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Period: 1920s
'The Bather' by Louis Latapie (1924)
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on fine art paper, by Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (1924). A captivating example from the long tradition of depicting the bather, this early work by celebrated Frenc...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Large Oil Portrait of a Young Boy in Vintage Clothing Signed & Dated 1928
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy signed and dated 1928 (indistinct signature) oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 31.5 x 22 inches canvas: 26 x 16.5 inches Provenance: Private collection,...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Balinese Dancer - British 1920's art portrait oil painting Musician Music Dance
By John Young Hunter
Located in London, GB
This stunning British 1920's tempera oil on board painting is by noted artist John Young Hunter. It was painted circa 1927 and the composition is a f...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Tempera

1920's French Portrait of Man with Moustache Signed & Dated Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man French School signed and dated 1923 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound conditi...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th century British portrait of a hound or dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
This early 20th-century portrait of a dog by the renowned Scottish painter John Murray Thompson (1875-1974) is a remarkable blend of artistic mastery and emotional warmth. Thompson, ...
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Victorian 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of Mary Haggie - British 1925 art portrait landscape oil painting
By Charles Buchel
Located in London, GB
This lovely British 1920's Art Deco vibrant portrait oil painting is by Charles A. Buchel. Painted in 1925 and signed and dated it is a seated portrait of a young woman, Mary Haggie,...
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Hilda Wilkinson in Green Dress - Jewish 20's Slade art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco Slade School portrait oil painting is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer. Painted circa 1922 it is a seated portrait of Miss Hilda Wilki...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique naked woman French female reclining nude oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Beautiful antique reclining nude oil painting on canvas, signed in the top right by French artist Léonie Humbert-Vignot (1878-1960) This gorgeous nude on a relatively smooth canvas i...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Portrait oil painting of a woman dark and moody Art Deco painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Dark and moody 1920's portrait of a woman named Leony framed under glass and signed by Spanish artist Manuel Lledias (1897-1970). A very attractive portrait painting capturing a wom...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Portrait of Mrs Guy Houlder in Green Dress - British exhib Art Deco oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Royal Academy Art Deco exhibited portrait oil painting is by artist Walter Westley Russell. It was painted in 1927 and exhibited the same year entitled Mrs Guy Houlder, p...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlraith but the artist did not want to use her name in the title and it was called 'Exotic.' Norah Neilson Gray...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

James P Barraclough, Portrait of a young woman, Royal Academy exhibit
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delicately painted portrait of a pretty young maid imbued with a beautiful light. James P Barraclough 1891 - 1942 The Kitchen maid Signed and dated 1923 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inc...
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English School 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin. Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922" Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter. Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
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American Modern 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Antique Portrait of a woman, French portrait, Art Deco woman oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique portrait of a woman, 1920's French school, signed in the bottom left by French artist, Louis Faille (1878-1964). This is a very attractive old portrait in beautiful natural h...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very finely painted and a rare fauvist palette. No signature found.
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Modern 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

PARERA Portrait Spanish elegant woman fan Belle Epoque 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Francisco PARERA Y MUNTE 1850 - after 1920 Oil on canvas 72 x 52 cm (79 x 68 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower right "F. Parera/ 1922" Beautiful antique oval frame Francisco...
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Art Nouveau 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Art Deco ca. 1920. Portrait Of Lady With Bob Cut, Purple Dress And Fur Collar
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait Of A Young Lady From The 1920s With Bob Cut And Fur Collar Oil on canvas. Early 20th frame in wood. This portrait reveals very stylish image of a young woman from the 1920s...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A substantial, Modernist portrait of the German fashion designer and feminist icon, Lieselotte Friedländer, shown seated in a chromed-steel Bauhaus chair with a view beyond to a sunlit, woodland grove. Georg Rössner first studied in Berlin and, later, in Paris with Lovis Corinth. Rössner was a member of both the Berlin and Munich Sezession committees and, in 1920, was appointed professor at Berlin’s Staatliche Kunstschule. Over the course of a long career, Rössner exhibited internationally with success including at the 1929 Paris Exhibition des Peintres-Graveurs Allemands. His work is held in prominent private and public collections including the permanent collection of the National Gallery in Berlin.  Born in 1898, Lieselotte Friedländer moved to Berlin with her family in 1909. By the mid-1920s, she had established herself as the Weimar Republic...
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Post-Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lost in Thought - Australian art 1920's portrait oil painting woman flowers
By Frederick William Leist
Located in London, GB
This stunning romantic Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted Australian/British artist Frederick Leist. He was born in Sydney, his parents both Londoners, and moved to England with his wife Ada in 1910 and exhibited prolifically, including at the Royal Academy, on his return. Like many artists, he became a war artist during the first world war and his dramatic battle scenes contrast markedly with his more delicate portraits. This composition is of a beautiful young woman kneeling on the ground, a striped blanket covers her head and auburn curls and is around her shoulders and spread out on the ground around her. In one hand and scattered around her are beautiful pink flowers the colour of her lips. One shoulder and her face are bathed in light as she gazes down to her left, lost in thought. The brushwork and use of light are superb. Almost Orientalist by design, it is a super roaring twenties painting, full of vitality and impressionistic colour and influences and an excellent example of Leist's work. Signed lower right. Provenance. Collection IMI PLC. Condition. Oil on canvas. Unframed size is 30 inches by 25 inches, in excellent condition. Housed in a fine Bourlet gilt gallery frame. Framed size is 40 inches by 35 inches, in excellent condition. Frederick William (Fred) Leist (1873-1945) born Sydney. He was the eighth surviving and fifteenth child of Edward Frederick Leist, builder, and his wife Harriet Eliza, née Norris, both Londoners. Leist was educated at Crown Street Public School and, while training as a furniture designer in the workshops of David Jones Ltd, studied art at Sydney Technical College before becoming a student of the Art Society of New South Wales; under Julian Ashton's tuition he learned plein air techniques. 1898 he married Ada Sarah Roberts. Leist drew for the Bulletin in the 1890s and became staff artist on the Sydney Mail; he was also local representative for the London Graphic from 1900. According to William Moore he 'was the first to portray the Australian girl as a definite type'. Leist was an original council-member of the Society of Artists, Sydney, in 1895 and, after their merger, of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. However in 1907 he was one of the twelve who re-established the Society of Artists. The Leists moved to England and from 1910 to 1925 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts. His first successful picture, 'The Mirror', a portrait of his daughter, was hung on the line at the Royal Academy in 1911 and next year at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. At the 1914 Royal Academy exhibition his painting of two Spanish guitar players, 'The Rivals', was acclaimed. The Review critic wrote: 'it is a composition in light and a pattern of colour, given power and meaning by restraint'. Noted for his studies of handsome women, Leist was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists and to the Chelsea Arts Club in 1913 and next year to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters; later he also exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. During World War I, Leist worked for the War Office designing recruiting posters. Then, in September 1917, he was appointed an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force and attached to 5th Division headquarters as an honorary lieutenant. From September to December and from June to August 1918, 'dodging shells and mustard gas', he produced about 150 small sketches, drawings and watercolours, and a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs. He later fulfilled commissions to paint four large battle scenes including 'Battle of Polygon Wood' and 'Capture of Mont St Quentin'. The striking colours of these battle scenes are in strong contrast to the delicacy and muted tones of his watercolours such as 'The Lacemaker'. In London, Leist consolidated his reputation: he was represented in the 1918 exhibition of Australian war...
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Reclining Nude
Located in London, GB
'Reclining Nude', oil on canvas, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). A sensuous portrayal by the artist of a young woman reclining on a divan draped with cloth. Inspired perhaps from Ingres' (1780-1867) classic, La Grande Odalisque...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Elizabeth Allison - British Slade Sch Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This enigmatic portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist John Cecil Stephenson. In 1929, when Portrait of Elizabeth Allison was completed...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a man with a mustache
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Green wooden frame and gold borders With frame 51 x 43 x 2.5 cm This captivating portrait depicts a man in profile, elegantly capturing an era with rich hues and expre...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings. Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Portrait of a Redhead Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura Greenwood (1897-1951) Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1925 Oil on canvas, measuring 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right. Condition: the piece will require some minor conserva...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Self Portrait with Cat - Scottish 1920's Art Deco Oil Painting female artist
By Helen Margaret MacKenzie
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish 1920's self portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Helen Mackenzie. Painted circa 1929 the composition is the head and shoulders of the artis...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Women seen from behind
Located in PARIS, FR
Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Seated woman seen from behind, preparatory sketch Oil on cardboard Circa 1920 32 x 21.5 cm unframed Our oil o...
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Post-Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

A Naked Beauty Lying with her Fan
Located in St. Albans, GB
Léon Laurent Galand 1872 – 1960 Signed and dated 1928 bottom left Artwork Size: 25.75 x 36" (66 x 92cm) Artwork Size with Frame: 32.75 x 43" (83 x 109cm) Oil on Canvas Discounted ...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Paris School Early 1900's French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait oil painting of two young girls. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 10L x 18H.
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ballerinas putting on their Shoes - French Impressionist art oil painting ballet
Located in London, GB
This lovely Belgian Impressionist figurative oil painting is by noted artist Henri Moreau. Although Belgian by birth, Moreau spent many years in France, moving to Paris in 1920 and o...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...
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Post-Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Portrait of a Chinese Girl, Cleveland School Artist
By Sandor Vago
Located in Beachwood, OH
Sandor Vago (Hungarian/American 1887-1946) The Chinese Girl, 1925 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 34 x 30 inches 38 x 34 inches, framed Exhibited: Clevela...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Girl Oil on Canvas in Frame French School Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Portrait of a girl in Art Deco style, French School around 1920, signed by painter Hélène Le Roy d'Etiolles. Oil on canvas in gilt frame. This splendid portrait comes to us from the ...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French nudes painter - 20th century figure painting - Oil on canvas Paris
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (early 20th century) - Female nude. 100 x 70 cm without frame, 109 x 79 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (some cracks). Condi...
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Art Nouveau 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Antique Post Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas by Bertrand Py
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large post impressionist Art Deco figurative oil painting by French artist Bernard Py from the 1920, living, bedroom or dining decor. This lar...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white fur collar over a red dress and long beads. She has an elegant 1920's short bob hair style and a confident expression. The strong brushwork and range of tones within one colour are superb. A really striking Art Deco portrait oil painting. Signed upper left. Provenance. Dorset estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a fine James Bourlet panel silvered frame, 40 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Henry R Rittenberg (1879-1969) was born in Libau, Latvia and later immigrated to the United States. He studied art at the Bavarian Academy in Germany, and by 1906, was in Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Rittenberg painted landscapes and still lifes, yet his forte was portraiture. The artist was commissioned to paint a number of portraits of American dignitaries including Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and a group portrait of President Harry S...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of De Forest Mellon, Early 20th Century w/ Landscape, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Portrait of De Forest Mellon, 1922 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches 35.5 x 30.25 inches, framed Ora Coltman was born in 1858 in Shelby, Ohio, but spent...
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American Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

At the Yacht Club
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Artist Edward Cucuel and his wife Clara Lotte von Marcard spent their first two decades together in Germany, mostly in a villa on Lake Ammersee in Holzhausen near Munich. It is the works created in this period, mainly outdoor scenes of young women in fashionable attire of the day, that are most collected and appreciated among his works. It’s easy to see why- they capture an elegance and sense of calm and easy leisure- of long days in gardens or by the water.  This is one of those captured moments with a well-dressed woman watching the sailing yacht...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Men Portrait
Located in PARIS, FR
Lucien Jonas (1880 - 1947) Men Portrait 1920 Oil on canvas 81 x 65,5 cm Signed and dated bottom right
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Southern Bell Female Portrait Oil Painting 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4096 A 1920's oil painting on canvas of an elegant southern lady .Artist unknown. Unframed
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Old man elderly oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Anonymous - Old man - Oil on board Oil size 34x25 cm. Frameless
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Baroque 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Old Time Football in the 1920s - Football 1920s - Classic Football
Located in Miami, FL
You Got to be a Football Hero to Get Along with a Beautiful Girl. Masterfully composed and dynamic illustration that show a player getting punched in the jaw. During this period, there were no face...
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Academic 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Neapolitan Female Portrait Oil Painting 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3933 Antique oil on canvas in an ornate period frame Image size 16.5x11"
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1891, John Gilmore Wolcott graduated from Harvard in 1914 and continued studies in art with Charles Woodbury. He was active in the Boston art scen...
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American Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Court Female Portrait The Lady in Waiting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4070 French oil painting Lady in Waiting by Alfreda Klebe
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Under the Parasol", 20th Century Oil on Canvas Attributed to Laureano Barrau
Located in Madrid, ES
ATTRIBUTED TO LAUREANO BARRAU Spanish, 1863 - 1957 UNDER THE PARASOL unsigned oil on canvas 35-1/2 x 26 inches (90 x 66 cm.) framed: 44-1/4 x 35-1/2 in...
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Naturalistic 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "Portrait of John, Annabella and Augusta Anne
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "Portrait of John, Annabella and Augusta Annesley" 1874 - 1955 Popular painter of figurative scenes. Studied at the...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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Modern 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Otto Hake Signed American Modernist Woman Portrait Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice modernist portrait for sale here. Oil on board. Signed. Nicely framed. Image size, 9L x 10H.
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Modern 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait of the artist
Located in PARIS, FR
Self-portrait by Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973) 1928 Oil on canvas 48 x 37 cm (54 x 42 cm with frame 18.9 x 14.57 in (21.26 x 16.54 in with frame) Signed and dated lower left Online...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Guitarist" Louis Betts, 1920s Portrait American Impressionist Painting
By Louis Betts
Located in New York, NY
Louis Betts The Guitarist, circa 1920 Signed upper left Oil on canvas 27 x 18 inches Louis L. Betts was a painter active in the first half of the twentieth century in the United St...
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American Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young Spaniard with mantilla and fan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Violet Ann Gilbert - British 1920s art oil painting exh Paris Salon
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A beautiful portrait of a young woman from the nineteen twenties. In excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted listed artist and a great example of an early 20th century portrait painting. Signed lower left. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris Salon 1929, labels verso. Condition. Oil on canvas in excellent condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, framed size is 47 by 37 inches. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne, third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates, he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery the next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...
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Art Deco 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude. The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
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American Modern 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Self-portrait of the artist, 1928
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Latcher Self portrait, 1928 Oil on canvas 97,3 x 72 cm (106 x 81,5 x 4,5 cm with frame) Signed and dated upper left
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Grandpa by Hannes Fritz-München - Oil on canvas 77x91 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 89x102 cm Hannes FRITZ-MÜNCHEN is an artist born in 1886 and died in 1981
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Train Set - British 20's art interior oil portrait boy playing female artist
By Agnes L Reid
Located in London, GB
This charming oil painting is by British female artist Agnes L Reid. Painted circa 1920 the painting is of a little boy playing on the floor with his train set, with balloons and a b...
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1920's Scottish Portrait of Gentleman David Ingles
By David Nicholson Ingles
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative portrait of Scottish gentleman by David Nicholas Ingles Ingres ARHA (Associate member) (Scottish, 1888-1933), circa 1920. Signed lower rig...
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Portrait of Susan Isabel Dacre - British exh oil painting of feminist artist
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, colourful British 1920's exhibited oil on canvas portrait painting by Francis Dodd RA and with extensive provenance. The work depicts the Feminist and famous artist Susa...
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait John Gilbert - Australian 20's exhibited art male portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait of Mr John Gilbert. This original oil on canvas was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A fine portrait, it is in excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted Australian listed artist. Signed right. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris salon 1929. Condition. Oil on canvas in very good condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, 47 by 37 inches framed. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne. He was the third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...
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Realist 1920s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Young Lady - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait
Located in London, GB
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Impressionist 1920s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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