Portrait Paintings
Portrait Paintings For Sale
Color: Brown
"Pastel Blue", Wood, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Jorunn Mulen was inspired by love. A chance encounter in an Italian cafe or an antique photograph at a London flea market can each become a part of my visual capture. Her poetic port...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
1950's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Nude Lady Soft Lighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower corner
Title: Portrait of a Nude Lady
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, 1830s Portrait of a Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John F Francis (American, 1808 - 1886)
" Portrait of a Gentleman ", 1838
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 3 1/2" Frame
Overall Size: 37" x 32"
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Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a girl
Located in PARIS, FR
Germain PAGET
(Morbier, 1817 – Morbier, 1884)
Portrait of a girl
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
65 x 54cm
Germain Paget was born in Morbier on May 18, 1817, second in a family o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl with a Dove
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lacazette Amelie (19th)
Young Girl with a dove
Oil on canvas signed upper left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 56 X 37 cm
Dim Frame : 74 X 57 cm
Lacazette Amelie (19th) -
...
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1870s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
LORELEI - Contemporary Portrait / Realism
By Lu Cong
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Lu Cong
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Large 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Grey Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Claude Benard (1926-2016, French), signed
Portrait of a Fashionable Young Lady
oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed upper corner
painting: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, Early American Portraiture, Sideburns, Cleft Chin
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Gentlemen, c. 1835
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 2 1/2" Frame
Overall Size: 34 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Craquelure throughout, some inpainting. In otherwise good condi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study head of nostalgia, portrait of a melancholy-looking boy in a white shirt
Located in Gent, VOV
Study head of nostalgia, portrait of a melancholy-looking boy in a white shirt. Oil/canvas, signed lower left Kunz Meyer
Meyer-Waldeck Kunz, an artist of Latvian origin, was born o...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Berthe Morris by Rosalie Thévenin
Located in Gent, VOV
Portrait of a young girl Oil on canvas Dedicated to his girlfriend Berthe Morris, signed and dated 1890 at the top 46 x 38 cm (without frame)
Marie-Anne Reine Thévenin is the daught...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Fauvist 1920's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, fauvist style
indistinctly signed
circa 1920's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Another love'"Jorunn Mulen, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Jorunn Mulen was inspired by love. A chance encounter in an Italian cafe or an antique photograph at a London flea market can each become a part of her visual capture. Her poetic por...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Dipinto Ritratto di Bambino XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-europea di fine '800. Firma non identificata in basso a destra.
Il ritratto presenta un bambino in ambito marinaresco: è seduto sul masso di una spiaggia, ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"September sentiment", Wood, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Jorunn Mulen was inspired by love. A chance encounter in an Italian cafe or an antique photograph at a London flea market can each become a part of her visual capture. Her poetic por...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th-19th century figure painting - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Bolognese painter (18th-19th century) - Maddalena.
70 x 50 cm without frame, 89 x 69 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
Condition ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting 'The Girl in The Red Dress' by William Frank Calderon (1865-1943)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on Canvas "The girl in the Red Dress" by W Frank Calderon, RA (no58) Exhibit 1911. Calderon was influenced by the "Art Nouveau"period, this painting shows his beautiful detailed...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sudden Blast - Oil Paint by Simona Zecca - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
"Sudden Blast" is an oil on canvas portrait painting with gold leaf and acrylic paste, cm 90x90.
The girl in the portrait is overwelmed by such an intense emotion she feels like her...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th century portrait of a lady in a red dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
Thomas Brown Yates was an English landscape and portrait painter active during the 1910-1935 period.
He studied firstly in London and then travelled to the Andre Lhote school in Par...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV.
A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
A truly ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Old Jewish Scholar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous little gem oil painting. Looks to be a Rabbi or Jewish scholar. It is signed, could be March? not sure. The professional frame measures 14 inches high by 12 1/4 wide and has silk matting...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Canvas Painting Profile Compartmentalized 415.074
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Compartmentalized 415.074 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Paper on Canvas Painting
Profile Compartmentalized 415.074 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Fine British Victorian Dog Oil Painting Terrier in Barn by Mousehole, 19th C
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: J. Langlois, British 1855-1904, signed lower corner
Title: Chasing the Mouse!
Medium: oil on board, framed
framed: 6 x 7.5 inches
board: 4.75 x 6.75 inches
Proven...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela GuggerottiFracastoro Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Frame in lacquered and gilded wood.
The painting is mentioned in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani in the biography of the artist.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved, gilded wood.
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Mid 20th Century French Nude Man Folding his Arms posing for Portrait, oil paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Man with a Moustache
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
atelier stamped verso
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 20.5 inches high by 22.5 inches wide...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood.
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
MARTIN-KAVEL Portrait beautiful woman elegant fan realist french 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
François MARTIN-KAVEL
Paris, 1861 – 1931
Oil on wood panel
24 x 19 cm (33.5 x 27.5 cm with frame)
Signed and dated upper left “Martin-Kavel / 85”
Beautiful 19th century frame in gild...
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1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fortitude
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original art, mixed media on canvas
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Rise
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, mixed media on canvas.
Rich Parker uses blocks of paint and stylised graffiti techniques to build upon figurative artwork. Almost cubist in form crossed with street art hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sir Winston Churchill Large Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sir Winston Churchill
British School, circa 1970's
Signed by the artist on the upper right hand corner
Oil painting on board
painting size: 20 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 19th century, Lady looking at a jewel in an interior, South of France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antoine Emile Plassan (1817-1903), a French painter of genre works, portraits and landscapes, was born in Bordeaux. He exhibited frequently at the Salon and was awarded medals in 185...
Category
1870s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Impressionist Painting "Ballerina" by Andre Gisson
By André Gisson
Located in Rochester, NY
"Ballerinas" impressionist painting by Andre Gisson (1921-2003). Soft colors and bright light are hallmarks of Gissons work. This is rare subject manor for the artist. Although Ame...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
Little Ballerina-original abstract figurative oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Little Ballerina I" by Iryna Yermolova is a captivating abstract figurative painting that captures the grace and innocence of a young dancer in a mom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two portraits, one of a man and one of a lady - Jan van Ravensteyn
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Jan van Ravesteyn was described as an outstanding portrait painter by Karel van Mander as early as 1604. After a possible apprenticeshi...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Women portrait (Coraline)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Auguste Adolphe CHAUVIN
(Liege, 1810 – Liege 1884)
Portrait of Coraline
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
91 x 68 cm
1868
Auguste Adolphe Chauvin, born in Liège on October ...
Category
1860s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Portrait Woman Impressionist Sketch on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 20 inches high by 24 inches wide
condition: overall very good and so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Eléa Ossified" (Abstract Portrait, Floral, Calming, Roses, Painting on Wood)
Located in Paris, IDF
ELÉA OSSIFIED
2022
An abstracted portrait with detail of lying roses mimics thoughts caught in time, while capturing the complex notion of aging and beauty. A soft and calming paint...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Adam, Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Adam, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Size: 15.7 H x 11.8 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazilian arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A dandy in the garden of black roses. Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A dandy in the garden of black roses, 2016 by Ramonn Vieitez
Watercolor and Gouache on canvas
Size: 19.7 H x 15.7 W in.
Signed on the back by the artist
Unframed
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Ramonn Vieitez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of a child holding peaches - Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594-1652)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Portrait of a child holding peaches, accompanied by a dog.
We are grateful to Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution on the basis of high-resolution photographs.
The present portrayal of a silk-robed child, attended by a pedigree puppy and holding a sprig of expensive, exotic fruit, exudes the burgeoning wealth of the mid-17th century Dutch Republic, and is characteristic of the accomplished hand of Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp. The sex of the present child is difficult to determine with certainty, as young boys also were attired in dresses at this time, but the silk bonnet...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Oil Painting Sketch Portrait Lady with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady with the Tambourine
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 20 inches high by 14 inches wide
condition: overall very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, French prince, 18th c. French school
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1674 -1723), Regent of France
Workshop of Jean Baptiste Santerre (Magny en Vexin, 1658 - Paris, 1717)
French school circa 17...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four large family portraits
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...
Category
1840s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Portrait of Auburn Hair Young Lady Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Auburn Haired lady
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes signed below oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 12 inches
provenance: the artists e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Country House Portrait Faringdon House Oxfordshire Grade 1 Listed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
English School, mid 20th century
inscribed to label verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl Doll Mandolin Flower
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame is 12 X 10. Canvas is 9.5 X 7.5
Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires.
He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco.
In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy.
He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001.
Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950.
Associated American Artists - New York 1952.
James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953.
Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960.
Antologica, Tokyo 1965.
Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969.
Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970.
Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971.
Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972.
Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974.
Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975.
Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977.
Galleria Robert...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Painting "Ballerina" by Andre Gisson
By André Gisson
Located in Rochester, NY
"Ballerinas" impressionist painting by Andre Gisson (1921-2003). Soft colors and bright light are hallmarks of Gisson's work. This is rare subject manor for the artist. Although Am...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Wood, Oil
Huge Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Mrs Boone & Daughter after lost original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
After SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
(1723 -1792)
Portrait of Mrs Boone and her Daughter
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size : 55.25 x 43.25 inches (140 x 110 cms)
Framed size : 62 x 50 inches (157.5 x 127 cms)
Provenance : Private Collection, France
This present picture is a good quality copy of a Reynolds original. Copies are notoriously
difficult to date, but judging by the style and the materials used it is most probable that we are
dealing with a picture painted between 1890 and 1920. The professional standard of the work
makes this painting a fine and substantial piece of decoration in the 18th century English
manner. But in this case there is more…
The Reynolds original was painted around 1774-6 and depicts Harriet Boone, wife of Charles
Boone with their daughter, also Harriet – later the wife of Sir William Drummond K.C. This
picture was by 1865 in the collection of one T Colleton Garth (a relative of the younger
Harriet Boone), who lent it to an exhibition of Old Master pictures at the British Institution in
1865. It was engraved in 1866 by G.H. Emery – presumably after attracting some attention at
that exhibition. The painting was then bought from Garth by the dealers Agnew in 1903 and
sold the following year in 1904 to the famous Anglo-German diamond magnate Alfred Beit.
Two years later in 1906, Beit - who would fill his later years with numerous philanthropic
donations in Germany, England and South Africa - gave the Reynolds original of Mrs Boone
to the Berlin Gallery...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, Early American Portraiture, American Folk Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s
Oil on Panel
24" x 19.5"
Housed in a 3" Carved Frame
Overall Size: 29" x 25 1/4"
In excellent condition. Ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Child portrait in clouds
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1800
Portrait of a child in the clouds
H. 40 cm; L. 32 cm
This luminous portrait is that of a child of three or four years old, represented in the clouds. The ve...
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Early 1800s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Naive Portrait of Lady Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, 19th century
circle of Henri Rousseau, French 1844 - 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 23.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century French School - Portrait of a Young Maiden, ca 1840
Located in Baltimore, MD
This French School portrait of a lovely young maiden is quite charming. It is not signed but is clearly by an accomplished hand. The young woman's facial expression of innocence an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Monsieur Aubert, a ceremonial portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance :
Arnold S. Kirkeby (1901-1962)
Donated by Arnold S. Kirkeby to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1955, where it remained until its sale at Sotheby's, New York on Ja...
Category
1720s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lida
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE
"Lida"
Oil on panel
Signed lower left and titled 'Lida' on the reverse
Dimensions:
24 x 19 cm / 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (painting)
45 x 40 cm / 17 3/4 x 16 3/4 in; (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Hungarian Jewish Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Portrait
By Lajos Polczer
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is exceedingly rare.
Polczer was an Hungarian artist, his foundations of painting were taught by a painter Bertalan Karlovszky. His works were exhibited in the National Salon and the Art Hall from 1928. His works are held by the Hungarian National Gallery. In his later years he worked in the United States, he was working in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1960s. Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess scenes and other early 20th Century salon style nude paintings. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Face V (To be named by owner)
By Hayoung Kim
Located in Seoul, KR
About Faces Series
Hayoung Kim's paintings incorporate her own experiences in real life. Now she has given birth and encountered a whole new phase of life. While experiencing motherh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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