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Style: Impressionist
Medium: Oil
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Signed upper right
Wonderful expressionist figurative of a painter at work - deeply focused on his subject - is captured by Cal...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl playing the flute oil painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enrique Montserrat Foj (1935-2022) - Girl playing the flute - Oil
Oil on canvas glued to cardboard.
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Romantic cartoonist, especially for the foreign market, and also a gymnast.
Cartoonist linked to Editorial Bruguera and its agency Creaciones Editoriales. She got her start drawing girls' or adventure comics in Stories and the Sissi Graphic Novel Supplement. Much of her work from the 1960s was aimed at the European market for young women's magazines through the Selecciones Ilustradas agency. Anecdotally, he collaborated with Marvel Comics, drawing a romantic comic based on a script by Stan Lee for the title My Love (later republished in Our Love Story), credited there as Enrique Monserratt.
He retired from comics in the 1980s to focus on painting.
He was also an Olympic gymnast, a member of the Barcelona Gymnastics Center and the Barcino Tennis Club. He was champion of Spain in the third category (1955) and third in the Spanish Artistic Gymnastics Championships (1961). He participated in the Mediterranean Games (1959) and in the Rome Olympic...
Category
1980s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil, Canvas
Daughter Reading to Mother - British 1900 Impressionist portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This most charming oil painting is attributed to the circle of noted British Impressionist artist Philip Wilson Steer. Painted circa 1900 this lovely Edwardian Impressionist paintin...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,165 Sale Price
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Lady in yellow
Located in Zofingen, AG
I paint people; I want my paintings to have character to tell a story but without words, as if using mime. To be dramatic, emotional, sometimes theatrical but always with feelings an...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosella, Romantic Portrait circa 1900 by Francesco Paolo Michetti
By Francesco Paolo Michetti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francesco Paolo Michetti, Italian (1851 - 1929)
Title: Rosella
Year: circa 1900
Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed
Size: 30 x 20 inches [76.2 x 50.8 cm]
Framed: 40 x 30 inches [10...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg boy with his friend the Iguana
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'A Gentleman and a Maid' by Charles Léon Cardon (1850 – 1921) signed, dated 1880
Located in Knokke, BE
Charles Léon Cardon
1850 – Brussels – 1921
Belgian Painter
'A Gentleman and a Maid'
Signature: signed top right and dated ‘Ch. Léon Cardon - 1880’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Duke
Located in Zofingen, AG
My painting make a statement, I want them to be timeless, exquisite, of indeterminate origin, the tone beautifully considered with an atmosphere of wonder and intrigue, giving an emo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Victorian School Boys in Top Hats, Signed Original Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The School Boys
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 40 inches
Very good condi...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,468 Sale Price
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Idle Hour, Impressionist figurative Garden landscape
Located in Greenwich, CT
Idle Hour is an intricately painted Impressionist depiction of woman with her pets on her veranda. It is exquisitely framed in a French Gold Leaf frame of quality and value. Paint...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"On a Flower of Recognized Faces" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "On a Flower of Recognized Faces" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic face with fields of color.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Alabama...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wax
"Gypsy Dance" (2025) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Painting, Dancers
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Gypsy Dance" (2025) is an original oil painting depicting multiple dancers in colorful garb.
About the artist:
Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of Two Children in Traditional Dress
By M. Ray Stancliff
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of two children, a young boy and girl in traditional dress, set in a rustic interior by M. Ray Stancliff (American, b. 1925). Si...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
"Green book" figurative painting of woman resting with her books, patterned room
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Anna" - Portrait of a Reclining Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a woman on a sofa by Nealon A. Mundt (American, 1939-2015). A woman is reclining on a dark blue sofa, with a pink wall in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a pink skirt, with a red bandana on her hear. Her skin is rendered in a fauvist style, mixing bold yellows and greens with skin tones. There are paintings hanging on the wall behind the sofa.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Titled, signed, and dated on verso.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen fillet.
Canvas size: 24"H x 36"W
Nealon Mundt...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Overlapping, " Oil Painting
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Ryan Morse's "Overlapping" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the back of a nude female figure eclipsing the body of another nude female fig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Queen Boxing Sports Oil Painting Female Figurative Texas Artist Boxing Glove
By Karen Offutt
Located in Houston, TX
Karen Offutt approaches Queen 20" x 16" oval , oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Queen show the strength in the female boxer. Queen ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior
Located in London, GB
Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette.
Si...
Category
1920s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Piercing
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait with Piercing eyes
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
LARGE1970'S FRENCH MODERNIST OIL - PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: French School, circa 1970's
Title: Portrait of a Young Man
Medium: oil painting, on coarse textured canvas.
Size: painting: 28.5 x 23.5 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$343 Sale Price
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Mid Century Portrait of Woman in Red Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century portrait of a woman wearing red by Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Canvas has been mounted on fiberboard. Unframed. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
Rachel, Small Portrait, Argentine Artist, Oil, Grand Central Atelier in New York
By Lucas Bononi
Located in Houston, TX
Rachel is a portrait done by Lucas Bononi who was born in South America and moved to the USA to study art. He graduated from The Grand Central Atelier...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1930's Post-Impressionist Young Girl with her Pet Dog
By Hans Fieldler
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Girl with her Pet Dog
By Hans Fieldler, German, 1933
Oil painting on board, framed
Signed and dated '33' (1933) on the top left corner
Painting size: 18 x 15 inches
Endearing impressionist oil painting of a little German girl...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,177 Sale Price
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Black Woman's Honor, 14x11" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew
Oil 14x11" image size, Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price ...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bpuquet of Roses"
Located in New York, NY
The details of this painting are excellent, from the chapeau, the shading on the woman's neck, earrings, lips. Paintings with Roses are very limited in the artists body of work and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nonnie's' Party by the Lake" family, picnic, ocean, food, birthday, kids
Located in Edgartown, MA
Since summer 2004, I have lived in southern Italy, in the region of Puglia, the province of Bari, in a town called Altamura. A two-week restoration project of the Jesce Masseria brou...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British American Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting is by Sir James Jebusa Shannon circa 1905. The painting is of the artist and his wife Florence and daught...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ornament, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Ornament" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude blonde woman reclining on a white chaise lounge, her red skirt s...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dongxing Huang Modernist Original Oil Painting "The Sound of Music"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Sound of Music
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 16.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Dongxing Huang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
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Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Charming portrait of a young woman enjoying tea time by Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). From a collection of her works. Unsig...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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"Romantic Spring, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Romantic Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a couple relaxing in dappled sun light.
About the Artist:
Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born artist based in California. Suchitra paints in a representational realistic style drawing inspiration from 20th century naturalist painters. She embraces impressionism to depict everyday representational scenes. Suchitra excels at capturing and expressing the mood of her subjects, often in contemplative classical settings. This lends a timeless yet intimate quality to her paintings. Though primarily a portrait and figurative painter, she has recently been painting urban and architectural subjects.
Suchitra is represented in leading fine art galleries across USA including Santa Fe, Washington D.C., Carmel and Houston. Her paintings have won awards at international juried shows hosted by The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1940's French Impressionist Portrait of Young Lady Self Portrait Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman
by Marguerite Lacroux (French/ Swiss 1898-1972)
dated 1948
signed oil on board, unframed
painting: 21.75 x 18.5 inches
provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1900's French Portrait of Lady with Earings Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady with Earrings
French School, early 1900's
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 12 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,177 Sale Price
30% Off
"Portrait of a woman"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Oil and tempera on cardboard
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
Lady in the Artist's Studio - Beautiful Dappled Light Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful impressionist oil on canvas board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a lady in the artist's studio. The work is very well painted with a wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Puritan Preacher Fine Antique English Oil Painting Portrait of Puritan Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Puritan Preacher
by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 27 inches
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
condition: some minor old varnish dis...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Female Impressionist Painting of Girl with Rabbit
Located in New York, NY
Alpha Appeman Bancroft (1898-1984) was a female American Impressionist painter and wife of Albert Stokes Bancroft. Both were active in Denver, Colorado, and known for their Impressio...
Category
Early 19th Century American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Spanish Woman, dressed as a maja, Spain, circa 1890–1910
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Portrait of a Spanish Woman, dressed as a maja
Spain, circa 1890–1910
Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Private collection, France
Note
This refined portrait of a Span...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century self-portrait by California artist Myrtle Cureton (American, 1909-2000). Signed "Myrtle Cureton" lower left. Artist's Santa Cruz Art League ...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Girl in Straw Hat - Scottish Edwardian Glasgow Girl artist portrait oil painting
By Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans
Located in London, GB
A superb exhibited portrait oil painting by Glasgow Girl listed artist Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans which was painted circa 1905. Very evocative of the Glasgow style and period it depicts a “Girl in a Straw Hat”. A really lovely painting and an excellent example of her work with good provenance.
Provenance. Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums Exhibition 1990
Glasgow Girls – Jude Burkhauser. Further details verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches unframed.
Housed in a gallery frame 39 by 34 inches framed and in good condition.
Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans (1866-1944) was a Glasgow born painter of portraits and figure studies. Daughter of Alexander Davidson Deans, an Aberdeen based etcher and engraver. In 1883 she attended Glasgow School of Art where fellow pupils included Margaret Rowat, Charles Rennie Macintosh, Bessie Mac Nicol and David Gauld...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Paris Modern Ballerina Studio Framed Modernist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist ballerina portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condit...
Category
1940s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Woman Bathing-Scottish 20's Impressionist nude interior oil painting
By David Foggie
Located in London, GB
A large, original Scottish portrait by noted Scottish artist David Foggie. This oil on canvas depicts a woman bathing and is one of his best portraits. It dates to 1924 and is in fin...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Girl in Summer, Andre Gisson
By André Gisson
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andre Gisson (1921-2003)
Title: Young Girl in Summer
Year: circa 1973
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, recto
ANDRE GISSON ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,000 Sale Price
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Gratitude
Located in Denver, CO
Lone figure with red
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,500
Lady in the Artist's Studio - Beautiful Dappled Light Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful impressionist oil on canvas board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a lady reading in the artist's studio with a portrait on an easel. The work is very well painted with a wo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Elspeth - Scottish Impressionist 1950's exhib art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish Impressionist exhibited portrait oil painting with excellent provenance is by noted Edinburgh female artist Dorothy Johnstone. Painted in 1958, it was exhibited ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,089 Sale Price
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Original 1890s French Belle Epoque Period Signed Oil Portrait Lady in Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in Pink
French School, indistinctly signed upper right corner
dated 1893
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 19.75 inches
condition: very good, a few light age related scuffs around the edges which would cover with a frame.
provenance: private collection, France.
Straight out of the Belle Epoque...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Boating Party near Giverny, oil on canvas, signed lower right
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance: Sold at Christie's in 1978, bought by the historian Friedrich Gorissen (1912-1993), director of the Koekkoek Museum.
Heins Burgers (1834-1899) was a student of Jozef Isr...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British Impressionist 1900 art female artist oil painting
By Florence Kate Upton
Located in London, GB
This superb British Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted female artist Florence Kate Upton. Born in America to English parents, Upton visited Britain with her family aged 20 and remained here to further her art career. Although a children's book illustrator, Upton was first a painter and exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy. This lovely portrait, painted circa 1900, is a half length profile view of a lady in a black dress with gold front panel. A vibrant peacock blue shawl is across her arm and the background is a rich plum coloured drape. She has a black and silver choker...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Nicolas Lanier after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Figurative Texas artist
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of Nicolas Lanier after Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Lanier was Master of the King’s Music in Charles 1 court in 1628. Artist: Joan Breckwoldt. ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Young Woman
By Adriano Goby
Located in San Francisco, CA
Adriano Goby 19th century oil portrait of a beautiful young lady, circa 1890s
Superb antique oil portrait, possibly, French. The painting is signed in the upper left corner (see pic...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of a Woman with Pearls
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a woman with pearls and a blue shirt by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
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The Picture Book
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pauline Lennards Palmer
American, 1867-1938
The Picture Book
Oil on Canvasboard
32 ¼ by 36 ¼, w/ frame 37 by 41 ¼ in
Signed lower right
Born in McHenry, Illinois, Pauline Palmer became a painter in realist/impressionist style of a wide variety of subjects including landscapes, street and beach scenes, genre, and portraits. She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied with William Merritt Chase, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Charles Hawthorne. She also studied in Paris.
She married Dr. Albert...
Category
1930s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Figurative / Ocean Path Landscape - Double Sided Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful double-sided oil painting of the artist Jane Voitel Mellin reading a book and also a landscape of an ocean path on verso by Nicholas Read (American), circa 1975. Unsigned. ...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
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"Dreams in Gold, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Dreams in Gold" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude, dark haired woman, in golden jewelry, relaxing on a bed with a book nearby.
About the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Nude - Early 20th Century English Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's English impressionist oil on canvas depicting a nude lady seated on a chaise longue.
Very good quality portrait of the lady which is presented in a fine carved wo...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger’, Jean François Portaels ( 1818 - 1895 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Jean François Portaels
1818 - Brussels - 1895
Belgian Painter
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger, Maroc’
Signature: signed lower right ‘J. Portaels’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: image size 40,5 x 28,5 cm, frame size 67,5 x 56 cm
Biography: Jean François Portaels, also known as Jan Portaels, was a versatile Belgian painter born on April 3, 1818, in Vilvoorde and passed away on February 8, 1895, in Schaerbeek. He was celebrated for his genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. As a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Portaels significantly impacted Belgian art, becoming a pivotal figure in the Belgian Orientalist school. His works were known for their 'everyday elegance and feminine grace,' and he played a crucial role in influencing the next generation of Belgian artists, including notable figures like Théo van Rysselberghe.
Portaels was the son of a wealthy brewer who also served as Vilvoorde's mayor. Showing an early passion for drawing, he was sent to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1836, where he studied under François-Joseph Navez, a former student of Jacques-Louis David. Navez invited him to his studio, which was renowned at the time, allowing Portaels to refine his skills alongside other talented students like Charles de Groux and Joseph Stallaert.
In 1841, Portaels moved to Paris, enrolling at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studying under Paul Delaroche. He became influenced by the emerging Orientalist movement, which was gaining traction in Paris. In 1842, he won the Grand Prix de Rome, which funded his travels across Italy and other regions, including Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Judea, Spain, Hungary, and Norway. These journeys profoundly influenced his artistic vision, particularly his Orientalist works.
Upon his return to Belgium in 1847, Portaels was appointed Director of the academy in Ghent. In 1849, he married Marie Hélène Navez, the daughter of his first teacher. Despite being offered the directorship of the Brussels Academy, he initially declined, opting to preserve his independence. He later accepted a teaching position at the Academy and eventually became its director in 1878, succeeding Eugène Simonis.
Portaels was known for his broad range of artistic talents, including history painting, portraiture, and genre art. He was particularly recognised for his Orientalist depictions, often portraying the 'Oriental woman' with distinctive features like arched eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. His style, marked by charm and elegance, distinguished him from the dominant artistic movements of Classicism and Romanticism.
He was a pioneer in monumental art in Belgium, working with Jean Baptiste van Eycken to introduce fresco techniques like water glass painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Lady in a Yellow Dress - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting is by Royal Academy artist Sir William Blake Richmond. Painted circa 1900 it is a stunning example of his work with...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Female Portrait - Susannah - British 20's Impressionist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming oil on canvas Impressionist painting is by British artist Philip Wilson Steer and has excellent provenance. The painting is circa 1920 and of a demure seated nude young...
Category
1920s Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Artist Self Portrait Tomas William Quinn Impressionist Man with hat Oil painting
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
TOM QUINN
Born of IRISH PARENTS in 1918, Tom W. Quinn was indeed fortunate as he was one of the last generations of students at the Camberwell School of Art to study under such great tutors as Lawrence Gowing, Victor Passmore...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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