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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Color:  Red
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she ende...
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1970s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Two Fine Lady Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed. proven...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large 1960's French Portrait of Lady in Red signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Lady in Red" by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed signed and dated 1963 canvas: 32 x 23.5 inches provenance: the artists estate W...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stars and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait with American Flag
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Stars and Stripes" is an oil on board portrait of a young woman with an American Flag, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist artist Bernard Harmon. The painting is 41 3/4" x 35...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Red Lady, Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Red Lady Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed l.l. Size: 16 x 11 inches Paper Size: 25 x 1...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mary Tyler Moore, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Unsigned Contact for exact dimensions. Cover of The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, October 1974
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1970s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak's Lucille Ball, TV guide cover is a seminal work. With its stylized design and use of punchy color, this work constitutes a powerfully innovative pai...
Category

1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Durga 97, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Yellow, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Durga 97 - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size) Durga the Third Eye. Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. In Indian Mythology the Goddess Durga h...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Man in Red
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on linen painting by emerging contemporary artist Anthony Leone, currently featured as part of the artists's solo exhibition Grape Farm.
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red
Located in Miami, FL
A simple palette of red and flesh colors defines this noir portrait by Coby Whitmore, Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red It's a...
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1950s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Valentines Day, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 29.00" x 21.00", Framed 34.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Valentines Day, Saturday Evening Post cover, February 16, 1935
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1930s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

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Collective farmer. 1980, watercolor on paper, 57, 5x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Collective farmer. 1980, watercolor on paper, 57,5x58 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions,...
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1980s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Miss T
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina original watercolor on paper hand signed one of a kind Art education: 2018 Sorbonne University, Paris 2014 – MA Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of R...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Traveler 1 (purple cloth)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Traveler" is an artwork that embodies the spirit of exploration, adventure, and the quest for new experiences. The title itself suggests a sense of movement, curiosity, and the desi...
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2010s Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Pencil, Acrylic, Canvas

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French School - Portrait PS231 La Dormante (Large) NSWE Oil Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait PS 231 La Dormante Scene: a poetic closeup portrait with abstract background field. The background is created with series of drippings. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

"Portrait of Truman Capote" by John MacWhinnie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John MacWhinnie, American (1946 - ) Title: Portrait of Truman Capote Year: 1968 Medium: Mixed Media on Board (Oil and Pencil), signed and dated l.r. Size: 23.5 x 18 inches Fr...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board, Pencil

Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lee Hurst (3/4 Figure, Hands Together), Mixed media on Pergamenata parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

La Montera
Located in London, GB
'La Montera', gouache, watercolour and ink on art paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1960s). The artist created many artworks with bullfighting as theme. In this case, a single torer...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"Washington" George Washington Impressionistic Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of George Washington. The thick brush strokes and fun marks creates an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists fro...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Melanin
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Being black is our heritage, what we have inherited from the past to value and enjoy in the present, and to preserve and pass on to future generations. Shipping Procedure Ships in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

'The Power of Words', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'The Power of Words', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1950s-1970s). A thoroughly modern depiction clearly in the style of Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Oil Framed Painting - Portrait in Sepia
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT IN SEPIA Size: 72 x 56 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A large and striking mid century modernist portrait in oil, painted onto board. With a very distinctive dark sepia...
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Previously Available Items
Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Rene Portocarrero, Original Painting, Woman with Wine Glass
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Rene Portocarrero (Cuban, 1912-1985) Title: Woman with Wine Glass Medium: Tempera on Paper Signature: Singed & Dated Bottom Left Year of Work...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Pop Art Portrait of Vladimir Lenin
By Igor Baskakov
Located in Houston, TX
Pop art influenced portrait of Vladimir Lenin holding an object up towards the viewer. At the top of the composition is the coke-a-cola logo rewritten t...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.

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