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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Post-War
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Villageoise II" Pastel on Paper 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
Category
20th Century Post-War Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Artist Aunt" Portrait Oil Painting 20" x 19" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Artist Aunt" Portrait Oil Painting 20" x 19" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
Signed and dated 1930
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was distinguished from them by being involved in the art and culture circles. He could not afford to study in art schools, so he studied at an art institute in Chicago by correspondence. A self-taught and self-made man, he became involved in the art scene and was able to distinguish himself during the early ’20s and ’40s among his colleagues. He contributed to the cultural life by writing articles and essays on the early education of art in primary schools. S. Zaki was able to leave for us a wide collection portraying the landscapes of Egypt whether it be Upper Egypt...
Category
20th Century Post-War Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Portrait of the nude
Located in Oslo, NO
In this impressionistic oil painting, I've captured raw humanity and vulnerability. My strokes tell a story of resilience amidst chaos, using a harmonious blend of cool and warm tone...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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
Nude oil painting, large post-impressionist sitting nude by Pio Santini
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large vintage nude portrait oil painting of a woman sitting. This is a gorgeous, colourful and exceptional nude oil painting by Pio Santini, signed in the lower right. A young woman...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The mood of the night
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this piece, I've captured the poignant interplay of shadow and light, with oil paint bringing every emotion to the surface. This artwork blends fine art with expressive s...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Asian girl
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this piece, I immersed myself in the delicate balance between strength and vulnerability. Her gaze conveys a narrative of resilience, a silent poise amidst a dreamy backd...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
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 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 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 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
Unveiling the Secret Garden
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Title: Unveiling the Secret Garden
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 x 73 cm
Step into a world of enchantment with 'Unveiling the Secret Garden,' a captivating acrylic painting th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Figurative oil painting titled Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961)
Oil on canvas
100 x 56 cm (39 ⅜ x 22 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, G. Manzana 1905
This work is accompanied by...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Post Impressionist Portrait of a Lady Signed & Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
dated 47'
signed oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 14.5 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: from t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
young woman with basket of flowers oil on canvas painting
By José Royo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 83x72 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin Mary and child Jesus oil on board painting Christ
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Lloveras Feliu (1922-2014) - Virgin Mary and child Jesus - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 60x49 cm.
Frame measurements 68x57 cm.
Josep Lloveras y Feliu, was a painter and sculp...
Category
1950s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rare Antique Boston School Violin Player Portrait Oil Painting, ca 1890’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although unsigned, this is a very well executed portrait of a violin player seated in a hushed setting. It is surely Boston School in style and dating to the very end of the 19th cen...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
mulled wine time
Located in Sempach, LU
In this painting, I poured my soul into capturing the warmth and introspective comfort of a quiet winter's eve. I chose acrylics and delicate gilding to breathe life into the minimal...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Dapper Man Smoking Pipe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Man Smoking Pipe
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 24 x 19.5 inches
stamped verso
very good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Strech the Noise
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Strech the Noise" is an evocative acrylic painting measuring 60 x 73 cm that encapsulates the essence of serenity and harmony between humans and nature. At the forefront of the canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1950's French Signed Oil Painting Woman Seated in Cafe Interior in Pensive Mood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Cafe Interior
French school, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spani...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spani...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman posing acrylic painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Acrylic on canvas on cardboard.
Work measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Adriana Pincherle (1905- 1996). A lady with a turban and green shadows.
Located in Firenze, IT
Adriana Pincherle, (1905, Rome - 1996, Florence).
A lady with a turban and green shadows in a landscape.
Italian female painter, active in Rome and from 1943 in Florence.
Painting signed and dated lower right: Adriana Pincherle. 1973.
Oil painting on canvas.
The simple composition, which represents a woman from behind, bears the influence of Matisse's avant-garde style, with bold and refined color combinations. The shape is created with color, creating an almost surreal and highly expressive effect.
The painter once said: "My painting has always been figurative, not realistic. In this sense I felt very similar to the Informal movement, which, fundamentally, pushed my passion for color to the extreme."
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Artist Biography:
Pincherle Adriana
Rome 25 December 1905 - Florence 8 January 1996
Adriana was born in Rome on 25 December 1905, into a family in which two cultures were intertwined: the Jewish one of her father, the engineer Carlo Pincherle, of Venetian origins and in love with painting, and the Catholic one of her mother, Isa di she. De Marsanich, a noble but decayed Hungarian.
Adriana is the eldest child and two years older than her brother Alberto, known to the literary world under the pseudonym Alberto Moravia
As Pincherle herself says about her, as a child she spent hours admiring her father who painted watercolours, and it was perhaps then that her interest in drawing and above all her particular sensitivity towards color was born. Thus, having completed her classical studies, she began to attend the "ladies" atelier of the engraver Alfredo Petrucci and the free nude courses at the Academy, where she met Mimmo Spadini and Scipione, and came into contact with Roman art. In 1931 she made her debut at the collective "First Roman exhibition of female art" at the "Galleria di Roma", while the following year, at the same gallery, she exhibited a solo show together with Corrado Cagli, already attracting the attention of critics, famous comment by Longhi, cited several times by Pincherle herself, who prefers the "sissy" between the two artists. As evidence of the results achieved by Adriana since her first works, we remember that among her works presented in 1932 there was also the famous "Standing Self-Portrait", now in the Uffizi
Pincherle's growth passes through places and periods common to both the Roman School and the school of painters of the via Cavour group (Mafai, Raphaël, Scipione), with tangents and deviations, but his pictorial research arrives at original solutions independent of any label .
Fundamental to the maturation of her art was her stay in Paris in 1933, in which Pincherle admired and studied closely the Fauves, Renoir and in particular Matisse. In the same year she exhibited for the first time in Florence at the Sala d'arte delle Nazioni with Milena Barilli...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bimba in poltrona" olio su cartone cm. 35 x 25 1980 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Childhood, Little Girl, Green, Summer
KLARA VLASOVA (Moscow, 1926)
MUSEUMS
St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum
Moscow, Pushkin Museum
Moscow, Museum of History and Reconstructi...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait III (Fauvist, Modigliani Inspired Abstract Portrait in Antique Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Fauvist-style, Modigliani inspired, abstract portrait of a man in a dark brown antique wood frame with linen inlay
"Portrait III" by Hudson Valley based artist, David Dew Bruner
20 ...
Category
2010s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mid Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Man with Moustache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) signed
Title: portrait of a man with a moustache
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Size : 10 x 7 inches
Provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Young Girl Reading a Book, Pointillist Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
"A Young Girl Reading a Book" is a captivating portrait by Swedish artist Gustaf Arnolds.
Arnolds was a prolific painter whose roots began in Vingåker and later in Ronneby from his teenage years.
His educational journey in art took him through prestigious institutions such as Althins målarskola and the Tallbergska grafikskolan in Stockholm,
followed by a significant period at the Konstakademien, Stockholm, between 1904 and 1909. His talent and dedication were recognized early on, earning him a scholarship to Paris, a city that would deeply influence his artistic direction.
This particular work, likely painted shortly after his return to Sweden, reveals a profound influence from his time in Paris. It portrays a young girl absorbed in reading a book, a simple yet profound subject that Arnolds imbues with a sense of tranquility and introspection. The background hints at a serene landscape, dotted with quaint houses, a nod to the everyday beauty surrounding us. What sets this piece apart is Arnolds’ technique, reminiscent of pointillism but distinguished by longer, more expressive brush strokes that add a vibrant texture and depth to the canvas. This method showcases Arnolds' unique adaptation of the techniques he encountered during his Parisian studies, particularly during his interactions with Nils Dardel...
Category
1930s Pointillist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Somewhere in Paris" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Somewhere in Paris" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a feminine model in a translucent white shift reclining on a background of white.
About th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Original beautiful 1930's OIL PAINTING portrait of a lady SIGNED - Austrian
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Hugo Von Ritter Bouvard (1879-1959) Austrian
TITLE: “Portrait Of A Lady In A Silk Dress”
SIGNED: upper left and dated 1936
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 70cm x 60cm unframe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Handsome Gaucho or Cowboy, American ca 1920
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very striking portrait of a young man with a sombrero and southwest attire that could be either be of a cowboy or gaucho from Mexico or further south.
Purchased as a damag...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
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