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Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas

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

Category

1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait in Studio, Modern Oil Painting by Moses Soyer
Self-Portrait in Studio, Modern Oil Painting by Moses Soyer

Self-Portrait in Studio, Modern Oil Painting by Moses Soyer

By Moses Soyer

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Self-Portrait in the Studio Year: circa 1960

Category

1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait, Two Women, Oil on Canvas
Portrait, Two Women, Oil on Canvas

Portrait, Two Women, Oil on Canvas

By Anton Vorauer

Located in Surfside, FL

USA where he earned many lucrative commissions as an itinerant portrait painter working in oil. His

Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Painting - 1880
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Painting - 1880

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Painting - 1880

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of the late 19th Century

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1880s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait. cardboard, oil, 50x35, 5 cm
Portrait. cardboard, oil, 50x35, 5 cm

Portrait. cardboard, oil, 50x35, 5 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Portrait. 1970s, cardboard, oil, 50x35,5 cm Woman portrait in light colors Laimdots Murnieks (1922

Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Surrealist Oil Portrait by John F. Leonard

Surrealist Oil Portrait by John F. Leonard

Located in Long Island City, NY

Portrait (38) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 17 in. x

Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Modern Oil Portrait For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact modern oil portrait you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find Contemporary versions now, or shop for Contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. You’re likely to find the perfect modern oil portrait among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a modern oil portrait to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, gray, black, blue and more. Creating a modern oil portrait has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Manzur Kargar, Donald Stacy, Bogumił Książek, Mark Beard and Nahum Tschacbasov are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home. A large modern oil portrait can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller modern oil portrait, measuring 5.12 high and 5 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Modern Oil Portrait?

A modern oil portrait can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,265, while the lowest priced sells for $295 and the highest can go for as much as $425,000.

A Close Look at Modern Art

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.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Portrait-paintings for You

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.