Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

American, b. 1942

Willard Dixon’s art has been shown extensively in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, He has had over 40 one-man shows and numerous group shows. His work is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, The SFMOMA, and the Oakland Museum of California Art. He has executed large-scale commissions for The California Supreme Court, The Oakland Museum and The Las Vegas Federal Courthouse. He received an NEA Fellowship Grant in 1989. In 2013, one of his portraits was included in The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Represented by Andra Norris Gallery in California.

Artist: Willard Dixon

Willard DixonShip Breaking, 2018

$5,000

Ship Breaking

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Ship Breaking' by Willard Dixon. These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. Dixon changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonUnion Man (cut out), 2021

$7,500

Union Man (cut out)

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

American Realist Willard Dixon, long admired for his sweeping Western skies and luminous waters, took a surprising and beautiful turn in 2021. He created a small series of life-size ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Willard DixonMigrants, 2017

$12,000

Migrants

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Migrants' by Willard Dixon. These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonSurya, 2020

$12,000

Surya

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

The paintings from Willard Dixon's "NEWS series" are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from the artist's daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” This is 'Surya', which is hindu for sun; A 48 x 60 inch oil on canvas painting depicting a kaleidoscope of colorful women...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonAleppo, 2020

$8,000

Aleppo

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Aleppo' by Willard Dixon, These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonHome (Syria), 2019

Price Upon Request

Home (Syria)

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Home' by Willard Dixon, These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgia WarrenLove Mirror Oil on Canvas, Signed Magazine Cover, Circa 1937, 17x13, 1937

$12,500

H 17 in W 13 in

Love Mirror Oil on Canvas, Signed Magazine Cover, Circa 1937, 17x13

Located in Miami, FL

Love Mirror, True Experiences magazine cover, February 1937 by Female Illustrator and Pupl Artist Georgia Warren Oil on canvas 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33.0 cm) Signed lower left: War...

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1930s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

John MorfisGarden Dibble, 2020

$4,200

H 19 in W 16.88 in

Garden Dibble

By John Morfis

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting of an antique tool, a Garden Dibble, which is a long stick-like tool used to make holes for seeds, to make sure they are sufficiently buried in the soil without damage. This particular object that Morfis chose to paint has a wooden handle, and a metal point. The dibber rests atop a nail, against a gray wall. Bright studio-light casts a sharp shadow directly beneath the tool. Painted in the academic realist style of "trompe-l'oeil" which is French for "trickery of the eye". BIOGRAPHY John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown. John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. ARTIST STATEMENT Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Raphael SoyerGirl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer, Circa 1947

$13,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 12 in W 9 in

Girl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) Title: Girl with Braided Hair Year: Circa 1947 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 9 inches; framed size, 19 x 16 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...

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1940s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Robert HenriGirl with Muff, 1912

$950,000

H 57.25 in W 38.25 in

Girl with Muff

By Robert Henri

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Girl with Muff" is aa American figurative portrait oil on canvas painting by Robert Henri in 1912. The artwork is 57 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 64 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 ...

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Early 20th Century American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rudolf KosowFilm Still #4 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art), 2025

$1,248Sale Price|20% Off

H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 0.99 in

Film Still #4 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

With eyes obscured and hat lowered, this figure is both iconic and unknowable—a faceless cowboy adrift in a pale, open void. Kosow distills the visual codes of Americana and cinemati...

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2010s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lucile BlanchCircus Acrobats - ( Friends with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo ), 1934

$30,000

H 36 in W 26 in D 1 in

Circus Acrobats - ( Friends with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo )

Located in Miami, FL

As they take center stage, four acrobats are depicted, forming an architectural structure composed of contorted human bodies. The small gallery of onlookers displays a variety of ex...

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1930s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rod Goebel"Taos Indian" - Realist Female Portrait, Oil Painting on Canvas, ca. 1980

$1,200

H 16 in W 12 in

"Taos Indian" - Realist Female Portrait, Oil Painting on Canvas

By Rod Goebel

Located in Denver, CO

Rod Goebel was a post-impressionist / impressionist painter of landscape, still life and figure who made his mark in Taos, New Mexico. After receiving his degree from the University of New Mexico, Goebel studied at the Colorado Institute of Art in 1968 1969, graduating in Advertising Design. He later studied at the Ramon Froman School of Art. Goebel was a charter member of the Taos Six Society of Artists with Ron Barsano, Robert Daughters, Walt Gonske, Julian Robles...

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1980s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Doug BloodworthCurly From the Three Stooges -- Original Oil Painting on Wood, 2003

$1,500Sale Price|75% Off

H 44 in W 28 in D 2 in

Curly From the Three Stooges -- Original Oil Painting on Wood

By Doug Bloodworth

Located in Boca Raton, FL

This is an original oil painting on wood. This artwork is produced under a license from the grandchildren of The Three Stooges®. We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller...

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2010s Photorealist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Rachel PersonettSingle Peony, 2019

$1,650

H 7.5 in W 9 in

Single Peony

By Rachel Personett

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

Painted from life, a single pink peony blossoms amidst green leaves against a black backdrop. A classical painting subject and style, with a fresh and intriguing touch. Signed "Personett" lower left corner. Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim. Framed dimensions: 13.25 x 11.75 inches Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design...

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2010s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Nelson H. White“The Rose, 11.01.2025” oil painting, impressionist orange flower, signed framed, 2025

$3,850

H 12 in W 8 in

“The Rose, 11.01.2025” oil painting, impressionist orange flower, signed framed

By Nelson H. White

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting by Nelson H. White (b. 1932, New London, CT) of an orange rise blossom against a black backdrop. Painted thickly with oil paint, a textural composition offers depth. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Clyde SingerPuddle Jumper. Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting., 1992

$3,500

H 15.5 in W 13.5 in

Puddle Jumper. Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting.

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

An ordinary scene of a woman walking down a sidewalk in the rain is elevated to a little gem of a painting. American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Puddle Jumper (...

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Late 20th Century American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Edith Emerson“Reflection (Self-Portrait)" 1951 Edith Emerson Woodmere American LGBTQ Pioneer, 1951

$7,500

H 28.5 in W 33.5 in D 1.75 in

“Reflection (Self-Portrait)" 1951 Edith Emerson Woodmere American LGBTQ Pioneer

Located in Yardley, PA

About this work: “Reflection (Self-Portrait)" 1951 by Edith Emerson (American, 1888-1981). An exceptional, large self-portrait by important Philadelphia artist, curator, muralist, a...

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1950s American Realist Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Previously Available Items

Willard DixonBald Headed Man - oil on canvas, 2018

Sold

H 19 in W 19 in D 2.5 in

Bald Headed Man - oil on canvas

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Bald Headed Man' a figurative painting that offers early evening drama at the beach with light falling on a lone male figure at the beach. Square canvas th...

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Late 20th Century Contemporary Willard Dixon Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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