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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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"Duchess Ceciline, Prussia" Acrylic on canvas, royal portrait, blue and neutrals
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Duchess Ceciline, Prussia" (2017) by Ru8icon1 Acrylic on canvas Royal portrait, tiara & jewels, ephemeral; shades of blue and neutrals, by Barcelona based street artist and classica...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Star Hailing L's" Painting 48" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Star Hailing L's" Painting 48" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph From 7 L's series 2017 * * * The meaning of L series * * * Although influenced by Pop Art, with i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

20th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Young Girl in Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady by Paul Fitzgerald (Australian 1922-2017) signed and dated 1995 oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 24 x 20 inches framed: 27 x 24 inches Charming portrait of this young lady, depicted in a light 'duck egg' colored dress. The work has a lovely 'vintage' feel to it. Paul Desmond Fitzgerald (1 August 1922 – 24 June 2017) was an Australian portrait painter who painted a vast array of distinguished persons. Fitzgerald was born in the family home, in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, the second son of Frank Fitzgerald and Margaret née Poynton. Frank Fitzgerald was a journalist with The Age for approximately ten years and about eight years with The Argus. He periodically filled the roles of general reporting, leader writing, political correspondent, art critic, music critic, theatre critic and motoring editor. A Catholic, Fitzgerald was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne (1933–1939) and studied for five years at the National Gallery School (1940–43 and 1946–47), interrupted for three and a half years in the Army during World War II (1943–46). When he was painting away from his studio in Melbourne, he usually lived with the subjects of his portraiture. He lived and painted overseas on commissioned portraits twice each year since 1958 including America, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hawaii and Bermuda. He also painted throughout Australia. Fitzgerald was a finalist for the Archibald Prize for portraiture on multiple occasions including 1958 (with a portrait of Justice Robert Monahan), in 1962 (with portraits of each of Sir Reg Ansett and Sir Robert Menzies...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Birds, Books, and Sky, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Tracey Brandon's (US based) "Birds, Books, and Sky" is an oil painting that depicts a feminine figure reclining on a grass cover hill, with ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This expressive, figurative portrait is by Cliffton Peacock (1953-). The painting measures 40 x 34 inches (42 x 36 inches framed.) It is composed of oil on canvas. The painting is si...
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

History secrets-abstraction art, made in pale pink, beige, grey, brown color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The artwork is showing idols from Easter Island and in some way it resembles Presents Mountain in the USA. About the Artist: Art Decorator, working in contemporary colors for interio...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Beach Ball
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Beach Ball' oil on canvas painting featuring air borne children - a boy and girl, as they leap into a swimming pool with an air filled beach ball. Artist D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LES EXTASES MÉLANCOLIQUES
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint, pigments, mortar, wood, paper, cardboard and fabric ribbon glued on canvas - 100x50 cm - 2013 SALE PRICE: 2900 € (framed in white American cash) Am...
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2010s Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

The curious #2 Caroline Veith 21st Century art Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed and dated lower right Unique work
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fletcher Martin (1904-1979). Darkness, 1940. Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches; 28.5 x 32.5 inches framed. Signed and dated lower left. Presented in a carved chestnut Heydenryk custom frame of the period. Excellent condition with no damage or conservation. Biography: Birth place: Palisade, CO Death place: Guanajuato, Mexico Addresses: NYC; Woodstock, NY, 1947 and after; Guanajuato, Mexico in 1976 Profession: Painter, lithographer, block printer, muralist, illustrator, teacher Studied: Stickney Mem. Sch. Art Exhibited: Hatfield Gal., Los Angeles, 1932 (solo); LACMA, 1935 ( Van Rensselaer Wilbur Prize), 1939 (prize), 1944; FAP, 1937 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1939-54 frequently (prize 1947); 48 States Comp., 1939 (prize); WMAA, 1940-57; AIC, 1940-45; VMFA, 1941; CI, 1942-44; MoMA, 1942; NAD, 1943, 1949 (Altman Prize); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1943-53 (6 times); Roberson Mem. Center, Binghamton, NY, 1968 (retrospective); Eve Loring Gal., Cedarhurst, NY & Rudolph Gals., Woodstock, NY, 1970s Member: A.N.A., 1969; Woodstock AA (chmn., 1953-55); Calif. WC Soc.; Am. Artists Cong.; Fnd. of Western Art; AEA (nat. committee,1949-55). Work: MMA; WMAA; MoMA; LOC; Cranbrook Acad. Art; William Rockhill Nelson Gal., Kansas City, KS; LACMA; Denver Art Mus.; Mus. FA, Houston; SFMA; PAFA. Commissions: true fresco, WPA, Hollywood H.S., 1935; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Fed. Bldg., San Pedro, CA, 1937; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Post Office Bldg., Lamesa, TX, 1938; bas relief sculpture, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, County Court House, Bonner's Ferry, ID, 1939; oil on canvas, U.S. Secretary Fine Art, Post Office Bldg., Kellogg, ID, 1940. Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors, print media. Specialty: Western subjects. Illustrator: Tales of the Gold Rush, 1944; Mutiny on the Bounty, 1947; The Sea Wolf, 1961; The Jungle, 1965; Of Mice and Men...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

THE AVIATRIX ....lavender and Blue Diamond Dust on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo, one of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media. His Large scale paintings ha...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer, Canvas

Isa, Génie, Catou, Patoche and Didine - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed on the back Unique work
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Mother and Daughter"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
The main feature of his work is the overlap between "serious" painting and images drawn from the world of advertising, illustration and comic strips. Pictorial influences range from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Face 5" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on white clay panel
Located in Dallas, TX
"Face 5" by Anne Siems, is a captivating figurative-narrative portrait painted on white clay panel. It features a beautiful female face and dark hair with braids. ANNE SIEMS (b. 19...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel, Ceramic

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Birendra Pani - Untitled - 66 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas ** Will be delivered in rolled form. Should you want the work in ready to hand condition please contact gallery for extra freight calculation. In this series of works - “Boy - Dancer”, Gallery Kolkata revisits the artists very popular and well lauded ‘Boy Dancer’ suite of paintings on the plight of traditional Gopitua dancers from his native land, Odisha. The boy dancers who perform a devotional dance ritual are quickly declining in today’s cosmopolitan world. Pani entwines his empathy for the dying art with an opinion on our post-Modern era. In that respect, Pani does not try to create nostalgia for the decline in the taste for the dancers, instead he problematizes the issue by bringing in a dispassionate view of the issue. The ten canvases on display in this exhibition, features the Gopitua Dancers in different situations. The canvases are a hyper-real portrait, far & close shots of a Gopitua Dancers with liquid innocent eyes and a small smile playing upon his lips as he confronts the viewer. The blade is a recurring motif in Pani’s work and it has multiple functions and meanings. In this instance its meaning is rather clear — one where modernity eclipses tradition. Style : His fresh, perspective and contemporary canvases have loud and vivid images and use colors like green and shocking pink unashamedly. Pani says his works are preoccupied with exploring contemporary materials, culture and current lives of people, the negligence of local places, their culture, history, memory and their identity in present times. Further he feels the consumerist attitude has penetrated deep into the human psyche. Human beings are being consumed by the commodity rather than them consuming it. In his works, Pani explore the struggles, contradictions, dichotomies and critical reflections of the embodied selves with changes in value, knowledge and culture in our present society. “I have extensively used body parts like brain, heart and other organs, and everyday objects like capsule, syringe, blade etc to create a new visual language. Deriving from life experiences, my idea is to create a new vision by the juxtaposition of the above experience with the rich legacy, diverse visual culture and sensibility of the vast tradition of Odisha’s miniatures and Pata paintings, stone carvings, monumental visuals of temples and dance forms like Gopitua dance and Chhau-dance in Odisha.” Pani, thus attempts to create a new phenomenology and the reinvention of ‘self’ in a globalized and yet very localized world. About the Artist and his work : BORN : 1969, Bhadrak, Odisha, India. FINE ARTS EDUCATION : 1997-1999 MFA – (First class with Distinction) Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. 1991-1997 BFA - Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. 1987-1990 2nd world “Studio for Fine Arts”, Bhadrak, Odisha. SOLO EXHIBITION IN INDIA AND ABROAD : 2017 Towards a new Viewership / Audience & Reproduction Aesthetics, Curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, organized by New Bridge India and North Odisha University, Baripada, Odisha. 2016 “Mahanadi”- A Journey through History, Memory and Culture curated by Maurice O Riordan of Australia at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. 2015 Re-Vision / Relationship- a visual literary engagement of Birendra Pani and poet Jayanta Mahapatra, curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, and organized by New Bridge India, Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Sarat Chandra Library, Baripada and Revenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha at Revenshaw University, Cuttack. 2012 “Soft- Subversion” at Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda. 2011 “Re – Vision” at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata. 2010 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Sumukha, Bengalore. 2009 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Espace New Delhi and R.L.Fine arts, New York. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Faculty Gallery, M.S.U., Vadodara. 2006 “Risk’’-The Double Edge of Society, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2005 “Echo” at Kaleidoscope Art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Amour
Located in Denver, CO
Figure reclining in interior
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) Pencil on thin card, unframed Thin Card: 4 x 5.25 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawin...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ARTIST BIO: Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Aleppo
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Aleppo' by Willard Dixon, These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Read the Signs Year 2020 Part 1.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the artist's initials lower right Signed with the artist's "Yummy" drystamp lower right corner Watercolor on Arches paper Archival framing with OP3 Acrylic to museum stan...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Ship Breaking
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Ship Breaking' by Willard Dixon. These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. Dixon changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Supper is not over ! - Julien Wolf, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France. In 2007, he graduated and obtained the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue (Sepia Toned Figurative Oil Painting of Boys on Bikes with Blue Ball)
Located in Hudson, NY
Blue (Sepia Toned Figurative Oil Painting of Boys on Bikes with Blue Ball) Contemporary figurative painting based on a 1960's photograph, plays deeply on feelings of nostalgia and identity. oil on wood panel 20 x 20 x 2 inches Carl Grauer’s 'Blue' plays with the tension between memories, the “return to home”, and the actual experienced past through the renderings of the family unit. Inspired by images on found slides or old family photos, Grauer provokes mixed responses of delight and sadness, reminding us that unlike space, time cannot be returned. Grauer paints 'Blue' in black and white, sepia tones, and blue oil paint on wood to capture the nostalgia of a vintage 1950's photograph. Two young children ride bicycles in a charming landscape while one child holds a big blue ball. The blue ball beautifully contrasts with the sepia toned landscape. The brushstrokes are smooth, with little texture built upon the surface. About the work: Recollections, a series that plays with the tension between memories, the “return to home”, and the actual experienced past, is an idea that I explore through the renderings of the family unit. Nostalgia comes from the Greek word nostos, meaning “to return to home” and algos, meaning “pain”. Before the rise of pathological anatomy and bacteriology made it less credible, medically; nostalgia was considered a “disorder of the imagination. Through time, nostalgia’s meaning became a more generalized reaction to the sad fact that, unlike space, time cannot be returned. I initially began with source imagery of found slides and photos of people I find at flea markets, second hand stores or from my own family’s collection. I take the source imagery and change elements to signify specific moments that could be seen as memories that are remembered or forgotten. I aim to represent nostalgic scenes that may relay a tension, sorrow or humor that could be constructed memories or actual experienced events. The exact narrative may be forgotten or unknown, but the complex projection of an idealized story that I find intriguing may serve to reflect a feeling or memory for another person. CV 1975 Born in Wilson, Kansas, USA EDUCATION 1998 Bachelor of Arts – University of Kansas 2000 Mastor of Fine Arts – University of Michigan 2015 Portrait and Figure Painting – London Atelier of Representational Art EXHIBITIONS 2016 "Petit: A Group Exhibition of Smaller Sized Art...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Judy in Profile, Framed
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo Finocchieto and Monteverdi. Inspired ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Real Love
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. This painting tells woman that try to find true love. As we get older a woman will fall...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

2-8-20 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas, Spiritual
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

6-8-10 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Nude Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Limelight
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in bright colors and shapes
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Portraits of Androids, Double Sophia
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells Double Sophia, 2018 Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video 125 x 150 cm Contact for video link. Currently on view as part of Sentient Electroics at Wallplay Seaport Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Video, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint

SECRET
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
SECRET - 2019 24 x 18 cms Techniques mixtes sur toile coton Signé au dos par l'artiste / avec son certificat
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

My Father in Aer Lingus Uniform, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original impressionist painting. The piece ships ready to hang and is signed by the artist on the bottom right. This item ships from Ireland.
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

California
Located in Burlingame, CA
Justyna Kisielewicz's elaborate, vibrant and full of zest, oil on European linen painting depicts a young woman — in this cast, the artist herself — in California, The figure wears v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915. Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection. Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood. Reference: Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Music, Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
ARTIST: Aibek Begalin WORK: Original oil painting, handmade artwork Medium: Oil on canvas YEAR: 2019 STYLE: Modern SUBJECT: MUSIC SIZE: 8" x 8" x 1" inch Unframed MUSIC Aibek Begal...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The General"
Located in Southampton, NY
Signed Tschacbasov l.r. dated 1982 Professionally matted and framed
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1980s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

3D Portrait Painting of Woman: 'Wounds CCLIII'
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a strong conceptual load, where his work developed in series, has a constant wandering o...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Reflection", 19th Centuty oil oncanvas by Argentinian painter G. Mendilaharzu
Located in Madrid, ES
GRACIANO MENDILAHARZU Argentinian, 1857 - 1894 "REFLECTION" signed "Mendilaharzu" (lower left) oil on canvas 18-1/4 X 15 inches (46 X 38 cm.) framed: 27-1/4 X 23-3/4 inches (69 X 60...
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1890s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Leeloo XV, Josie McCoy, Original Painting, Contemporary Portraiture, Bright Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Josie McCoy. Leeloo XV Original Oil Painting Oil Paint on Canvas Leeloo XV is an original painting by Josie McCoy. This work of art is a painting of Milla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting
Located in Miami, FL
This beautiful work by the great American Illustrator Bob Peak has a sister work in the collection of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angles. We feel that our work has a lit...
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1960s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Fiberboard, Masonite, Mixed Media

AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST SIGNED OIL ABSTRACT FIGURE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract" by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) inscribed verso, oil painting on board, unframed board: 13.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, F...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Angela Davis, America Martin_Ink on Paper- portion of sale to ACLU/NAACP
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
AMERICA MARTIN "Angela Davis" Ink on Paper (Framed) 34.5" x 17.25" A portion of each sale will be donated to the ACLU + NAACP JoAnne Artman Gallery prou...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Margaret Mead, America Martin_Ink on Paper- portion of sale to ACLU/NAACP
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
A portion of each sale will be donated to the ACLU + NAACP JoAnne Artman Gallery proudly introduces America Martin’s new series "I See Heroes Everywhere." Addressing the theme of h...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Se faire les ongles
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France Classic Painting for Contemporary History He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Poolside" Mixed Media Figurative Collage Composition on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of a Pin-up model from the 1950s, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right. Art measures 36 x 36 in From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines. His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair. It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane

SELF PORTRAIT WITH WHITE CRANE - Woman in Hat / Bird and Female Figure
Located in New York, NY
Besides producing still-lifes rich with glowing colors, liquid surfaces and meaning, Olga Antonova also paints bust-length self-portraits in which she appears dressed for the occasio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Players' transfer -Julien Wolf 21st century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2019 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
Category

2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady Like - Original Figurative Pop Street Art Painting on Canvas by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sun BY DAN MCDERMOTT, Abstract Art, Figurative Art, Original Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Dan McDermott. Sun- original oil painting on linen. This artwork is sold unframed. Dan McDermott’s dynamic paintings capture scenes from film and television in frozen frames trapping...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bubbles
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in water with air bubbles
Category

2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

James Baldwin 3, America Martin_Ink on Paper_2020- portion of sale to ACLU/NAACP
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
A portion of each sale will be donated to the ACLU + NAACP JoAnne Artman Gallery proudly introduces America Martin’s new series I See Heroes Everywhere. Addressing the theme of her...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Cromdale Shipwreck, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cromdale in 1913 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 14 x 19.25 inches Superb oil painting by the well list...
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stranger
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
STRANGER - 2019 24 x 14 cms Acrylic and various on cotton canvas Unique work signed by the artist With certificate of the artist
Category

2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

The Good the Bad and Ugly (oil painting monochrome man cowboy western hat)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category

2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

From here 2 hours and a half' wait! Julien Wolf Contemporary Expressionist Paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas 2018 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
Category

2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reflects Of Happiness - African Abstract Painting Blue Yellow Brown Green White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Reflect Of Happiness" is an African abstract portrait painting by the talented Togolese artist Daté kodjo AMOUZOU. Through his art, he has a very sharp an...
Category

2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Danube, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Danube, 1855-1878 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 14 x 19 inches Superb oil painting by the well listed...
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950 1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian) Title: Self Portrait Technique: Original Signed Pastel Drawing on Paper Size: 37.7 x 30 cm. / 14.8 x 11.8 in. Additiona...
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1940s Futurist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Piercing
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait with Piercing eyes
Category

2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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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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