1970s Portrait Paintings

Evocative original oil on canvas painting by the Welsh artist, John Bowen. Signed lower left. Condition is very good. Circa 1970. The artist uses the light to capture the beauty of the young girl looking directly at us with her cat resting in her lap. The painting is housed in a dark wood frame with narrow liner of the same time period of the artwork. Overall framed measurement is 41 by 29 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. John Bowen (1914–2006) Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection Painter, born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. After attending Llanelli and Swansea Schools of Art he taught at Llanelli School of Art, 1939–60, also at the Boys’ Grammar School there apart from wartime service in the Royal Air Force. He was an artist member of SWG and also showed WAC and at the Royal National Eisteddfod. In 1968 he had a retrospective at Parc Howard Mansion, Llanelli. Painter of landscapes in Britain and abroad and still life, in oil and watercolour whose work is in many public collections, including WAC and Newport Art Gallery and Museum. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company) His work was influenced by some of the twentieth century's greatest artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. His paintings are in the permanent collections of Parc Howard Museum...

Antoni Vives Fierro (1940) - Portrait of a woman - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 46x38 cm. Frame measurements 67x59 cm. He was born in Barcelona in 1940. He is a versatile painter ...

Heinz-Otto Laub was born 1944 in Cologne (Germany), studied at the KA Munich under Mac Zimmermann and is actually working in Bonn. He is known in the first place for his surrealistic...

Long, Red-Haired Portrait of a Man - Acrylic on Paper in the style of Modigliani A bold contrasting portrait of a red-haired, topless man against a stark indigo background, by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine...

Inspired the history of Pulque and Tequila.The Aztecs would say , “ Drunk as 400 rabbits”. They created an alcoholic drink called Pulque that was made from the Blue Agave...

This oil painting by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...

Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...

Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...

Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in Charcoal and china on paper by François Chapuis in the 1970s Sheet dimension: 55 x 39 cm The state of preservation is good except for so...

Portrait of a Girl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s Century by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Oil on Canvas. Dimensions: cm ...

Portrait is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s. Pastel on paper; on the lower right corner, the artist wrote his initials i...

Contained metal mercury in immersion liquid kinetic sculpture. Rotates freely on a central pivot mounted to the wall, this work can be turned, allowing the mercury to shift and flow ...

Woman is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the first years of the 1970s. Colored pastels on paper. Signed in pencil by the artist on...

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in 1971. Colored pastel on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the low...

The Apple is a contemporary artwork realized by Veniero Canevari in the 1970s. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Includes frame. Hand signed on the lowe...