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Period: Mid-20th Century
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de niño
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
El estado de conservación es bueno
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta algunos signos de uso)
Medidas de la obr...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label.
A substantial figural oil showing Victor di Gesu's wife, the artist Janet Ament, with a white shawl over her knees and seated cross-legged in front of a large ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ewin Wiesner - Fine 1943 Oil, Red Haired Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful mid century portrait of a beautiful young woman with red hair. Painted in a muted colour palette the artist has finely captured her pretty face...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Nature - Mid 20th Century Oil by Michael D'Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Women's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 16.7x13.8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Janis Mednis (1910 28 05 Valka, Latvia – 1997 30 09) – painter
Mednis learned at Smiltenes secondary school, where teacher Zegners creates to him first interest about painting and t...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
French Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Young Girl Paris School
Located in Rochester, NY
Striking French impressionist portrait of a young girl. Oil on board. Original carved frame. Circa 1950's. Signed illegibly lower right.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painter's family. Oil on cardboard, 50x79, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painter's family (Ed. Kalnins). Oil on cardboard, 50x79,5 cm
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Sasha"
Located in Southampton, NY
Portrait of the artist's daughter Sasha at 8 years old by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Oil on masonite on a wooden stretcher backing. Signed lower right and dated 1938. Sasha later was to become the second wife of the the writer, Saul Bellow. Condition is good with some wear to top left of painting. In original, unrestored condition. Unframed.
Nahum Tschacbasov lived in New York City for most of his adult life, arriving in the United States as a young boy in 1907. His numerous one man shows included ACA gallery, Perls Gallery and John Heller...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait of a man
By Henri Fehr
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
51 x 42.5 x 4.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in a pink blouse
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in gilded wood
63 x 50 x 6.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Whisky Drinkers of Ireland, Scotland, Canada, the United States Relief Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Famed American Illustrator Paul Davis of 1968 Che Guevara poster fame illustrates an article about Whisky from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the United States. He executes the wor...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9, 5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Located in Riga, LV
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9,5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
"Die Sängerin, " Dorothea Stefula, illustration, acrylic, figurative, ca 1950-60
By Dorothea Stefula
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Dorothea Stefula was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1914 and studied at the art academy in Hamburg. Stefula illustrated numerous children's books, designed postage stamps, painted fresc...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 26 x 19.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artist...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1950's Modernist Painting Lady Maid Holding Badminton Sporting Equipment
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Badminton
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 13 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atelier/ ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Boy in the Field"
Located in Astoria, NY
Eric Rebane (Russian, 1922-1999), "A Boy in the Field", Oil on Canvas, 1939, signed lower right, International Art Fund Certificate of Authenticity to verso, ebonized and giltwood fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstracted Nude Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Raymond Rice (American, 1916-2001), Abstracted Portrait of a Nude Woman, Oil on Canvas, signed and marked "Kantor" to verso, unframed. 20" H x 16" W. Provenance: From the Allen Tucke...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rags n Denny, 24x18", oil, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Rags n Denny by Lu Haskew
Oil 24x18" image size
32x26" framed as pictured with linen matte
Portrait of the artist's son and dog in 1960's.
Shipping price includes the custom packing...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mini Swedish Figurative Portrait Painting - Whispers
Located in Bristol, GB
WHISPERS
Mixed Media on Board
Size: 30 x 37 cm (including frame)
A wonderfully expressive and brilliantly executed figurative composition in mixed media (oil, watercolour gouache), painted onto board.
Two women in black headscarves are the focus of the scene, with very captivating expressions. The woman on the right appears to look almost shocked, with her mouth ajar and her eyes widened. The woman on the left stares directly at us, her emotion less identifiable. The scene is intriguing, making us question what these women have heard or what has happened. Their faces have been painted with brilliant detail, capturing the shadows on their faces as well as the aged skin of the woman on the right. These two women are set against a blue-ish green backdrop, making their faces stand out even more from within their black head scarves...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Watercolor, Gouache
Marcel Gromaire Original Watercolor - Circus Clown
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Watercolor on paper by French artist Marcel Gromaire depicting a Circus Clown.
The image measures 12"h x 9 7/8"w and the work is in excellent condition.
This item is neither matted ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint
Girl with Cat
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is untitled and signed. Measures 22" x 12".
Painting is casein paint and plaster on board.
Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the...
Category
Outsider Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Child - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Fausta Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition except for some minor missing parts on edges.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39, 5x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39,5x20 cm
Artwork depicts a soldier in motion. Author has used a mixed media technique on cardboard. Both the soldier himself and the fe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Stencil, Other Medium
Parisian Lady with Tea
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francois Gerome
French, 1895
Parisian Lady with Tea
Oil on canvas
9 by 12 in, w/ frame 15 by 18 in
Signed lower right
Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He attended the ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Wife Myrtle on a Palette with Brushes, Art Deco, Rosscraft Cards
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Lawrence G. Low (American, 1912 - 1992)
Signed: L. G. Low (Lower, Center, Right)
" My Wife Myrtle on a Palette with Brushes ", 1939
Oil on Canvas
26" x 20 1/8"
Housed in a...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John and Caroline Kennedy, Oil Painting on Canvas by Carlos Irizarry
Located in Long Island City, NY
A touching portrait by Puerto Rico born American artist, Carlos Irizarry depicting Caroline Kennedy, five years old, resting on the shoulder of her fa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, 1949 Watercolor Painting by Roger Etienne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roger Etienne, French/American (1922 - )
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed and dated
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 29 x ...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A. Vilysen - 1976 Oil, Portrait of Tommy
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful mid-century portrait of a young boy set against a red backdrop. The expressive portrait is well presented in a vintage gilt frame with painted slip. Signed, dated and in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arlequin - Huile sur toile, 60x50 cm., encadré
Located in Nice, FR
Oeuvre de l'artiste française de Banguy. Huile sur toile. exécuté au milieu des années 50.
Un arlequin similaire a été acquis par la Ville de Paris.
En...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman Seated by Stained Glass, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003)
Title: Nude in Interior with Stained Glass
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 25 in. x 30 in. (63.5 cm x 76.2 cm)
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Mother-Child, Women going to worship, Drawing by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size)
16 x 18.5 inches ( framed size ) This is a two sided work, Recto & Verso.
Ink on paper. Inclusive of shipment in framed fo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen
Watercolor Portrait of Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century beautiful watercolor painting signed after C. D. Gibson
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Gentleman, Large Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
BENJAMIN KOPMAN (1887 - 1965)
Painter, Illustrator and printmaker Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1903. It was a cen...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rabbi with Torah, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski 1950
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rabbi with Torah
Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987)
Date: 1950
Oil on Canvas on Wood, signed and dated
Size: 16 x 12 in. (40.64 x 30.48 cm)
Frame Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood
c.1945 Oil - The Reader In Plaid
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite mid 19th Century portrait in oil. The sitter is a rosy cheeked young girl with an uncertain stare. She seems to be caught in the awkward stage between childhood and woma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Provenance Bonhams
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the autumn garden. Oil on cardboard, 80 x 57 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the autumn garden. Oil on cardboard, 80x57 cm
Janis Rikmanis (1901.5.IV – 1968.25.III)
graduated Figurative painting studio of Latvia Art academy (1931).
He took part in exhibiti...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Gouache, Pencil
Welby Arthur Skinner - 1944 Oil, The Artist's Wife
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil portrait of the artist's wife. Her vibrant red jacket stands out against the muted tones of the background. Her serene face looks down at an open book in her lap. The arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Oil Portrait of Elderly Lady Smiling
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Smiling
French Modernist School, circa 1960's period
oil on board unframed
board: 10.5 x 8.75 inches
provenance: private collection, France
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant Surreal Beach Scene
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful surrealist oil landscape of a man standing on a beach next to a red flag signed by artist L. Calisio in the lower right corner. Hung in gold frame with a tan mat.
Dimensi...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Neill - 1967 Oil, Mrs Proctor
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully bright and vibrant portrait study by the artist Mary Neill. Completed with expressive brushwork and bright colour. Royal Society of Portrait Painters label fixed to the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Oil on canvas, c. 1940's
Signed upper right "A.G. Warshawsky" (see photo)
According to the daughter-in-law of the artist, this painting...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Rural Scene, Travelers, Luggage, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size) & 16 x 18.5 inches ( framed size )
Ink on paper
Inclusive of shipment in framed form.
About the Artist & his work :
Born : ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen
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
20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - red eye man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
signed with initials
gouache paint/ Watercolor
painting: 15.75 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Provenance Bonhams
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yesterday's, Surrealist Horse Rider, Architectural Ruins Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
American artist Samuel Brecher (active NY, 1897-1982) Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right ‘S. Brecher’ titled "and all our yesterdays" it depicts a Horseback rider (carousel horse?) amidst architecure ruins.
Brecher was a very accomplished painter who won over forty prestigious prizes and awards during his career, and had numerous one-man exhibitions. Brecher’s works are included in many important private collections as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walker Art Museum, the Smithsonian and the Newark Museum of Art. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and is a member of the Salmugundi Club* and the National Academy of Art
Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains, now a part of Poland. His family came to New York in 1910, where Samuel graduated from Cooper Union* in 1921. He studied Art at the National Academy of Design* from 1921-1924, and continued studies under Charles W. Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Brecher was represented by several well known New York City galleries in the 1940’s and 1950’s including the Kraushaar Gallery, the ACA Gallery, the Hudson Walker Gallery and the Merrill Gallery. During his career he won over forty prestigious prizes and awards and had numerous one-man shows.
Some of Brechers’s contemporary artist friends were Walt Kuhn, Reginald Marsh, Richard Haley...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Brazilian Girl, " Oil on Canvas Portrait signed by Antonio Diaz Cortes
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Antonio Diaz Cortes, a Mexican artist influenced by Pablo Picasso and Rufino Tamayo, employs the Cubist idiom to create a portrait with elements of pattern in Brazilian Girl of 1969....
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This beautiful work by the great American Illustrator Bob Peak has a sister work in the collection of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angles.
We feel that our work has a little more detail, complexity and dimension to it as the beautiful female figure seems to be floating in an endless sky of dreamy colors.
Portrait of beautiful woman,
Large powerfully sensual deco-esque work by America's Master of the Movie Poster. Bob Peak.
Some of the movie posters Peak has worked on. West Side Story, Rollerball, Star Trek, Superman, Excalibur, Apocalypse Now, The Spy Who Loved Me. My Fair Lady, Camelot and Enter the Dragon. Additionally, Peak illustrated 45 covers of Time Magazine and many covers for Sports Illustrated, TV Guide.
Signed lower center
Private Collection
Georges Delerue...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Masonite, Fiberboard
Graduate. Young girl in white dress with flowers. Oil on canvas, 124x63 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Graduate. Oil on canvas, 124x63 cm
Valentina Dauksis (1905-1984) (until 1934 Valentina Andreeva) - an artist and ballerina.
She was born in the family of a Russian accountant and b...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Dress, Framed Modern Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Blue Dress
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l.
Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 38 x 32 inches
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Portrait Man in Green Jacket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in Green Jacket
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 13 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luc De Decker (1907-1982) - 1973 Oil, Portrait of a Farmer
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts a man in a blue shirt and cap standing in a rural landscape, his weathered hands resting on a wooden staff. The muted colours and naturalistic style evoke a sen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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