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Color:  Black
Medium: Pastel
"Milton Avery #6"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benjamin sustained an active career for over seven decades. D...
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1930s Modern Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

Antique Dog Portrait of "Mignonne" dated 1876 by Louis Eugène Bourgeois
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of "Mignonne" dated 1876 Louis Eugène Bourgeois (French 1831-1878) Pastel on cardboard Signed lower left "E. Bourgeois" Inscribed upper right "Mignonne." Rever...
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1870s Realist Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Cardboard

Young woman Charleston hairstyle and blue dress
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 91 x 77 x 4 cm
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Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

The Milkgirl, Rococo-Style, Unknown Artist, Pastel Drawing
Located in brussel, BE
Not only in the 17th century, but also in the 18th century, genre painting, where people are portrayed in their daily life, was successful. The theme of the milkmaid, which we all kn...
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18th Century Rococo Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...
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1960s Contemporary Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Pastel, Gouache, Board

Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown
Located in Hallowell, ME
Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown Samuel Brecher, American, (1897 - 1982) This portrait of a clown is pastel on paper, is fully signed by Samuel Brecher and dated 1943. This pastel painting of a clown measures 21.5 inches tall by 15.5 inches wide. Matted in the frame the pastel portrait measures 33.5 inches tall by 26.5 inches wide. Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains...
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1940s Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Dark Mixed Media on Fabriano Portrait Painting "Welcome Home"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created with pastels, charcoal, spray paint and acrylic paint on fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork i...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Doppelganger Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting drawing blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Hand-signed and dated lower left
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Dear Black Girl
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil, acrylic, pastel, and mesh. Unframed and un-stretched canvas.
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Mesh

Lady with the Lamp, Dry Pastel on Paper by Prokash Karmakar “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 29 x 20 inches ( unframed size ) Dry Pastel on Paper , 1999 Prakash Karmakar was the most senior artist of Bengal . He was instrumental in the Bengal...
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1990s Modern Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel

Radha, Dry Pastel on Imported Paper, Red, Pink, Black by Modern Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 20 x 16 inches ( unframed size) Dry Pastel on Imported Paper , 2006 World Wide shipping in Roll form. Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either...
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Early 2000s Modern Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled, 2016
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21st Century and Contemporary Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel

"Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter Debates, " Proposed Art for TV Guide Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic Airbrush and Pastel on Board Signature: Signed Middle Right
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1980s Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Acrylic, Board

Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Armando Barrios India, 1955 Pastel on paper 41 x 26 cm 16.1 x 10.2 in. The work is illustrated page 70 No. 0256, in the General Catalog (1930 - 1999) La Pintura Como Razón de Ser, edited by Armando Barrios Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, 2005. " Armando Barrios was born in Caracas on August 21, 1920. Son of Serapio Barrios and Carmen Rodríguez de Barrios, both of Spanish origin. Since his adolescence he developed a great love for the arts, so from the age of 12 he was already studying at the School of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in Caracas. His searches in the artistic field were initially directed towards the study of the Impressionist and Cubist schools...
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1950s Modern Pastel Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

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