunset Style"
Acrylic on Wood
40 x 60 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with an American sense ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Figurative/Portrait/Sunglasses/Pop_Bubble Bliss, Anja Van Herle_Acrylic
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Bubble Bliss"
Acrylic on Wood
40 x 40 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with an American sense ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Figurative/Portrait_Acrylic/Swarovski Crystals_Mrs. Hisses, Anja Van Herle
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Mrs. Hisses"
Acrylic & Swarovski Crystal on Wood
72 x 35 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
nightingale song time
Located in Sempach, LU
In this artwork, I sought to capture a serene moment, intertwining nature, humanity, and the timeless act of creation. Gentle hues of blue and soft earth tones come alive with touche...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 4 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 29.5/29.5”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Charles PICART LE DOUX, The Beautiful Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1939
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1939. The Beautiful Girl. With frame: 85.5x72.5 cm - 33.7x28.5 inches ; without frame: 73x60cm - 28.75x23.6 inches. 20F f...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Face Portrait On Red and Yellow. Sculptural Painting "Currency #203"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work consisting of a portrai...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Face Portrait On A Wooden Coin. Latin man. "Currency #196"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece is one of the most news artworks of the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique wor...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Profile Portrait Of Young Venezuelan Inmmigrant in Europe. Blue "Currency #193"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece is one of the most recent in the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, inspired by the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work consist...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait on a Wooden Coin. Migrant. "Currency #202"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
The phrase in French inscribed on the piece can be translated as "Doesn't matter what they say, you deserve something more." This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" crea...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Post Impressionist Bandshell
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981)
Bandshell in Langres Garden
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame : 66 X 75 cm
HERVE Jules René ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Figure in Green Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure in Landscape
by Jean Drefus-Stern French 1890-1969)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 9.5 x 11 inches
board : 7.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait on Wood. Mental Health. "Currency #201"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece, crafted on a 26cm wooden panel with blue and maroon tones, represents an invented portrait that refers to the extreme situation that migrants sometimes experience in thei...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Colorful Face Portrait On A Wooden Coin. Black Woman on Orange "Currency #197"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This sculptural painting belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work consistin...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pop Surrealist Double Face Portrait On A Blue Wooden Coin. "Currency #195"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece is one of the latest additions to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, inspired by the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work co...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Primavera en jardín (Spring in garden). Post-impressionist female figure sitting
By Joan Raset
Located in Segovia, ES
Primavera en jardín ( Spring in garden).
Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Joan Raset.
Dimension with frame 104 cm H x 121 cm W x 4,5 cm D
Dimension without frame 73 cm H x 92 cm W x 2...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vibrant Profile Portrait. Androgenous Face On a Wooden Coin. "Currency #194"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work consisting of a meticul...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pop Surrealist Face Coin Profile Portrait On Wood. Black Woman "Currency #136"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2023, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work executed on a treated c...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Spray Paint
"Love Wild" - Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait with Cute Odd Little Monster
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"In 'Love Wild,' Natasha Lelenco engages in a playful and stylistic exploration with clear references to the recurring portraits of the early Renaissance, such as those by Giorgione, from a contemporary perspective and with the technical precision that characterizes her work. In this piece, she presents a character with a certain sexual ambiguity, lost in thought, snuggled up with a small creature, a little monster, and sporting tattoos on the fingers that read 'Love' and 'Wild,' a nod to Charles Laughton's famous film 'The Night of the Hunter...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
memories of summer
Located in Sempach, LU
In this vibrant acrylic painting, I've channeled the essence of summer memories into a whimsical medley of colors and forms. I've drawn from comics, pop art, and symbolism to capture...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Oil on Canvas "L' Espagnole" by Dietz Edzard, 1935
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Berlin, DE
Dietz Edzard ( German/French 1893-1963 ). Oil on canvas, 1935. With the artist's signature stamp at lower left. Framed.
Property of the Estate of Dr. Max Stern sold for the benefit o...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judaica Oil Painting Chassidic Jewish Rabbi Holding A Sefer Torah Scroll
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaic oil painting by Krakow, Poland born artist Mark Siegband.
Signed and framed, An elderly Hasidic rabbi holding a Torah.
He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that inclu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elisabeht
Located in Oslo, NO
In my artwork, I've poured my soul into capturing the complex tapestry of human emotion. With each stroke of oil paint, I've interwoven a sense of resilience amidst adversity, the su...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
"Portrait of Barbara"
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
The only known portrait of Gustav Likan's wife Barbara.
16" x 9.25" Oil on Canvas
Framed Size: 22" x 15"
1982
Category
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Norwegian girl
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I endeavored to capture a poignant moment, the gaze that conveys the silent strength within. I used an impressionist touch to evoke emotions and depth, harmoniz...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
By the Shore, a close up side profile of a swimmer by the beach
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Float, a close up large depiction of a woman sunbathing on a floaty
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
My Ex - Modern Art Portrait Acrylic Painting Colors Lilac Blue Orange Red Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"My Ex" is a painting by Maestro Pancho Malezanov.
About the painting:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, painting on canvas
STYLE: POP ART, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approx...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Nude woman mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas board.
Work measurements 32x23 cm.
Frame size 48x39 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
Category
1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Portrait Of an Algerian old woman By Albert Marquet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Albert Marquet was a French painter. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sleeping girl
Located in Oslo, NO
Childhood is a very important part of a person 's life and a lot is laid there . For me, childhood is carelessness, purity , sincerity, lightness, the drawl of time, a lot of impress...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 35x27 cm.
Frame size 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Contemporary Pop Surrealistic Portrait with Plants. Mustache and Leaves. Fluor
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Blue Flower" is one of the pieces from the "Fetishes" series created by Natasha Lelenco in 2022. Conceived as a portrait emerging from an intense fluorescent pink, the piece contain...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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