20th Century Portrait Paintings
Period: 20th Century
Color: Blue
Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
By Lorraine Fox
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
Category
Feminist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock
Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil, Pen
Oil Painting, blue period "Balloon Man" by Diane Vidito
Located in Greenwich, CT
Balloon Man is done in the tradition of a “blue period” Picasso, which had an influence on Vidito’s work in the 1950s. She did a number of works that all h...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.046
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.046 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.046 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
Feminist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Child Resting in Chair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Child Resting in Chair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Red man" by Eugène Gilliard - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame. Total size with frame 43x54 cm
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Carina
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
1889-1962 French
"Carina"
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
Painting : 28 3/4" high x 23 5/8" wide
Frame: 37 3/8" high x 32 1/4" wide
Jean-Gabriel Domerg...
Category
Realist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
abstract with portrait oil and collage on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Horacio Sapere (1951) - Abstract - Oil and collage on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas measures 61x46 cm.
Frameless.
Horacio Sapere (Buenos Aires, 1951). He has lived and worked in Mallorca since 1975 and since 2011 he has had a studio in New York. An intense and committed artist, he develops his creative process through theater and performance (1970-1980), visual poetry (1976-1982), painting and sculpture. Creator of major projects such as Poet's room (1995), presented for the first time at the BMB gallery in Amsterdam (1996), at the UIB -Universitat de les Illes Balears- (1997) and at the Sala de Cultura Sa Nostra in Ibiza (1998). ); and as a sculptural poetic installation at the MEIAC, the Spanish and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art in Badajoz (2000), the Fernando Pessoa...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Angel oil on canvas painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Angel - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 92x73 cm.
Frame measures 94x75 cm.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mermaid by José Gerson - Ink on paper 46x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fauve Portrait of Three Women in Blue Holding Red Abanicos
By Bernie Fuchs
Located in Miami, FL
Bernie Fuchs's painting "Fauve Portrait of Two Women in Blue with Red Abanicos" captures a festive scene of three Spanish women in traditional dress at...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE BOOT
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by Britto. There is also a signed and dated dedication on verso by Britto. Canvas siz...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Original French Mid Century Oil - Vibrant Greens & Blue Duck Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Mr Duck''
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front and back
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors.
very good conditio...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Celluloid Manga Characters 2
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch
White wooden frame with plastic protection
42.5 x 32.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Stained glass window with naked woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Sabaté Casanova - Stained glass window with a nude woman - Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas - Hand signed - c.1990
Oil measures 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Quimet Sabaté will enter the...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
B. Simon - Signed & Framed 1999 Acrylic, Sweat Lodge
Located in Corsham, GB
Native American woman sits around a small hut as spirits fog a deep blue sky during a purification ceremony, also known as a sweat. The sweat is intended as a religious ceremony, with its purpose being for prayer and healing.
Every aspect of a sweat lodge...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Over and Under" Soft Blue Toned Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Victorian Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of a Victorian woman attributed to American Modernist artist, John O'Neil. This painting depicts a pale white woman with rosy cheeks wearing a sky blue Victorian garment, sitting against an abstract light blue background. The canvas used for this piece was originally painted with an abstracted landscape and was painted over for this work. This piece has not been authenticated. Signed, dated, and titled at the back. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: John O'Neil (1915-2004) was a painter, educator, and writer best known for his Abstract Imagery and Early Modern (before 1950) styles.
O'Neil was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He studied at the Colorado Springs Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson, Paul Burlin, and Henry Varnum Poor; Taos School...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided
The sketch is original, v...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Woman with Irises
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman with Irises', oil on cardstock paper (1976), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a young woman holding a bunch of enchanting iris flowers in his post-cubist...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Celluloid Manga Characters 3
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch
White wooden frame with plastic protection
42.5 x 32.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Celluloid Manga Characters 1
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch
White wooden frame with plastic protection
32.5 x 42.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
LA DUDA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front by Ivan Guayasamin. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outstanding in His Field
Located in London, GB
'Outstanding in His Field', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève, 1976. The artist depicts a salt-of-the-earth farmer seated on a fence post, arms crossed with a look of wholeh...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
MID 20th CENTURY BRITISH OIL - PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN PEARL NECKLACE - TEAL GREEN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady"
by Douglas Swainson (British, mid 20th century)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
painting: 18 x 14 inches
Beautiful oil p...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fiesta de Loco
Located in Austin, TX
"Fiesta de Loco"
Artist: Gustav Likan
Medium: Mixed media
Size: 10" x 13"
Framed
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman with Yellow Blouse
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Yellow Blouse', oil on cardstock paper (1979), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a woman posing in front of her home under a blue sk...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
UNTITLED (FLAUTA)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front by Ivan Guayasamin. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in a artists studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of Red Headed Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking Fauvist portrait with a vibrant, high voltage color palette, featuring a green woman with red hair by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). Aut...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ibiza scene Spain oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Lungomare Le sain'
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
signed and dated on back 1973
inscribed verso
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
Fabulous 1970s...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sailors in Marseille
Located in London, GB
'Sailors in Marseille', gouache on art paper, French School (circa 1960s). Ever since the 6th century, there have been fishermen selling their catch in the Old Port of Marseille while sailors from visiting vessels have always enjoyed a night on the town. Today the Old Port is the city’s beating heart, a vital part of Marseille. In this work, the artist depicts a solo French sailor crossing paths with his American counterpart. The Frenchman sports his cap with iconic pom pom rouge while the American sailor is dressed in his white 'Cracker Jack...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Model"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 18.25 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by the widely exhibit...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure'
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
signed and dated on back 1971
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 13 x 19.5 inches
Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche pai...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Handsome Men at Race Track , Horse Racing
Located in Miami, FL
Done most likely for Look Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Playboy or perhaps an advertising agency. Work is framed in a simple metal frame
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MARILYN MONROE
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Hand Painted with Embellishment by the Artist on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Stretched. TP edition of 50. Certifica...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Marilyn Monroe - Baubles, Bangles & Beads
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Marilyn Monroe - Baubles, Bangles & Beads
Signed Lower Left.
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Seated Girl on Chair
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1918
Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
Dimensions: 27.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
American Art Works Calendar Image
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LEAPHOG
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offe...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vintage French Gouache Portrait
By Charléno Carlo
Located in Houston, TX
Exuberant gouache portrait of a smiling auburn haired female by French erotic artist Carlo Charléno, circa 1930. Signed lower right.
Original vintage...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"Skeletype Grape, " Acrylic & Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Skeletype Grape" is an original acrylic painting and pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features an abstract portrait o...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic
Treachery in Trieste, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1954
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 24.75" x 15.5"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of Treachery in Trieste by Charl...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gambler's Girl
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Gambler's Girl by Kermit Welles, Original Novels 704, 1951.
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tir à l'Arc
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Zero in Blue
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max
Title: Zero In Blue
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated u.r.
Size: 24 x 18 inches
Frame: 27 x 20.5 inches
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Chess Players
By Kalman Aron
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Born in Latvia, Kalman Aron(1924 - 2018), survived four years in camps during the Holocaust surviving in many ways due to his natural artists talent. As liberations came with the end of the war, he was able to study art at the Fine Art Academy of Vienna.
Kalman Aron spent his life paintings portraits, landscapes, cityscapes as well as imagery from his impression of the war. He was widely commissioned and collected.
The Chess Players...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
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