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Girl in Her Cultural Bead 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork is a wonderful portrait of grace and elegance, capturing the essence of boundless
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Inspired Poet in Blue - Original lithograph - Printed signature (Rare, 1983)
By Alekos Fassianos
Located in Paris, IDF
Alekos FASSIANOS The Inspired Poet in Blue, 1983 Original lithograph Printed signature in the
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hippies in Central Park with Oversized Psychedelic Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two flower children converse among a gathering of hippies in Central Park. They are adorned with yellow flowers in their hair, which symbolize freedom and ideals of universal belong...
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lorenzo Agius - Gwen Stefani, colour, color, musician, photography, 40x30 in.
By Lorenzo Agius
Located in London, GB
photographer, Lorenzo Agius, is renowned for his unique, intimate and often comical portraits of the 'stars
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital

Lorenzo Agius - Gwen Stefani, colour, color, musician, photography, 60x48 in.
By Lorenzo Agius
Located in London, GB
photographer, Lorenzo Agius, is renowned for his unique, intimate and often comical portraits of the 'stars
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital

Lorenzo Agius - Gwen Stefani, colour, color, musician, photography, 24x20 in.
By Lorenzo Agius
Located in London, GB
photographer, Lorenzo Agius, is renowned for his unique, intimate and often comical portraits of the 'stars
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital

Bronco - Life in the American West Southern America Lifestyle Imagery
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
of Morgan Silk photography. In this unusual portrait by Morgan Silk, a giant bucking horse sculpture
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color

Sisters in Yellow 5 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Love African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Depending on the day, the mood, the weather, or the time of day, a sister can be a companion, an adversary, an enemy or a soulmate.” “So encourage each other and build each other up...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Face in Prayer, Signed Modern Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Face in Prayer (10) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic L...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic L...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic L...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic L...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

"A Lady in Hat" Fine Art Print by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
Viktorija Pashuta "A Lady in Hat" Fine art print Fashion Photograph from the Series MAGIC CREATURES by an award-winning fashion photographer Viktorija Pashuta. Materials: Printed on...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Color

Ice Bar In Lech, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ice Bar In Lech, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ice Bar In Lech, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ice Bar In Lech, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category

1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in Blue Dress and Black + Red Hat
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a blue dress and black + red hat by Mexican artist
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pen

SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Model" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 18.25 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by the widely exhibit...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Henry E. Hobson (1820-1881) - 1866 Watercolour, Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue
By Henry Edrington Hobson
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait of a young lady with flowers in her hair. Signed and dated to the lower
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"The Day Rises", Nude Laying Woman in Transparent Cloth Figurative Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This is a painting with mixed media collage by French artist Françoise Collandre. A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Arts in Paris, Françoise Collandre en...
Category

2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

In a Boston park with my father and sister 1960s, Oil Painting on Canvas
By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original impressionist painting. The piece ships ready to hang and is signed by the artist on the bottom right. This item ships from Ireland.
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skiing in Vermont, 1963 - View of Snowy Winter Landscape Sugarbush Mountain
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
effect on it in such dense crops, rendering it almost blue in appearance. In this photograph of Skiing in
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

"Audrey in Gold" Audrey Hepburn Gold Leaf Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman in a Blue Hat Pink dress, antique frame
By Freeman Willis Simmons
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
. Simmons eventually moved to Ohio, becoming known for his figure, landscape, genre and portrait painting
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"In The Deep End" Mixed Media Figurative Collage Composition on Panel Board
By Jon Davenport
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of a Pin-up model from the 1950s, as Jon
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane

Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'S...
Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Neo-Classical Pool - Swimming Pool by Grecian Architecture in Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Neo-Classical Pool - Swimming Pool by Grecian Architecture in Palm Beach by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Neo-Cl...
Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Vagabond Vagrant - Life on the Fringe in the Bowery - The Streets of New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

“Girl in Blue”
By Anton Sipos
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper of a young girl in a blue blouse. Signed lower right and
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

“Girl in Blue”
“Girl in Blue”
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Little Nude in Blue-Poster. New York Graphic Society. Printed in Switzerland.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Measures 17.75 x 13.75 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
Category

Late 20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lonesome Cowboy, etching by Xavier Viramontes in vibrant blue and green
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 30. Portrait of a young cowboy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

19th century American Folk Art of a Seated Lady in her Sunday best clothes
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (American School, 19th century) Portrait of a Lady in Blue, c. 1835–1850 Oil on
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1850s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Emmanuelle, " Original Lithograph Printed in Blue signed by Maurice Denis
By Maurice Denis
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artist's granddaughter and was printed in blue. 5 7/8" x 7 7/16" art 13 5/8" x 15 1/8" frame Maurice
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1930s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

PAULINA Signed Original Lithograph, Young Black Girl in Blue and White Head Wrap
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
techniques in light black and navy blue ink on archival buff colored paper - Somerset Velvet 300gsm., 100
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Girl Puff- Digital Illustration of Black / Brown Woman / Figure / Queen in Blue
Located in Gilroy, CA
a found image, creates a portrait of a figure without facial features to allow for the viewers
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

In Bloom
By Russell Marshall
Located in Austin, TX
"In Bloom" is part of "Teen Spirit", a collection of four hand pulled screenprints by artist Russell Marshall, produced in collaboration with photographer, Kirk Weddle and expertly p...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

"Altered States of an Autorittrati" 3rd State, Modernist Blue Self-Portrait
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold modernist self portrait in blue, a lithograph by California artist I. Colon (20th Century
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

M. B. - 1994 Watercolour, Blue Man in the Blue Bath
Located in Corsham, GB
This charismatic scene depicts a blue man in a bathtub with a rubber duck. The man smirks at the
Category

1990s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Pop Art Giclée "All Blue Everything: A Walk in the Park with Stacey Abrams Gold
Located in Draper, UT
All Blue Everything: A Walk in the Park with Stacey Abrams, 2021 Giclée print on paper Signed in
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Giclée

Portrait of Berthe Lipchitz - Modern Portrait Pencil Drawing - Amedeo Modigliani
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Taidemus.): Portrait of Léopold Survage (1917) Indianapolis (MA): Boy in a Blue Jacket (1919) London
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Mint tea in Morocco - Original handsigned lithograph
By Janick Lederle
Located in Paris, IDF
Janick LEDERLE Mint tea in Morocco Original lithograph (Mourlot) Handsigned in pencil Limited /275 copies On vellum 66 x 50 cm (c. 25.9 x 19.6 in) Excellent condition
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vivien in White Coat, 2021
By Alex Katz
Located in Palo Alto, CA
daughter-in-law, Vivien Bittencourt. The gentle hues of monochromatic cornflower blue draw the viewer in
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Falling In (Ed. 36/200)
By Insane51
Located in Dallas, TX
5-Color 3D Screen Print with Spot Gloss on 300gsm Fabriano Artistico Fine Art Paper. Includes (2) Pairs of Anaglyphic Viewing Glasses. Size: 23.62 x 23.62 Inches (60 x 60 Centimeters...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

SUNBATHERS Signed Lithograph, Women in Bikinis, Sunglasses, Beach, Sailboats
By Robin Morris
Located in Union City, NJ
, straw sun hats, and snazzy red and purple bikinis. Giant blue green palm leaves, a fresh blue sky and a
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nancy outside in july XIV (Wrestling with Spirits) - Original handsigned etching
By Jim Dine
Located in Paris, IDF
Jim DINE (1935) Nancy outside in july XIV (Wrestling with Spirits), 1981 Original etching with aquatint (Crommelynck workshop) Signed in pencil Numbered 19 / 30 On BFK Rives vellum ...
Category

1980s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Early 20th Century Watercolour - Lady In A Blue Headscarf
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century portrait of a woman in a blue gathered headscarf and colourful shawl
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

""Call me" Based on the series "The Game of Squid""
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The portrait, painted in gray and blue tones, depicts a person in a hooded jacket holding a gold
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Night Queen" (2022) by Ariane` Kamps, Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
, circular female portrait in blue. Ariane` Kamps is a figurative painter who works in traditional mediums
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Nightfall, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
realistic portrait of a feminine form in blue cradling a small light in her hands as the room around her
Category

2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Woman in Blue, Modern Framed Pastel Drawing by Thomas Strickland
By Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Woman in Blue Year: circa 1970 Medium
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1970s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

The Blue Dress, Art Deco signed lithography by Erte
By Erté
Located in Berlin, MD
Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) Russian/French 1892-1990. Pencil Signed lower right, numbered 176/300. A lovely woman with an impish smile and a flashing green scarf in a sideways pose. P...
Category

1970s Art Deco Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Middle Eastern Man with Turban and Blue Cloak in Profile against Yellow
By Joseph Stella
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait in primary blues and yellow of perhaps a Persian man. He is in profile set against a
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Portrait of a Woman, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nethercott's portrait of a woman in a blue apron dress with a cap is captivating not only for the beauty of the
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1960s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Elizabeth Heia-Stocke (1904-1956) - Mid 20th Century Gouache, Figure in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a distress effect wood frame with hand-painted motif. Signed. On board.
Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Sarah Jane In Blue: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
John Emanuel embarking on a series of works using new life models. Unusual for a artist who has over the last 40 years only had 3 previous sitters. Now working with Sarah Jane and Ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Gouache

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    The subject of a portrait is a sitter.

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