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Item Ships From: England
Sally Coffiu - 2009 Oil, Portrait Of A Thinker
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary portrait of a bearded man, deep in thought. The artist has used large, textured strokes with a palette knife, to create a confident and immediate portrait. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Isabelle Mulvany - 2019 Gouache, Ready For The Apocalypse
By Isabelle Mulvany
Located in Corsham, GB
An incredibly vibrant and eye catching painting in gouache showing a young woman a hardened young woman sitting on the floor, smoking a cigarette in her boarded up home. She is surrounded by supplies for the apocalypse with an iPad at her side showing the breaking news...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - Framed 1992 Oil, The Geek
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful profile portrait by Clifford Hanley, of male driver speeding along in a bright orange vehicle. The painting is signed and dated to the right-hand side. Well presented in ...
Category
1990s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 20th Century Oil, Oxford St. Burst
Located in Corsham, GB
An vibrant modernist composition by artist Clifford Hanley, depicting a female figure caught in serious thought on the busy streets of Oxford. The painting is signed and dated to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1990 Oil, Acid Yellow
Located in Corsham, GB
A strikingly vibrant 20th Century oil, showing a man in his car bathed in bright sunlight. The artist's use of dynamic splatter work, confident colours and a closely cropped composit...
Category
1990s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1994 Oil, Mano Grande
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating portrait depicting a man in peering out of the window from the driver's seat. Painted in expressive brush strokes and a vibrant colour palette. Signed and dated to the ...
Category
1990s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - 1995 Oil, Dead New
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking portrait depicting a man sat in the driver's seat of a car. Captured in brilliant tones of red, with splatter of warm colours which add texture to the scene. Signed and da...
Category
1990s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century London Marathon Runners, dates 1984 signed SLL
Located in Blackwater, GB
Marathon Runners, dates 1984
signed SLL
Large 1980's Marathon Scene of runners during the race, oil on canvas signed and dated. Unique modern composi...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on canvas
60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches)
Signed and d...
Category
1950s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attrib. Islwyn Watkins (1938–2018) - 20th Century Oil, The Holy Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful and warm family portrait of Mary, Joseph and infant Jesus. The artist has used simplistic form and earthy colours to add an element of humility and groundedness to the sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mircea Marosin (1921-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Woman in White
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On card.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Oil - At Home In Purple
Located in Corsham, GB
A quirky and kitsch portrait of a young woman, dressed in purple, sitting in her purple home surrounded by green plants. This captivating painting is heavi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raff - Contemporary Oil, 8 Days A Week
Located in Corsham, GB
A fun and dynamic modernist painting in oil with a collage substrate. The piece shows eight stylised faces with various expressions. The artist has signed and inscribed at the revere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Girl In Yellow
Located in Corsham, GB
A serene portrait showing a young girl with dark hair and a softened gaze, wearing a yellow coat.
There is a label at the reverse with the artist's name and address, this has been p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Gentle Smile
Located in Corsham, GB
A warm and loosely painted portrait of a woman with a kindly smile in a ruffle necked shirt. The painting is unsigned on board. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Double Sided Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A double sided pair of oil portraits on board. One side shows a woman on a red background in three quarter profile, The other side shows a man on a grey blue ground, wearing glasses ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - 1996 Oil, Back to Dickensian Days
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower left-hand corner. There is a 'Mall Galleries' label on the reverse inscribed with additional details. Presented in an off-white frame with a gilt outer ...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Lady in Turtleneck
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower left-hand corner. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
K. Soe - Signed & Framed 1999 Oil, The Smoker
Located in Corsham, GB
Dim light illuminates a smoking woman in an impressionistic manner. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner. Well presented in a gilded wood frame with a line...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eric Lunzer - 1999 Oil, Composition with Seated Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant oil painting by Eric Lunzer, depicting a portrait composition of a seated female figure. Artist's name, title and date inscribed on a label to the reverse. Artist's name is...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Otto Conducts
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait of the Polish conductor , Otto Klemperer, showing him deeply involved in the music and the action of conducting an orchestra. There is a label at the reverse with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - 1981 Oil, Jennie
Located in Corsham, GB
A pensive portrait of a young female nude. The artist has signed and dated to the lower left corner. There is a label at the reverse with the title, the artist's name and address.
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Contemporary Oil, Simon
By Edward Lewis
Located in Corsham, GB
In this life study, paint has been applied in a fast, expressive manner to render a lively and expressive study of a nude. The artwork radiates energy in an honest and undiluted mann...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Framed Contemporary Oil, Impressionistic Portrait
By Edward Lewis
Located in Corsham, GB
A violet sky provides a glowing background to bold brush strokes, rendering an atmospheric portrait of a woman deep in thought. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed 20th Century Acrylic - Blonde Haired Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman with blonde hair set against a dark background. The expressive and broken brushwork creates a striking composition which is complimented by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Christopher Alexander (1926-1982) - 1948 Shoe Polish Drawing, A Portly Man
By Christopher Alexander
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine figurative portrait of a middle aged gentleman by the British artist Christopher Alexander ARE ARCA (1926-1982). Through a delicate treatm...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Gentleman of Distinction
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 7.25 x 5.5 inches
Framed size: 12.5 x 11 inches
Signed top left
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The British Blue with Acrylic on Canvas, Painting by Gerard Tunney
By Gerard Tunney
Located in Deddington, GB
The British blue by Gerard Tunney [2022]
A woman enjoys the company of her pet cat; a British blue, hence the unusual blue -grey colouring of the cats' coat
Additional information:...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Scottish Scene
By Alexander Rosell
Located in Naples, Florida
Scottish Scene
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe art, film star art, Hollywood art, celebrity art
By Gill Storr
Located in Deddington, GB
Mixed media on stretched canvas using image printing, decal paper, acrylics and gel/texture mediums.
Gill Storr artist with Wychwood Art. Gill Storr is a London born and based contemporary artist. Following an accomplished career in the graphic design industry, Gill has blended her artistry with her knowledge of design, drawing on previous creative inspirations to add zest and variation to the art pieces she creates. After diligently refining her style over a number of years, she now focuses purely on art and is an emerging artist with work in private collections in the UK and US. Gill has had a standout couple of years, establishing herself as a one to watch within the contemporary art scene, with much more to come in the near future. Gill’s evolution into the art world came about from her desire to add an element of tactility to her work and experience blended into one. Gill coins the phrase ‘deconstructed lens’ to describe her work, creating one-off contemporary pieces that incorporate multiple layers with the traditional medium of paints, oils and gels combined with photographic elements on the canvas, board and paper. Gill’s work serves as a juxtaposition of traditional photography, taking an image that can be stored, re-purposed and viewed from a range of perspectives and creating an original piece that forces the viewer to see the scene purely from the artists’ point...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
The New Hat, 20th Century British Oil Portrait Interior
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas on board
Image size: 15 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (40 x 55 cm)
Contemporary style frame
This sensitive portrait captures the use of contemporary dress of this lady beautifu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Penitent Saint Peter, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Penitent Saint Peter, 17th Century
School Of Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620)
Large 17th century Italian Old master depiction of the Penitent Saint Peter, oil...
Category
17th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Letter, Female Portrait, 20th Century German Artist, Signed and dated 1928
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 19'28'
Image size: 19 x 49 inches (48 x 124.5 cm)
Original Gilt frame
Johann Vincenz Cissarz
Johann Vincenz Cissarz was born on January 22nd 1873, Dan...
Category
1920s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 4 by Agent X, Original Digitally Produced Art
By Agent X
Located in Deddington, GB
Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 4 by Agent X [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Original Digital artwork on Canvas
Image size: H:147 cm x W:127 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Mini Sweets Diptych, Gavin Dobson, Two Limited Edition Prints, Food Artwork
By Gavin Dobson
Located in Deddington, GB
Mini Sweets Diptych by Gavin Dobson
Consists of
Mini Gummy Bear
Mini Cola Bottle
Each piece individually is £60
Each piece individually is H21cm x W14.8cm x D0.1cm
Both pieces so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Screen
Coffee Peloton Series XVII, Eliza Southwood, Coffee Artwork, Original Painting
By Eliza Southwood
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton Series XVII by Eliza Southwood [2021]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Oil Framed Painting - Portrait in Sepia
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT IN SEPIA
Size: 72 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A large and striking mid century modernist portrait in oil, painted onto board.
With a very distinctive dark sepia...
Category
1950s Expressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Blue Blouse
By Yves Meriel Bussy
Located in Naples, Florida
The Blue Blouse
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The First Taste
By Joan Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed lower right
Image size: 14 1/4 x 16 inches (36 x 40 1/2 cm)
Hand made frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious artist and illustrator. Born into an eminent...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Dolly' Bright Red Portrait painting of a woman's face, red hair, pearls, blue
By Ignacio Trelis
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Dolly' by Ignacio Trelis is a contemporary portrait painting of a woman's face with incredible bright red hair. Pearls and ribbon adorn her striking hair. Her piercing blue eyes dr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nylons and Bric-a-Brac by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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Nylons and Bric-a-Brac by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm (28 ³/₄ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1951
Provenance
Estate of the artist
With John Bensusan-Butt, cousin of the artist
G Hassell, 25th November 1988
With John Noott, 10th June 1992
Literature
K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 141 (illustrated)
Exhibition
London, Redfern Gallery, Recent Paintings: Orovida, 3rd-26th January 1952, no. 51
Artist biography
Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.
She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy.
Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects...
Category
1950s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gaze
Located in Belfast, GB
"Encountering the work of Ian Cumberland is a peculiar, unsettling experience, as if the viewer has intruded into a 'space' and a 'moment' to which they...
Category
2010s Realist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 17 x 23 1/2 inches (43 x 60 cm)
Contemporary William Kent hand made frame
Category
18th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait, 20th Century Jewish Artist Oil Painting
By Carl Felkel
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed bottom right
Image size: 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.25 x 43 cm)
Contemporary frame
The Artist
Painter Carl Friedrich Felkel was born in 1896, in Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) and was probably of Jewish descent. He initially studied under Walter Thor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of the Musician Mazzi
By Alfred Reth
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966
Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Portrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912
Technique: Original Signed Oil pain...
Category
1910s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
By Joseph Biel
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom left
Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
Joseph Biel
Joseph Biel was a painter and photographer who was born in ...
Category
20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Call
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 28 inches
Framed size: 21 x 33 inches
Signed lower left
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stay
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches
Framed size: 22.5 x 30.25 inches
Signed lower left
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Ferry Crossing At Sunset, Norfolk, 19th Century MILLER MARSHALL
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Ferry Crossing At Sunset, Norfolk, 19th Century
by MILLER MARSHALL (1850-1920)
Huge 19th Century sunset view of a Norfolk ferry crossing at sunse...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Father, Daughter and Horse by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Father, Daughter and Horse by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on canvas
60 x 73 cm (23 ⅝ x 28 ¾ inches)
Signed a...
Category
1940s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers At Rue De Anges Villeneuve-Loubet, circa 1920
Located in Blackwater, GB
Lovers At Rue De Anges Villeneuve-Loubet, circa 1920
Large circa 1920 portrait of two French Lovers at Rue De Anges, Villeneuve-Loubet, oil on canvas. S...
Category
Early 20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Was Here All Along
By Danny O'Connor
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Russian oil portrait of Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky by A. Ivasenko
By Anatolii Ivasenko
Located in London, GB
Russian oil portrait of Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky by A. Ivasenko
Russian, 1987
Frame: height 106cm, width 111cm
Canvas: height 95cm, width 100cm
This excellent portrait was executed by the artist A. Ivasenko, and depicts Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky, the famed Soviet filmmaker, and son of the noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky wasthe most important Soviet filmmaker after Sergei Eisenstein, and his approach to cinematic time and space, as well as his commitment to cinema as a form of poetry, means his oeuvre is regarded as one of the most defining collections of modern film. He first achieved international acclaim with 'Ivan's Childhood' in 1962, which won top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and other career highlights include 'Andrei Rublev...
Category
1980s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ice Cream Picnic by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Ice Cream Picnic by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on board
101 x 76 cm (39 ¾ x 29 ⅞ inches)
Signed and dated lower left Orovida 1953
Provenance
Richard Pissarro, gifted by the ar...
Category
1950s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider
Located in London, GB
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider (1848-1893)
Oil on canvas
2 parts, 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 ³/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches) each
Signed lower left on second panel, José Schneider
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Stanley Bate, 20th Century Musician
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73.5 cm)
Contemporary style gilt frame
Provenance
From the estate of the artist, Clara Klinghoffer
This portrait is by an artist who propelled rapidly into the limelight after her first solo exhibition in 1920, at the age of 19, with the Daily Graphic naming her as the 'Girl Who Draws Like Raphael'. Yet today Clara Klinghoffer's name is little know.
Klinghoffer's early success resulted in numerous portrait commissions, including this one of the English composer Stanley Bate. The bold use of colour and naive execution of this portrait clearly reveals the modernist influence of fellow Jewish artists such as Bernard Meninsky, Jacob Kramer and Mark Gertler...
Category
20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enjoying a Smoke
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 9.5 x 7 inches
Framed size: 13.25 x 11 inches
Signed upper right
Provenance: Private collection, Herefordshire
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Country Gentleman, early 20th Century by Charles Edwin Andrew
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Country Gentleman, early 20th Century
by Charles Edwin Andrew (1911-1996)
Large early 20th century portrait of an English country ...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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