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Porthole Painting

Porthole View: Tugboat at Twilight, Original Still Life Painting, 2020
By Denise Mumm
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This painting is a twilight view of a passing tugboat, as seen from the galley
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat and Female Figure in Porthole Window
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Herzogin Cecilie, signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Herzogin Cecilie, 1902 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

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Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
decide to follow. Artwork Details: Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut

A Day's Sail in New England
By Mauritz Frederick Hendrick de Haas
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
and well maintained with nice gold and blue details at the bow, and small portholes giving light to
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1860s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Morning
Located in Sempach, LU
the record a simple beautiful melody, looking at the young girl in the porthole? So once upon a time
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning
Morning
H 27.56 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Untitled (pool II), vibrant purple, colorful, abstract, geometric, oil tondo 202
Located in Brooklyn, NY
format, these paintings become portholes that expand towards the viewer and reminds us that water
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (pool III), vibrant purple, colorful, abstract, geometric, oil tondo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
format, these paintings become portholes that expand towards the viewer and reminds us that water
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Kamiland
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, and also resembles a porthole window. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
himself by painting and illustrating men in combat, rodeos, racetracks, boxing matches, and saloons
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Training Drills' by Solomon Samsonovich Boim, 1950, Soviet Neorealism
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bring the scene to life, capturing the spirit of camaraderie among sailors. The painting is signed and
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Mid-20th Century Russian Modern Paintings

Materials

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Japanese Screen Depicting USA Commodore Perry’s Flagship the USS Mississipi
Located in Amsterdam, NL
is a leering monster, the portholes high in the stern glow like eyes of an apparition, the ship’s
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Woodpecker, realist animal portrait, watercolor and gouache
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
friends and family, have a documentary quality to them. Each drawing functions as a porthole into both her
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2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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"Sleigh Ride, Winter, " Fletcher Martin, Woodstock, Holiday Scene Illustration
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
painting and illustrating men in combat, rodeos, racetracks, boxing matches, and saloons. Fletcher Martin
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Pair of Karel Appel Curtains, 1963, Documented at Stedelijk Musem
By Karel Appel
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
, geometric European art of the time. Cobra members believed painting opened a porthole into the human psyche
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Cotton

"Arab Children, " Portrait of Two Figures Lithograph signed by Fletcher Martin
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. He won commissions to paint murals for the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture, including
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Lithograph

Still Life
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
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Materials

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Homage to Galileo
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
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1960s Outsider Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Rag Paper

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Porthole Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate porthole painting for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Surrealist style, while we also have 1 Surrealist versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a porthole painting may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a porthole painting to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, beige, blue and more. A porthole painting from Fletcher Martin, Valton Tyler, Dina Brodsky, Daniel Clarke and Denise Mumm — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, paper and watercolor.

How Much is a Porthole Painting?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a porthole painting in our inventory may begin at $274 and can go as high as $93,049, while the average can fetch as much as $3,600.