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Period: Mid-20th Century
Antique American Large Surreal Masterpiece Landscape Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique surrealist oil painting of a landscape with a sculpture. Oil on board, circa 1949. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 35"L x 22"H.
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tuscan Man Smoking a Pipe
Located in London, GB
'Tuscan Man Smoking a Pipe', watercolour on art paper, by Giuseppe Migneco (1969). Such a delightful, colourful depiction of a rural Tuscan man with b...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American School Yoga Pose Surreal Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist oil painting of a woman stretching. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Semi-Abstract Brightly Colored Portrait, Woman with Plant and Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
Semi-abstract oil on canvas painting by Edward Marecak (1919-1993). Composition featuring a brightly colored portrait of a woman holding flowers. Presented in an original frame measu...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of Future Man', German School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Future Man', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern portrait clearly in the style of Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism co...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Seated Abstract Nude', Berlin School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Seated Abstract Nude', oil on board, Berlin School, initialed 'G.R.' (circa 1960s). A splendid cubist depiction, this is a striking portrait of a seated nude woman in geometric pers...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Post-War Modern Abstract Portrait Assemblage With Textured Surface By HJ Breuste
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This abstract assemblage composition is a beautiful and peculiar artwork. It has a remarkable visual depth to it with its earthy and intense colors. The artwork is an assemblage made...
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Brass
Portrait of Marelen Dietrich
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Suzanne Eisendieck "Chapeau Printanier. La Parisienne" Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on canvas, circa 1950, by Suzanne Eisendieck ( 1906-1998 ) Signed lower left: SUZANNE EISENDIECK
Dimensions: 22.04 x 17.51 in ( 56 x 44,5 cm ). Framed: 26.37 x 21.45 in ( 67 cm x...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman (Ukraine)
Located in New Orleans, LA
An oil on paper I acquired around 7 or so years ago when I was buying from a dealer in the Ukraine. This portrait came with a group of other paintings but without a signature - from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cardinal Fine Antique Portrait Oil Painting in Ornate Gilt Frame
By Otto Eichinger
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cardinal's Letter
Otto Eichinger (1922 - 2004)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 15 x 12 inches
board: 12.5 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: v...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reposing Woman Under a Parasol
By René Hamiot
Located in London, GB
'Reposing Woman Under a Parasol', oil on paper (1963) by René Hamiot (1912 - 1975). This is a colourful portrait of a woman, tranquil under her parasol, se...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Early 20th Century Young Girl With Pink Bow Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful portrait of a young girl by listed aritst artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower left. Unframed.
Image, 20"H x 16"W.
Gleiforst wa...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'The Power of Words', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'The Power of Words', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1950s-1970s). A thoroughly modern depiction clearly in the style of Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
English mid century oil painting Portrait of Dachshund puppy or dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English mid century portrait of a Dachshund puppy or dog.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flowe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young girl portrait oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carmen Ventosa (1919-1964) - Young Woman - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American Impressionist Taos School New Mexico Framed Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Oil Painting Fashionable Lady in Paris on Bridge River Seine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Thought
Paris School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Surreal Female Portrait Symbolic Rural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Death of the Minotaur - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Abstract by G. De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
The Blue Headdress, Group Portrait Orientalist Oil Painting, Signed and Dated
By Emile Deckers
Located in London, GB
Émile Deckers
1885 - 1968
The Blue Headress
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, inscribed and dated "Algers, 1958"
Image size: 26 x 33 inches (66 x 84 cm)
Hand made Orientalist gilt f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arabian Nights - Guard and Sitting King - Islamic Golden Age - Gustaf Tenggren
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
One Thousand and One Nights - It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. What is notable about this work is how magnificently composed, designed, and rendered it is. Its l...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been described by one of his sons as obsessed with painting, to the exclusion of most oth...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Self Portrait of the Artist' by Anna Costa Modern Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
'Self Portrait of the Artist?', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern interpretation of an independent, resilient, gifted woman who may be the artist herself...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Framed Figurative Oil Painting - Two Ladies
Located in Bristol, GB
TWO LADIES
Size: 47 x 33 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A timeless and elegant mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
Simple yet effective in its composi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 20th Century French Impressionist Painting Portrait of Figure Colorful
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 12.5 x 14 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition; there ar...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Christine Bonnar the Artist's Wife - British Art Deco Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
This alluring Art Deco portrait oil painting is by former British Newlyn artist John Da Costa. Painted circa 1930 the painting is of Christine Bonnar, the artist's wife. She was the ...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Two Seated Nude Women - British Modernist 1930's oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Modernist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painte...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
English mid century oil painting Portrait of Golden Retriever puppy or dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English mid century oil painting Portrait of Golden Retriever puppy or dog.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1930's modern art tempera painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1936 it is part of the myth series of paintings which relate to th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Portrait of a Girl, Oil Portrait Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14 in. x 10 in. (35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 21 x 17...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Seated Girl in Blue - British 1930's art portrait oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painted circa 19...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Turquoise Dress - Scottish female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist David Cowan Dobson, better known as Cowan Dobson. Painted circa 1950 it is a bust length oil painting of a sophi...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Molly in Red Beret - British thirties Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking Art Deco portrait oil painting is by female artist Jolan Polatschek Williams. Williams was born in Austria but settled in England in the 1920's where she remained. Pain...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pamela Abercromby - British Art Deco 30's portrait oil painting lady in green
Located in London, GB
A large and stunning Art Deco oil on canvas portrait in gallery condition which depicts a lady in a green art deco dress. Painted in 1933 it is a fine evocative thirties portrait pa...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining nude - British Art Deco 30s female portrait oil painting female artist
By Dora Crockett
Located in London, GB
A stunning exhibited 1934 nude female portrait by Dora Crocket (Countess Lewenhaupt). The portrait depicts a nude woman reclining in a sensual pose against a background of red and bl...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb horse portrait with rider is by keen Scottish horse artist and rider, Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 the rider is Miss Margaret 'Moggy' Hennesey. Moggy, well known a...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an elegant with yellow scarf, original oil paint, post-impressionist
Located in PARIS, FR
Venturing into the emotive depth of post-Impressionism, this unnamed artwork from around 1940 presents a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a symphony of earthy and sunlit tones. Dress...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Hans Hofmann School of Art in New ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
20th Century French Modernist Profile Portrait of a Lady Staring into the Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Staring into Space
French School, circa 1970's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Post Impressionist Portrait of a Woman - British 40's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Harry Rutherford. Painted circa 1940, the portrait is of a dark haired young woman in a f...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Young Man in Sarong' by M. Prost French School
Located in London, GB
'Young Man in Sarong', gouache and ink on paper, by French School artist, M. Prost (circa 1950s). Discovered in Paris, this colourful depiction of a young man wearing a traditional s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist' by René Seyssaud, French Oil Painting
By René Seyssaud
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist', oil on canvas, by René Seyssaud (circa 1930s). Known for his use of vivid colours in his landscapes and depictions of workers in their fields,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Tropical Flower Seller Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage tropical flower seller oil painting. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple under the moonbeams, original oil on canvas, Expressionist Belgian School
Located in PARIS, FR
In the heart of the 20th century, a Belgian artist crafted a large format painting encapsulating the essence of romanticism. Depicting a couple strolling beside a harbor, it's bathed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HM Queen Elizabeth II Portrait British Oil Painting signed oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Late HM Queen Elizabeth II
Edne G. Simpson, British 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: good and so...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Sheila De Quincey - British 1950's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted Suffolk artist Sydney Seymour Lucas. Painted circa 1957 the sitter is Sheila de Quincey, who stood as a prospective Liberal candidate i...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898 - 1977)
Unemployed
20 x 16 inches
Oil on canvas, 1937
Signed lower right
Provenance: E...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Artist's Daughter Julian Orde Poet - British 1930s oil painting
By Cuthbert Orde
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by listed artist Cuthbert Orde. Famous for his male portraits of fighter pilots from World War 2, this is a more personal and...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Cubist Portrait Lady in Red Blouse Seated Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Seated Lady in thoughtful Pose, in a red blouse shirt
French School, mid 20th century
signed/ inscribed verso
painted in the cubist style and so evocative of the 1950's...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Interior Portrait of Artist's Aunt - British 1930s Slade School art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British Interior Camden Town School portrait oil painting is by Slade School artist Geoffrey Hamilton Rhoades. Painted in 1932, the sitter is the artist's aunt. The compo...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hanoucca World War II Era Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art, A World War II era, German or French Judaic painting. A family lighting the menorah the eighth day of the holiday. Bears remnants of old gothis German print on the...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's French Oil Painting Portrait of a Man in Brown Jacket & Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Man in Brown Jacket & Tie
by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists work, The Luber...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait on Stage - Red Cape - Scottish 60s art theatrical portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish musical theatrical portrait oil painting is by female artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 it is of a lady in a red cape on stage with instruments at her...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artis...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Large Oil Marseille Sailor Boys in Group Chatting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Marseille Sailor Boys
French Modernist artist, monogrammed verso
circa 1960's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, South of Franc...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Hasidic Rabbi preaching in Synagogue
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame
Country: United States
The imagery of Maurice Kish (189...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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