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Item Ships From: USA
Korean Buddhist Guardian Mural Taenghwa Painting, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Evolving from the Korean tradition of tomb mural painting came the Buddhist practice of “taenghwa,” or hanging-painting, a form of religious painting that included hanging scrolls, framed paintings and wall murals. Influenced by Chinese and Central Asian Buddhist art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint, Pigment
French School Portrait of an Ottoman Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
French School, Portrait of an Ottoman, Oil on Canvas, 19th century, unsigned, giltwood frame. Image: 24" H x 19.5" W; frame: 30" H x 24.25" W.
Category
19th Century French School USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Connection - Original Dramatic Abstract Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Long Brown Hair Lying Nude Study Oil on Canvas Painting by Robert Roujas
Located in Atlanta, GA
An intimate and lyrical study by Robert Roujas (France, 1908-2000), this evocative oil on marouflé canvas painting captures a reclining nude seen from behind—serene, weary, and imbue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Canvas, Paint
Taco Truck, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A couple stands outside a taco truck, inspired by a September evening on East 2nd Street in the East Village. Artist Nick Savides was drawn to their interaction...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Into the Distance Portrait Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang
Title: Into the Distance
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2010
Style: Impressionism
Dimensions: 20" x 16" x 0.8" inch (51 x 41 x 2cm)
Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
Category
2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Mardi Gras - Abstract Vibrant Colorful Mixed Media Figurative Portrait Painting
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Sequins, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Emile Vernon (French, 1872-1919) Pink Roses Belle Epoque Oil Painting .
By Emile Vernon
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite genre painting showcases a darling slice of life for a young woman in the Belle Epoque era. Dressed in a frilly frock made of detailed lace, and wearing a v shaped pin...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Dr. Frederick A. Cook By Albert Operti
Located in New Orleans, LA
Albert Ludwig Operti
1852-1927 Italian-American
Portrait of Dr. Frederick Albert Cook
Oil on canvas
This highly rare portrait of the important Polar explorer, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, is the work of American artist Albert Ludwig Operti. Renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for his paintings of exploration, namely Arctic scenes, Operti was the only artist to accompany Robert Peary...
Category
20th Century Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"YOU'RE SILLY" (FRAMED) Painting 30" x 24" inch by Antonio Pelayo
By Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"YOU'RE SILLY" (FRAMED) Painting 30" x 24" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: Marker on paper
Size: 30" x 24" inch
Size framed: 34" x 27.5" inch
From Pelayo VS Pelayo exhibition:
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
"Portrait of a Lady (Study for Harriet Blake)" Lilian Westcott Hale, Painting
By Lilian Westcott Hale
Located in New York, NY
Lilian Westcott Hale
Portrait of a Lady (Study for Harriet Blake)
Oil on canvas
40 ¼ x 30 ¼ inches
A leading American Impressionist working at t...
Category
1920s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jaime #1" (2016) By Rebecca Mason Adams, Original B&W Photorealist Painting
By Rebecca Mason Adams
Located in Denver, CO
"Jaime #1" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting on a patterned bed, in a pale light dressed in casual att...
Category
2010s Photorealist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Amphibian Woman, Surrealist Oil Painting by Endre Szasz
By Endre Szasz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Endre Szasz, Hungarian (1926 - 2003) - Amphibian Woman, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on masonite, signed lower right, Size: 24 x 11.75 in. (60.96 x 29.85 cm), Frame Size: 38 x 2...
Category
1970s Surrealist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Agathodaemon, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
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. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004.
“Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$10,800 Sale Price
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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 USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of Qiang Woman", oil painting
By Wang Kun
Located in Denver, CO
Wang Kun's "Portrait of Qiang Woman" is an oil painting created in 2023 that depicts a traditional Qiang woman.
kun Wang(王琨), was born in Jilin Province of China in 1970.
His legs...
Category
2010s American Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portraits of a Lady & Gentleman
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of oil portraits of a lady & gentleman, probably husband & wife, attributed to Zedekiah Belknap (1781-1858). Belknap was born in Auburn, MA and graduated from Dartmouth College...
Category
Early 19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Portrait of Britt Daniel, " Original Oil Painting with Resin by Michael Carson
By Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Portrait of Britt Daniel" is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis...
Category
2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vincente Romero, Mademoiselle, original oil painting on canvas
By Vincente Romero Redondo
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Vincente Romero
Mademoiselle, 2022
Oil painting on canvas
Image Size: 39 x 25 inches
Frame Dimensions: 50 x 36 inches
Custom framed to museum standards
Category
2010s Modern USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Surreal Female Portrait Symbolic Rural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1930s Modern USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Enjoying Old Times
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Enjoying Old Times" by Charles Baker captures a poignant and joyful moment in the life of an older man, immersed in the beauty of nature. The painting features the man in the midst of a hike, his weathered walking stick in one hand, and a bottle of champagne in the other. His gaze is fixed on the bottle, a focused and content expression playing on his lips, suggesting a celebration of memories or perhaps a spontaneous toast to the present moment.
Baker’s use of warm, earthy tones highlights the natural surroundings, with the man standing against a backdrop of greenery, a rocky path, and a clear, open sky. The composition is rich in detail, from the rugged texture of the man’s clothes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angelo (male portrait)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Face Pic 34 (Angelo), 2025
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches; measuring 13 x 13 inches framed.
Signed, titled...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Conversation w/The Delivery Man, oil, 26x17, Lucca, Italy, Impressionism
By James Crandall
Located in Houston, TX
Conversation with the Delivery man was painted onsite in Lucca, Italy. The artists frequently travels to Lucca to paint.Look for shipping discount. Other available paintings shown below.
After a long career as a concept illustrator in the advertising and motion-picture industry, James Crandall...
Category
2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Nymph
By J Louis
Located in Chicago, IL
J Louis is both an heir and a heretic; carrying on a rich artistic tradition while subtly challenging its conventions. Evoking the lush atmospherics of Impressionist masters, Louis's...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,300
Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaic prayer scene
Subject: Landscape
Medium: watercolor
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
EMANUEL ROMANO
Rome, Italy, b. 1897, d. 1984
Emanuel Glicenstein Romano was born in Rome, September 23, 1897.
His father Henryk Glicenstein was a sculptor and was living in Rome with his wife Helena (born Hirszenberg) when Emanuel was born his father obtained Italian citizenship and adopted the name Enrico. Emanuel was brought up in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England and Poland.
In 1926 Emanuel and his father sailed for New York. They briefly visited Chicago. Romano's sister, Beatrice, and mother only joined them in New York years later.
Romano changed his name on his arrival to America and some have erroneously speculated that this was to avoid antisemitic anti Jewish discrimination. In truth, as the son of a highly-regarded artist, Romano changed his name to ensure that any success or recognition he would later attain, would be the result of nothing other than his own merit as an artist, and not on account of his father's fame.
In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately after World War II, Romano created a series of allegorical works depicting graphic holocaust images that were held closely by the family until after his passing. One of these works is now on permanent display in the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg Florida.
Emanuel's father died in 1942 in a car accident before they could realize their shared dream of visiting Israel.
In 1944 Romano, having completed his degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, began teaching at the City College of New York.
Romano moved to Safed, Israel in 1953 and established an art museum in his father's memory, the Glicentein Museum.
COLLECTIONS
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boston Fine Arts Museum
Fogg Museum
Musée Nacional de France
Recently his work has been added to the Florida Holocaust Museum collection. His notable works include his holocaust themed allegorical paintings as well as portraits of Marianne Moore, his father and William Carlos Williams...
Category
20th Century American Modern USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Girl Sitting on Wall
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life. This painting, titled Girl Sitting on Wall, 1956, is one of those perfect scenes that he d...
Category
1950s American Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Matador’s Wife
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 7.5 x 5.0625 inches
Framed 13.5 x 11.5 inches
In the manner of José Garcia Ramos (1852 - 1912) This is a beautifully framed 19th century Spanish School oil painti...
Category
Late 19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Man On A Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of John Wakefield Francis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
The Portrait of John Wakefield Francis by James Herring depicts a distinguished 19th-century American physician and educator. Dr. Francis, renowned for his pioneering work in medical...
Category
Early 19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Lonely Family: Jake" Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Featured in "Kevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
In "Lonely Family Reunion", local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant explo...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Crush Daddy (Erotic Male Dancer Portrait)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Face Pic 25 (Crush Daddy), 2025
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches; measuring 13 x 13 inches framed.
Signed, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Beach Boys
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS graduated in 2018 with an MFA from the University of New Orleans after leaving her medical practice of 25 years. She is represented by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, and belongs to the artist collective, “The Front,” both in New Orleans. Owens’ work is concerned with contributing to and preserving the black archive, and she uses personal super-8 film references in her painting and video art. Artist residencies include the Joan Mitchell Center, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Studios at MASS MoCA. She is slotted to attend the International Studio and Curatorial Program in NY in 2023. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society, and 21c Museum.
The artist says of her work…
In the sixties, my father was stationed at a military base in the deep South...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,500
Portrait of a Young Man, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
By Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman
Title: Portrait of a Man
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 11.5 x 8.5 inches
Frame: 14 x 11 inches
Category
1950s Modern USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1908 FEMALE AMERICAN ARTIST Impressionist ASHCAN School Woman at the OPERA
By Alice Mumford Roberts Culin
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a large portrait of a woman elegantly dressed before heading to the Opera. She is seen wearing a vivid pink dress with impressive detailing, holding a fan on her hand. Fantastic RARE Painting and fresh from an estate! Has not
Gone through Auction
Alice Mumford Roberts (1875-1950) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,. where she studied the fine arts under Joseph DeCamp, Carl Newman, and Robert Henri. She went to Europe in 1898 to study with the painter Marie Haughton. Alice Mumford lived in Spain for two years, continuing her painting studies with José Mara López Mezquita...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Tempestas" - Contemporary Nude Figurative Painting
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 USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Adam Styka (1890-1959) Portrait of an Orientalist Beauty
Located in New York, NY
Adam Styka, Polish (1890-1959)
Portrait of an orientalist beauty
Signed Adam Stryka (ll)
Oil on panel
Framed 20 x 17 inches
12.5 x 10 inches (31.8 x 25.4 cm)
Category
19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Model Shelly in Red Scarf"
By John Bazadona
Located in Astoria, NY
John Bazadona (American, 1948-2000), "Model Shelly in Red Scarf", Oil on Canvas, 1974, signed and with Art Students League of New York label to verso, unframed. 50" H x 36" W. Proven...
Category
1970s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Portrait on Horseback in Oil on Wood, Western n°13_Swan Scalabre
By Swan Scalabre
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°13"
Oil on Wood
11.25 x 13.25 in.
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women,...
Category
2010s Romantic USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$2,640 Sale Price
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"ALAS" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo
By Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"ALAS" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper
Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Isaac Pelayo is a head o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Spray Paint
Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)
By Anne-Louise Ewen
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)," (2021) by artist Anne-Louise Ewen is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 24" x 20" x 1.5". The painting features pink, oran...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shovel and Shellfish_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Figurative
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Shovel and Shellfish"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
22.5" x 18" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Ame...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,580 Sale Price
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"Is It Okay to Keep You in Mind" pink acrylic portrait of woman, green earrings
Located in Edgartown, MA
In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become in...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Woman's Beauty, 10x8" watercolor
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew
Watercolor Portrait
10x8" image size
20x18" framed (behind glass)
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009
"Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons."
Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career that lasted 17-years. Beginning in 1992, she studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading', Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading' by George Richmond, RA.
Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy, Framed Oil
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Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (Brit...
Category
1840s Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Black Woman's Honor, 14x11" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew
Oil 14x11" image size, Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price ...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kiss Me (Besame) The Paris Series Impressionism France Oil on Canvas Framed
By Cristian Mesa Velazquez
Located in Houston, TX
JUST ARRIVED SEPTEMBNER 2024
KISS ME BESAME is a new painting from the studio of Cuban artist Cristian Mesa Velazquez. Kiss Me is an oil painting done in the Realist Style of conte...
Category
2010s Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Petit Thinker
By Timoleon Marie Lobrichon
Located in Greenwich, CT
A student of the great French academic Bouguereau, Lobrichon has done a moving and entrancing depiction of a young girl mid-gaze. Beautifully painted and done in a circular format t...
Category
1860s Barbizon School USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mood in Orange, " Oil Painting
By Suchitra Bhosle
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Mood in Orange" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman, in vivid orange clothing, tilting her head a...
Category
2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Golden Eyes - Portrait of a Woman with a Piercing Gaze, Original Oil Painting
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Gibbons' painting "Golden Eyes" shows a portrait of a beautiful young woman. Her piercing gaze brings the viewer in for a closer look. Her sultry, yellow eyes are intoxicatin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Grammy Day (huge original painting)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 60 x 45
inches. Peter Max studio catalog number and date on verso.
Dated, ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Austrian School Family Portrait
Located in Astoria, NY
Austrian School, Family Portrait, Oil on Canvas, late 19th century, depicting a husband and wife with young child in a garden, surrounded by cherubs, signed "Pawlicek" lower right, g...
Category
Late 19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pomona, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pomona reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that history flows into the present in an ever-changing state. And, with each new context, we view people and events through a contemporary lens specific to that moment.
Pomona appropriates and contextualizes original portrait elements to create reinvented portraits using technique and patterning that brings a contemporary context and perspective to these historically inspired portraits.
My current body of work, Contemporary Histories, explores this phenomena by re-interpreting historical portraiture using a contemporary visual language. It is my intent to create a modern visual lens through which to view these individuals and their legacies, as they continue to flow into the present in ever-changing states.
As a keen example of how history changes and morphs over time, I have selected portraits of women who chose an alternate path from the traditional ones prescribed in their times. Some of these individuals overtly stepped outside the traditional roles prescribed for women to realize their goals. Others astutely maneuvered within the social system they lived in to obtain their aspirations. Whether altruistic or nefarious, these women and their actions altered the future cultural landscape. Through a 21st century lens, we view them as women with minds of their own, who made choices to control their own lives and futures. Often, in stark contrast to how they were viewed and how their actions were recorded in their own times.
For a modern visual language, a combination of fine and decorative arts has inspired my approach to this subject. Employing several formal contemporary tenets, most notably, rather than place the figure in a 3-dimensional space, as in the originals, the figures reside in flat graphic picture planes of damask designs, repetitive patterns or botanical grounds as modern settings for their modern legacies.
These graphic backgrounds symbolize what was historically considered a woman’s proper domain, in particular, gardening and needle crafts, such as; quilting, embroidery and sewing. Formally, unlike the originals, I am working alla prima, rather than with a base grisaille and delicate layers of glazing. While, the patterned and botanical environments, along with gold leaf applications, contemporary compositions and color palettes are formally influenced by a spectrum of 19th - 21st century artists and artisans; from Gustav Klimt and the Wiener Werkstatte to Henri Rousseau, Tamara de Lempicka and Will Cotton.
BIO
Honora Jacob...
Category
2010s Realist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Blue Dress Young Woman Oil on Canvas Painting by Maurice Ehlinger
By Maurice Ambroise Ehlinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maurice Ambroise Ehlinger (1896–1981) — Portrait of Mademoiselle France Noël, 1957. Radiating timeless Parisian elegance, this exceptional mid-century oil on canvas by noted French p...
Category
1950s Modern USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"NYC Gal" Woman in Dolce & Gabbana Haute Couture Sunglasses Pop Art Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a pop art portrait of a woman in Haute Couture Dolce and Gabbana Sunglasses made from pieces of glass which give the painting a sparkle when viewing it in perso...
Category
2010s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Glass
Tibetan Thangka of Chenresi, Gouache on Linen
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even in their homes. The rich red, orange, green, and blue hues are still incredibly vibrant on ...
Category
Early 19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Silk, Gouache, Pigment
"Adrift" (2023), Original Impressionist Abstract Female Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ryan Morse's (US based) "Adrift" is an original, handmade oil painting created in 2023 that is unframed but ready to hang.
Artist Bio:
Ryan Morse is a Denver based freelance artist ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surrealist Acrylic Portraiture Painting, "Clark" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 8.5” x 11.5” x 2” Surrealist Acrylic Portrait Painting by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or delivery.
“Gopher...
Category
2010s Surrealist USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman
By Charles Ellis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting
Signature: Unsigned
Contact for dimensions.
Category
20th Century USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of William, April, 2020, Seated Male Wearing Gray Hoodie, Original Oil
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Waiting - it is what we all have been doing during this tumultuous year. Artist Peter Lupkin is no different. In his work entitled "Portrait of William, April, 2020" a family membe...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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