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"Touching", oil paint, portrait, hands, face, intimacy, vector, human, sense
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Touching" is a remarkable oil painting on canvas measuring 18" tall by 14" wide. For all it's modest size, it throws several punches above its weight. The title Touching could be a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Meg- Canvas, Laid Paper, Oil Paint, Portrait, Gold, Yellow, Red, Green, Orange
By John Paul Kesling
Located in Nashville, TN
This abstract contemporary painting is a portrait. It is rendered in gold, orange, red, brown, green, and blue.
John Paul Kesling was born and raised in the Ohio River Valley in Ash...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Lorelei - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Paint Portrait by Dutch Yvonne Heemskerk
By Yvonne Heemskerk
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Yvonne Heemskerk is in addition to being a 'free' visual artist, commissioned portrait painter. Moreover, she is very active and successful as a teacher of her own "painting school".
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Head Study - 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Oil Paint Portrait of a Boy
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen. We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Give Me Fire To Light The Darkness, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Paint Portrait
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen.
We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Right Path" oil paint portrait on Dibond panel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Right Path, 2018
oil on Dibond
35" x 15" unframed
40" x 20.5" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that blend historical techniques...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Americana- Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Oil Paint, Portrait, Figure, Pink, Yellow
By John Paul Kesling
Located in Nashville, TN
This abstract contemporary painting shows two faces. The artist uses pink, yellow, black, blue, white, and green.
Statement
"Music, foggy memories, a new tube of paint, conversati...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Marlos in a Bulls Hat- Canvas, Oil Paint, Portrait, Impressionism, Painterly
Located in Nashville, TN
This oil painting is on canvas and is a portrait done in an impressionistic painterly style.
Lauren Gregory (she/her/hers) is a painter, animator, educator and director who is best...
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2010s Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Portrait, 1990 - oil paint, 25x20 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas. Dimensions framed: 40x35 cm.
Hans Bouman (born in 1951) is a Dutch visual artist working in painting, sculpture, etching and video. He settled in Paris in 1981.
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Feeling- Acrylic, Canvas, Charcoal, Fabric, Oil Crayon, Paint, Pigment, Portrait
By John Paul Kesling
Located in Nashville, TN
This abstract contemporary painting shows a large portrait. The artist utilizes blue, orange, green, and yellow.
About this piece:
I had been doing small works on paper exploring i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Pigment
portrait de femme, '60s - oil paint, 55x33 cm.
By Lucien Joseph Fontanarosa
Located in Nice, FR
Portarit of a ldy by Lucien Fontanarosa. Oil on Canvas. Fontanarosa was born in Paris in 1912 and died in paris in 1975. He was an important painter that preferered compositions with...
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1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Margaretha C. - Oil Paint on Canvas, Fauvist, Dutch Artist, Portrait, Painting
By Freek van den Berg
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre cover...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 39.38 in. W 31.5 in. D 1.19 in.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY- In the Manner of G.Boldini - Portrait Oil on canvas paint
By Eugenio De Blasi
Located in Napoli, IT
Portrait of a lady - Eugenio De Blasi Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm.100x100.
This is his reinterpretation of painting by gratest old master Giovanni Boldini.
Gold leaf gilded woo...
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2010s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Young Woman Finely Painted Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 2006. Signed. Image size 16L x 20H. Housed in a giltwood frame.
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28 in. W 24 in. D 2 in.
Senorita - Oil Paint on Canvas, Fauvist, Dutch Artist, Portrait, Painting
By Freek van den Berg
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre cover...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 39.38 in. W 31.5 in. D 1.19 in.
Nelly - Oil Paint on Canvas, Fauvist, Dutch Artist, Portrait, Painting
By Freek van den Berg
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre cover...
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1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 39.38 in. W 27.56 in. D 1.19 in.
Dancer Red Jacket - Fauvist Dutch Artist Portrait Figurative Art - Oil paint
By Freek van den Berg
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre cover...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 31.5 in. W 47.25 in. D 0.79 in.
Portrait of a lady - Oil Paint on Canvas, Fauvist, Dutch Artist, Painting
By Freek van den Berg
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre cover...
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1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 19.69 in. W 15.75 in. D 1.19 in.
Antique American School Pensive Young Woman Finely Painted Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Unsigned. Image size 22L x 18H. Housed in a giltwood frame.
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 26 in. W 22 in. D 2 in.
"Portrait with Lute" 1960 Oil
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
Entitled "Portrait with Lute", this 1960 oil on canvas portrait is by artist, poet and writer, Sam Hugh Harris who painted in the great traditions of Modern Art including Impressioni...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Female Portrait 1963 Oil
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1963 oil on canvas seated female portrait is by Russian-born artist Leo Saal (1912-1996). Saal was born in Petrograd (now Saint-Petersburg), Russia shortly before the Bolshevik ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Portrait, Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Unknown
Works: Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 1850
Style: Realism, Tonalism
Subject: Portrait,
Size: 13" x 10" x 3/4'' inc...
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2010s Italian School Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Fine 19th Century Large Portrait of a Young Lady, Beautifully Painted Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century
Title: Portrait of a Young Lady, beautifully painted, the sitter slightly reminds one of a Jane Austen character. Interestingly, the pai...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
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Oil
H 34.5 in. W 29.5 in. D 1 in.
"Portrait of a Young Eero Saarinen", Painted By His Father Eliel Saarinen, Oil
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait of a precocious young boy is significant for two reason: the subject is Eero Saarinen, the famed designer of tulip chairs and architect best known for designing the Wa...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of Arthur" 1940s Oil
By Jennings Tofel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940s oil on canvas portrait of a seated man entitled "Portrait of Arthur" is by Polish-born New York Expressionist Jennings Tofel (1891-1959). Tofel was a friend of Georgia O'K...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Portrait of a Man 2001 Oil
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 2001 oil on canvas portrait painting of a man is by San Francisco painter Jack Freeman (1938-2014). Freeman studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, landscape and figure dr...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Portrait of a Girl - Original Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Girl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s Century by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil on Canvas.
Dimensions: cm ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
H 19.69 in. W 15.75 in. D 0.79 in.
Half Portrait in Orange, Old master with a modern approach, Oil paint on metal
By David Crismon
Located in Dallas, TX
DAVID CRISON
"I felt it was appropriate to use an 'old' process, such as painting, to speak about a 'new' processes or technologies. Digital imaging, scans and photocopies alter and...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
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Metal
H 34 in. W 27 in. D 2.5 in.
Expressionist Self Portrait 2005 Oil
By John Nicolini
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 2005 oil on canvas self portrait is by Bay Area artist John Nicolini (1923-2014). He studied at CCAC, earning a BA in Fine Art in the late 1950s. He worked as a commercial and g...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Lady, Late 19th Century, Oil Paint on Canvas, Figurative
Located in Greding, DE
Large-format three-quarter portrait of a sitting young lady in a black dress with a wide crinoline skirt; the sleeves and collar are made of black lace. A red pearl necklace and a wh...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 58.27 in. W 45.28 in. D 1.58 in.
Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting on Paper "Portrait of a Proud Man"
By André François van Vuuren
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique oil painting on Fabriano Paper, floated and framed, ready to hang. Size of 100 x 70 cm is that of the artwork itself, excluding the frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait 3
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and evocative, with beautiful colour c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Oil Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Oil Portrait
Original oil on canvas
Dimensions 23.75' wide x 30" high
The stretcher is crafted with hand made iron nails. See pics.
No visible signature
Very good c...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Sisters, Oil Portrait Painting
By Charles Lanier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Lanier, French/American (1938 - )
Title: Three Sisters
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Frame Size: 38.5 x 48.5 inches
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Oil on Canvas -- Clara
By Alexandra Higgins
Located in Troy, NY
This portrait in oil on canvas presents an early version of a nurse. Given the title, it's most likely an homage to Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross. Two red crosses adorn...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait, Two Women, Oil on Canvas
By Anton Vorauer
Located in Surfside, FL
From the late 1920s to the eve of World War II, Anton Vorauer was an art professor at the Vienna Fine Art Academy. While painting at the Parthenon during the Nazi invasion of Greece,...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas Expressive Portrait
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and evocative, with beautiful colour c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edwardian Portrait of a Young Girl - Scottish 1909 art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted artist William Alexander Cuthbertson. It was painted in 1909 before Cuthbertson left Scotland on a travel scholarship...
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British Victorian art Impressionist portrait oil painting
By Joseph Walter West
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, colourful Impressionistic portrait of a lady which dates to circa 1900. A rare and fine oil on canvas in excellent condition by James Walter West who was a noted landsca...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas Expressive Blue Portrait
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and evocative, with beautiful colour c...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine c.1845 Oil - Portrait of a Widow
Located in Corsham, GB
This very fine portrait of a middle-aged woman from the mid 19th Century is a true find. The unknown sitter looks directly out at the viewer with a subtle half-smile. She wears a sim...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of John Beck - British Victorian art oil painting male portrait
Located in London, GB
This superb oil on canvas portrait painting is attributed to Victorian artist George Frederick Watts. Painted circa 1880 the sitter is John Beck, a fine suited gentleman wearing a go...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a lady - British Edwardian Impressionist art portrait oil painting
By James Jebusa Shannon
Located in London, GB
An original oil on panel by Sir James Jebusa Shannon. The portrait dates to the Edwardian period, circa 1904, and depicts a bold British Impressionist painting of a Society lady.
P...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Lawyer Nonotte Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century France Art
By Donatien Nonotte (Besançon 1708 - Lyon 1785)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th century French portrait painter - Attributed to Donatien Nonotte (Besançon 1708 - Lyon 1785)
Portrait of a lawyer
Oil on canvas
100 x 82 cm., In the frame cm. 131 x 111 cm.
Th...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 51.58 in. W 43.71 in.
Susan Paine - Contemporary Oil, Fauvist Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and bold portrait, reminiscent of the fauvist movement by the British artist Susan Paine. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. On board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Blonde Girl - Scottish 50's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stylish Scottish portrait oil painting of a blonde haired girl is by Scottish artist John Miles Bourne Benson. Painted circa 1950 by Benson in a lovely palette with bold brushwo...
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Blanche Stuchbury - Scottish Edwardian art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb atmospheric British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Howard Somerville. Painted in 1911 it is a half length portrait of Miss Blanche Stuchbury,...
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1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 37 in. W 32 in. D 2 in.
Susan Paine - Contemporary Oil, Fauvist Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and bold portrait, reminiscent of the fauvist movement by the British artist Susan Paine. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
PORTRAIT OF REBECCA AT THE FOUNTAIN - In the Manner of Guffens - Oil on paint
By I. Di Matteo
Located in Napoli, IT
Portrait of rebecca at the fountain - I. Di Matteo Italia 1998 - Oil on canvas cm. 80x60
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm. 106x86
This magnificent painting by I. De Matteo is the rei...
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1990s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sagres Ship Portrait signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sagres, 1937
by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015)
oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board
framed
Framed size: 16 x 19 inches
Superb oil painting by the well listed Fren...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mr R H Sinclair - Scottish 1914 art male portrait oil painting
By David Cowan Dobson
Located in London, GB
This impressive large portrait realist oil painting is by noted Scottish artist David Cowan Dobson. One of a pair, the sitter is Mr R H Sinclair and dates to 1914. He is beautifully ...
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1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 46 in. W 38 in. D 2 in.
Reme Lauricella - 1880 Oil, Portrait of a Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine late 19th century portrait study of a young lady, she is depicted wearing a corset, patterned skirt and lace covering her shoulders. From her dress, we suspect she is Ita...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Study Oil Painting "I have Emerged"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A beautiful, original oil portrait painting on stretched canvas. Already framed, but the size of 60 x 54 cm is that of the artwork, excluding frame size.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Canvas, Oil
Large Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Garageman"
By André François van Vuuren
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique oil painting on Belgian linen canvas, stretched on a timber support frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
H 70.87 in. W 51.19 in.
"Seated Girl", Oil on Canvas, Portrait
By Marvin Cherney
Located in Detroit, MI
"Seated Girl" is an oil on canvas portrait of an artist who was cut down in his prime and largely forgotten until recently. Marvin Cherney's paintings are solemn but unsophisticated ...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait 2
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and evocative, with beautiful colour c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of a Gentleman," oil, portrait, late 19th c, impressionism
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This beautifully executed oil painting uses a subtle palette and sophisticated handling to capture an intimate and appealing portrait of a gentleman. Unsigned, the artist’s biography...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
B.G. Cook - 1972 Oil, Female Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished female portrait against a green background. Presented in an ornate gilt-effect wooden frame with swept and pierced moulding at the edges and corners. Signed and dated...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and evocative, with beautiful colour c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Lady, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting
By Marie Louise Garnavault
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Lady, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting
By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century
Signed by the artist verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 21.5 x 18 inches
Su...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 21.5 in. W 18 in. D 1 in.
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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.
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