$1,688Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait Of Two Tabby Cats, early 20th Century by Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988)
Located in Liphook, GB
Two Cats, early 20th Century by Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) Early 20th Century study of a pair of cats heads, oil on board by Lionel Ellis.
Board, Oil
Portrait of a Woman in Blue Original Oil Painting Modern British
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
Lionel Ellis 1903 - 1988 Portrait of a Woman in Blue Oil on canvas Image size: 16 x 13 3/4 (40.5 x 35 cm) Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) was an important twentieth-century painter, i...
Canvas, Oil
$4,576Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Girl in White Lace Shawl - British 1929 art portrait oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1929 it is a half length standing portrait of a young woman in a blue dress with a white lace sh...
Oil
$4,358Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of Woman in Red Shawl - Nudes verso - British 1940's art oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. Painted circa 1940, the picture is a half-length seated portrait of a smiling woman wrapped in a red shawl,...
Oil
$9,806Sale Price|20% Off
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.
Oil
$5,992Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Seated Girl in Blue - British 1930's art portrait oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British 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.
Oil
Lionel Ellis wood engraving - UK, 1920s
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
British artist Lionel Ellis (1903–1988) studied at Plymouth School of Art and later taught at Wimbledon School of Art for more than 30 years.
Paper
Sold
H 28 in W 21.5 in
LIONEL ELLIS (1903-1988) MODERN BRITISH OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Lionel Ellis (British, 1903-1988). Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) was an important twentieth-century painter, illustrator, engraver and teacher who specialised in port...
Oil
Sold
H 16.5 in W 11.82 in
Lionel Ellis (1903-1988) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Delighted Earth
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Corsham, GB
Selected with a preface by Peter Meadows (a pseudonym for Australian writer and polymath Jack Lindsay) and illustrated by Lionel Ellis. 1927 privately published limited edition (#98 ...
Watercolor
Sold
H 17.45 in W 13.59 in
Lionel Ellis (1903-1988) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Apron Of Flowers
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Corsham, GB
Selected with a preface by Peter Meadows (a pseudonym for Australian writer and polymath Jack Lindsay) and illustrated by Lionel Ellis. 1927 privately published limited edition (#98 ...
Watercolor
Sold
H 24.02 in W 20.08 in
Lionel Ellis (1903-1988) - Modern British Oil, Lady in a Green Dress
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking portrait showcases a figure with vibrant red hair against a muted teal background, creating a bold contrast. The subject, wearing a soft green dress, is painted with ex...
Oil
Sold
H 33.86 in W 29.93 in
Self Portrait with Skull - Large Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine large post-impressionist oil on board self portrait with a skull by Lionel Ellis. Excellent quality and condition large scale self portrait by this important 20th century Brit...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 31 in W 27 in D 2 in
Art Deco Portrait of Lady in Hat - British '30s art female portrait oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1939, the composition is a half length portrait of a woman in a chic black hat and dres...
Oil
The Arrival Of Venus, early 20th Century
By Lionel Ellis
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Arrival Of Venus, early 20th Century by Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) Fine large early 20th century depiction of the Arrival of Venus accompanied by Tritons, oil on canvas.
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of A Fox, early 20th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Fox, early 20th Century by Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) Early 20th Century study of a fox, oil on board by Lionel Ellis.
Oil, Board
The Arrival Of Venus, early 20th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Venus & Her Attendants, early 20th Century by Lionel Ellis ARCA (1903-1988) Fine large early 20th century depiction of the Venus & Her Attendants accompanied by Tritons, oil on c...
Canvas, Oil
Horse & Jockey, early 20th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Bay Hunter, early 20th Century by Lionel ELLIS (1903-1988) Fine early 20th century portrait of a bay hunter at side profile, oil on panel.
Canvas, Oil
$3,985
H 51 in W 45 in D 1.5 in
Large Art Deco Period Portrait Painting of an Elegant Young Woman, 1937
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very large Art Deco style full length portrait of an elegantly dressed beautiful young woman. The woman in this painting is Millie Stokes. Oil on canvas in original silver gilt woo...
Canvas, Paint
$9,261Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 35 in D 2 in
Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white f...
Oil
$2,124Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 24 in D 1 in
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) plus gilt swept f...
Canvas, Oil
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$1,361Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in W 23 in
Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on board, frames Framed: 29 x 23 inches Board : 22 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition:...
Oil
$1,960Sale Price|30% Off
H 42 in W 32.5 in
"Portrait of a Lady" - 19th-Century French Framed Antique Woman Oil Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...
Oil
$1,634Sale Price|20% Off
H 35 in W 28 in
Antique English Portrait of Georgian Lady circa 1820/30 period Large Oil Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady English School, circa 1820's-1930's period oil on canvas, unframed painting: 35 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: some old restor...
Oil, Canvas
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
H 38 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
Canvas, Oil
$52,300Sale Price|20% Off
H 67 in W 42 in D 2 in
Portrait of Mrs William Tisdall Elsie Gardiner - British Edwardian oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb large British Edwardian exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. It was painted in 1909 and exhibited at the Royal Academy the same year ...
Oil
$26,150Sale Price|20% Off
H 44 in W 36 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Girl with a Puppy - Scottish Edwardian art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to Scottish Kirkcudbright School artist William Stewart MacGeorge. Painted circa 1910, The painting shows the influences o...
Canvas, Oil
$7,627Sale Price|20% Off
H 43 in W 35 in D 2 in
Portrait of Mrs Guy Houlder in Green Dress - British exhib Art Deco oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Royal Academy Art Deco exhibited portrait oil painting is by artist Walter Westley Russell. It was painted in 1927 and exhibited the same year entitled Mrs Guy Houlder, p...
Oil
$19,612Sale Price|20% Off
H 47 in W 37 in D 2 in
Portrait of Violet Ann Gilbert - British 1920s art oil painting exh Paris Salon
By James Peter Quinn
Located in Hagley, England
A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A beautiful portrait of a you...
Oil
$13,075Sale Price|20% Off
H 48 in W 38 in D 2 in
Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior
By Walter Ernest Webster
Located in Hagley, England
Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette. Si...
Oil
$8,716Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 35 in D 2 in
Portrait of Seated Young Woman - British 30's art Impressionist oil painting
By Walter Ernest Webster
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely portrait was painted by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. It depicts a young woman and was painted circa 1930 in an impressionist pa...
Oil
$13,042Sale Price|20% Off
H 46 in W 37 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Young Lady - British art 20's Impressionist oil painting portrait
By Walter Ernest Webster
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely portrait was painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. This painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an Impressioni...
Oil
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.