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Period: 20th Century
Rue Norvin view of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 71.5 x 59.5 x 3 cm
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Italian School 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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

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Pastel, Pencil

Smiling Eyes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Gerlach Barklow Co. calendar illustration Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Gianna Luigi - Italian School Early 20th Century Oil, The Fiddler
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral scene depicts a moment of rustic leisure, with a man playing a fiddle in a grassy field while a young boy listens nearby. The loose, impressionistic brushstrokes and ea...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman with the Lamp, original oil on canvass, 20th C post-impressionist, signed
Located in Naples, Florida
This colourful and warm-toned oil on canvas painting entitled ‘Femme à la lampe’ (Woman under candlelight) is an abstract figurative genre work that is circa the 20th Century and is ...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boy with Molotov Cocktail, Russia Invades Germany - Like Norman Rockwell
Located in Miami, FL
This work sells itself. Just look at it and an elaborate explanation is not required. There is virtually no one alive who can paint a picture like Crockwell. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed lower left Provenance: National Museum of American Illustration , Newport, Rhode Island Crockwell gives us a complex and inventive composition by showing two wonderful portaits in the foreground and beyond a broken wall...
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American Realist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A Wonderful and intimate Mid-Century studio portrait of a yo...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Beating - Police and Man
Located in Miami, FL
Watercolor and gouache on paper laid on board Magazine Illustration defined by bold graphic composition and limited color palate yielding a powerful image that jumps off the page. u...
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Post-Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Surreal Men's Fashion from the Groovy 1970s - Dragon Fly Rene Magritte Clouds
Located in Miami, FL
This surreal Men's Fashion illustration with a dragonfly is staged in an inside/outside setting against dreamlike Rene Magritte clouds. Of particular note is how the artist cropped t...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Oil Painting in Ornate Frame Flamenco Dance Scene in Vibrant Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dancers Spanish School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed inscribed verso Framed: 32 x 26 inches Canas: 24 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Conditio...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Morning Exercise, Children Riding Horses, circa 1940's
Located in Blackwater, GB
Morning Exercise, Children Riding Their Horses, circa 1940's by William Norman Gaunt FIAL, NDD (1918-2001) Large early 20th Century scene of the children on the morning exercise wi...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1950's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Sketch of Nude Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986) stamped verso oil painting on canvas, 16 x 13 inches condition: overall good and original provenance: from a collection of this ...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Oil Painting Elegant Lady in Hat with Flower Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 46 x 26 inches canvas size: 39 x 20 inches condition: overall very goo...
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French School 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figure with Blue Eyes
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Figure with Blue Eyes" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in a palette of browns and creams with a pop of blue by Bay Area Figurative artist Nath...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Chinese Company playing Droughts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surreal Eskimo Fairy Tale - Indigenous People Folklore Story-Teller
Located in Miami, FL
This work celebrates the customs and folklore of Indigenous People / Eskimo native life. Illustrator Gianni Benvenuti shows a partially clothed Eskimo man lying on his back in a tran...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Cardboard

Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio Pastel on Canvas 1910 circa
Located in Rome, IT
Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio with elegant white dress. Pastel on Canvas with finely carved gilt wood frame. Signed CFroschl . Carl Forsche 1848- 1934 . Austrian Painte...
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Art Nouveau 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Mother Elizabeth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother Elizabeth, c. 1930 - 40s, tempera on Masonite, signed and titled upper left, 22 5/8 x 16 inches, artist's name inscribed verso of original frame Ernest W. Scanes was a Mich...
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American Realist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

The Cornish Fisherman Antique English Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Sea Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
One of the Crew by David W. Haddon (British early 20th century) signed oil on board , framed framed: 18 x 14 inches board: 15 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England cond...
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English School 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large 1940's French Signed Oil Painting Woman in Apron Knitting in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Apron, Knitting French artist, signed & dated oil on canvas, unframed dated 1943 canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: sound and good c...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Very Large 1960's French Signed Oil - Portrait of Beautiful Blonde Lady in White
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, indistinctly signed with monogram Title: Portrait of a Young blonde haired lady dressed in white. Presented in beautiful ornate frame. ...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ballerina with view of Rome - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ballerina on the Terrace - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Judgment
Located in Miami, FL
Thin edged metal frame Philip Castle is an Irish Painter and husband to artist Barry Castle He is rarely exhibited and Prince Rainier of Monaco once purc...
Category

Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Judgment
Judgment
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Animal Kingdom, Zebra, Buffalo, Lion, Giraffe, Elephant, Monkey, Tiger, Gorilla
Located in Miami, FL
Peaceable Kingdom features more than 60 aminal portraits by famous illustrator Richard C. Hess. Impeccably rendered and designed. Signed lower center-left. R. Hess. His illustrati...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has with arms stretched out like a Christ figure. The drum grows out of a yellow plant-...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Woman posing with guitar acrylic painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on canvas on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter...
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Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

STANZA
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered on front by the artist. Edition of 95. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certi...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

STANZA
STANZA
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Paratrooper, oil painting by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Located in London, GB
Thomas Cantrell Dugdale RA RP ROI Paratrooper Oil on canvas 44 x 46 cm Signed to bottom right (painted faintly) Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952) was a British painter and illust...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

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...
Category

Academic 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saxophone Jazz Musician Charlie Parker Record Album Cover Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This is more than a cover illustration depicting the legendary Charlie Parker playing the saxophone. It's an inventive graphic design concept from trailblazing illustrator Robert Weaver. By showing the subject in two parts. The artwork's visual idea is as radical as Parker's music. A wide shot and a close-up butted together dynamically communicates an energetic motion and movement in a still image. Signed lower right. Record album cover illustration for Charlie Parker: Bird with Strings Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall and Birdland (Columbia Records, 1976). From Wikipedia: Robert Weaver (July 5, 1924 – September 4, 1994) was an American illustrator who was considered a pioneer of a contemporary approach to the field that began in the 1950s. Biography Beginning in 1952, he embarked on a mission to combine the visual ideas found in fine art with the responsibility of journalist. At the time, many practitioners of illustration were expected to paint and draw for advertising and magazine assignments with artwork that was conservative, idealized and saccharine, while other illustrators such as Ronald Searle, Arthur Szyk, George Grosz, Kathe Kollwitz and later Ralph Steadman and Tomi Ungerer injected their own opinion into the matter. Weaver joined this latter tradition by moving his role of an illustrator from a page decorator to a journalist. He ventured from the typical haven of an illustrator's studio into the world and used a pencil to observe, record facts, and draw real life based visual essays, the way that illustrators such as Burt Silverman and Franklin McMahon did. This approach would later be termed "visual journalism" and in 1983 would form the basis of a special masters degree, Illustration as Visual Essay, from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He died at his home in Manhattan on September 4, 1994.[1] Career and legacy In an article for the AIGA in 1990, noted graphic art historian Steve Heller categorized Weaver as a journalistic illustrator. Other artists included Bob Gill, Jack Beck, Robert Andrew Parker, Thomas B. Allen and Philip Hays. They received crucial assignments from a group of visionary art directors that included Cipe Pineles...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Portrait of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait study of the grand daughter of the artist. Oil on panel. Signed. Unframed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Heals Fitted Fine
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 91cm x 62cm (112cm x 82cm framed). (Provenance: in the collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023) until his dea...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Seated Woman
Located in London, GB
'Seated Woman', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). This work of sumptuous colour and sensuous subject matter elicits an immediate response. ...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ballerinas - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Parisian Female Portrait Oil Painting by Vanzina
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2714 Impressionist woman portrait,oil on canvas displayed in a black wood frame, signed lower left by Vanzina. Image size 19.50 H x 15.50 W
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau, circa 1950
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s Portrait in Gouache by Belgian Artist Max Moreau (1902–1992) A beautifully executed mid-century portrait depicting a young girl with gentle features and a serene expression, ev...
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Blond Beauty Make Up the Airport Customs
Located in Miami, FL
At some point, the fine art/museum world will recognize how truly brilliant a trailblazing artist like Coby Whitmore is. His exploration of bold colors, flattened, simplified space, ...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil, Graphite

Amphibian Woman, Surrealist Oil Painting by Endre Szasz
By Endre Szasz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Endre Szasz, Hungarian (1926 - 2003) - Amphibian Woman, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on masonite, signed lower right, Size: 24 x 11.75 in. (60.96 x 29.85 cm), Frame Size: 38 x 2...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

" Studio per maternità "
Located in Torino, IT
Colorato piccolo studio di mamma e bambina Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ucraina 1915 – San Pietroburgo 2000) Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov, unanimamente considerato uno dei principali ...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Study of the Violinist for Holy Motherhood, pre-raphaelite, newlyn school, Oil
Located in London, GB
Thomas Cooper Gotch 1854 – 1931 Study of Violinist for Holy Motherhood Oil on canvas, on board Image size: 28 ¾ x 21 inches 18th century frame Illustrated in "The Golden Dream, A bi...
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Aesthetic Movement 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elegant Bride Barefoot Through The Blossoms 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bride Through The Blossoms by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 51 x 28 inches canvas size: 47 x 24 inches condition: overall ...
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French School 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Alex. Figurative Oil Painting, Surrealist, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on canvas painting by Iwan Kulik. Painting is in warm tones, main colors are brown, yellow nad green. Iwan Kulik has created his own characteristical style that is rec...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pencil, chalk and crayon drawing of the Virgin and Child with St Anne inspired by the 'cartoon' of Leonard da Vinci currently held in the National Gallery London. An elegant and c...
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Outsider Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Paper

Stoic and Soulfully Strong Women - All Women Composition Euphorbia -
Located in Miami, FL
One of Cornwell's hallmarks is that he paints stoically soulful faces that express the subject's trials and hardships. In this only-woman composition, he depicts a scene of two women who are strong, unafraid, and self-confident and can weather the storm despite the challenges. In this regard, it is similar to "A Strange Sound Drifted Down to Kit from the Top of the Range—A Man’s Voice, Singing" by Cornwell, which sold at Christie's USD $163,800 on 18 Apr 2024. Caption: "Are you making little things?" questioned Lucy. 'No ,' said Marge. 'If this one happens to live, there will be many long years ahead of us for that." Morris Weiss collection...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Moorish, Belle Epoque, Villa and Garden at St Tropez French Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on canvas view of a villa and garden at St Tropez in the South of France by French artist Suzanne Minier. The painting is signed bottom left. There is a Parisi...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boy with Anemones
Located in London, GB
'Boy with Anemones', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1965). Here the artist paints a young boy having his breakfast with a beautiful bouquet of an...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 1975 Oil, Girl in a Turtleneck
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil study by the artist George Weissbort (1928-2013). Signed and dated to the lower right. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort). On board.
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Suzanne Steinbacher - Austrian Surrealism
Located in London, GB
The work is unsigned. Provenance: Given directly by the artist to the present owner who was a friend of the model. Condition: Good condition apart from some scratches and pressure ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT MALE NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Male Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 16 x 12.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by the widely exhi...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fauve Portrait of Three Women in Blue Holding Red Abanicos
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...
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Fauvist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

German School Early 20th Century Oil - Lady in Navy
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate early 20th-century portrait captures a figure with tousled golden-brown hair against a shadowy background. The artist's skilled use of light and shadow brings focus to ...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Man with an Orange Jacket in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man with an Orange Jacket in Oil on Canvas Contemporary portrait by Alfred Waterman (American, 1922-2012). A young man sits for a portrait, wearing a bright orange and...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Man with Moustache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) signed Title: portrait of a man with a moustache Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 10 x 7 inches Provenance: private coll...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
By Tano Festa
Located in Roma, RM
Tano Festa (Rome 1938 - 1988), Untitled (1985) Mixed media on canvas 60 x 80 cm signed and dated on the back. Work registered with the Tano Festa Archives, under no. B11175/2580 an...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Elegant Blue Eyed Lady French Portrait Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Portrait by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 18 inches Colors: Grey colors, pink, red, blue, brown and c...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Amusements of Other Times - Oil painting by Amelia Da Forno Casonato
Located in Roma, IT
Amusements of other times is an original modern artwork realized by Amelia Da Forno Casonato in the early 20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on board. Hand signed on the low...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Gouache Painting - The Cellist
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and contemporary style gouache portrait of a female cellist at work by G. Lachausse, circa 1970. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Robert Friedrich Karl Scholtz. Portrait of a young lady. 1928. Oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Portrait of a young lady. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Dimensions with frame: 74 cm x 88 cm Without frame: 57.5 cm x 70.5 cm The painting has several paint chips an...
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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