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Item Ships From: Continental US
Man on the Island w/ White Linen Towel_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Man on the Island with White Linen Towel"
Acrylic on Pink Linen
88.5 x 52.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and cou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
$18,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
"Hyperbole" - Contemporary Nude Figurative Painting, Framed
By Louis Braquet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Braquet is a top-selling artist in New Orleans, and as his paintings sell out quickly at the Royal Street gallery that represents him we are thrilled to have been chosen to sho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
Deity of Human Origin #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Nates
Deity of Human Origin #6, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
33 x 20 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Sergio Nates (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Quiet Spark Mask" Child's Portrait with Sparkler and Mirror Elements
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Quiet Spark Mask" is an original painted dimensional work by Sarah Detweiler and is part of Detweiler's "Spectrum of Curiosities" series, featuring whimsical portr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mirror, Wood, Oil, Acrylic Polymer
Portrait of Mrs. Johnstone
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in Miami, FL
This is one of Raeburns best works from his best period that is not in a museum or private collection.
Three-quarter length portrait, seated in a white dress with a black scarf over...
Category
Early 1800s Realist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$184,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS (American-Israeli, b. 1931),
''David and Saul'', 1982,
Gouache on paper
Hand signed and dated lower right, titled in pencil on paper verso.
Provenance: Estate of Laura Fisher...
Category
1980s Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Portrait of a Woman" Edward Percy Moran, Early American Portrait, Bucolic
By Edward Percy Moran
Located in New York, NY
Edward Percy Moran
Portrait of a Woman
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
30 x 20 inches
Provenance:
The Madison Gallery, Atlanta
Percy Moran was the son of marine painter Edward Mo...
Category
1890s Academic Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ophelia - Original Earthy Floral Feminine Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
By Naomi Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Jones’s evocative figurative painting captures the essence of feminine serenity and nature-inspired symbolism. This soulful portrait features a peaceful woman with flowing aubu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer
Rare Jewish Yemenite Woman Oil Painting Israeli Girl Judaica Itamar Siani
By Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Yemenite Israeli (Born 1941)
Oil on Canvas
"Portrait of a Seated Woman"
Hand signed lower left
Dimensions: 26.25" x 17.75". Frame measures 38.25" x 30"
Itamar Sian...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
High Contrast Tug with Club Graphic Street Violence - Untitled
By Cleon Peterson
Located in Miami, FL
Tug with Club Street Violence rendered in high contrast dayglow like red and inky black black.
Untitled, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 24-1/4 inches (91.4 x 61.6 cm)
Signed and dated ...
Category
2010s Street Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN
By Steve Kaufman
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Stretched. All reasonable of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,500 Sale Price
50% Off
"Unknown Legend" colorful portrait of an enigmatic face in nature, oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Unknown Legend" is a colorful portrait of an enigmatic face in nature, an oil painting.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Agave, Oil on canvas, abstract figurative painting with cheetah woman
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$7,360 Sale Price
20% Off
"La Capelin Bleue"
By Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New York, NY
It is a perfect portrait., the background does not conflict with the portrait. Great detail by the artist instead of being sparse.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Etienne Billet Portrait of William H. Fitch Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Etienne Billet (French, 1821-1888), Portrait of William Harold Fitch, Oil on Canvas laid on Board, circa 1870, signed mid left, inscribed "William Harold Fitch / of Marseilles France...
Category
1870s Academic Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Signed, two sided figurative painting with portraits by renowned painter
By Alfred Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Jensen
Untitled two sided painting, 1947
2-sided gouache painting on board (one portrait is vertical; the other horizontal)
29 × 23 7/20 inches
Signed and dated in paint on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Jessica Leonard, "Across the Board", Black and White Equine Oil on Canvas
By Jessica Leonard
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This black and white equestrian piece, "Across the Board", by artist Jessica Leonard is a 16x40 oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of horse with focus on the eyes. The dras...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Romanian Woman watercolor by Sandu Liberman
By Sandu Liberman
Located in New York, NY
Sandu Liberman (1923-1977)
Untitled, c. mid-20th century
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 13 1/4 x 10 in.
Framed: 22 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Sandu Liberman
Sandu Liberm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sand Surfer #1
By Billy Schenck
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Femme aux Souliers Noir (Woman in Black Shoes)
By Jules Pascin
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intimate portrait was composed by the Bulgarian-born French Expressionist painter Jules Pascin. Known as the "Prince of Montparnasse," Pascin made a name for himself throughout ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Giver
By Clarence James
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence
Title: The Giver
Date: 2025
Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 20"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Alphabet Marilyn" Violet/Shocking Pink, 38x31",
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to present Ceravolo's "Alphabet Series" of iconic portraits. Ceravolo has been a master of creating intriguing portraits of iconic personalities for more then 4 deca...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Monoprint, Archival Pigment
Original Political Art "Fight" by Serg Graff Acrylic Painting, Framed, with COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original acrylic painting on canvas in a bold naive primitivism style by Serg Graff, titled "Fight."
This dynamic and highly textured piece serves as a vivid expres...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Silence" (2022) by Kristen Santucci, Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Kristen Santucci's "Silence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a partial portrait of a blond female with a white wing.
Kristen grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland. She was always creative as a child and had an interest in art, but it wasn’t until she moved to Florida in 1988 and worked as a picture framer that she started painting.
Florida’s sunsets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Phone Call and What She Said (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young woman holds a telephone, stalling to relay the news to the person at the end of the line. Her focused gaze commands attention. Artist Mark Cudd used a l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vertumnus, Oil Painting by William Skilling, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By William Skilling
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Skilling, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Title: Vertumnus
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 42 in. x 36 in. (106...
Category
1950s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Half Brothers
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
[ New Orleans, LA :: b.1959, Augsburg, Germany ]
In 1959, Ruth Owens was born to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her chi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Die Sängerin, " Dorothea Stefula, illustration, acrylic, figurative, ca 1950-60
By Dorothea Stefula
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Dorothea Stefula was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1914 and studied at the art academy in Hamburg. Stefula illustrated numerous children's books, designed postage stamps, painted fresc...
Category
1950s Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SUNDAY IN THE PARK
By Otto Aguiar
Located in Aventura, FL
Embossed screenprint on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Otto de Souza Aguiar (Brazilian 1938–2006), the son of a highly respected Brazilian general, graduated with honors and was awarded a Master's Degree in Graphic Art and Drawing from the University of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After teaching drawing and design to aspiring architects, Otto began the extensive travels through Europe that were his induction into the world of High Fashion and Interior Design. As one of Brazil's top models, his engagements took him to Milan, Paris, and London. There, with his assignments in Harper's Bazaar Italia and others of the world's most prestigious publications, Aguiar developed an inspired aesthetic perception, which manifests itself boldly in his dramatic blending of sumptuous color, texture and gilding. Uncompromising in his thirst for creativity, Otto has combined his vast fashion and theatrical background with his diversified experience in the Visual Arts. Thus, his work has been characterized by the portrayal of elegance and grace. His inner tranquility manifests in his paintings as he recaptures the lush topical beauty of the Brazilian beaches...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Screen
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil on board group portrait of three musicians playing t...
Category
1960s Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bloomingdales New York City Window Display
By Antonio Lopez
Located in Miami, FL
This spectacular mural size painting was commissioned as a commercial assignment for a Bloomingdale's window backdrop. It's of monumental size and a rare statement piece. It was pu...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Queen Jane" colorful & enigmatic oil painting portrait of woman looking down
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Queen Jane" is a colorful & enigmatic oil painting portrait of a woman looking down.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a bloc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marilyn vs JFK & JFK vs Marilyn
By Alex Guofeng Cao
Located in New York, NY
In a captivating new collection, Alex Guofeng Cao dazzles audiences with his unique twist on instantly recognizable images. Inspired by history and pop culture, Cao manipulates one iconic image to create another in his extraordinary large-scale works. From a distance, the pieces appear to be a singular image but as the viewer approaches closer, you find each work is a masterfully crafted compilation of minute detailed images layered next to one another, creating a mesmerizing and hypnotic optical illusion.
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all of his works, from striking black and white pieces to stunning explorations in high-definition color. He cleverly mirrors this visual contrast in his subject matter by subverting the main image and creating a dialogue between the macrocosm and microcosm.
Take the piece, Ali vs Armstrong; here we see the iconic image of Muhammed Ali’s victory composed of thousands of tiny portraits...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ballerina, Clown and Festival Performers - like Edgar Degas
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Miami, FL
It is a work by Edgar Degas? A stunning and beautiful study of three members of a fair in an off moment. Dramatic underlighting creates a dramatic mood. Deftly rendered in the ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure Painting, Nature, Green Flora, Picnic Among the Ferns by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Picnic Among the Ferns"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 60 inches 41.5 x 61.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Americ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Reclining Girl in Traditional Dress, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - )
Title: Reclining Girl in Traditional Dress
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 38 x 51 in. (96.52 x 129.54 cm)
Frame Size:...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street Dancer (Betty Boop Snoopy), large original painting
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; hand signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Custom painted white frame by Jozza. Frame size approx 47 x 42 inches. Canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,000 Sale Price
50% Off
I Dream in Color_James Wolanin_Acrylic/Gloss Varnish/Panel_Retro_Pop_Portrait
By James Wolanin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN
"I Dream in Color"
Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel
48 x 48 inches
______________________
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
$8,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"FORGOTTEN CARYATIDS" Oil Painting 39" x 47" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"FORGOTTEN CARYATIDS" Oil Painting 39" x 47" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Indian - Androscoggin River Falls, Manufacturers National Bank Study
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
Category
1960s American Realist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Nasser Ovissi, 'Iranian, Born 1934' "Three Seated Girls" Oil on Canvas Painting
By Nasser Ovissi
Located in Queens, NY
Nasser Ovissi, (Iranian, Born 1934) "Three Seated Girls" oil on canvas painting
Very fine quality painting by Persian Artist Nasser Ovissi who is considered to be known as the "Picasso of Iran".
A true modern Iranian masterpiece depicting three Safavid style seated girls with a bowl of Pomegranates.
Oil on canvas, framed.
Signed.
Canvas Size: 30" high x 40" wide
Frame Size: 32" high x 42" wide
Nasser Ovissi is an American-Iranian painter whose work is characterized by stylized figures of Arabic women and horses. Set amidst geometric patterns and decorative elements, his figures seem to merge into and out of the space behind them. “My work is dedicated to the beauty of life and I hope those who experience my work will walk away with an experience of beauty.” Born in Tehran, Iran in 1934, Ovissi studied Law and Political Sciences at the University of Tehran before studying Fine art at Beaux Fine Art in Rome. The artist has achieved numerous awards and honors, including being exhibited at the 1959 Paris Biennial and a grand prize at the 1962 Biennale of fine arts of Tehran. Ovissi lives and works in Reston, VA. His works are included in the collections of the Contemporary Art Museum in Madrid and the National Art Gallery of Greece in Athens.
Artist Exhibitions:
1957 Tehran, First Prize
1959 Paris Biennial
1960 Tehran, Exhibition in Farhang Hall, during the International Congress of Music
1961 Exhibition in Bombay, India
New Delhi, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Tehran, Iran, First Prise in Drawing Competition
1962 Tehran Biennial (Abyaz Palace), Grand Prize of the Biennial
Venice, Italy Biennial
1963 Paris, Museum of Modern Art; Exhibition of Iranian Painters
Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
1964 Tehran Biennial, Grand Prize
1965 Rome, National Museum of Oriental Art
1966 Milan, San Fedele Gallery
1968 Rome: Gallery 88
Florence, International Biennial of Graphic Arts
New York, Columbia University, Modern Iranian Art...
Category
20th Century Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dance Interlude, c. 1910-20
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Oil on board
Provenance
Estate of Marjorie MacMonnies Wysong (the artist's granddaughter); Hap Moore Auctions; Martin Ferrick Antiques
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, American Women Artists: 1860–1960, October 13–November 10, 2017.
Description
During her expatriate career, between the mid-1880s and return to the United States in 1920, painter and muralist Mary Fairchild MacMonnies (later Low) was one of the most successful American women artists of her generation. Mary Fairchild was born in Connecticut, but was raised largely in St. Louis, Missouri. Inspired by her mother's work as a painter of miniatures and dissatisfied as a school teacher, she enrolled in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, where she led a movement for women to be permitted to draw model posed in the nude, an important component of artistic training then considered improper for well-bred young women. Impressed by her talent and drive, the school's director, Halsey Ives...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Conflab" Oil on Canvas 18x22"
By George Underwood
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the oil...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn
Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951
Watercolor gouache on board
Signed on the front
Frame included: held in vintage modern frame
Measurements:
Framed:
11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75
Painting
4.5 inches by 6 inches
Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso
Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City.
Provenance
Associated American Artists
Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti.
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti.
ADLOF DEHN
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895 - 1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
Category
1950s Modern Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Female Fencer, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Alfred J. Cammarata
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 40.00" x 30.00", Framed 47.00" x 37.00"
Cover of the Saturday Evening Post, April 1, 1933.
Category
1930s Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Men's Fashion from the Groovy 1970s - Dragon Fly Rene Magritte Clouds
By Wilson McLean
Located in Miami, FL
This surreal Men's Fashion illustration with a dragonfly is staged in an inside/outside setting against dreamlike Rene Magritte clouds. Of particular note is how the artist cropped t...
Category
1970s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head in the Clouds, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A graceful and ethereal figure stands with her back to the viewer. Centered in the composition, the woman is clad in a voluminous, soft lavender-white gown that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Smile Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Smile
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 36" x 36" x 1" (91 x 91 x 3 cm)
Year: 2019
Unframed, Stretched on wo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barack Obama
Located in Rye, NY
Bret Reilly’s “Crumpled” series seamlessly intertwines the ethereal essence of Impressionism with the dreamlike distortion of surrealism, blurring the line between canvas and sculpt...
Category
2010s Kinetic Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
1966 Spiderman - Colorful Pop Art Comic Book Super Hero Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Country Gentleman (An Early Thanksgiving)
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated 'N.C. Wyeth' (Lower Left)
The Country Gentleman, vol. 91, no. 11, November 1, 1926, cover illu...
Category
1920s Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bust of a young woman in profile
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Naples, Florida
Bust of a young woman in profile
Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927)
JEUNE FEMME EN BUSTE, DE PROFIL À DROITE
Color drypoint, circa 1900, on wove paper, signed and annotated 29 in pencil,...
Category
19th Century Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$4,250 Sale Price
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"Demon" (FRAMED) Painting 33" x 27" inch by Antonio Pelayo
By Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Demon" (FRAMED) Painting 33" x 27" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: "Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate
Artist Antonio Pelayo, born in Glendale, California, and yet raised fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau, circa 1950
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s Portrait in Gouache by Belgian Artist Max Moreau (1902–1992)
A beautifully executed mid-century portrait depicting a young girl with gentle features and a serene expression, ev...
Category
1950s Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Figurative/Pop/Portrait_Acrylic, Swarovski_Fly High Butterfly, Anja Van Herle
By Anja Van Herle
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Fly High Butterfly"
Acrylic & Swarovski Crystal on Panel
36 x 36 inches
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artw...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
"Wisdom" Contemporary portrait of black woman with white hair and floral crown.
Located in Edgartown, MA
Lily Sol’s current work “Flower Goddess” is a symbol of blooming into her true self and honoring the divine femine energy within all of us. Through her paintings she is able to celebrate the fierce women in her life and shine light on the diverse and unique beauty of cultures around the world. She loves exploring different mediums in her art journal, playing with collage, acrylic paints, watercolors, and pressed blooms. While painting she tries to stay in an intuitive mindset and allow her works to transform naturally—always seeking the harmony between staying loose yet in control, yin & yang of life. Bright colors, a playlist she can dance...
Category
2010s Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century "The Emigrants" Pierre Bosco #34 (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Emigrants" #34
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears i...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Studio Sketch of Dmitri", Surrealist, Tan, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Dmitri” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in tans, greys, blues and whites. When he arrived at the studio Dmitri was immedia...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Donna Isham Gold Portrait Face Female Bright Colors Abstract Figurative Blue
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pheobe is part of a series of abstract portraits Donna Isham created in 2022. Bold brush strokes and the use of brilliant colors form into confident and strong female images.
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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