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Society Portraits Oil Painting

Antique English Realist Genre Scene Framed High Society Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
George Dunlop Leslie (1835 - 1921) Antique English realist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed
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1880s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Debutante - British Victorian oil painting portrait Elsie Elizabeth Ebsworth
By Annie Louisa Swynnerton
Located in Hagley, England
A late 19th century British Society portrait oil painting of a beautiful young debutante by
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Lady Ruthven - Edwardian Society British American art oil painting
By James Jebusa Shannon
Located in Hagley, England
An original oil on canvas by Sir James Jebusa Shannon. The painting depicts Lady Ruthven in a
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20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Night at the Saloon, Stylised Portrait, High Society, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Night at the Saloon, Stylised Portrait, High Society, Signed Oil Painting French School artist
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine British Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, indistinctly signed lower right, circa 1950's Title: Portrait of
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Champ, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Florence
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
National Sculpture Society, Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal Center, Art Laguna prize (Venice
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Teofimo, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Florence, Italy
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
National Sculpture Society, Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal Center, Art Laguna prize (Venice
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

A bold and colorful modern portrait painting by a British Society artist
Located in Colfax, CA
David Rolt was British society portrait painter who enjoyed great success as an artist, and endured
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th Century Society Portrait , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board society portrait by French artist Rose Teitgen-Obeurer. Signed top
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

French 1930s Art Deco Society Portrait, Lady with a Diamond Earring.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco, oil on canvas, society female portrait by Dembinkski (probably Anton J.) Signed
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1930s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large French Society Portrait, by repute, La Comtesse de Blacas, Château d Ussé
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large scale French society portrait from the 1920s featuring a lady in a 'flapper' dress before a
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Allan-Fraser School of Art, Hospitalfield, Arbroath. He was a member of RP and London Portrait Society
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Society and showed also at RA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and Walker Art Gallery
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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18thc Oil Portrait of a Swedish Society Lady Attributed To Ulrika Fredrick Pasch
By Ulrika (Ulla) Fredrica Pasch
Located in Leicester, GB
I am delighted to offer for sale a quality three quarter length oil portrait on canvas of an
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Duchess of Society
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil on Canvas Portrait of Society Woman.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil

The Duchess of Society
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Cafe Society, Impressionist Portrait, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cafe Society, Impressionist Portrait, Original Oil Painting French School, late 20th Century Oil
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Daydreams - Large 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Society Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This large portrait of an elegant society beauty is signed by the artist with monogram and
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Madeleine - Very Large 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait Victorian Society Girl
By Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant 1
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
A very large fine French oil painting depicting a young society beauty at the turn of the 19th
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine Impressionist Portrait of a Victorian High Society Couple, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fine Impressionist Portrait of a Victorian High Society Couple, Oil Painting By French artist
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930 s Portrait of Young Society Lady in Fur Coat, Signed Oil Painting Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady" German School, circa 1930's signed 'Kramer' oil painting on canvas, framed
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1920 s Society Portrait Scottish Sporting Lady
By James Peter Quinn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Sporting Lady" by James Peter Quinn (Australian 1869-1951) signed lower right oil painting on
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flora - 19th Century Oil Painting of English Society Beauty as Roman Goddess
By Ralph Peacock
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
society beauty, Edith Brignall. It is one of three portraits of her painted by Peacock in the summer of
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1920 s Portrait of English Society Lady Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady English School, early 20th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Au Coin du Feu - Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting of French Society Beauties
By Delphin Enjolras
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This is a fine early 20th century oil painting depicting a young Belle Epoque beauty in the warm
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Au Coin du Feu - Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting of French Society Beauties
By Delphin Enjolras
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This is a fine early 20th century oil painting depicting a young Belle Epoque beauty in the warm
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a gorgeous antique American Folk Art portrait of a young woman in her finest period
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressionist High Society Portrait of a Lady ACA GALLERY
By Joseph Floch
Located in New York, NY
Modernist Portrait of a High Society Lady with thick Impasto by Joseph Floch (Austrian, 1874-1927
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist High Society Reclining Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1969. Signed illegibly
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady - Scottish art Victorian oil painting Edinburgh society lady
By John Horsburgh
Located in Hagley, England
very large period oil painting portrait of an Edinburgh society lady. Provenance. Midlands estate
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Man of Society, Antique Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique portrait of a man wearing evidence of wealth: tailored shirt and suit with silk tie
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1860s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman of Society, Antique Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique portrait of a woman wearing evidence of wealth: a beautiful silk rose-colored ribbon, gold
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1860s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed Society Female Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Fantastic realist female portrait, 1930's-40's. Wonderful outfit and subject.
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1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Reluctant Immigrant, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Honorable Mention at the Portrait Society of America's Member's Only Competition. Artist Bio: For over 20
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The wedding Dress , Large Scale French 1950s Society Portrait. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale 1950s French society portrait by Anne-Marie Joly. The painting is signed and dated
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Huge 1900 s British Oil Society Portrait of a Sporting Gentleman holding Shotgun
By Hugh de Twenebrokes Glazebrook (1855-1937)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
: through the sitters family A very fine late 19th/ early 20th century British 'society' oil painting on
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Early 20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"High Society"
By William Franklin Draper
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a oil on canvas portrait by America's foremost portrait artist
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1950s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of 1930s Society Woman - In Style of Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully compelling portrait of woman with red coat and fur stole circa 1930s in style of
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1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Woman in a Black Dress , New York, Manhattan, Society of Independent Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
also a successful portrait painter and copyist of Old Master paintings. He is listed in 'Who Was Who in
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1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

LONGCHAMP JOCKEY Impressionist HORSE Scene of High Society Figures at POLO Event
By Gabriel Spat
Located in New York, NY
event. The high society members appear to be wearing extravagant dresses of the time period while at
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1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Masquerade - 19th Century French Belle Epoque Oil Painting Portrait Society Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
A large fine 19th century French oil on canvas depicting a double portrait of two young Belle
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Regina dei Fiori - 19th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Italian Society Beauty
By Frédéric Soulacroix
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Regina dei Fiori’ by Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933). The painting – which depicts an
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Belle Femme en Déshabillé - 19th Century French Salon Portrait of Society Beauty
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This is a large fine 19th century oil painting portrait of a young society beauty captured in semi
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Late 19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Oil

A Society Matron is a Portrait of a Woman by Irving Wiles
By Irving Ramsey Wiles
Located in Hallowell, ME
gold brooch along the neckline. This portrait painting is oil on canvas and measures 22 inches wide
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Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Society Belle
By William Barribal
Located in London, GB
Wonderful portrait of most likely the artist's wife and muse Gertrude Louise. Barribal was a
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Society Belle
Society Belle
H 20.08 in W 16.15 in D 0.4 in

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Society Portraits Oil Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact society portraits oil painting you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect society portraits oil painting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right society portraits oil painting for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown and black. There have been many interesting society portraits oil painting examples over the years, but those made by Matthew James Collins, James Jebusa Shannon and Annie Louisa Swynnerton are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in oil paint, paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small society portraits oil painting measuring 0.3 high and 1.38 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 265.35999 across to better suit those in the market for a large society portraits oil painting.

How Much is a Society Portraits Oil Painting?

The average selling price for a society portraits oil painting we offer is $4,306, while they’re typically $213 on the low end and $1,600,000 for the highest priced.

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An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

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