Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1911 Title: A Belle Maman, New York Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. framed: 27.5 x 18.5 inches canvas: 25.75 x 16.7...

This beautiful British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted and much exhibited female artist Maud Marion Wear. Wear trained at the Royal Academy Schools in London for five yea...

Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting by Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942) . Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Measuring: 23 by 27 inches overall, and 18...

This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...

The French Chateau French School, early 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition with...

A fine, characterful late Victorian portrait of a portly gentleman with a warm smile and an impressive mustache. The artist has used fine brush work to create delicate skin tone and ...

Portrait of a Fashionable Lady French School, early 20th century oil on canvas framed: 28 x 24 inches canvas: 22 x 19.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very g...

"Big Ben in Garden" Antique Dog Portrait of a Bulldog Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949) Pastel on paper Circa 1900 13 x 9 (17 x 12) inches Though he made his reputation with large...

Antique American impressionist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.

A dynamic narrative painting titled A Surprise Dinner Guest (or An Unexpected Guest), showing the moment an outdoorsman sees the bear approaching his snowy campsite. Presented in a...

French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch. André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...

This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was born in America then trained in Paris before coming to London. Painted...

A Ballynakill Woman. c. 1926. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25. Housed in an elegant gold leaf frame. Signed 'Brockhurst' in green paint, in the blanket, lower right. Provenance: Provenance...

Elegant Portrait of a Lady — Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas no signed A captivating and refined portrait of an elegant lady seated gracefully, dressed in a sumptuous dark gown ador...

Portrait Of A Young Lady From The 1920s With Bob Cut And Fur Collar Oil on canvas. Early 20th frame in wood. This portrait reveals very stylish image of a young woman from the 1920s...

This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted artist William Henry Margetson. He was known for his aesthetic full-length portraits of women, often in hats, in an in...

This refined antique oil portrait depicts an elegant young woman wearing a black hat accented with a red feather, captured with soft modeling and restrained realism typical of Britis...

Date: 1918 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine illustration, April 1918

The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century. Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood. Author: Oliver Samsinger...

Initialed lower right 'A.H.'; signed verso, "Alfred Helberger", inscribed "Gertrúd" and dated 1914. Bearing the original 1962 exhibition label from the Senator fur Folksbildung, Ber...

Great piece from Henri Martin, period frame. Signed low-left.

A large, original portrait of Clarissa. It depicts Olive Groves as Clarissa in Lionel and Clarissa at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith in 1926. Given to Olive Groves in 1966 by Sir G...

A superb portrait oil painting by noted British Newlyn school artist Harold Harvey. Painted in 1922 the sitter is Clara Matthews. A full length portrait, Clara is set in a landscape and holding a rose. In several of Harvey's portraits his female sitters...

This intimate genre scene depicts a young lady in a flowing red dress standing in a dimly lit interior, her hands clasped in prayer. The composition employs warm, earthy tones and dr...

This stunning Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to Scottish Kirkcudbright School artist William Stewart MacGeorge. Painted circa 1910, The painting shows the influences o...

Work on canvas

Portrait of Man by Maurice Georges Poncelet (French, 1897-1978) oil painting on board, signed initials - datedf 1929 11 x 14 inches condition: overall good and sound though a little ...

Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings. Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...

1920's Portrait of an Elegant Woman, Oil Painting, British British School, Early 20th Century Oil painting on wood panel, unframed Board size: 9.25 x 6 inches Quite a stunning portr...

The Gray Kimono, 1901, by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches unframed (50.8 x 40.64 cm) 28 x 24 1/16 inches framed (71.12 x 61.11875 cm) Paper (Alice Wil...

Portrait of a Lady Playing The Guitar, early 20th Century by WALTER ERNEST WEBSTER (1877-1959) Large early 20th Century portrait of a lady playing the guitar, oil on canvas by Wal...

A large & charming oil on canvas self portrait circa 1920, by the celebrated Salamagundi member & American-Belarusian artist, Abraham Jacob Bogdanove (1886–1946), the painting circa ...

Laura Greenwood (1897-1951) Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1925 Oil on canvas, measuring 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right. Condition: the piece will require some minor conserva...

Portrait of a girl in Art Deco style, French School around 1920, signed by painter Hélène Le Roy d'Etiolles. Oil on canvas in gilt frame. This splendid portrait comes to us from the ...

Anonymous - Old man - Oil on board Oil size 34x25 cm. Frameless

the most important American Impressionists of his age. While many of his contemporaries focused on the landscape, Frieseke gained his inspiration from the figural, and in particular the theme of femininity. His works capture female figures engaging in traditionally feminine roles — strolling in the garden or posed in a domestic interior. At the Mirror...

French Impressionist artist, circa 1930 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition

Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe French School, signed and dated 1903 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: s...

Eduardo León GARRIDO (French, Madrid 1856-1949 Caen) Picture Size: 16 x 13" (41 x 33cm) Outside Frame Size: 22 x 19" (56 x 48cm) Eduardo León Garrido was born in Madrid in 1856. He...

A lively portrait study by Georges Eugene Delhomme (1904-1989) depicting the artist's mother. Delhomme uses bold brushstrokes and heavy impasto to imbue the scene with a sense of mov...

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin. Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922" Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter. Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...

'Parisian Model' by Georg Pauli, 1911. Paris, Royal Academy, André Lhote, Fin de Siècle, Carmen --- Initialed lower right, 'GP', for Georg Pauli (Swedish, 1855-1935) titled, 'Paris'...

A fine early 20th Century copy of the original portrait (by an unknown artist) of Ann Heron (nee Vining). The sitter is a solemn young woman in a white dress and red cloak. The paint...

Self Portrait of the Artist by René PIROLA (French, 1878 - 1912) stamped with artists mark oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 22 inches canvas: 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private ...

Artwork sold with original but damaged frame (95 x 119 x 5 cm) No information about the artist

Portrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 12 x 8 inches In good condition, though with mi...

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

Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...

Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.

Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919 oil on canvas mounted on panel 116 x 90 cm stamp signature Exhibited: Solo exhibition, Stockholm, Nov-Dec 1917; The Royal Academy Stockholm 1973; Åmells Konsthandel – En internationell kubist, Stockholm & London 2008 Hälsinglands Museum 2011 Millesgården – Dick Beer – Impressionist & Kubist, 2012 Provenance: Within the family Beer until today Dick Beer was born in 1893 in London as Richard Beer, the youngest of five brothers. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a watercolourist who was born in Stockholm and had left Sweden at the age of 17. John Beer instructed his sons in drawing and painting, among other things. A number of sketchbooks bear testimony to the boys’ talent. Dick Beer’s parents died in 1906 and 1907. Barely 15 years old, Beer arrived in Sweden as an orphan. First he lived with relatives and finally he ended up at Reverend Laurell in Västergötland. Dick Beer began his artistic studies at the Althin School of Painting in Stockholm in 1908 and continued at the Royal Academy of Arts in the autumn of 1910, but in September 1912 he broke off his studies and travelled to Paris. He rented a studio and enrolled at the Colarossi and Grande Chaumière academies. In the summer of 1913, Dick Beer travelled to Pont-Aven in Bretagne in order to paint. In September the same year, he held his first solo exhibition in Stockholm which he gave the French title Exposition des tableaux de Bretagne et autour de Paris. The exhibition proved a success. Many of the paintings were executed in a light palette in a style inspired by the impressionists. In 1914, Dick Beer undertook an extensive study trip to Italy, Tunis, Morocco and Spain, which resulted in canvases overflowing with colours and light. When the French army mobilised, he volunteered and was enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. In 1915 Dick Beer sustained severe head injuries in a grenade attack, which resulted in deafness and a nervous condition that would plague him for the rest of his life. Two of his brothers died the following year, fighting for the English army. Dick Beer was hospitalised and convalesced at Château de Rochefort. Here he started painting again, in an impressionist style, a painting dominated by blue and green hues. In 1918, Dick Beer married Ruth Öhrling, a dentist, and their son John was born later in the year. During this time, Beer began experimenting with cubist painting and created several large compositions, including the painting “The Arab Café”. In the years that followed, Dick Beer was based in Paris, where he often moved house. He was instructed by André Lhote, who encouraged his students to work freely in the studio and provided them with individual critique. Beer often travelled to Bretagne or Provence. His artist friends came from all over Europe and included Amedeo Modigliani. Dick Beer exhibited fairly regularly in Paris between 1919 and 1934 and made a name for himself in French artist circles. In the summers, Ruth regularly rented a house in the countryside, often at Lake Mälaren. She kept a large house with many models and friends and there was a lot of painting and discussions. In 1933, the couple divorced but Ruth still loved Dick and continued to support him financially for the rest of his life. Dick Beer also exhibited in Sweden, albeit irregularly due to his failing health. In the 1920s and 1930s, Beer continued to pursue an expressionist painting with intense colours and unexpected perspectives, but eventually he veered towards more naturalistic forms, including a large number of nudes. He also painted several portraits of artists, politicians and writers. In 1938, Dick Beer sojourned in Arles. The budding photographer Christer Strömholm...

This piece is a pertinent example of Martha Walter's most precious oil portraitures. Her use of the pallet is effortless with bold brushwork, strong executions, and soft details. Wal...

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...

John William Godward 1861-1922 British A Pompeian Lady Signed and dated "J.W. Godward 1904" (lower right, partially covered by frame) Oil on canvas One of the last and greatest Victorian neoclassical painters, John William Godward is celebrated for his flawlessly executed images of graceful women posed in idealized ancient settings. In this work, entitled A Pompeian Lady, a classical beauty is caught idling in a moment of quiet, solitary reflection. Godward's elegant subjects are depicted with a degree of technical mastery that remains unsurpassed, and the work's dramatic palette, luxurious fabrics and classical vision are all characteristics of his unique take on the neoclassical style. Godward was unmatched in terms of his technical skill and attention to detail. A master of contrasting textures, he paints a diaphanous gown draping against the model’s smooth, milky white skin, which sits against the painstakingly rendered individual hairs of a tiger’s pel. Scintillating color permeates the canvas as well, energizing the otherwise static scene. Each element is given careful attention, and the overall effect is one of both immaculate technique and sensual tactility. Along with his contemporary and mentor, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Godward set the tone for the Victorian neoclassicist movement. He built his career upon creating images of idealized feminine beauty infused with a Greco-Roman-inspired style. Though greatly influenced by Alma-Tadema, Godward distinguished himself through his predilection for the solitary female figure. His fame rose dramatically in the first few years of the 20th century, when the present work was completed, due to the burgeoning strength of the British Empire and the Victorian society’s preoccupation with ancient Rome. To many of the newly affluent, Roman society was, as Iain Gale writes, “a flawless mirror of their own immaculate world.” The sensuality and mystery of Godward’s maidens, combined with his impressive antique backdrops...

Oil on canvas 65 x 81,5 cm (83 x 98 cm with frame) = 25.6 × 32.1 in ( 25.6 × 32.1 in with frame) Signed and dated lower left Entitled lower right The painter hides behind his work, ...

The Seated Gentleman by Georges JOUBIN (1888-1983) signed and inscribed/ dated verso signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 36 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Con...

Francesco Galante (1884-1972), "The Young Mother," oil on canvas signed lower left F. Galante. Neapolitan school of the early twentieth century. This painting belongs to the highes...

Nude Model Sketch by Maurice Georges Poncelet (French, 1897-1978) oil painting on board, signed 14 x 10 inches condition: overall good and sound though a little shabby from previous ...

Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 81 x 68 x 3 cm Woman with a chef's hat This striking portrait, typical of Expressionism, depicts a woman in an introspective pose. Vigorous brushst...

Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910. A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...