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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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18th/19th Century French Old Master Oil Christ entering Jerusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th/19th Century School 'A scene of Christ entering Jerusalem' Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size of painting: 21.5" x 18.25" inches condition: overa...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Ashcan School Original Portrait Of A Young Woman Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 13"L x 17"H.
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1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Standing Guard Orientalist Watercolor by Antonio Gargiullo
Located in New York, NY
Orientalist watercolor of a guard standing watch. He stands at the ready, attentively listening while resting his hand on his sash which holds a sheathe...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Boots and Violin_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Figurative_Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Boots and Violin" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 41" x 31.5" Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Nita
Located in New York, NY
JAMES CARROLL BECKWITH (1852-1917) Nita Oil on panel 10 1/16 x 7 5/8 inches Signed lower right Inscribed, “Background of/Nita Sewell/1897,” verso James Carroll Beckwith enjoyed enor...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Holy Family Giovannino Bronzino Paint Oil on table 16th Century Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Agnolo di Cosimo, known as 'il Bronzino' (Monticelli of Florence, 1503 – Florence, 1572) The Holy Family with San Giovannino Oil on table (120 x 90cm. - I...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Lady Justice" Mixed media Painting 67" x 106" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady Justice" Mixed media Painting 67" x 106" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old mas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Wood, Oil

Ronald Olley (b.1923) - c. 2000 Oil, Portrait of a Veteran on a Battlefield
Located in Corsham, GB
An arresting and dramatic oil on canvas by the British listed artist Ronald Olley (b.1923), depicting a portrait of an older gentleman, who is most likely a war veteran, wearing a re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Warrior - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu round canvas NeoMythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Warrior". This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of a Lady With Hat
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
WATELET, Charles Joseph (1867 - 1954) Portrait of a Lady with Hat Oil on oval canvas signed up right and dated 1909 Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canv...
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Early 1900s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Lots Daughter" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Lots Daughter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of individuals in an interior setting.
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Model with Swan - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Model with swan is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figure. Anton...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Exquisite Painting of an Odalisque by Federico Jiminez Fernandez (1841-1910)
Located in New York, NY
Odalisque by Federico Jiminez Fernandez (1841-1910) Female figure sits next to an open window which casts bright sunlight onto her face. A tapestry sits behind her, hung on the wa...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Neo-Expressionist Portrait (Cuban artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Manuel Pardo (1952-2012). Portrait, 1985. Oil on masonite panel, 24.25 x 24 inches. Unframed. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Manuel Pa...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Electrified Jazz
Located in Nashville, TN
"Electrified Jazz" is an acrylic-on-canvas painting by Nashville artist James Threalkill. People being his primary subject matter, Threalkill depicts his subjects with vivacity. He ...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French School, Portrait of a Lady, Actress, Young Woman, French , Rococo, Oval
Located in Greven, DE
French Art Rococo Portrait of a Woman, Young Lady, perhaps an actress
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

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Canvas

The era of Joy Portrait Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: The era of Joy, Sise: 69x53 inches, (175x135 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. "The era of joy" was a gold...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A. LEONARD - Flower Girl and her Dog
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LEONARD Agathon (1841-1923) Flower Girl and Her Dog Oil on canvas signed low left Old Frame regilded with Leaves Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm Dim Frame : 5...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Saint Matthew Angel Procaccini Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Painter active in Lombardy, in Milan, in the seventeenth century Circle of Camillo Procaccini (Bologna 1561 - 1629 Milan) St. Matthew and the Angel ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Attributed to Joza Uprka (Czech) "Slovakian Woman" A Rare Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Joza Uprka (Czech 1861-1940) "Slovakian Woman" A Rare Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting two Czechoslovakian women in traditional outfits, one woman helping another put on her head scarf, realistically painted with very vibrant colors. A rare and unique painting. Apparently unsigned. Joža Uprka (26 October 1861, – 12 January 1940), was a Czech painter...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French 1930s Art Deco Society Portrait, Lady with a Diamond Earring
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco, oil on canvas, society female portrait by Dembinkski (probably Anton J.) Signed, dated and located (Paris) bottom left. In later wood and gilt frame. A charming and...
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young Lady and Cupid in The Park
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
C.BRIAND Young Lady With Cupid in The Park Oil on canvas circa 1880 signed low right Old Frame gilded with leaves Size canvas : 65 X 55 cm Size frame : 93 X 82 cm
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1880s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Sasha - Oil on Canvas by Laura D'Andrea - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Sasha is an artwork realized by Laura D'Andrea in 2018. Oil on canvas. This artwork was realized by the Italian artist Laura D'Andrea. Laura D’Andrea is an Italian ar...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Melon, Portrait, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Melon Sise: 47x55 inches, (120x140 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind, Looking at this oil painting, you ca...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pensive Young Woman - Oil Paint by Giovanni Maria Mossa - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pensive young woman is an original modern artwork realized by the artist Giovanni Maria Mossa (1892-1973) in the early 20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on board. Hand signe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Hobby - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Annunciation, 15th Century - circle of Andrea del Castagno
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Annunciation, 15th Century circle of Andrea del Castagno 15th Century Italian Renaissance depiction of the Annunciation, oil on panel. Early...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Collier de Perles by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
Le Collier de Perles by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ⅝ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Ludovic Rodo 1927...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. With Oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Icono of Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. Egg tempera and gesso on wood, covered by a metal oklad made by the artist himself. The oklad, in principle, were made to cover damaged parts of highly revered ancient icons...
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1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

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Gesso, Wood, Egg Tempera

A Party To The Castle in 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Party To The Castle in the 18th Century Oil on canvas with a signature G.Weiss low left Old frame regilded Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm Dim frame : 66 X 58 cm
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Thoughtful
Located in Albuquerque, NM
The painting Thoughtful takes away the tension of confrontation, which leaves the woman in the portrait in her own space of contemplation. With the help of color emotions are transla...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Unitiled - (Young Lady with Red flowers)
Located in New York, NY
John Knowles Hare, American Illustrator, (1884-1947). This painting is believed this an original for a candy box illustration.
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1910s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Woman on Sofa - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman on Sofa is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Another painting of human figure on rear. Includes frame. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award. That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

NAPOLEON AT ARCIS-SUR-AUBE, 1814
Located in Paris, FR
Circle of FRANÇOIS DE LANSAC (1803-1890) "NAPOLEON AT ARCIS-SUR-AUBE, 1814" French Campain – Napoleon at Arcis-sur-Aube, 1814 Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS : –...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Attentive Nurse - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Attentive Nurse is an original modern artwork realized by a mid-20th century Artist after Jean Siméon Chardin. Oil painting on canvas. Frame ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Distraction, Late 19th Century Oil Painting, Orientalist
Located in London, GB
Walter Charles Horsley 1855 – 1921 The Distraction Oil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 25 x 20 1/2 inches (63.5 x 52 cm) Orientalist ha...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Englischer Windhund and Preussischer Landjuncker. 2 Art Deco Gouache Portraits
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pair of early 20th Century Art Deco gouache portraits of two gentleman in hunting attire with their dogs, by P Giubbini. The works are signed bottom right, titled top left 'Englischer Windhund' and 'Preussischer Landjuncker' respectively and each presented in a plain period wood frame under glass (excuse the reflections in the photo). One painting is a wonderful character portrait of a man preparing to go out with his hound dog, an Englischer Windhund or whippet. He is nonchalantly doing up the buttons on his gloves, stick under his arm. Wearing breeches, hunting coat...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Composition - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Another painting of human figure on rear. Includes frame: 98 x 4 x 68 cm Mixed colored oil painting o...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Snake Charmer
Located in Austin, TX
By Bartolome Sastre 46" x 35" Oil on Canvas Part of Sastre's series of candid scenes from his travels to India.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Agneta Sophia Cederström in a Black Dress by Carl Stephan Bennet
Located in Stockholm, SE
Bennet received his artistic education during a trip to Italy from 1829-to 1832, where he stayed in Rome and Naples. His closest contact in Rome was with the sculptors Bengt Erland Fogelberg and Bertel Thorvaldsen and the French painter Horace Vernet. After returning to Sweden, he divided his time between military service and art. In 1838, after advancing to captain, he resigned from the military and conducted preparatory studies in the field of art in Sweden. He then mainly painted Italian landscape motifs, Stockholm views and views of larger mansions, portraits, animal pictures...
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1830s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Urbanist 2
Located in Singapore, SG
The painting presents a juxtaposition of looks and mindsets. The artist shows how urbanisation has worked on the dweller's mind. Although their appearance has not changed, the simplicity of their thoughts and actions are no longer there. Urbanisation has devoured them. About Abhijit Paul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the top right hand corner of the painting Oil painting on canv...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Set of Four Naive Folk Art Portraits
Located in Milford, NH
A set of four naive portraits by self-taught American artist Earle T. Merchant (1903-1997). Merchant was born in Gloucester, and started his law education at Boston University Law School, earning a law degree during the late 1920s. By 1928 he had joined a law practice with offices on Main Street in Gloucester. By the early 1960s, Earle Merchant...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Fishing By The Flowers Of Summer, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Fishing By The Flowers Of Summer, 19th Century by Paul Hermann Wagner (1852-1937) sales to $60,000 Large 19th Century study of summer flowers with a boy fishing in the lake beyond,...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tonight I Wait at the Window - Oil Paint by Franco Rivola - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Tonight I wait at the window is an original modern artwork realized in 1968 by Franco Rivola. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand-written dedica...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Wiem
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

E. Aglionby - 20th Century Oil, The Reader
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive portrait showing a older gentleman with a rather ponderous facial expression. The soft brushstokes and bold colour palette beautifully captures the essence of this seri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19thC portrait of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th century watercolor of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses out Fox hunting. The piece is a fine quality watercolor, well framed in an Eng...
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1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of Garibaldinian Soldier - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldinian soldier is al modern artwork realized by Artist of 19th Century. Mixed colored oil painting. Includes gilded frame. A rare portrait of a Garibaldino, a v...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Voice of King
Located in New York, NY
Figurative Painting. Homage to music legend. Portrait of a song. About the Artist. Mothes is an artist living and working in East Hampton.  His work has been shown in galle...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Striking Hollywood Regency Portrait of a Red Haired Lady by Kughler 1932
Located in Rochester, NY
Hollywood regency portrait painting of a young woman by Francis Kughler (American 1901-1970). Oil on canvas board. Circa 1932. Unframed. Born in New York City in 1901, Francis Vandeveer Kughler attended Cooper Union, the Mechanics' Institute, and the National Academy of Design School of Art where he met Charlotte Livingston, an artist, whom he was later to marry. During this period he was the winner of a Tiffany scholarship, which provided him a summer of landscape painting at the Louis Comfort Tiffany estate at Oyster Bay, L.I. In the 1940s, Kughler became the President of the Salmagundi Club, a well-known art club in Washington Square in New York City.Well-known as a muralist, society portrait painter and lithographer, he was a prolific painter who made cityscapes, landscapes, and nudes. He and his wife, Charlotte Livingston, lived and worked in Bronx, New York. mid century modern wpa impressionist...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

The Little Concert (Concertino) - Oil Paint by N. Cecconi - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Little Concert (Concertino) is an original oil on canvas realized by the italian painter Niccolò Cecconi (1835-1901) in the late 19th Century. Very good condition. Hand signed i...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil Expressive and detail portrait of a weaver and his baskets, heading to market by California impressionist nna Oley...
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1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

"Night Murmurs, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Night Murmurs" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a man in a dark interior room with a yellow lamp lit on his bedside table. Mia Bergeron...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

A Nap Before Entering the Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Hasidic Rabbi
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaic oil painting by Krakow, Poland born artist Mark Siegband. Signature on top left. Framed w title plaque on frame. He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Lady in the Paris Park
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful young lady in a Paris Park, signed, Original Frame, listed size includes the frame.
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

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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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