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Period: 20th Century
Mid Century Figurative Floral Still-Life with Bouquet, Lemon, & Self Portrait
By Marjorie Hyman
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century still life of a floral bouquet with self portrait, in a vivid palette and painterly brush strokes, by Marjorie Hyman (American, - 2016), circa 1969. Signed lower left corner. Unframed. Condition: Good; wear on edges and corners. Image size: 30"H x 24"W. Hyman was a professional artist, published poet, played piano at the Officers Club during World War II. She studied theater at Stanford University and later performed professional monologues in the Bay Area. Member of the Peninsula Art Association, student of Alice de Boton...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915. Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection. Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood. Reference: Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carlotta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Georges Rouault. “Carlotta” is an oil on canvas portrait painting in a palette of blues, yellows, blacks, and pinks by expressionist artist Georges Rouault. The artwork...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaic prayer scene Subject: Landscape Medium: watercolor Surface: Paper Country: United States EMANUEL ROMANO Rome, Italy, b. 1897, d. 1984 Emanuel Glicenstein Romano was born in Rome, September 23, 1897. His father Henryk Glicenstein was a sculptor and was living in Rome with his wife Helena (born Hirszenberg) when Emanuel was born his father obtained Italian citizenship and adopted the name Enrico. Emanuel was brought up in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England and Poland. In 1926 Emanuel and his father sailed for New York. They briefly visited Chicago. Romano's sister, Beatrice, and mother only joined them in New York years later. Romano changed his name on his arrival to America and some have erroneously speculated that this was to avoid antisemitic anti Jewish discrimination. In truth, as the son of a highly-regarded artist, Romano changed his name to ensure that any success or recognition he would later attain, would be the result of nothing other than his own merit as an artist, and not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately after World War II, Romano created a series of allegorical works depicting graphic holocaust images that were held closely by the family until after his passing. One of these works is now on permanent display in the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg Florida. Emanuel's father died in 1942 in a car accident before they could realize their shared dream of visiting Israel. In 1944 Romano, having completed his degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, began teaching at the City College of New York. Romano moved to Safed, Israel in 1953 and established an art museum in his father's memory, the Glicentein Museum. COLLECTIONS Indianapolis Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Boston Fine Arts Museum Fogg Museum Musée Nacional de France Recently his work has been added to the Florida Holocaust Museum collection. His notable works include his holocaust themed allegorical paintings as well as portraits of Marianne Moore, his father and William Carlos Williams...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of Elizabeth Exley - British Art Deco 1930's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted artist James Robert Granville Exley and provenance is by family descent. The sitter is Elizabeth Exley, possibly his wi...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Young Woman', Grande Chaumière, Hague Academy of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum
By Jan Hoowij
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant oil portrait of a young Arab woman shown wearing a veil and gazing with candor and interest directly towards the viewer. Signed lower left, "Jan Hoowij" (Dutch-American, ...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem. Resides in Los Angeles, Cal...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dorian Levine - 1985 Oil, Portrait of a Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a mid-century wood frame. Signed and dated. On canvas board.
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Writer Fannie Hurst in Floral Pattern Dress Bathed in Warm Light Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This portrait of Fannie Hurst may have graced the cover of another major newsstand magazine. Most likely, it was a non-published alternate cover for Redbook. One of the most widely-read female authors was painted by one of the most widely-viewed female illustrators. Edna Crompton was an in-demand and prolific for-hire female illustrator/artist for some of the most prestigious newsstand magazines of the day. She regularly did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Colliers and Judge to name a few. Crompton presents Fannie Hurst - the nation’s highest-paid short story writer and advocates for suffrage and race relations - as a confidently attractive young woman bathed...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Senza titolo" by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915-Milano 1994)
Located in Milano, MI
Exhibited in Almach Art Gallery Milano during 2023 Hand-signed by artist, Certificate of authenticity Included (issued by authorized authenticating body) Image rights Luca Temolo ...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Jelle Troelstra, Portrait Of A Seated Woman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Jelle Troelstra (1891-1979) depicts a seated woman wearing a floral top and dark grey dress. With eyes closed and hands held upo...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris Deutsch (American Lithuanian Russian, 1892-1978) "The Flute Player," 1947 Oil paint on canvas, Hand signed and dated upper left, Provenance: gallery label (Pasadena Art Museu...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman Patriots Harriet B. Stowe, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton
Located in Soquel, CA
A fresh and contemporary piece honoring charitable, revolutionary and patriotic women in the US, "The American Women" by Charles Warren Mundy (American, b. 1945), provides a nod towards the pop art movement. Pictured in this unique painting are Harriet Beecher Stowe...
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Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Emilio Greco Painting, titled "Roma", 1972
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913-1995) Roma, 1972 Oil on canvas 45 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. Signed and inscribed lower left: Emilio Greco, Roma, 1972 Emilio Greco, (born Oct. 11, 1913, Catania, Italy—died April 5, 1995, Rome), Italian sculptor of bronze and marble figurative works, primarily female nudes and portraits. At the age of 13, Greco was apprenticed to a stonemason, and he later studied at the Academy of Art in Palermo. Though he began exhibiting in Rome in 1943, he was not well-established until after World War II. His first solo exhibition was held in 1946, and in 1948 he became a teaching assistant at the Artistic Secondary School in Rome. His subject matter varied little throughout his career. In their refined, elongated forms and assertive balance, his sculpted figures...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of A Boy, N Williamson, early 20th Century
By Glyn Philpot
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of A Boy, N Williamson, early 20th Century inscribed to GLYN WARREN PHILPOT (1884-1937) Large early 20th Century portrait of a young boy...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carol Aus Portrait of a Lady In Spectacular 19th Century Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carol Aus: 1878-1934 Listed artist born in Norway and lived in Chicago. She studied in Paris at Julien Academy. She painted 7 covers for the Saturday Evening Post. She was also we...
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American Realist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Surrealist Winter Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010) Untitled, 1962 Oil on canvas 18 x 16 in. Framed: 20 x 18 in. Signed lower left: RJE '62 Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child. Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist. After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study. After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953. For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983. As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known. Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894 - 1989) - Joven durmiendo - Oleo sobre tela - 1959
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el autor y fechado del año 1959 En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado y fechado del año 1959 Estado de conservación aceptable Se presenta enm...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

L. Robinson - Early 20th Century Oil, A Moment Of Rest From The Day's Toil
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly beautiful early 20th Century oil, capturing a frank and domestic moment. A woman, in an apron and cap, takes a moment of rest from her daily toils, to read from a book. The c...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Gold Hat
Located in Columbus, OH
Evocative, contemporary portrait of a woman wearing a hat by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Washes of thin, gold-colored paint, which we bel...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS ''Circus, Fire Eaters'', 1989, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom center, titled in pencil on paper verso Paper 12''h, 9''w. Provenance: Estate of Laura Fisher...
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Folk Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed with initials center left. Measures 32" x 23.5" including the frame. Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine Brought to...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original oil on canvas realized in 1930s by Antonio Feltrinelli. Very good condition. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He was ...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Greek School 1955 Oil - Crocheting
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and attractive mid Century Greek School portrait, showing a young woman in a pretty blue patterned dress and yellow shirt, deeply engrossed in her work of crocheting a lace doily...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Jane Fonda" Framed, Original Oil on Canvas-with letter of authenticity
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Jane Fonda" is an Original Oil Painting on Canvas that is signed by the artist. This painting of Jane Fonda is one of the few figurative paintings that Howard Behrens made during hi...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Arturo Petrocelli (1856-1926) - Oil, Portrait of an Italian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming turn of the Century portrait of the an Italian woman wearing a yellow head scarf and peals. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On canvas.
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Rabbi in Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Portrait Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: United States EMANUEL ROMANO Rome, Italy, b. 1897, d. 1984 Emanuel Glicenstein Romano was born in Rome, September 23, 1897. His father Henryk Glicenstein was a sculptor and was living in Rome with his wife Helena (born Hirszenberg) when Emanuel was born. His father obtained Italian citizenship and adopted the name Enrico. Emanuel was brought up in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England and Poland. In 1926 Emanuel and his father sailed for New York. They briefly visited Chicago. Romano's sister, Beatrice, and mother only joined them in New York years later. Romano changed his name on his arrival to America and some have erroneously speculated that this was to avoid antisemitic discrimination. In truth, as the son of a highly-regarded artist, Romano changed his name to ensure that any success or recognition he would later attain, would be the result of nothing other than his own merit as an artist, and not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately after World War II, Romano created a series of allegorical works depicting graphic holocaust images that were held closely by the family until after his passing. One of these works is now on permanent display in the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg Florida. Emanuel's father died in 1942 in a car accident before they could realize their shared dream of visiting Israel. In 1944 Romano, having completed his degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, began teaching at the City College of New York. Romano moved to Safed, Israel in 1953 and established an art museum in his father's memory, the Glicentein Museum. COLLECTIONS Indianapolis Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Boston Fine Arts Museum Fogg Museum Musée Nacional de France Recently his work has been added to the Florida Holocaust Museum collection. His notable works include his holocaust themed allegorical paintings as well as portraits of Marianne Moore, his father and William Carlos Williams...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Frederick Thomas Callcott (1853-1923) - Early 20th Century Oil, Stumbling Home
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished scene by well listed artist and sculptor Frederick Thomas Callcott. It depicts a drunken gentleman slumped in his doorway at sunrise. Signed to the lower left. Well p...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Nadi Ken (b.1934) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Burning Bright
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking portrait study by French artist Nadi Ken. The artist depicts a blonde women with short cropped hair in a dark interior. their are some clear in...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Howard Barnes (1937-2017) - 1982 Oil, Dance
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking abstract piece depicting a woman in a red leotard. The artist captures the dancer in a series of bold, expressive forms, showing her eyes shut in concentration. Signed and...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Miss Carolyn Edmunson
Located in Miami, FL
The art world today does not value traditional academic skills in portrait painting. If it did, this portrait would replace the childlike student-level art that is now achieving two...
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Academic 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
An Upper East Side of Manhattan New York city scene of bald guy reading newspaper on bench with East River and tugboat in background. The 1970s were the “glory days,” Huffaker says, for himself and a stable of talented illustrators whose work routinely found itself on the covers of the nation’s premier newsmagazines and in the pages of The New York Times. For the better part of that decade, Huffaker was among an elite breed of commercial artists—his hero and fellow Southerner Jack Davis, the legendary Mad Magazine illustrator, among them—working during a remarkable period when art directors routinely turned to illustration to give comic relief to the country’s deeply serious and dark problems. From civil rights and the women’s movement to Vietnam and Watergate, the gas crisis and inflation to the rise of Jimmy Carter, Huffaker mined a deep well of material ripe for his brand of visual wit and caustic satire. He sent his portfolio to children's book illustrator Maurice Sendak, the legendary “Where The Wild Things Are” illustrator to gauge his prospects, and when Sendak replied, “C’mon up, you’ll do all right,” SELECT HONORS: 2 Page-One Awards (from the New York Newspaper Guild), for work in Fortune Magazine and Sports Illustrated. Nominated 3 times for Cartoonist-of-the-Year by the National Cartoonists Society (illustration category). Desi Award of Excellence (Graphic Design Magazine). 20 Award of Merit citations from the Society of Illustrators. One-man show, Society of Illustrators. Illustrators 22 - annual national exhibition for the Society of Illustrators. SELECT MAGAZINE COVERS Time Magazine (6), Sports Illustrated (2), Business Week (12), Forbes, Saturday Review, New York Times Sunday Magazine, The New Republic, Family Weekly, Madison Avenue, New York Daily News Sunday Magazine (2), Junior Scholastic, ACLU, The Nation , and more EDUCATION BA, University of Alabama. Attended Pratt Graphic Center and The Art Students League, New York City. BOOKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED The Dispensible Man (M. Evans and Co.) and The Bald Book (M. Evans and Co.) BOOKS ILLUSTRATED White Is (Grove Press), The Begatting of a President (Ballantine Books), The Biggest Sneeze (Harper-Collins), H. Phillip Birdsong's ESP (Young Scott Books), Kids Letters to President Reagan (M. Evans), The Worlds Greatest Left-Handers (M. Evans), Does My Room Come Alive at Night (HarperCollins), The Man With Big Ears (HarperCollins), Jake Snake's Race (HarperCollins), and more POLITICAL CARTOONING Political cartoonist at The News and Obsever in Raleigh, NC and syndicated during the early 70's. Today, syndicated in 750 publications 3-times a week with Cagle Cartoons. FINE ART SHOWS Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, Phillips Mill Annual (honorable mention), New Hope Shad Festival (grand Prize), Hunter Museum in Chattanooga ( one -man career retrospective), Santa Fe public library (one--man), Rosenfeld Gallery (Philadelphia), Potter...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Lady in Yellow and Blue', American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed verso "Dora Masters" and painted circa 1960. A large, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman shown facing the viewer with her gaze averted and surrounded and over...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Gardens Of Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Empire Exhibition, 1936
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Gardens Of Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Empire Exhibition, 1936 by MONICA MACIVOR (1881-1939) Huge 1936 South African tropical garden landscape from the Johannesbur...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Prima Ballerina
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 23 x 19.25 inches Framed size: 30 x 26 inches Signed lower right
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

L'Atelier Mourlot by Fernand Leger
Located in New York, NY
This colorful lithographic poster was printed in 1982 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris was printed for an exhibition of Atelier Mourlot prints in Tokyo at Seibu Department Stores, 198...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Lithograph

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim...
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Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

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...
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Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Oval Portrait of Mother and Daughter early 20 century Scandinavian Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sketch (or Non-Finito work) done by an unknown Scandinavian professional artist in a semi-modernist manner. A tender scene of family harmony, a daughter sits in her mother’s arms, co...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Brunette Nude Lady by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 65x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
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Baroque 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ANGEL
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Studio stamp on verso. Custom framed with hand painted fillet. Canvas size 40 x 30 inches. Framed size approx 49 ...
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Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Landscape with Two Bathers
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with Two Bathers', oil on panel, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). Dulac's oils and drawings manifest an elegant classicism with an immediately identifiable style. It is these qualities which are so attractive both aesthetically and in the context as an investment in fine art. Our gallery holds virtually the entire remaining collection of Guillaume Dulac's sketches and memorabilia with impeccable provenance. In this acquisition of a Dulac oil painting, one finds a depiction of two women, one of them in the nude, seated on the edge of a bathing pool. The other is peacefully seated on a comfortable boulder stone...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1995 Oil, Red Biker
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study of a man dressed in red speeding past ona motorbike. The artist captures the movement in the scene through using sweeping, gestural brushw...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - Large 1995 Oil, Hecate
Located in Corsham, GB
A large, bold portrait study of Hecate, a Greek Goddess variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, night, light and magic. Well presented in a painted wood frame. Signed an...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Ladies of the Twenties" Modern Colorful Seated Female Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a pair of elegantly dressed women. One is standing and wearing a multicol...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Money Maze
Located in Miami, FL
This is an early work from Sue Coe's oeuvre. Prior to being a fine art artist Coe was an illustrator . Signed lower right. Inscribed on lower margin, "The Money Maze To Dawn Love ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. This one looks like a Chassidic Breslov Hasidic man. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky...
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Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1960's French Portrait Caricature Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper stamped Image : 25.5 x 20 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ide...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Portrait Contrebasse d'ingres French School Impressionist Pop 243 READY TO HANG
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 243 La Contrebasse d'Ingres Such as Odalisque from Ingres or the photography composition from Man Ray, the most important point is the round shape of the body. The pale body shap...
Category

Tonalist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

Girl with glasses. Circa 1920. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900-1966)
Located in Firenze, IT
Girl with glasses. About 1920-30. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900 - 1966). Painted on two sides: on one side the young woman with glasses is represented, in charcoal/penci...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Gertrude G. Nutt - 1930 Oil, Ursula Margaret Nutt and Richard David Nutt
Located in Corsham, GB
This early 19th century portrait depicts Ursula Margaret Nutt and Richard David Nutt as children. The infants are depicted against a vast landscape as they ...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Guitar" by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915-Milano 1994), acrylic on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
This is a rare painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) from his series dedicated to the "linearism" with a strong color presence. Colors range from Yellow, Azure...
Category

Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Naturalistic Portrait of Two Young Girls Reading
By Oszkar Glatz
Located in Houston, TX
Domestic scene painting of two young girls reading from a book. Another figure sits in a doorway in the background occupied by something in her hand...
Category

Naturalistic 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1945 American Modern Oil Painting - Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1945 oil painting by American artist Hayes Lyon portrays Bessy Lyon, the artist’s wife, in a warm and intimate portrait. The piece features soft yet vivid tones and ...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Indian - Androscoggin River Falls, Manufacturers National Bank Study
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
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American Realist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Pencil

"Water Carriers" by Armand Cacheux - Oil on Canvas - 132x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Armand Cacheux (1868–1965) was a Swiss painter and engraver born in Geneva. He studied at the Geneva School of Fine Arts under Barthélemy Menn and Hugues Bovy, and at the Geneva Scho...
Category

Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

General Douglas MacArthur
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right In the Timken War Bond campaign, JC Leyendecker completed more than a dozen paintings that were rep...
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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