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Portrait of Elizabeth Exley - British Art Deco 1930's portrait oil painting
By James Robert Granville Exley
Located in London, GB
palette and brush work are superb. This is a fine 1930's portrait and an excellent example of Exley's work
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Grace - British 1920's art female chalk portrait
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco portrait is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer
Category
1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
H 23 in W 18 in D 2 in
Philip Joubert - British art portrait oil painting senior commander 1930's WWII
By Charles Ernest Cundall
Located in London, GB
Painted circa 1930 this Modern British oil portrait of Philip Joubert has superb colouring and
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tallulah Bankhead, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Tallulah Bankhead, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Bankhead' in unknown hand
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Boy in White Shirt - Scottish 1920's Art Deco male oil painting
By David Cowan Dobson
Located in London, GB
This superb Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Cowan Dobson. Painted in
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Meraud Guinness, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Meraud Guinness, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
Inkwash signature on mount
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mrs Daisy Fellows, c.1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Mrs Daisy Fellows, c.1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Mrs Reginald Fellowes
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Model Reading a Book, French Impressionist 1930’s Nude Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
backdrop to the painting has faint coral pink flecks in it adding a real air of 30's opulence; the colour
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Scale 1920s Portrait of Florence Foster Jenkins, Amateur Soprano Singer
Located in Soquel, CA
A fine, large-scale portrait of a Philadelphia lady, fabled soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Artist's Daughter Julian Orde Poet - British 1930s oil painting
By Cuthbert Orde
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by listed artist Cuthbert Orde. Famous for
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: European School, circa 1920's-1930's period, indistinctly signed lower left corner
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
faculty members, initiated the Art Department in the 1930's and helped to establish the art major at
Category
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
H 40 in W 35.5 in D 3 in
Portrait Head and Shoulders of a Man - Jewish 20s art male portrait oil painting
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
execution. This is an excellent example of Kramer's Post Impresionist work in the early 1920's when at his
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Barbara
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961). Portrait of Barbara, ca. 1930. oil on canvas, 11 5/8 x 14 5
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Black and White Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman - Imogen Cunningham
By Imogen Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
married artist Roi Partridge and moved to San Francisco in 1920. During the 1930s she contributed work for
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
H 15 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
Black and White Portrait of an Elderly Woman - Imogen Cunningham
By Imogen Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
married artist Roi Partridge and moved to San Francisco in 1920. During the 1930s she contributed work for
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
H 15 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
Self Portrait, Oil on Board, Signed and Dated, 1925, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
the Fine Arts Annuals. In the 1920's Kelly created mostly paintings of Cubist style. By the 1940's he
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 24 in W 21 in D 1 in
MOTHER AND CHILD Signed Lithograph, Mother Daughter Pencil Drawing Portrait
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Self Portrait (With Model)
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Self Portrait (With Model)
Lithograph, 1959-1960
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of the Artist's Assistant, Watercolour and Ink, 20th Century British
By Frank Dobson
Located in London, GB
1920s and 1930s Dobson gained an outstanding reputation: in 1925 Roger Fry described his work as ‘true
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Portrait on Stage - Red Cape - Scottish 60s art theatrical portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
, Middlesex.Zinkeisen shared a studio in London with her sister during the 1920s and 1930s from where she embarked on
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
THE FAMILY Signed Stone Lithograph, Mother and Children Drawing, Oval Portrait
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HAPPY MOTHER Signed Stone Lithograph, Hand Drawn Portrait Mother and Daughters
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at the Salons of America
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Oil on canvas, c. 1940's
Signed upper right "A.G
Category
1940s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cabaret Dancers girls Austrian watercolor painting in fraimed 1930s
By Richard Geiger
Located in Stockholm, SE
reverse with date 33 (1933). By the 1920s, he worked illustrating books, bookplates and posters. His
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Corinne Griffith, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Corinne Griffith, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
Red inkwash signature on
Category
20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
‘Mattise Model' Expressionism Portrait of Woman By Frater
By Hal Frater
Located in Carmel, CA
matured further in the 1920s and 1930s. This period established the careers of many radical and inspiring
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SABBATH ANGELS Signed Lithograph, Watercolor Portrait, Angels, Candlesticks
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at the Salons of America exhibitions at the Anderson Galleries and
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HOMAGE TO SIGMUND FREUD Signed Lithograph, Surreal Portrait, Psychoanalysis
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
master drawing. HOMAGE TO SIGMUND FREUD is a surrealistic portrait composition depicting Sigmund Freud's
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Secundo Congreso Feminino, Large Canvas Surrealist Female Group Portrait, 1969
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
exhibitor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annuals. In the 1920's Kelly created mostly paintings
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sweden, albeit irregularly due to his failing health. In the 1920s and 1930s, Beer continued to pursue an
Category
1910s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
. In the 1920's Kelly created mostly paintings of Cubist style. By the 1940's he moved towards
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Bradnock Principal Worcester College in Car, Malvern, oil painting
By John Rankine Barclay
Located in London, GB
Cornwall in the late 1920's where he settled for the rest of his life.
Brian Bradnack was headmaster of
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Modernist Portrait" Mid-20th Century Spanish Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Julio Moisés Fernández de Villasante
Located in New York, NY
that took him to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1930s. Installed in Madrid since 1920, he taught
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of "Femme Avec Le Chapeau Plumé, by Hildebrandt
Located in New York, NY
enviable position among American portrait painters as well as of painters of fisher-folk….Mr. Hildebrandt
Category
1890s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 26.5 in W 21.5 in D 2 in
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
Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
sister during the 1920s and 1930s from where she embarked on her career as a painter, commercial artist
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I Have A Dream, Black Portrait Head Civil Rights Activist
By Ben Shahn
Located in Union City, NJ
printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Features a striking black and white portrait head portraying the fine wood
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
1930 Black and white
Category
1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Early 20th Century British Portrait by William Henry Barribal
By William Henry Barribal
Located in London, GB
the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for Schweppes and the London and North Eastern
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
William Henry Barribal - 1920s British watercolour of a Girl in a Fancy Bonnet
By William Henry Barribal
Located in London, GB
the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for Schweppes and the London and North Eastern
Category
1920s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted
Category
1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
H 4.25 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
"A Martinique Native in French Guyana, " Black Female Portrait, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
was extremely rare in U.S. art of the period and illustrate why Mott-Smith’s skillful paintings
Category
1920s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Judaica Jewish Etching Hasidic Rabbi, Gaon, Genius, Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
registers.
The post-war economic depression that affected the country during the 1920s, also affected the
Category
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
André Favory (1889-1937) Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923, red chalk
By André Favory
Located in Paris, FR
André Favory (1889-1937)
Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923
red chalk on paper
33 x 25 cm
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Domergue - Elegant Couple - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Olliver St. John Gogarty
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Storrs, CT
titles such as, Ophelia, Xenia and Anaïs. In the UK in the 1930's and later in New York, Brockhurst
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Dame mit Reiher (Woman with a Tuft of Heron Feathers) /// German Expressionism
By Otto Dix
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
any other German painter in shaping the popular image of the Weimar Republic of the 1920s. His works
Category
1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Domergue - Red Hair Elegance - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
1920 show. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - Sublime - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - Française - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - Almost Dressed - Original Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
1920 show. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - Dark Hair Lady with a Scarf - Original Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the gold medal in the 1920 show. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - The Dancer - Original Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - Parisienne - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Domergue - The Dancer - Original Lithograph
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Although initially trained in landscape painting, by the 1920’s Domergue had developed a new painterly
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Carina
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Paris, FR
landscapes which he painted with great ease, his career took a decisive turn during the 1920’s. At this time
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
James Ormsbee Chapin, 1887 – 1975, American Painter, 'Lady in a Fur Waistcoat'
By James Ormsbee Chapin
Located in Bruges, BE
Academy for his compelling portrayals of the Marvin Family.
Notably, Chapin created a series of portraits
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 46.07 in W 20.48 in D 3.94 in
‘Woman With Black Hair' Figurative Art Nude Oil On Canvas By Hal Frater
By Hal Frater
Located in Carmel, CA
of the 20th century were matured further in the 1920s and 1930s. This period established the careers
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 26 in W 30.5 in D 0.75 in
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Portraits From 1920s And 1930s For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a broad range of portraits from 1920s and 1930s for sale on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the modern, Impressionist and Expressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the portraits from 1920s and 1930s that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, beige and white. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Marc Chagall, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, Boris Lovet-Lorski, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and Chaim Gross are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in paint, lithograph and oil paint, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much are Portraits From 1920s And 1930s?
Portraits from 1920s and 1930s can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,231, while the lowest priced sells for $45 and the highest can go for as much as $350,000.