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Item Ships From: Bay Area
19th Century Oil Portrait of Two Sisters With Their Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eduard Leonardus Roelant (1842-1883, Belgium)
Outstanding antique oil portrait on wooden panel of two fashionably dressed sisters picking flowers as they walk their dog in a country...
Category
Mid-19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840
Outstanding oil portrait of a young family revealing a painting of the matriarch of the family, possibly a mourning portrait.
Original o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Rembrandt "The Prodigal Son in the Tavern" Old Master Style Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
After Rembrandt
"The Prodigal Son in the Tavern"
Old Master Style Painting
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Oil on Canvas
36.75 x 44.5 unframed
40.5" x 48.5" framed
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Car Wash
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Car Wash' a highly collectable 48 x 48 inch oil on canvas painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, framed in a contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Goals In Mind
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Goals In Mind' 2020 is a portrait of a man. Acrylic on paper 12.5 x 9.5 inches unframed and 13 x 10 inches framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Etienne Ret Mixed Media Portrait of a Newsboy C.1974
By Etienne Ret
Located in San Francisco, CA
Etienne Ret Mixed Media Portrait of a Newsboy C.1974
Original mixed media with oil and newspaper
Dimensions 16" wide x 21" high
The frame measures 25" wide x 31" high
Signed and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Newsprint
(Untitled) Portrait of A Distinguished Man in A Bowler Hat
Located in San Francisco, CA
In 1961, there would have been a chauffeured Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine waiting for this gentleman curbside. Perhaps he was a new ambassador paying his respects to a head of gov...
Category
1960s American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Young Child by Henton c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful antique portrait of a charming young girl c.1910
The painting is created with oils on board. Dimensions 8" x 11.5". The frame measures 13" x 16.5".
The painting is in go...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Framed in black: Male: 6.25x7.75, unframed 5.5x7
Framed in black: Female: 4.75x6.25, unframed 2.x2.75
Gilded frame: Female: ...
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
19th century male portrait, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century male portrait, painting
Oil on canvas
No visible signature,
25 x 30 unframed
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century "Musicians" Original Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th Century "Musicians" Original Oil Painting
Fine oil portrait of two musicians
One flute player, one drummer
Original oil on linen over board
Dimensions 31" wide x 40.5" h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pitcher, Plums and Wine
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Pitcher, Plums and Wine, by artist Frédéric Choisel, who lives and works in Paris, France, painted this dramatic and creamy white pitcher with a plums and glass of wine. Professiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Maurice Evans Original Mixed Media Portrait 20th Century
By Maurice Evans
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maurice Evans Original Mixed Media Portrait 20th Century
Outstanding original portrait
Acrylics and Oil on Paper
Dimensions 15.5" wide x 23.5" high
T...
Category
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Young Aristocrat with Pet Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style, “Young aristocrat with pet dog”. The work is a modern copy of a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, first lord of Van Cortlandt manor in NY. ...
Category
18th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Oil Painting of Madonna and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Oil Painting of Madonna and Child
Oil on canvas. Approximate dimensions 20" wide x 24" high.
The frame is approximately 22" wide x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Personal Throne
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
"A Personal Throne", a figurative work in multi color, including mainly gray and blue with red. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22.5 inches / framed 35 x 27.5 inches. John Casado’s painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dutch Masters
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Dutch Masters, 2021' a highly collectable 40 x 60 inch oil on canvas painting featuring the Dutch Masters logo from the side of a metal walled panel truck by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th to 19th Century English Oil Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th Century English Oil Portrait
Original oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions 26" wide x 34" high
The frame measures 31.75" wide x 39" hig...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959
Original oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions 31" wide x 39" high
The frame measures 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amaryllis
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Amaryllis', by artist Frédéric Choisel, who lives and works in Paris, France, painted this dramatic, creamy white, amaryllis flower bursting full bloom on green stalks against a dar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
Pair of 19th C. American Oval Portraits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th century American oval portraits of a couple, possibly husband & wife
Oil on canvas
21.5 x 26.5
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paul Marigny Female Portrait Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Classic Paul Marigny (1922-1998, French) painting of 2 young ladies with flowers.
Oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions 24" x 36"
Frame dimensions 30" x 42"
Category
Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Someone / Never Met
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
A portrait of a man. Acrylic on paper 14 x 11 inches unframed and 15 x 12 inches framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and featuring real and imagined ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Martin Luther King / Once Upon a TIme
By Elaine Badgley Arnoux
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Portrait of Martin Luther King' or 'A Black Man on a Black Horse; from Badgley Arnoux's 'Once Upon A Time' series is an oil painting on canvas — 72 x 66 inches. The grand artwork ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Young Woman
By Adriano Goby
Located in San Francisco, CA
Adriano Goby 19th century oil portrait of a beautiful young lady, circa 1890s
Superb antique oil portrait, possibly, French. The painting is signed in the upper left corner (see pic...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
What Did I Say?
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
'What Did I Say?'' 2019 is a portrait of a lady. Acrylic on paper 25.5 x 20 inches unframed and 25.5 x 20 framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Whisper
By Myron Stephens
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat
As is
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who Are These Angels CXVI
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is Who Are These Angels CXVI, an original oil painting.
About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Celebration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alejandro Rubio
Celebration, 2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
This one-of-a-kind oil painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet
Finely detailed portrait miniature of an older woman wearing a lace bonnet.
No visible signature.
Dimensi...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Tree
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Family Tree' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with seriou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Ferdinand Heilbuth Lady and her Dog
By Ferdinand Heilbuth
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ferdinand Heilbuth: 1826-1889. Well listed very important 19th century French painter. He was born in Germany but lived and painted mostly in France becoming a French citizen in 1876...
Category
1860s Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Frida
By Jack Hooper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Hooper
Portrait of Frida, 1999
Collage on monoprint
Unframed dimensions: 33.50 x 29 inches
Framed dimensions: 43.50 x 39 inches
This one-of-a-kind portrait of Frida Kahlo is ha...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Monoprint
Carnival Faire / 1994 important figurative painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dazzling figurative painting, Carnival Faire, from artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 1994. The work features a woman attending an an inner city carnival with purchased food. Brilliant c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Samuel Seeberger - Portrait of Louise-Marie of France
By Samuel Seeberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
Samuel Seeberger(French) Portrait of Louise-Marie of France
After Jean-Marc Nattier
Oil on wood panel
11.5" x 15.5" unframed, 15.5" x 19.5" framed
Category
Early 20th Century French School Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid 20th Century Oil Portrait of a Fashionable Young Woman by Barrow c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th Century Oil Portrait of a Fashionable Young Woman by Barrow c.1970
Bright, bold and colorful painting - Classic vintage oil portrait
Or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Arthur J. Krakower "Suffer - But It Was Worth It" Oil Painting c.1999
By Arthur Krakower
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic Original Oil Painting by Noted California Artist Arthur J. Krakower (1921-2009)
Titled "Suffer - But It Was Worth It - Wasn't It?"
Signed and dated 1999.
Original oil on...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 19th Century Woman in Black Dress and Lace Cap Original Oil Painting c.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Woman in Black Dress and Lace Cap Original Oil Painting c.1840
A fine portrait of an elegant matron with the lappets of her cap held together by a fancy brooch
Ori...
Category
Mid-19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carol Aus Portrait of a Lady In Spectacular 19th Century Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carol Aus: 1878-1934 Listed artist born in Norway and lived in Chicago. She studied in Paris at Julien Academy. She painted 7 covers for the Saturday Evening Post. She was also we...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Old Jewish Scholar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous little gem oil painting. Looks to be a Rabbi or Jewish scholar. It is signed, could be March? not sure. The professional frame measures 14 inches high by 12 1/4 wide and has silk matting...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chandelier
By Devorah Jacoby
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A beautiful, haunting portrait of a woman under a chandelier.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who Are These Angels CXV
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is an original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas.
About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career by studying graphic design in Tokyo, followed by several years working as a designer, before switching to oil painting. Now located in the United States, Naoko continues to develop her style through different series of paintings that have varying degrees of abstraction. By bridging representational with non-representational forms, the artist seeks to stir personal memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery and drama,” she says. Naoko is also passionate about color. She mixes her paints based on the intuitive emotions that different colors can trigger within the viewer, and within herself.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Camisole: A.P. / mixed media
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
mixed media on paper - Stabilo pencil, Prismacolour, watercolor, water crayon, gouache, ink, dry pigment. The artwork is 12 x 9 inches. The outer dimension of the frame (white washed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sin Título (Untitled)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Mendoza
Untitled, 1997
Oil on paper
13.70 x 19.50 inches
This one-of-a-kind painting on paper comes unframed and is signed and dated by the artist.
Years ago, while mournin...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
19th century French Portrait of Matron
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century French Portrait of Matron
Oil on Aluminum
No visible signature
10 x 12.5 unframed, 15.5 x 18 framed
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untold Story no. 17
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Goodman was born in California and graduated from the University of California at Davis. He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vessel no. 3
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Vessel no. 3' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious themes including global ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Dad's Lesson / oil on canvas - skateboard father and son
By William Rushton
Located in Burlingame, CA
Father and son skateboard together. One wonders who is teaching who, in this vibrant impasto painting by William Rushton. Oil on canvas and framed in a clear maple hardwood floater f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
(Untitled) A Woman of Consequence
Located in San Francisco, CA
The realist portrait is of a no-nonsense woman. A mystery woman, one accustomed to being respected. By her subdued costume, not selected to flatter her, as well as by her analytical ...
Category
1890s Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait No. 2
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
An early painting from 1991 by Kim Frohsin. Figurative self portrait with complex coloration (burgundy, gold, pale blue) and indigo cast shadow. Heavy acrylic on masonite panel. 18 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untold Story no. 8
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Goodman was born in California and graduated from the University of California at Davis. He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resurrection
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Resurrection' features the head of a reclining young reddish blond haired women wearing a cloak of lady bugs. It is 6 x 8 inches, unframed, wired and ready to hang. Condition excell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Figure no. 2
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Goodman was born in California and graduated from the University of California at Davis. He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untold Story no. 6
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Goodman was born in California and graduated from the University of California at Davis. He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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