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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Color:  Black
"Out Shall be Virtue", Gold Modern Art Painting, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Out Shall be Virtue", Gold Modern Art Painting, 2020 “Out shall be virtue” is modern art by Addison Jones. This is a multi-media collage-style technique. This is a hand-signed pie...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

"DAY OFF" Abstract Oil Painting 36" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado
Located in Culver City, CA
"DAY OFF" Abstract Oil Painting 36" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado ABOUT: Carlos Delgado is a Colombian artist with international recognition living be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Queen - original cubist abstract expressionist bold graphic artwork modern
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary painter Borja Guijarro renders a dynamic still life in a cubist style. Bold and graphic in composition, this piece includes captivating subject matter, presented in a un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

HUMAN ATMOSPHERE 7 - contemporary artwork, oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
In this exhibition, British painter Michael Pemberton (b. 1974) suggests we each have a personal HUMAN ATMOSPHERE. An ether where we truly exist, unseen by the naked eye but as real ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

One Queen (17), Royal Art, Contemporary Queen Elizabeth II Art, Digital Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
One Queen (17) is an Original on Canvas by Agent. ’One Queen (17)depicts silhouette of the Queen. Agent X digital artworks available with Wychwood Art online and in our gallery. Agent X creates the illusion of a cut-out to reveal a Baroque, floral painting underneath. With its bold composition of the antique with the contemporary, the artwork is a powerful transference of street to Canvas. Agent X, cultural explorer and agent of the unknown, creates experimental, multimedia collages, paintings, and 2D artwork. Described as ‘Pop Art with thought,’ Agent X juxtaposes pop culture, technology, fashion, and music in visually complex amalgamations expressing the anxieties of the global, post-modern world and the dark side of consumerist, media-obsessed culture. His work occupies a unique intersection between the aesthetics and philosophy of Futurism, the social critique of the Dada movement...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Digital

Prayer
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Prayer for peace in Ukraine
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gewitter. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gewitter, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Image size: 20.8 in H x 15.7 in W Unframed The “visible” spectrum, probabl...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Acrylic

Vintage Bay Area Figurative -- "Brilliance Dazzles"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful large scale Bay Area Figurative School portrait titled "Jason's Brilliance Dazzles," 1996 by an anonymous bay area artist (M) Unsi...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

FEMALE PORTRAIT - Giacomo Moretti - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Female Portrait - Giacomo Moretti Oil on Canvas Painting signed lower right, Italy White lacquered wooden frame
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Laßt Blumen sprechen. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Laßt Blumen sprechen, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Image size: 20.8 in H x 15.7 in W Unframed The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Sled. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sled, 2022, by Hunter & Gatti Acrylic and scratch on fine art metallic paper with a pearlescent coating Image size: 20 in H x 15.5 in W Unframed The “visible” spectrum, probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelenghts between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal

Allergies No.27, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionist, Portrait
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Zhixiang Wang 2017 M.F.A- University of Academia Albertina Belle Arti di Torino in Italy. 'Allergies' is a series of artworks that the artist...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Amber & Turquoise", Irene Sheri, Figurative, Impressionism, Original, 34x30
Located in Dallas, TX
Sheri mixes traditional techniques with modern western aspects. Her intense colors free the imagination and embody wonder and beauty through the female form. Soft smiles with momentary looks are subtle yet well-defined and brought together concisely and pointedly. "Amber and Turquoise" embodies what Sheri is all about. A beautiful young woman's blue dress takes over as it transforms into an impressionistic background of amber colors. Her curly red hair frames her beautifully painted face as she begins to realize her matching blue pearl necklace...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Allergies No.21, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionist, Portrait
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Zhixiang Wang 2017 M.F.A- University of Academia Albertina Belle Arti di Torino in Italy. 'Allergies' is a series of artworks that the artis...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait, 1990 - oil paint, 25x20 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas. Dimensions framed: 40x35 cm. Hans Bouman (born in 1951) is a Dutch visual artist working in painting, sculpture, etching and video. He settled in Paris in 1981.
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century "The Emigrants" Pierre Bosco #34 (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Emigrants" #34 Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) Oil on canvas 19 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, frame size “The savage art of Bosco bears i...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Regal Pursuits
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary patchwork-style abstract portrait is framed in a vintage gold frame with linen trim. Wired and ready to hang, 16 in. wide x 19 in. high
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Hommage to Paul Klee - Painting by Giorgio Cresciani - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract is an original contemporary artwork realzed by Giorgio Cresciani in 1977. Oil painting on table. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Paint

1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a Black nude woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a black nude woman seated on a chair. The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Oils on ...
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1...
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

'A Finding' - contemporary abstract portrait - expressionism - Ed Clark
Located in Atlanta, GA
"A Finding" features hues of blue, yellow, black and and orange. This work is framed in a simple white frame measuring 32.5 by 26 inches. Sachi Rome is inspired by the works of Gerhard Richter, Deborah Dancy, Ed Clark...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Couple, Figurative, , Acrylic, Black, White by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic Dry Pastel & Pigment on Canvas, 2014 It will be delivered in a roll form. Style : In Hindu philosophy, the 'Antahka...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

"Spirits Through Time IX, " Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract portrait painting by Ned Martin is made with oil paint on panel. Part of the artist's Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman's face rendered realistically, wi...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"An Urgent Man" (Abstract, Black & White, Figurative Oil Painting, Neutral Tone)
Located in Paris, IDF
AN URGENT MAN 2020 Paris, France Oil and acrylic on canvas portray a ‘derbyed’ man attempting to shed the weighted armor of his obligations and persona. A very loose nod to the char...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Communist the tramp charlot charlie Chaplin oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Falcó (1958) The painter Joaquim Falcó was born in Manresa (Barcelona, Spain) and was related to art from a very early age: at the age of 9 he e...
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Early 2000s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Peter Robert Keil Acrylic on Canvas Colorful & Dynamic Portrait
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Robert Keil painting on stretched thick canvas. Lovely colorful portrait.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic and flatwork was an Interior illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. George Giusti( Italian - American 1908-1990)- ''The Last Snapshot''- ink and acrylic on illust...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) LARGE ORIGINAL PAINTING - FERNAND LEGER ASSISTANT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) signed verso watercolour/ gouache paint on artist paper, stuck on board 25.5 x 20 inches...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Chinese Contemporary art by Fu Ze-Nan - Portrait No.3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen Fu Zenan always known as Da Han is a Chinese artist born in 1953 who lives & works in Songzhuang, Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Suzhou University. In 1985, F...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Canvas

Mixed emotions #2. 2017. Oil on canvas, 110x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mixed emotions #2. 2017. Oil on canvas, 110x90 cm
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rembrandt Woman", acrylic painting, portrait, abstract, cubism, classic pose
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Rembrandt Woman" is an intriguing painting, a woman in classic Dutch master portrait pose with a hand modestly holding her secrets dear, yet por...
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21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Be Thy Self with Glory
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Gatekeeper", acrylic, oil stick, judge, jury, portrait, proscenium, stage
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"The Gatekeeper" is a mysterious painting, seemingly both a portrait and a situation – perhaps a portrait of a barrier. Gatekeeping suggests inclusion a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Portrait Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Canvas

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pen and pencil on paper, unframed paper: 16.75 x 5.75 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawing by the important and fascinating painter, Carlos Carnero (1922-1980). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate sale in Paris. The artists close connection to one of the 20th centuries most important artists, Fernand Leger is of important significance, with his own work being widely collected and appreciated. The artist: Carlos Carnero (1922-1980), a native of Montevideo, emigrates to Paris and joins Fernand Léger's studio workshop at the end of the 1940s. Located on the Boulevard de Clichy, the workshop-school has some seventy-five students. At the end of his life, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia Khodasievich, brilliant painter, first pupil of Malevich, then of Leger in the mid-1920s, became the assistant thenthe mistress of this one and the wife in 1952. In the workshop, Carlos Carnero, soon nicknamed "Carlos" is noted for his talent and involvement. In addition to art education, the couple Léger entrusts the task of the secretariat of the workshop: movements of the stocks, inventory paintings, material organization of exhibitions. After the death of Léger in 1955, Carlos becomes very close to Nadia, rigorous in the construction of the posterity of the master. With his new companion Georges Bauquier, they found, on their own funds, the museum Fernand Léger de Biot - Carnero gives his assistance. Carnero's style is very close to that of his master, filled with joy and colorful dynamism. At the beginning of the 50's, he tried the cubisante figuration of the portraits of Picasso then adopts the abstract balances between lines, shapes and colors of Léger. Some dates: Classical studies in Montevideo (Uruguay). 1941 to 1946 School of Fine Arts, architecture section (Montevideo). 1947 Travel grant (Italy, Spain, France). 1948 Painting workshop at André Lhote workshop. 1949 Entered the Académie Fernand Léger, first student, then 1949 to 1955 Assistant-collaborator of Fernand Léger. 1955 to 1970 Collaborator of Nadia Khodasievitch and Georges Bauquier. Exhibitions: 1950 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, Exposition collective, juillet 1950. 1951 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, exposition annuelle, décembre 1951. 1953 Salon des Artistes indépendants, Paris. 1953-1954 Galerie Gentilhommière, Paris, Groupe 53. 1957-1958 Première Biennale de la “Jeune Peinture”, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, mai-juin 1957, Francfort, Montréal, 1958. 1959 “École de Paris” à Vienne, Linz, Gratz. Galerie de France, “Cinq peintres – Un sculpteur”. 1960 Galerie Création à Roubaix. Exposition personnelle. 1961 Galerie Pierre Weiller à Paris. Exposition personnelle. Salon des Réalités nouvelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Exposition personnelle, mai 1961. 1962 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, “Antagonismes 2 - L’objet”, juillet-octobre 1962. Galerie Pierre Weiller, Paris, “Poèmes Peints”, mars-avril 1962. Exposition personnelle. Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris : “L’art latino-américain à Paris”. 1962-1963 Exposition de peinture contemporaine, Communauté européenne, Prix Marzotto. Italie, Allemagne, Belgique, France. Exposition des Artistes latino-américains, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. “Expressions Nouvelles”, Antibes. 1962 à 1965 Salon “Comparaisons”. L’Oeil de Boeuf, Galerie 7...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pen, Pencil

"Weeds" Colorful Abstract Expressionistic Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Paul Kostabi is known for his wildly fun, expressionistic, and colorful portraits. This painting is a perfect definition of his most popular works. Red, bright whites, greens, and blues disperse in a frenzy of splatters, fast brush strokes, and speckles ascending across the canvas. The exuberant, bright, and messy depictions of this piece hold much fascination in its execution. His layered approach to the paint is part of what makes his works so attractive and exciting; creating many dimensions and highlights resembling the shine and gleam of stars in the universe. Art measures 24 x 18 in Paul Kostabi (Paul Indrek Kostabi) was born in 1962 in Whittier, California. He is an American artist, musician, music producer, and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. He became part of the CBGB Festival in 2014 exhibiting paintings alongside photographers Bob Gruen, Michael Lavine...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Crunch N'Munch" Abstract Expressionistic Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Paul Kostabi is known for his wildly fun, expressionistic, and colorful portraits. This painting is a perfect definition of his most popular works. Red, bright whites, greens, and blues disperse in a frenzy of splatters, fast brush strokes, and speckles ascending across the canvas. Art measures 24 x 18 inches Paul Kostabi (Paul Indrek Kostabi) was born in 1962 in Whittier, California. He is an American artist, musician, music producer and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. He became part of the CBGB Festival in 2014 exhibiting paintings alongside photographers Bob Gruen, Michael...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

'Anguish' Huge French 20thC. Modernist Portrait Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anguish, Huge French Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting Signed By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005 Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 67 x 24 inches Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Young Man
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
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1980s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Surrealist Self-Portrait, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Self-Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This nearly completely abstract painting features bright oranges, reds, and yellows alongside d...
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1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Pan, " a Colorful Expressionist Oil Painting signed by Matthew Schaefer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pan" is a fauvist-expressionist-figurative oil on canvas painting by American artist Matthew Schaefer. Primary colors of red, yellow, and blue fill the figure with brown hair and is...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dark Picasso Style Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Picasso Style Portrait, Cubist Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Titled 'Lavande' in the lower left hand corner Oil p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Letter to Arike (Ebony Queen series I)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Black Girls… Stop settling for less than what you deserve. That’s why I stress self-love! There comes a time when you can no longer blame a man. You’ve got to hold yourself accounta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Charcoal

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.

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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