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Series of Four Portraits from a New York City Gay Underground Club
By Damien Smith
Located in London, GB
Smith (born 1969). This unique series depicts four characters in a New York City erotic gay bar circa
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a Welsh Miner from 1930s, Welsh Art
Located in Harkstead, GB
Roberts but with a more linear and sculptural style. John Bromfield Gay Rees (1912-1965) Welsh miner
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Handsome Tropical Exotic Male Dancer Square Jaw - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
feathers is depicted in vibrant colors that evokes festive gay interest. Signed lower right. CATEAU
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Horse and Carriage Accident - Gay Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age, Ida Waugh, paints a powerful narrative of a
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1890s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Tennessee Williams Vintage Mid 20th Century Broadway Theatre Gay Contemporary
By Roddy McDowall 1
Located in New York, NY
Tennessee Williams Vintage Mid 20th Century Broadway Theatre Gay Contemporary Roddy McDowall
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lightin...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Portrait of Newton McMahon
By Robert Giard
Located in New York, NY
artist: Robert Giard is best remembered for his figurative and portrait photography. He received a B.A
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait on Stage - Red Cape - Scottish 60s art theatrical portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish musical theatrical portrait oil painting is by female artist Doris Zinkeisen
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1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Young Man
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gilbert Lewis (b.1945). Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1990s. Gouache on illustration board, 18 x 24
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Influence of Red (male portrait)
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gilbert Lewis (b.1945). Influence of Red (male portrait), ca. 1990s. Oil on masonite panel, 16 x 20
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Leather Man - Queer Street Art Portrait
By Jeremy Novy
Located in San Francisco, CA
efforts in support of gay activism. Novy’s stencil art is remarkably complex for its compositional
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint

Leather Officer - Queer Street Art Portrait
By Jeremy Novy
Located in San Francisco, CA
efforts in support of gay activism. Novy’s stencil art is remarkably complex for its compositional
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint

Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the
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1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Young Girl in Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady by Paul Fitzgerald (Australian 1922-2017) signed and dated 1995 oil
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

SELF-PORTRAIT.
By Jim Dine
Located in Portland, ME
Dine, Jim (Americn, born 1935). SELF-PORTRAIT. Etching, 1975. Edition of 25, signed, numbered 15/25
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1970s Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
By William Robert Shulgold
Located in Soquel, CA
turned to gayer moods and smaller sizes in pictures of flowers, nudes, and small portraits” Signed and
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1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Double Portrait of Sir John Rivers 3rd Baronet of Chafford, and Lady Anne Rivers
Located in London, GB
of art in itself. The sitters in this exquisite double portrait are Sir John Rivers, who succeeded
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This superb horse portrait with rider is by keen Scottish horse artist and rider, Doris Zinkeisen
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1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Invacuo Project #19. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
physical isolation of women, children, gays, transsexuals -all the humiliated people under some form of gas
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2010s Conceptual Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, C Print

DRAG QUEEN Original Lithograph, Surreal Pencil Portrait, Cabaret-Berlin style
Located in Union City, NJ
intriguing, Cabaret-Berlin style, surreal portrait that was hand printed in Paris France during the early
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of a Man (Tony)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Woman's face oil on canvas painting
By Ramon Pichot i Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
in the United States (1968, 1970 and 1973). He specialized in portrait and female figure, influenced
Category

1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand Illustration
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hand of A Director & Photographer
Located in Detroit, MI
Emerging artist Lo Braden, also known as Lo Cayne, is a black queer portrait and fashion
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital

Barbara Gittings (Figuartive Painting of LGBTQ Icon in Gold Triptych Frame)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Their Most Fabulous, a new series depicting notable figures of the LGBTQ+ movement. Portraits of gay
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Apache
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Bullfighter
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pan from Behind
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Blue Boy
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Rich Thomson, Indio
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
political organizations of the gay movement—and lived as an openly gay man. A turning point occurred while
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Christian Dior, "Flaunt" Magazine Shoot, Mulholland Dr.
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
the earliest political organizations of the gay movement—and lived as an openly gay man. A turning
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Huck Finn
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Valentine
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pan
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
et Gilles and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pink Flowers, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Cadet
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

"Mink Stole"-Stencil & Spray Paint on Wood
By Jeremy Novy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebration of gay iconography, bringing joviality and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood, Stencil

"Divine"-Stencil & Spray Paint on Wood
By Jeremy Novy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebration of gay iconography, bringing joviality and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood, Stencil

"Trixie Mattel"-Stencil & Spray Paint on Wood
By Jeremy Novy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebration of gay iconography, bringing joviality and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood, Stencil

g. paul - lotus
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

dj - fields
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
. Hamill (The Page Company, 1921) Miss Gay's Adventures in First Aid, Series No. II: Artificial
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1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Flowers - Mid 20th Century Watercolour by Arthur Wilson Gay - British Still Life
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Arthur Wilson Gay 1901–1958 Artist and portrait painter of whose early training nothing is as yet
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1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Rolling Stone poster, hand signed by Andy Warhol and Bella Abzug LGBTQ pioneer
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
beauty,” Andy Warhol famously wrote in 1975. Indeed, Warhol’s portraits are almost always idealized
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Ladies and Gentlemen
By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
anonymous’ portraits of Trans women and Drag Queens in New York City. Warhol took over five hundred
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

19th Century Engraving by American Impressionist Herman Hyneman
By Herman Hyneman
Located in Larchmont, NY
experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay. In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled
Category

1880s American Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Interview Magazine (Diane von Furstenberg) (Signed by Andy Warhol) /// Pop Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
which had a strong influence on the evolution of punk rock music. He is also notable as a gay man who
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Magazine Paper, Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker

Homage to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (signed and inscribed)
By Larry Rivers
Located in New York, NY
cooking show hosts and Vogue magazine columnists who formed a lifelong gay partnership after meeting at
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Lonesome Cowboy
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 30. Portrait of a young cowboy
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Henry reading the newspaper
By David Hockney
Located in Tallinn, EE
gained recognition for his semi-abstract paintings of gay love. He moved to California in 1964 and
Category

1970s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henry Geldzahler with Hat
By David Hockney
Located in Tallinn, EE
gained recognition for his semi-abstract paintings of gay love. He moved to California in 1964 and
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" vintage 1949 movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
. Linen backed. Frank Sinatra, Ester Williams, Gene Kelly. M.G.M's Gay Technicolor Musical! TAKE ME
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1940s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

The Letter
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
College of San Francisco. This image combines Chicano coloring with a gay sensibility. Signed, titled and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

James B. Moore, Esq
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
Secret Lair Beyond the Moat’ was the scene of such gay parties as few of us who participated can hope or
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Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Lover Boy
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Signed Early 20th Century Modernist Male Lovers Gay Erotic Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed modernist nude male landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
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1930s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
By Ernest Bachrach
Located in Austin, TX
. This black and white portrait features the star posed in formal attire for his role in "Gay Divorcee
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
This incredibly striking portrait, painted in a fiery palette captures an intimate moment between
Category

1980s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

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Gay Portrait For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate gay portrait for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Art Deco version. If you’re looking for a gay portrait from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right gay portrait for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, black and orange. A gay portrait from Robert Loughlin, Mitchell Funk, Larry Horowitz, Louis Icart and W.W. Rouch — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small gay portrait measuring 17.72 high and 14 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 30.5 across to better suit those in the market for a large gay portrait.

How Much is a Gay Portrait?

The price for a gay portrait in our collection starts at $895 and tops out at $15,000 with the average selling for $3,700.