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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Have A Beer - Figurative Painting Yellow Brown Green Blue Pink White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Have A The Beer" is a figurative, romantic painting by Maestro Yovana Dimitrova, She is an emerging artist. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Tempera painting STYLE: Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 3 kg. “The impressions of Yovana's paintings on the viewer is perfection. Her paintings bring emotion happiness, positive energy and make you think about the nowadays problems. This painting represent the vast creative power of her talent.” Dear art lovers, if you like the art of maestro Dimitrova, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks. Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work. Numerous artworks of the artist have been sold to galleries and individuals around the world A certificate of authenticity of the artwork is delivered by Snow Pearl art gallery.
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

"Portrait of Dr. Monroe Mufson"
Located in Southampton, NY
Unsigned ; attributed to Joseph Biel Good friend of Dr. Mufson View is from New York University School of Medicine. Overall size with original frame 25.5 x 21 in.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Jade', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed center left, 'PT' for Pearl Took (American, 1928-2012); additionally signed, dated 1977 and titled verso 'Portrait of Jade' with artist card. Born in England, Pearl Took...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

'Man in Glasses', Post Impressionist oil study in Ochre and Coral
By K.C. Collins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A study of a man's face, shown wearing horn-rimmed glasses and gazing to the viewers left. painted in monochromatic tones of ochre against a vibrant coral-red background. Signed low...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Radha, Cascading hair & wistful looks, Oil Painting, Red, Brown colors"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha - 10 X 8 inches ( unframed size) Oil on Canvas , 2006 Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Oil on canvas or soft coloured pastel on Paper or ...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Study of a Young Woman', Framed Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, "Mancini"; additionally signed verso and painted circa 1975. Figurative oil in crimson, vermilion, jade, and deep blue, showing a young woman wearing a hat with...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

"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...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

"Portrait of Millen Brand"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a museum exhibited oil on canvas work by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower left and dated 1975. The border of this painting...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Amazing Contemporary Arctic Explorer Modernist Portrait Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really wonderful and well painted modernist portrait of an arctic explorer. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Woman in Me "Self-Made VII"
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"I'm not always strong And sometimes I'm even wrong But I won when I chose And I can't stand to lose" "But I can't always be The rock that you see When the night gets too long And I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Happy Memories "Self-Made VIII"
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Self-Made" is a captivating series of artwork created by the talented artist Alawaye Tope, which pays homage to the strength, resilience, and diversity of women. Through this powerf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Portrait #4, Painting Oil and acrylic on paper portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #4, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pictorial explorat...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil, Archival Paper

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Portrait Oil Painting - Figure in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
STANDING FIGURE IN PASTEL Size: 56.5 x 26.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A wonderfully executed and textured mid-century portrait composition, painted in oil onto board. The f...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique Southern School Piano Player Black Male Portrait Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A compelling Early 20th Century American modernist portrait painting. Depicting a black man lost in the music of his piano draped in an almost surrealist blue cloudy sky. A very inti...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American School Modernist Art Deco Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Tom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, Signed lower right, Signed verso on stret...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Seated Figure (Portrait in Landscape – Paris Model Against Landscape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 inches, Signed lower left Price Upon Request
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1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century Portrait of Elderly Man with Beard Wearing Old Hat, oil paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Man with Hat by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 11.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, south of France condition...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Happy Memories "Self-Made VIII"
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Self-Made" is a captivating series of artwork created by the talented artist Alawaye Tope, which pays homage to the strength, resilience, and diversity of women. Through this powerf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas

Five Ladies and Three Parotts
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Walasse Ting Acrylic on Paper Paid on Canvas Canvas Sive 18 x 24 Signed in ink
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Wilder
Located in Waunakee, WI
Wilder - 11x14 Dipped Mixed Media Painting on Canvas in Vintage Repurposed Solid Wood Frame My work is inspired by the beauty that I find in the ordinary and imperfect; it tells a ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Alphonsine
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Kushner (American, b. 1949) Alphonsine, 1983 30 x 22 inches without frame 32.75 x 25 inches with frame Titled Lower Left Signed and dated Mid Lower Right A member of the Patt...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Aviary at the Chicago Zoo"
Located in Austin, TX
This remarkable piece is by Gustav Likan, whose modern colourist style creates a surreal and captivating atmosphere in his paintings. This acrylic on canvas painting titled “Aviary a...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Madonna with Child - Oil on Chipboard - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna with Child is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century in 1969 Mixed colored oil on Chipboard. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Good conditi...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Sophisticated Ladies" Colorful Modern Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central pair of well dressed female figures in 1920s flapper inspired outfits set...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"My New Dress" Modern Abstract Colorful Figurative Female Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a seated red headed woman wearing a brightly colored patterned dress set against a...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"One Man, Two Ladies with Guitar" Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two men figures (one of them holding a guitar) and a wo...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Three Men with Hats, Cubist" Modern Abstract Colorful Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central group of three male figures wearing colorful clothes...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Don't Mess With Tess #2" Red and Green Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and red-toned modern abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The piece carries an interesting story of a character named Tess. She was out one eveni...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Artist White Suit, Wild Tie" Colorful Modern Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful modern abstract portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features an artist in a white suit with a colorful abstract tie. Unsigned. Framed in a beauti...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Modern Abstract Colorful Six Figure Group Portrait Painting of Artists
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a grouping of six standing and sitting figures wearing colorful clothes posing nex...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Man with Red Hat & Light Green Stripe Shirt" Modern Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a man wearing a white and green striped shirt and a red hat and scarf seated next ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Three Bird Lovers with Ukulele" Modern Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative group portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central grouping of three elongated figures with birds set against a light...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of a Woman, Large Oil Painting, Ahn Duong
By Anh Duong
Located in Surfside, FL
Anh Duong (born October 25, 1960) is an American artist, actress, and model. She is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers. Duong was born in Bordeaux, France, to a Spanish mother and a Vietnamese father. Duong studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Having aspired to be a ballerina from an early age, she decided to pursue classical dance. Duong studied with the Franchetti Academy of Classical Dance and Tessa Beaumont until she embarked on a modeling career—being photographed for Vogue, among other publications. In 1988, Duong moved to New York City and began a career as an artist and an actress. While she was a ballet dancer in Paris, Duong was discovered by photographer David...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Armando Barrios India, 1955 Pastel on paper 41 x 26 cm 16.1 x 10.2 in. The work is illustrated page 70 No. 0256, in the General Catalog (1930 - 1999) La Pintura Como Razón de Ser, edited by Armando Barrios Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, 2005. " Armando Barrios was born in Caracas on August 21, 1920. Son of Serapio Barrios and Carmen Rodríguez de Barrios, both of Spanish origin. Since his adolescence he developed a great love for the arts, so from the age of 12 he was already studying at the School of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in Caracas. His searches in the artistic field were initially directed towards the study of the Impressionist and Cubist schools...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Eva Gabor" Female Portrait, Golden Colors, Movie Star
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many unique portraits she has painted of notable people she has known in her long and illustrious career. The subject is Eva Gabor...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Baby Jane Holzer" Female Portrait, Golden & Green Colors, Celebrity, Intimate
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many unique portraits she has painted of notable people she has known in her long and illustrious career. The subject is "Baby Jane" Holzer, a member of Andy Warhol superstars and an art collector and film producer in her own right. She appeared in several Andry Warhol...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Chess Players
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Born in Latvia, Kalman Aron(1924 - 2018), survived four years in camps during the Holocaust surviving in many ways due to his natural artists talent. As liberations came with the end of the war, he was able to study art at the Fine Art Academy of Vienna. Kalman Aron spent his life paintings portraits, landscapes, cityscapes as well as imagery from his impression of the war. He was widely commissioned and collected. The Chess Players...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media

Portrait of Enriqueta G. Dávila
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Diego Rivera. "Portrait of Enriqueta G. Dávila" is a modern portrait, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, browns, purples, and reds by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Thirst- woman with the straw in wine-colored, brown and beige
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century. The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market. His love for Italian Renaissance was born in Minsk during his study years. Art, Music and Architecture made Igor Fomin...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contrast of Lights - Portrait of Elica Balla - Oil on Panel by G. Balla - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on Board realized by Balla as portrait of his second daughter Elica. A beautiful, top quality portrait among the most beautiful of his figurative painting. It include...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Rima" Female Nude Portrait Oil Painting in Pre-Raphaelite Manner
Located in Detroit, MI
In "Rima" Girard has captured a beautiful red-headed female in a dreamy pose of closed-eyed contemplation. The figure appears to be completely self-absorbed without being closed-off to interior monologue and the decorative element about her head suggests the intensity of those thoughts. The green vine that drapes her shoulders harkens to garden, earth and spirituality which is reminiscent of the vivid intensity of the Pre-Raphaelites. Girard was a Detroit figurative painter and teacher at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan where he taught for 30 years. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Sisters with Green Eyes - Handsigned oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE Sisters with Green Eyes, 1962 Original oil on canvas Signed right bottom Size of the canvas 61 x 38 cm (c. 24 x 15 inch) Presented in a golden wood frame 78 x ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Taper - man and woman made in brown, beige, red colors
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents,...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Music Lovers - man and woman made in ultramarine, grey, blue colors
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century. The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market. His love for Italian Renaissance was born in Minsk during his study years. Art, Music and Architecture made Igor Fomin...
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Empire Soldier - Original oil on canvas, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Claude WEISBUCH Empire soldier, c. 1960 Original oil on canvas Handsigned bottom right (Signed again on the back) On canvas 73 x 60 cm (c. 29 x 24 inch) With frame 89 x 76 cm (c. 36...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait with Cigarette
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: Portrait with Cigarette Materials : Oil on Canvas Date : 1960's Dimensions : 46 1/2 x 32 in. COA provided In the late 1960's, Daniel Brennan had a day job loading boxcars for Railway Express. During nights, he would go to a coffee house (Lawrence Gallery and Coffee House, at 43rd and Main St., KCMO), to sit and draw before heading home to paint. The gallery owners, Anne and Sidney Lawrence...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Woman in a White Blouse
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Woman in a White Blosue Materials : Oil on Canvas Date : 1960s Dimensions : 29 1/2 x 23 in. In the late 1960's, Daniel Brennan had a day job lo...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Black and Blue Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Black and blue portrait of a man done in a similar style to Andy Warhol's celebrity screen print paintings done by Houston artist Mark Flood. Artist Biography: Mark Flood was born in Houston, Texas in 1957, where he continues to reside. He is known for his prankster antics, creating art that mocks American culture and the contemporary art world. For one of Flood’s frequent modes of production, he crudely stencils graphic, confrontational statements on found signs, as in UPDATE YOUR RESUME / BURGER...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Blue Linear Domestic Family Scene with Two Women
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful domestic portrait of two women in blue with linear style by Oris Robertson in 1967. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and dated in the top left corner. Artist Biograp...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Camilla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Camilla", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

My Self
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just discovered, extremely rare modernist still life, Trio", by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916 - 2010.) Robert McIntosh won first prize at the Los...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Auto Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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