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Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters More Art

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Oil

"Boy with Cap" Post-Impressionism French Sepia Chalk Painting on Paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a Young Boy with a cap. There is great attention to detail, while an emotion is felt in the boy's face. The sepia color used and quick s...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Portrait of a Young Man
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Man', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in exuberant colours is the tr...
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1980s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Madonna with Holy Child and St. John
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Madonna with Holy Child and St. John is a masterful depiction of a tender religious scene, capturing the sacred relationship between the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, and St. John t...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Very Large 1820's English Portrait Dapper Young Gentleman Period Drama Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dapper Young Gentleman English School, circa 1820's period oil on canvas, framed framed: 40 x 34 inches canvas: 32 x 27 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: ...
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1820s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sisters' Reunion -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Gob...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

1970s Big Eyed Waif Sad Child with Scarf Oil Painting
By Erbert Mule
Located in Surfside, FL
1970s Italian (based on the inscription, the artist's name sounds German or Austrian) big eyed waif crying little boy painting. from the era of Jea...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rose
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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WHISPER OF THE MOON
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. 2024y. ink , markers on watercolor paper. THE MAGIC FLOW REALITY...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Permanent Marker

Luc De Decker (1907-1982) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Portrait of A Priest
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts a senior Catholic bishop, seated and gazing directly at the viewer with a gentle expression. Unsigned.
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Lavender Chanel" Audrey Hepburn with Flowers Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A bold and elegant piece depicting Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast At Tiffany's juxtaposed with Chanel on an elegant lilac background. With impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are dr...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Melanin Meditation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Melanin Meditation" is a captivating artwork created by Ekele Francis that delves into the depths of cultural identity and self-reflection. Francis, kno...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Chlorinda with Letter - British art Victorian genre oil painting
By George Wells
Located in London, GB
This charming oil portrait painting is by noted British Victorian artist George Wells. Painted circa 1880 we know the elegant sitter is Chlorinda but her relationship to Wells is unk...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Christ in the House of His Parents The Carpenters Workshop Antique English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Carpenters Workshop British School, late 19th century based on the Pre-Raphaelite painting by Millais oil on canvas, framed framed: 27.5 x 39 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches proven...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century French Portrait of a Nun in her Habit Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nun French School, 19th century oil on canvas, simple wooden slip frame framed: 27.5 x 20 inches canvas: 27 x 19.75 inches provenance: private collection, Champagne reg...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Nude Portrait of a Lady - 1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas nude portrait of a lady in the artist's studio, by Bertrand Py. Excellent quality and very good condition portrait ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century portrait military officer 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, East Lancs
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil on canvas portrait stated to be Captain Paul John Henry Butler, 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, half length, wearing breast star. Hou...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

FLY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. Acrylic, markers, ink on watercolor paper. Unframed. Ships securely and well protected from Spain.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a European Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical portrait depicts an affluent gentleman in formal 19th-century attire. The subject is depicted against a muted background, with the artist skilfully capturing the textu...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Before the ball. Antique oil on canvas by Charles Baxter
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
A perfect example of Charles Baxter's work. Two beautiful ladies , one holding a flower, dressed in their best finery. Despite being unsigned, the paint...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Serenade - Italian 19th century art figurative oil painting musicians
Located in London, GB
This lovely Victorian 19th century figurative oil painting is by Italian artist Frederick Andreotti. Painted circa 1880 it is a lovely playful depiction of a pretty seated young woma...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original painting on canvas, "Young George Washington" by Serg Graff, COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This bold and expressive mixed-media portrait by artist Serg Graff presents a fantastical reimagining of a young George Washington (1732-1799) - the Founding Father of the United Sta...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

In The Making 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Abstract, Colour Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
By and by Too many thoughts rooted in my soul So many memories, the good and the bad They all shaped me. Colourful in a wink, darkness looted. But when it's all going grey, it shine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oval 18th century Portrait of a Young girl, oil on copper
By (Follower of) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite 18th-century portrait depicts a young girl, delicately rendered in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the Baroque period...
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Copper

"Gabrellia #3 S~Curve" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's (US based) "Gabrellia #3 S~Curve" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female model standing in a contrapposto stance. About the artist: My sub...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

The Emotional Pause
Located in Zofingen, AG
This meticulously crafted acrylic painting combines refined aesthetics with quiet emotional depth. The composition draws the viewer into a delicate narrative filled with subtle symbo...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Croele Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973) Creole woman 1938 Oil on canvas 89 x 74 cm (97 x 85 cm with frame) 35.04 x 29.13 in (38.19 x 33.46 in with frame) Signed and dated top right Online ca...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Onigele Yii
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting "Onigele Yii" depicts a striking black African woman wearing a vibrant Ankara head tie, known as gele, in the Yoruba language. Rendered with oil on canvas, the artwork c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Young Aristocrat with Pet Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style, “Young aristocrat with pet dog”. The work is a modern copy of a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, first lord of Van Cortlandt manor in NY. ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jacques Madyol, Brussels 1871 – 1950, Belgian Painter, A Gypsy Lady
Located in Knokke, BE
Madyol Jacques Brussels 1871 – 1950 Belgian Painter A Gypsy Lady Signature: Signed bottom right, verso signed Jacques Madyol, titled "Gitane" and placed Studio 5 Rue Gachard, Bruxel...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Lady In A Stunning Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Dress by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on card, unframed paper: 10 x 6.5 inches double sided very good condition provenance: from the artists...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Large French Abstract, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large French Abstract, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 29 x 19.5 inches Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie. A wonderful nod to the Picasso style of abstract art, using the artists supreme technique of mixing unusual colours together. The striking mix of red, yellow and blue brings a rich sense of warmth to the piece. The concept of 'abstract' was defined by Picasso, but many artists have looked to the Spanish iconic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Huge French Modernist Oil Painting Figurative Group Amazing Bold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Modernist School, late 20th century Title: Abstract figurative group, painted with amazing colors. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. canvas: 39.75...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Pierre Seriziat
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Copy of a Portrait of Pierre Seriziat by Jacques Louis David which was painted in 1795 , David 1748-1825, this picture is a direct copy by an artist by the name of F. Hamilton. There...
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Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, C Print

Couple, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two figures stand side by side. Their faceless features strip away their identity, focusing on their presence and connection. Simple, strong shapes express thei...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Elegant Lady with a Red Lipstick
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Elegant Reclining with a Red Lipstick Oil on canvas: 14 x 10 inches. Frame: 21 x 17 inches. Konstantin Razumov's work has been offered at a...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Young Man in a Yellow Brocade Waistcoat', Paris, Munich, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower right, 'DM' for David Monies (Danish, 1812-1894) and dated 1849. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter, Peter Andreas Löser (1834–1857). Framed in a su...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Marie Channer, "Young Ballerina", 18x14 Ballet Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Young Ballerina", is a 18x14 oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a female ballet dancer caught in pose in the spotlight of the stage. Beautiful h...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A kite - 21st century, Young art, Figurative painting, Photorealism, A cat
Located in Warsaw, PL
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obtaining scholarships from both the Ministry of Culture and the Mayor of the city of Gdańsk. In 2006 he won the Grand Prix (ex...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies. Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman holding bouquet of red poppies in a fine pink satin dress. The painti...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of baron de Roisin - Gendarmerie general
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Flemish school of the 19th century Armorial portrait of Baron Henri de ROISIN (1787-1846) in the uniform of a general of the gendarmerie (1835) Oil on canvas H. 108 cm; W. 90 cm Bar...
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1830s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Demure Longing" (2024) By Suchitra Bhosle, Original Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Demure Longing" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a young woman looking off into the distance while resting in a doorway. About the Artist: Such...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century Irish or English portrait, attributed to the Irish painter Nathaniel Hone. Nathaniel Hone was born in Dublin but by 1748 had set...
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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - A Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century Continental School portrait depicting a distinguished gentleman dressed in formal attire, set against a dark background. The portrait is beautifully housed in an ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Boy with Calen" by Anne Siems, Surreal figurative painting, boy with flowers
Located in Dallas, TX
"Boy with Calendula" by Anne Siems, is a captivating figurative-narrative painting featuring a young child and a rabbit, with an 18th century feel. He is floating and surrounded by s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Gold II - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K's floral portrait is consuming and empowering. Inspired by strong, feminine women, she creates pop-realistic paintings that speak to the energetic female experience; one of individuality and inherent strength in femininity. There are endless floral arrangements capping the mysterious visages of beautiful women, capturing attention through a celebration of floral abstraction and wild, fanciful coloration. Lavish in application and luxurious in composition, Sally K.'s work is inspired by pop art, culture, and fashion. This original 10-inch high by 8-inch wide acrylic on canvas board painting is signed on the front and back. It is unframed and requires framing for display. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping also available. Provenance: Artspace Warehouse. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Sally K was born in Ohio following her family’s emigration from Lebanon. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Saudi Arabia, where she stayed until she was 14. Sally attended high school and college in Beirut, where she graduated with a BA in Fine Arts with distinction from the Lebanese American University of Beirut. In 2013, Sally and her family moved back to the United States and she now paints out of her studio in California. The focus of Sally’s portraits is contemporary women. Her style merges characteristics of abstract expressionism with realism and portrait painting to convey not just the beauty of women, but their confidence and strength as well. They are alluring, flirtatious, and demure with an inspiring femininity that Sally describes as the “sensuality, independence, and confidence you see in strong women.” Sally’s portraits of women are intensely personal. “The women I paint are an extension of me, of what I feel, how I process my surroundings, my thoughts, my anger, my pleasure. They’re the confident strong women that I strive to be. Sometimes tough and daring, sometimes shy and reserved, but always self-assured and determined; they represent what captivates me in other women; the qualities I admire, and strengths that I strive to gain.” Sally draws inspiration from photography, pop culture and fashion as well as artists ranging from the pop art of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock to the gilded florals and figures of Gustav Klimt. Her highly regarded paintings have been featured in group and solo shows in Beirut, Dubai, Italy, and the USA. Notable collectors include Jesse McCartney and Kelly Clarkson. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2024 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2024 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2024 Affordable Art Fair, Austin, TX 2023 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 “Identity with a Chance of Imperfection”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 “Saturate Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2021 “Splatters of Life”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 LA Art Show, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 "Colored Whipped Cream," Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Threshold Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 484 North Gallery, Laguna Beach 2013 Beirut Art Beat 2009 Lebanese Artists Association 2009 Gallery Surface Libre 2008 Lebanese Painters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Raven Violet - Original Vibrant Sally K Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Isolation 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Colours
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Those that tell the truth Are always on the run... If you stand for the truth You will always stand alone Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Romantic painting Painter Eugène CICERI Paris Salon 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille Auguste GASTINE Paris, 1819– Paris, 1867 Portrait of the painter Eugène Cicéri Oil on canvas Signed, dedicated and dated lower right “1849 / C. Gastine / To his friend EC” 60...
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1840s Romantic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique 18th C Oil on Canvas A Polish Russian Nobleman Portrait Rembrandt 1637
Located in Portland, OR
Antique oil on canvas of a Russian or Polish nobleman, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1637. There is much controversy about this painting, currently housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and has previously been owned by such luminaries as Catherine the Great and Andrew Mellon. It has been referred to as both a Polish and Russian nobleman, the sitter wears a Russian sable hat...
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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Telengana Pandit, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Thota Vaikuntam "In Stock"
By Thota Vaikuntam
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Thota Vaikuntam - Telengana Pandit Acrylic on Canvas, 23 x 17.75 inches Thota Vaikuntam is one of the Greatest Artist from the Indian Sub-contitent. He is preoccupied with portraying the men and woman from his region. Thota Vaikuntam (born 1942) is an Indian Modern painter.His paintings capture simple lifestyle of villagers like the paddy fields, toddy pots on shoulders of men, the household chores, temple rituals etc. His drawings range from stark charcoal on paper, transparent washes and pencil drawings. Vaikuntam paints colorful and elaborately dressed Telangana region men and seductive women. His muse is the sensuous and voluptuous women of Telangana with their omnipresent vermilion bindis, draped in colourful sarees that highlight their dusky skin. The stylisation of a painting are a perfect foil to Indian classical dance as the figures seem to dance, as if following their creator in a statuesque movement, reminiscent of temple friezes. He uses the brightest of reds and yellows. The simple women become larger than life as they fill the small format of his paintings draped in bright Sircilla saris. "I like using rich primary colours, which give a sense of character and depth to my paintings. Like reds and saffron and even orange, because these are essentially Indian colours. I don't like using colours that are mix of two, because they are not natural, they don't exist in surroundings around us, in our everyday life. - T. Vaikuntam” Style : Men and women of his village are often the central characters of his work. The obsession can be traced back to his childhood, when he used to be fascinated by the male artists who used to impersonate female characters in the travelling theatre groups that performed in his village. He admits finding the women of his village very sensuous and that he only attempts to capture their vibrancy. Vaikuntam’s art has a sense of strength to it, a power that emanates from the paint or charcoal that he applies to the surface, from his controlled lines, and from the fine strokes that he executes. He generally uses only primary colours, as he believes that composite colours do not exist in nature and are therefore, unnatural. About the Artist : Born : 1942 in Boorugupali, Andhra Pradesh. Education : 1970 - T. Vaikuntam completed a Diploma in Painting at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. 1972 - Painting and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. Solo Exhibition : 1973 - He held his first solo exhibition at the Kala Bhavan in Hyderabad and since then has had regular shows...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Triple Elvis" Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Triple Elvis" (Denied) Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel paint on canvas with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82 x 72" inches 2010 This important example was shown alongside works by Warhol in a two-person show "Warhol Revisited (Charles Lutz / Andy Warhol)" at UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts in 2024. Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). 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