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Nurses, Literary Guild, Paperback Cover
By Enrich Torres
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 17.25" x 12.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal, Copper

19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Muse
Located in London, GB
Parr, Elizabeth Inchbald and Mary Shelley; 508 portraits in all, mostly in oil, and 252 other pictures.
Category

Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait Head and Shoulders of a Man - Jewish 20s art male portrait oil painting
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
when Kramer was only eight. This portrait oil painting was painted when Kramer was thirty, in 1922
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on Copper
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper, Metal

"BB Dreaming", Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting on Linen, Framed
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "BB Dreaming", Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting on Linen, Framed
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Portrait of Joseph Benwell Original Oil Painting 18th Century
By Sir Allan Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Sir Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 Portrait of Joseph Benwell Oil on canvas, inscribed with sitter's name
Category

1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Chlorinda with Letter - British art Victorian genre oil painting
By George Wells
Located in London, GB
This charming oil portrait painting is by noted British Victorian artist George Wells. Painted
Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Most Beautiful Man", Contemporary Oil Painting on Copper, Portrait
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stevens Inc., Little Rock, AR "The Most Beautiful Man", Contemporary Oil Painting on Copper, Portrait
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 18th English Century Painting
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 22 x 20 inches (22.75 x 51 cm) Pierced gilt frame This half-length
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Arabian Beauty - British Orientalist exh art portrait oil painting Jewish artist
By Joseph Mordecai
Located in London, GB
of portraits, genre scenes and literary subjects. Born in London, he studied at Heatherleys and the
Category

19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Teenager Student 18th Century Oil Painting by British Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of boy aged 12-14 painted in late 18th century presumably by RA John Opie, 1761 – 1807 (or
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman - British 18th Century Old Master art oil painting
By Lemuel Francis Abbott
Located in London, GB
This superb British Old Master portrait is by noted artist Lemuel Francis Abbott. Painted circa
Category

1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Man possibly Arthur Viscount Irwin, Temple Newsam Oil on canvas
By Charles Jervas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas Possibly Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin (Temple Newsam) Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 50
Category

Early 1700s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jeune Fille en Blanc - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Young Paris Beauty
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
psychiatrists, Jacques-Émile Blanche grew up surrounded by literary and artistic influences. His father was an
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of George Hopkinson - British 20's male oil painting Russian Jewish art
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
This superb portrait oil painting is by noted Russian Jewish artist Jacob Kramer. The sitter is a
Category

1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Self Portrait, Modernist Portrait of the Artist
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Portrait Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: United States Dimensions: 16" x
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Lady possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on canvas
By Charles Jervas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas Possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 50 x
Category

Early 1700s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Steinbeck Re-Visited' - Portrait of John Steinbeck - Geometric Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
"Steinbeck Re-Visited" by Robert Glick is a 20" x 16" oil on canvas that gracefully intersects the
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady in Mob Cap - British Old Master 18th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming British Old Master Regency pastel portrait is attributed to John Russell RA. Painted
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School, (circa 1600) Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Oil on panel, oval
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

A Magnificent and Rare Portrait Painting of William Shakespeare, Circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Rare Portrait Painting of William Shakespeare, circa 1870, Possibly English Oil
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
RA, Moscow, 2012, illustrated p.122. This remarkably vivacious portrait was executed very soon
Category

19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of General George Duke of Gordon, G.C.B.
By Ramsay Richard Reinagle
Located in Missouri, MO
English lakes. During the same period he exhibited portraits and landscapes in oil at the Royal Academy
Category

1820s Land Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Circassian courtisane, in original 19th century frame, orientalist
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Frans Joseph (1830-1916) and his wife Sissi von Wittelsbach (1854-1898) commissioned portraits von Anton
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century Portrait of a Lady, Attributed to Sir Frank Dicksee
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a very attractive Lady, head-and-shoulders in length monogrammed FD, inscribed to
Category

19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Senator Bartolomeo Panciatichi by Santi di Tito (1574)
Located in PARIS, FR
This recently rediscovered portrait of Santi di Tito depicts a Florentine senator, with a letter in
Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Poplar, Oil

Portrait of a Young Welsh Girl - Enid Richards - British Edwardian Staithes art
By Ernest Higgins Rigg
Located in London, GB
A fine portrait oil on canvas by noted British Staithes listed artist Ernest Higgins Rigg. It is a
Category

1910s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Young English aristocrat with Straw Hat. English School circa 1720
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young aristocratic girl - 18th century English style Oil on canvas. Silvered wood
Category

1720s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Wood

Nude woman original oil on canvas painting
By Francesc Serra Castellet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
as an advertising draftsman and portrait painter and collaborated with literary publications in
Category

1960s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sophia Loren - Cherish it - Textural Oil Painting and Image Immersed in Text
By Christina Major
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marilyn Monroe - Strong Women - Textural Oil Painting and Image Immersed in Text
By Christina Major
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joanne in Profile - Photorealist Oil Painting on Oval Panel of Woman in Profile
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
panel is framed in a custom frame with classic details. Matthew Cook Joanne in Profile, 2018 oil on
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

The Musician
Located in London, GB
This head and shoulders portrait is an outstanding example of the breadth, force and beauty of this
Category

Late 17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Musician
The Musician
H 25.25 in W 19.5 in
A Young Richard Burton and His Father. Pontrhydyfen. Neath Port Talbot. Wales.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. Oil on Board. Signed. Image size 24 inches x 24 inches ( 61cm x 61cm ). Frame size 25.2inches x
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

King Solomon Worshipping The Idols, 17th Century FRANS FRANCKEN II (1581-1642)
By Frans Francken II
Located in Blackwater, GB
$6,000,000 Large 17th Century biblical account of King Solomon worshipping the Idols, oil on panel Frans
Category

17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Sam Colburn Carmel Artist Portrait, Signed Limited Edition Realist Lithograph
By Jack Coughlin 1
Located in Soquel, CA
realism to surrealism and grotesque. He works in series producing portraits of literary and musical
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Ink, Paper, Lithograph

A Painting of Adaline Glasheen as a Writer's Muse
By Alexander Brook
Located in Boston, MA
) Glasheen was a writer. She was a friend of the artist and worked in literary circles with Thornton Wilder
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LUNA DE CARNAVAL GOYO DOMINQUEZ SPANICH CONTEMORARY ARTIST
By Goyo Dominguez
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
portraits of his brothers during a long convalescence due to a serious illness. Undoubtedly, I inherited
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Comte "The Count"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Comte de Lautremont. After being enthralled by the literary work “Le chants de Maldoror” in one night
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Antique American Portrait Maiden Original Gold Frame Pastel Painting Marlatt
Located in Buffalo, NY
covers of Literary Digest. He died in Mount Vernon, NY on Oct. 10, 1929. His work included landscapes
Category

1890s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

18th C, Portrait of a Lady, Elisabeth Carter, Oil on Canvas, 92 x 71 cm, Framed.
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in brussel, BE
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was a leading 18th-century English portrait
Category

18th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Tito Salomoni Oil On Canvas Painting, Portrait of a Surrealist Woman
Located in Hudson, NY
barriers between the conscious and the unconscious. Surrealism was originally a literary movement but
Category

20th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Card Illusion" - Surreal Portrait
By Vadim Kurov
Located in Soquel, CA
portrait, literary - philosophical still-life and landscape. His paintings are in the collections of
Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

17th - 18th Century Portrait of Guy Painting Oil on Canvas by Area of Amorosi
By Antonio Amorosi
Located in Milan, IT
Circle of Antonio Amorosi (Comunanza, 1660 - Rome, 1738) Portrait of young people Oil on
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large 1960's French Portrait of Lady in Red signed
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Lady in Red" by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large 1960's French Modernist Portrait Woman in Blue Jacket
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Blue Jacket" by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dancing Figures, Oil on Board
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Surfside, FL
characters like Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rosen's close-up portraits of historical and literary figures
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

SOPHIE DANIELLE RUBINSTAIN (1922-2018) HUGE 1960s FRENCH SURREALIST PORTRAIT MAN
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Monsieur Diel" by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (1922-2018) signed, oil painting on board, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sanctuary, Modernist Judaica Scene Oil Painting
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Surfside, FL
themes focused on classic characters like Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rosen's close-up portraits of historical
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Francesco Vinea Portrait of a Young Gentlewoman Painting
By Francesco Vinea 2
Located in Roma, IT
Francesco Vinea portrait of a woman Portrait of Empire taste Work by painter Francesco Vinea
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Oil Painting by William Baxter Collier Fyfe "The Laird of Dumbiedyke's Courtship
Located in Mere, GB
Painter of historical and literary genre subjects and portraits. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, R.B.A
Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lars Gathenhielm '1689-1718' in Gilded Worked Frame
Located in Lisboa, PT
European workshop XVII century Portrait of Lars Gathenhielm (1689-1718) Oil on canvas Unsigned
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Swedish Rococo Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pulitzer Prize Winner Norman Mailer Portrait Etching Line Drawing
By Knox Martin
Located in Surfside, FL
of literary fiction in fact-based journalism. Mailer was also known for his essays, the most famous
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Living Dangerously, Original Oil Painting, Large Scale Fictional Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Dangerously oil on canvas 72h x 48w in 182.88h x 121.92w cm DJP011 Don Pollack BIOGRAPHY Don Pollack is a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Battle For Yellowstone, Original Oil Painting of Oversized Fictional Bookcover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
created a truly thought provoking piece. Don Pollack Battle for Yellowstone oil on canvas 72h x 48w in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Exiled, Early 20th-Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil on board
By Francis Plummer
Located in London, GB
Francis Plummer 1930 - 2019 Exiled Oil on board Image size: 20 ½ x 24 ½ inches Framed This rare
Category

Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
JIM SHAW (B. 1952) Stocks Painting signed and dated 'J Shaw 2007' (on the overlap) oil on canvas
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Audrey "I Believe" Large Textural Original Audrey Hepburn Pastel Oil Painting
By Christina Major
Located in Los Angeles, CA
created with oil on gesso primed canvas. Her portraits feel overwhelming and have a “larger-than-life
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marilyn "A Wise Girl" Large Original Marilyn Monroe Textural Oil Painting
By Christina Major
Located in Los Angeles, CA
created with oil on gesso primed canvas. Her portraits feel overwhelming and have a “larger-than-life
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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