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Art Subject: Portrait
In Solidarity
Located in New Orleans, LA
Demarcus McGaughey (b.1975) a Texas native and New York-based mixed media artist, passionately captures the beauty, strength, and vibrancy of people of color. Inspired by Barkley Hen...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Her Lament, Our Shame-Twice" (2024) By Fikriye Oz, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Her Lament, Our Shame-Twice" (2024) by Fikriye Oz is an original, handmade oil painting on wood that depicts a close up portrait of a woman with water running down her face.
Fikriy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portrait of a Woman, Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Post Impressionism
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Size: 37.5" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man - 19th Century Spanish Antique Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine signed and dated 1880 Spanish oil on panel portrait of a man wearing a white shirt and waistcoat by Manuel Pla y Valor. The work is superbly ...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa "Spring"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring is coming, lilacs will bloom, and we'll be able to wear ripped jeans again. In creating this piece, I fused figurative elements and realism to capture a moment, timeless yet i...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pauline Plummer (b.1933) - 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Vicar
Located in Corsham, GB
A sensitive portrait by the artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933) depicting a vicar in a moment of quiet reflection. Signed verso. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Luc De Decker (1907-1982) - 20th Century Oil, Lady in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts a distinguished woman with curly dark hair, dressed in formal attire consisting of a dark jacket over a white blouse with decorative lace details at the collar....
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pauline Plummer (b.1933) - 1974 Oil, John Williams Farmer
Located in Corsham, GB
A sensitive portrait by the artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933) depicting the farmer John Williams seated in his armchair. Signed and dated to the lower right. Further signed and titled ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Jean Dulac (1902-1968) *see below
signed
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Lyon, France (the artists home ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
''On the Look Out'' Contemporary Dutch Painting of a Lady Sitting on a Bench
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aest...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sonorous Whispers of Lyrics -21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Born in the city of Lagos, Awosola Michael Angello...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In Between -21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Women Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
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"Quarantine" Self-Portrait, African American, Structural Painting, Rich Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
The simple title "Quarantine" belies the complex nature of this work. It is a self-portrait of the artist, Henry Heading, immersed in the tools of his tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Acrylic
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French School, mid 20th century
signed, S. Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
woman in profile oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Alexandre Siches (1921-2009) - Woman in profile - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 35x27 cm.
Frameless.
Alexandre Siches Piera (1921-2009)
Catalan painter with an innate capacity for dra...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$949 Sale Price
20% Off
Fun Time /// Adolf Sehring Oil Painting Children Virginia Landscape Realism Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015)
Title: "Fun Time"
Series: Children
*Signed by Sehring lower left
Circa: 1980
Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Reference: No. 1103
Framing: Within its original frame. Framed in a gold traditional frame with linen liner and gold filet
Framed size: 31.13" x 37.13"
Canvas size: 24" x 30"
Condition: In excellent condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Hagerstown, MD; acquired from Benjamin Art Gallery...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Texture of Identity (Beauty Within Us)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Beauty Within Us" is a compelling narrative series of paintings that celebrates the unique and diverse beauty of Black hair, serving as a powerful symbol of identity, heritage, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,080 Sale Price
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Stylised Portrait, Peasant Girl, Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stylised Portrait, Peasant Girl, Impressionist Oil Painting
By European Schooled artist, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on metal, framed
Framed size: 10.5 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$566 Sale Price
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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
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Transcending Boundaries, Oil Painting
By Gary Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard presents a portrait of a woman that celebrates existence. "The painting crosses and extends the boundaries of life into an emotionally exc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riding On Change - 21st Century, Cityscape, Woman, Contemporary, Skateboard
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Riding On Change, 2021
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 H x 19 11716 W in.
60 h x 50 w cm
The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with elem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moment He Gave Me Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Captured Moment -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Fashion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,480 Sale Price
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"Flourish" (2024) By Sarah Harvey, Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
"Flourish" (2024) by Sarah Harvey is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that depicts a portrait of an elderly woman floating under vibrant blue water, surrounded by differe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
My Peregrinations 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artist painted this work during his trying times and expressed himself while passing through difficult situations to tell his stories of how he overcame every feature of the pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,240 Sale Price
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Blossoms of Strength 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,239 Sale Price
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Dandelions, Portrait Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2011
Style: Portrait
Title: Dandelions
Size: 25.5" x 2...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moths, Portrait art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2011
Style: Abstract Figurative
Title: Moths
Size: 27....
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring, Figurative Art, Handmade Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2008
Style: Figurative art
Title: Spring
Size: 35.5" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Among Flowers - 21st Century Realistic Figurative Painting of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jeanine Donkers
Among Flowers
70 x 50 cm ( framed included in price)
Measurement with included frame: 75 x 55 cm
Oil on wood panel
Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world filled w...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large-Scale Modern Multi-Color Portrait of Noir Author Cornell Woolrich
By Chris Pelletiere
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking, large-scale multi-color modernist portrait of Noir fiction writer Cornell Woolrich by Chris Pelletiere (American, B. 1942). Cornell Woolrich wrote the novel "The Rear Window." He studied at the Arts Students League and NY School of Painting and Drawing.
Signed on verso with artist's information, and title "Portrait: Cornell Woolrich".
Wood slat, basic frame. Image size; 50"H x 50"W.
A painter, illustrator, and cartoonist Pelletiere cites his early influences as the pre-code crime and horror comics. " Life in the metropolitan area plays a significant role in my artwork. For many years he made sketches of people in the transit system. Chris Pelletiere is a painter, collage artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library and private collections of Stephen King...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Other Side 8
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1900's French Portrait of Lady with Earings Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady with Earrings
French School, early 1900's
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 12 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,133 Sale Price
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Eugene Gabe - French Mid 19th Century Oil, Child with Kitten
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished mid-19th century portrait by the French artist Eugene Gabe, depicting a young child in a delicate white dress, cradling a small kitten. The composition instantly draw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Portrait of a Young Lady Green & Yellow Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French Modernist artist, mid 20th century
S.Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$755 Sale Price
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Portrait of young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on Canvas cardboard
Golden wooden frame
53.5 x 45.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clive Fredriksson - 2023 Oil, Woman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$307 Sale Price
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Gazing Through Ankara 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Gazing Through Ankara" is a captivating series of paintings that celebrates the beauty, diversity, and individuality of black African women through the exploration of eyewear and An...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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Having Done All, I Stand 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,480 Sale Price
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Culture 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor.
But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living.
We are all ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000 Sale Price
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Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting
Evocative mid century modern portrait of woman in green dress by California artist Genevieve Rogers (America...
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1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Masked nº 15, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazilian artist who primarily utilizes painting as a field of creative possibility exploring themes such as identity, memory, and nature, compulsivel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman on White, Blue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Acrylic, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Born in 1993 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,960 Sale Price
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Brotherhood 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Yes, I am black.
The right hand of the morning sun
Glittering on my skin,
Showcasing the beauty of my flesh,
Not the power that I possess.
Yes, I am black.
My origin is the vivid pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,600 Sale Price
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Hope of Glory (Ireti Ogo) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Art Deco French Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cotignac, FR
1920s portrait in oil of a lady of quality by Paul Hercule Hogg. The painting is signed bottom right and is resigned and annotated to the back of the panel. The painting has been var...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$569 Sale Price
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Athlete
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,250
1890's French Portrait of Character Man Signed & Dated 1896 titled oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of "H.C" aged 44 years old
French artist, indistinctly signed
dated 1896
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: old...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Their Song Welcomed the Night, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Their Song Welcomed the Night" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Enigmate Radiance (A portrait of Grace and Virtue) - 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
“Girlfriends”
Located in Warren, NJ
Leandro Velasco Original Oil Painting On Canvas “girl friends”. In good condition measures 64x50.
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$15,000
Woman in profile with fan oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 71x62 cm.
Biography of Gumersindo Vila
Full Name: Gumersindo Vila
Date of Birth: April 14, 1950
Place of Birth: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$712 Sale Price
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In the Calm, Oil Painting
By Gary Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard juxtaposes a realistic figure clothed in a floral dress against a dreamy background that hints at a wild garden. The spotlight heightens her reserved gesture and timid expression while giving her skin a soft glow. Shadows on her face, neck, and body create a striking contrast to the lighter tones of the composition. "This work creates an atmosphere of calm, blending the woman's soft countenance and pastel greens of nature. "
About the Artist
Through composition, color, texture and more, Gary Leonard celebrates beauty. His works start with the subject, but then he lets the work evolve into a more complex composition. Oftentimes, he enjoys merging figures with abstract images and varying textures. He hopes that his works will leave the viewer with a sense of warmth and peace. When he's not making art, he enjoys listening to music and learning how to play the piano.
Words that describe this painting: figurative, figure, people, woman, fashion, standing, peaceful, oilpaint, dreamy, vertical, realism, people, realism, oil painting, beige
In the Calm...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Man of Valor
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Soft Murmur - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Oil, Young Lady
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Contemporary portrait "Poolside Party"
Located in Zofingen, AG
It's strange to paint frills and ruffles when all I have in my head are post-apocalyptic images. But I've never swum in a pool, nor have I been to a real party, even when I was in sc...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Floral Background, Realism
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Floral Background, Realism
Growing up in Cuba, I was surrounded by silence where music should have been. Western bands like The ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
baby with rattle oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894-1989) - Baby - Oil on burlap
Oil size 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
$949 Sale Price
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Impressionist Painting of a Bohemian Woman Budapest 1925 Bertha De Hellebranth
Located in Rochester, NY
Bohemian woman Budapest, Hungary 1925 by Bertha De Hellebranth. Fabulous period painting brings to life the bohemian intelligentsia of Europe in the 1920's. I believe the painting is of the artists sister Elena Maria De Hellebranth. Both sisters were accomplished artist and worked and exhibited together. See the photo of the sisters Elena on the left and Bertha on the right. Oil on canvas. In a period frame. Signed lower right. Inscribed on reverse. Provenance: label from Newman Galleries Philadelphia.
BIOGRAPHY ; Bertha de Hellebranth and her sister Elena were born into a cultured upper-class family in Budapest, Bertha in 1899, Elena in 1897. Their father was a lawyer and their mother a student of Franz Liszt's last living pupil. Both sisters showed artistic potential early, beginning to paint at four or five years of age. Their parents encouraged them, and had the means to send them to the best art schools of the time. They studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Budapest, at the Académie Julian and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and painted portraits of European nobility. As Patricia Fazekas points out, "Growing up in a family of privilege, they seemed to have unusual access to many illustrious people." So we should not be surprised to find among their subjects members of high society, such as Count Andrássy Gyula, the Russian-born Princess Baby Galitzine, and Admiral Horthy Miklós, the Regent. Later on, their subjects included American heiress Gladys Vanderbilt (Countess László Széchenyi), President Theodore Roosevelt's granddaughter Paulina Longworth and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.Often, the sisters would paint the same subject at the same time, offering the sitter a choice of portraits. Most often, the sitter wanted both renditions.While Elena concentrated on working in oil and watercolor, Bertha used gouache and oil to achieve her effects. Elena gave lectures and workshops, was a writer and also wrote popular and ecclesiastical music, while Bertha also went in for sculpture and handicrafts.From the mid-thirties until World War II, Bertha and Elena divided their time between their home in Budapest and a home on the ocean at Ventnor, NJ. In 1925, they showed their work at the Nemzeti Szalon in Budapest, and in 1926, they had a joint exhibition of their portraits in the US. Both exhibited their work at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and most major museums and galleries in the US. Bertha also had exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both Bertha and Elena were Fellows of the Royal Society of Art (London), and garnered numerous prizes. Bertha was awarded First Prize by the National Academy of the American Water Color Society one year, and the Grand Prize of the Audubon Society. She was one of the founders of the now defunct World League of Hungarian Artists Abroad (Külföldi Magyar Képz?m?vészek Világszövetsége), and received a Gold Medal from the Cleveland Árpád Akadémia in 1963. (Elena also received the Akadémia's gold medal in 1965.) Their work is found in museums and galleries too numerous to mention.The de Hellebranth sisters were devout Catholics, and this is evident in their many portraits of clerics...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
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Tamara Williams
Ted Davis
Tether Boat
Texas Ranger Art
The Fox Hunt Paintings
Thomas Oil Painting Ships
Tobacco Barn
Tom Carr
Used Catholic Church Items
Utrillo Gouache
Van Gindertael
Verbrugghe Charles
Vermont Barns
Vertical Oil Paintings Trees
Vintage Western Oil Paintings
Volney Richardson
Walter Cleveland
Walter J Watson