Modern Portrait Paintings
MODERN STYLE
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
1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
Feu de Joie
1970
hand signed and dated.
Measurements: 25.75 X 25.75 Framed. Image is 23.75 X 23.75
Emilcar Similien, known as Simil was born in 1944 in St. Marc. He finished elementary school in St. Marc and high school in Port-au-Prince. From 1965 until 1971 he studied at the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, where he took courses in painting, sculpture, and art history. Simil uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker.
Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures. He is of the generation of Haitian artists that include Bernard Sejourne, Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Henri Calixte, Paul Dieuseul, Laurent Casimir, Frantz Zephirin, Denis Smith, Philton Latortue, Philome Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Fernand Pierre...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Lady Portrait by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 46x38 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Lady Black Dress Pearl Neck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady, Black Dress and Pearl Necklace
circa 1970's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1971 Aluminium Engraved Painting Abstract Figure by Alberto Viani
By Alberto Viani
Located in Brescia, IT
This aluminium painting engraved by Alberto Viani, is a soft female portrait. The woman's figure is in an ethereal way, as a poetry.
This artwork is a multiple of a limited edition o...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Model"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 18.25 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by the widely exhibit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,416 Sale Price
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Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fashionable 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Young Woman in Yellow Sweater"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fashionable, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Young Woman in Yellow Sweater" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 11 x 11 1/4 inches (Framed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
COLORFUL 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - MALE PORTRAIT BOW TIE CARDIGAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bow Tie"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 16 x 11.75 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by the widely exhibited...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Outstanding in His Field
Located in London, GB
'Outstanding in His Field', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève, 1976. The artist depicts a salt-of-the-earth farmer seated on a fence post, arms crossed with a look of wholeh...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,214 Sale Price
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"Miss Cacheux 3" by Armand Cacheux - Oil on canvas - 73x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (76 x 63 cm)
Armand Cacheux (1868–1965) was a Swiss painter and engraver born in Geneva. He studied at the Geneva School of Fine Arts under Barthélemy Menn a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1975 Modernist Semi-Abstract Portrait Oil Painting - Figure in the Dark
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN THE DARK
Size: 49 x 40 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An emotive and expressive semi-abstract figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1975.
The co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oval Portrait of Mother and Daughter early 20 century Scandinavian Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sketch (or Non-Finito work) done by an unknown Scandinavian professional artist in a semi-modernist manner. A tender scene of family harmony, a daughter sits in her mother’s arms, co...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
The scale of this dynamic party painting by Leroy Foster (1925-1993) makes you feel like you are in the room with a cocktail in hand. He was an accomplished muralist, so it is no s...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Ballynakill Woman.
Located in Storrs, CT
A Ballynakill Woman. c. 1926. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25. Housed in an elegant gold leaf frame. Signed 'Brockhurst' in green paint, in the blanket, lower right. Provenance: Provenance...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$27,000 Sale Price
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1950's Modernist Painting - Portrait Of Figure On Gold
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gold Man
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$467 Sale Price
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Telengana Pandit, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Thota Vaikuntam "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Thota Vaikuntam - Telengana Pandit
Acrylic on Canvas, 23 x 17.75 inches
Thota Vaikuntam is one of the Greatest Artist from the Indian Sub-contitent. He is preoccupied with portraying the men and woman from his region.
Thota Vaikuntam (born 1942) is an Indian Modern painter.His paintings capture simple lifestyle of villagers like the paddy fields, toddy pots on shoulders of men, the household chores, temple rituals etc. His drawings range from stark charcoal on paper, transparent washes and pencil drawings.
Vaikuntam paints colorful and elaborately dressed Telangana region men and seductive women. His muse is the sensuous and voluptuous women of Telangana with their omnipresent vermilion bindis, draped in colourful sarees that highlight their dusky skin.
The stylisation of a painting are a perfect foil to Indian classical dance as the figures seem to dance, as if following their creator in a statuesque movement, reminiscent of temple friezes. He uses the brightest of reds and yellows. The simple women become larger than life as they fill the small format of his paintings draped in bright Sircilla saris.
"I like using rich primary colours, which give a sense of character and depth to my paintings. Like reds and saffron and even orange, because these are essentially Indian colours. I don't like using colours that are mix of two, because they are not natural, they don't exist in surroundings around us, in our everyday life. - T. Vaikuntam”
Style : Men and women of his village are often the central characters of his work. The obsession can be traced back to his childhood, when he used to be fascinated by the male artists who used to impersonate female characters in the travelling theatre groups that performed in his village. He admits finding the women of his village very sensuous and that he only attempts to capture their vibrancy. Vaikuntam’s art has a sense of strength to it, a power that emanates from the paint or charcoal that he applies to the surface, from his controlled lines, and from the fine strokes that he executes. He generally uses only primary colours, as he believes that composite colours do not exist in nature and are therefore, unnatural.
About the Artist :
Born : 1942 in Boorugupali, Andhra Pradesh.
Education :
1970 - T. Vaikuntam completed a Diploma in Painting at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad.
1972 - Painting and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.
Solo Exhibition :
1973 - He held his first solo exhibition at the Kala Bhavan in Hyderabad and since then has had regular shows...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,214 Sale Price
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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...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Two Seated Nude Women - British Modernist 1930's oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Hagley, England
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
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Modernist Portrait of Cubist Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"L'usure du Temps"
French School, late 20th century
signed indistinctly lower right, titled verso
oil painting on canvas
55 x 40 inches
Magnificent French oil painting on canvas from the close of the 20th century, depicting this haunting figure dressed in what looks to be some sort of coat of armour...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,610 Sale Price
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"Don't Cry Long" Abstracted and Distorted Self-Portrait, One Crying Eye
Located in Detroit, MI
"Don't Cry Long" is a self-portrait of the artist and an unusual one at that in which the artist portrays herself shedding tears. Perhaps it is an expression of some grief experienced by Ms. Woodlock, but it also admonishes her to not "Cry Long" while at the same time poking fun because of her elongated face and the one lone "long" tear tracing a pattern down her face. In addition to self-portraits, Ethelyn painted commissioned portraits. In this painting her head is cocked and her famous bangs hang down her forehead. Compare two self-portraits, “Up From Under”, and “M’Eyes" to "Don't Cry Long." The major differences are the close facial view and the brilliant blood red paint that fills the entire canvas.
This painting is included in the book, "Dreams Have Wings: An Artist's Journey into Magic and Mystery" printed in the United States, 1985. She describes "Don't Cry Long" as showing how funny looking we are, if we cry too long.
Ethelyn Woodlock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
20th century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th-century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Owning a painting of two English Labrador Retriever dogs by D.J. Holdswor...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Large French Signed Oil Portrait of Nude Lady Signed & Dated 1950's Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Evelyne"
French School, mid century
titled verso
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 51'
board: 24.5 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Man - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1933.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Cubist Inspired Male Portrait Painting of a Bearded Man with a Red Tie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a male figure wearing a white jacket, blue shirt, and red tie. Signed in ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Introspective 1930s Modern Portrait, "Acolyte" by Noted Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective 1930s Modern Portrait, "Acolyte" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Dry watercolor on board. Artwork size: 15 x 12 inches (Framed size: 18 ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
The Family
Located in London, GB
'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,322 Sale Price
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The Little Concert (Concertino) - Oil Paint by N. Cecconi - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Little Concert (Concertino) is an original oil on canvas realized by the italian painter Niccolò Cecconi (1835-1901) in the late 19th Century.
Very good condition. Hand signed i...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Medidas óleo 62x46 cm.
Medidas marco 73x57 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$828 Sale Price
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JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - FIGHTING MALES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Fighting Males"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
dated 97'
painting: 16.75 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by t...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
'Parisian Model', Paris, Royal Academy, André Lhote, Fin de Siècle, Carmen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Parisian Model' by Georg Pauli, 1911.
Paris, Royal Academy, André Lhote, Fin de Siècle, Carmen
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Initialed lower right, 'GP', for Georg Pauli (Swedish, 1855-1935) titled, 'Paris'...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Wood Chopper, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1917
Oil on masonite
33 x 24 inches
"We were fortunate in that the two farms in Brecksville were still open to our visits. The urbanization of the township was then only beginning and we spent several summers there where I tried to capture something of the rural peace so soon to be erased from the countryside." - Wilcox
Exhibited: “Water Colors and Oils by Frank N. Wilcox,” Cleveland Museum of Art, January 1937.
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of a Bride" by E. Dreyfus-Gonzáles - Oil on Canvas - 104x85 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with original frame (120 x 100 cm)
Édouard Vincent Joseph Dreyfus-González de Orbegoso, 4th Count of Premio Real.
Born on March 3, 1876, in Paris, Dreyfus-González was...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naughty
Located in Pine Plains, NY
Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cockrill's approach addresses imagery from Golden children's books with a sense of contemporary irony and humor. Published in "The A...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
$28,000
Meditation: Girl with Cup and Ball - Original Handsigned Oil on Canvas #FRAMED
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE (French, 1933)
Girls with Ribbons in the Hairs, 1975
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Countersigned, titled and dated on the back
On canvas 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Palettes, Orange and Turquoise Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Modernist Palettes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, and...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Young Swimmer (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting in Antique Gold Frame)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative oil on canvas painting of a young athletic male
24 x 20 inches, 29.5 x 23.5 inches vintage gold painted wood frame
signed B. Sargeant in red in upper right hand corner
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Selbstporträt / Selfportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Julius Zimpel
* 30.8.1896 Vienna, † 11.8.1925 Vienna
"First artistic inspiration by his uncle Gustav Klimt. 1911-16 attended the School of Arts and Crafts under F. Cizek, A. v. Ken...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl. What is Love?
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, a girl is portrayed deep in thought, contemplating the nature of love, creating an atmosphere of tenderness and gentle introspection. Her dreamy gaze reflects her i...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Woman with Irises
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman with Irises', oil on cardstock paper (1976), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a young woman holding a bunch of enchantin...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,416 Sale Price
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Raquel. Large format interior with woman portrait and still-life
Located in Segovia, ES
"Raquel" is an interior scene of a young woman, stretched out comfortably on a sofa, surrounded by flowers and fruit. She gazes placidly at the artist, who is portraying her dressed in a nightgown and a colorful dressing gown.
Oil on canvas. 2003
Measurements: 90 x 200 cm / 35,43 x 78,74"
The rich range of colors used and the relaxed gesture of the model envelop the atmosphere of comfort that prevails in the works of this author because, according to his words: “When I use a model I want her to be very comfortable, rested, calm and relaxed. I am not interested in movement in my work, as it always ends up too artificial for my taste and would interfere with the ambiance I am trying to create”.
The flattened perspectives, the fractured surfaces, and the graphic stylizations refer to the cubism of Picasso and Juan Gris. There are echoes of Modigliani in the treatment of his female models and we can detect an homage to Gauguin and Matisse, in his playful and sensual manipulation of color.
In 2003 Ediciones Sammer publishes in a deluxe edition the book Alfredo Roldán written by the sculptor David Gamella where a large part of his work is reproduced. This painting, Raquel, is reproduced on the cover of the book and also inside on a double page (294-295).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Alfredo Roldán (Madrid- Spain, 1965) is a self-taught artist who, at the age of 22, began selling his works at street markets. In 1994 he won the award granted by the City Council of Madrid with the painting “El Baño Azul”, which now hangs in The Museum of Modern Art of Madrid. That year he began to work with the renowned British dealer...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$46,285 Sale Price
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Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy by Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy
Oil on canvas
A dazzling display of Giovanni Boldini’s signature style, Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy captures the ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Portrait Young Lady with Alsatian Dog oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Favourite Pet, portrait of young lady with Alsatian dog.
French Schoo, signed indistinctly, dated 1940
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,086 Sale Price
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An Introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait "Head of a Young Girl"
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait "Head of a Young Girl" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 15 x 12 1/2 inches (Framed size: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Nude with Lace, Pastel Study Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming pastel painting on paper was designed by Pio Santini (1908-1986) and named "nude with lace". The signature, Santini, can be found in the bottom left corner of the artwo...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Archival Paper
Vintage American Post Impressionist Woman and Bird Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting of a woman and bird. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Measuring: 25 by ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polish Jewish Chassidic Rabbi Judaica Art Oil Painting Konstantin Szewczenko
Located in Surfside, FL
Konstanty Szewczenko (1910-1991), signed oil Judaica Oil Painting, Chassidic Rebbe, Polish.
Frame: 17 X 15.25
Image: 11.5 X 9.5
Konstantin Shevchenko studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1927 - 1928. Then, in 1932 he studied painting under the guidance of Kowarski and Pruszkowski at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Practiced easel painting, mostly judaic hassidic rabbi portraits, genre scenes. Among others, a portrait Moscicki, Rydz - Rydz, and after the war Rokossowski.He worked as a set designer. In the years 1934 - 1935 was production designer Variety Theatre. He collaborated with publishing houses with illustrations. He exhibited in Warsaw, Poland, Vienna, Austria and New York. In 1947 he took part in Exhibition Independent Artists Group) and abroad (solo exhibition at the Gallery G. Tomalsky in New York, 1964) . He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb, Maurycy Gottlieb, Henryk Hechtkopf, Leopold Pilichowski, Isidor Kaufmann, Lazar krestin, Alois Heinrich Priechenfried and Itshak Holtz. His works are in the collection of the Museum of the Polish Army. He was an Polish, Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Maria, Nude on Blue Background, c. 1950
Oil on hardboard
Signed lower left
On hardboard, 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 in)
Presented in a 74 x 64 cm (c. 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin.
Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922"
Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter.
Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W
Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W
Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,600 Sale Price
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Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Self Portrait Signed painting abstract figuration
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Historic Self Portrait, 1955-1959
Oil painting on board
Hand signed in paint on the upper recto and dated 1955-9
Frame included: held in original vintage artist's frame
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$18,200 Sale Price
35% Off
Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
Located in Hagley, England
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 se...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Blair Hughes-StantonMyth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family, 1936
$19,427 Sale Price
20% Off
Pensive Woman oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Pensive Woman
Artist: Vicente Oliver (1896–1970)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18.1 x 15.0 in (46 x 38 cm)
Support: Unframed canvas
Date: Mid-20th century
Signatu...
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1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,064 Sale Price
40% Off
The Chess Match
Located in London, GB
'The Chess Match', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève (1973). Rich colours, bold, painterly brush strokes and an unusual subject for a work of art, Debiève has created this s...
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1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,322 Sale Price
30% Off
A Charming Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). With wonderful expressionist brushwork and a vibrant palette, the painting most like...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Gypsy" by R. Luzio - Oil on Canvas - 72x96 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with original but damaged frame (95 x 119 x 5 cm)
No information about the artist
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very stylized and powerful portrait by the noted artist Frank Anderson Trapp. It is dated 1940, and is very much in the modern style of French painters Ferdinand Leger...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Young Girl Picking Flowers Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden in Spring
French School, late 20th century
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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