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Oil painting by Henry Grant “A Woodland Warren”
By Charles Henry Grant
Located in Mere, GB
society portraits and landscapes with animals and still – life. Represented in many public collections
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Early 1900s Animal Paintings

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Oil

Huge 1920 s British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
YOUNG-HUNTER (1874-1955) is known for his society portraits of wealthy British and Americans, and for
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Robbie
Located in Corsham, GB
label for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition in 1982. This label contains the artwork's
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Eryngium Planum - Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley Floral Portrait
By Giles Revell
Located in Brighton, GB
Eryngium Planum by Giles Revell This is an Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of 25 prints. In Cartographic Colour, Giles Revell redu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment

Victorian Turf Authority – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 7, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
society. Sporting-related Vanity Fair portraits consistently perform well with collectors due to their
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Victorian Gentleman with Cane – Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 68, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
, Victorian society portrait, antique magazine illustration, historical caricature art, London Vanity Fair
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

European Royal Figure on Horseback – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 6, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
print, chromolithograph Vanity Fair, British statesman caricature, Victorian society portrait, antique
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Victorian Moral Reformer – Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 69, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
statesman caricature, Victorian society portrait, antique magazine illustration, historical caricature art
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Victorian Reformer at the Rail – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 16, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
, Victorian portrait print, chromolithograph Vanity Fair, British statesman caricature, Victorian society
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Scottish Highland Gentleman – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 13, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
, Victorian society portrait, antique magazine illustration, historical caricature art, London Vanity Fair
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Victorian Political Figure with Top Hat – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No.15, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
caricature, Victorian society portrait, antique magazine illustration, historical caricature art, London
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Victorian Savant and Statesman – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 14, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
caricature, Victorian society portrait, antique magazine illustration, historical caricature art, London
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Antique 1870s British Prints

Materials

Paper

Bearded Romantic Statesman – Vanity Fair Statesmen No. 67, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
, Victorian portrait print, chromolithograph Vanity Fair, British statesman caricature, Victorian society
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

New York Skyline from Brooklyn Heights, Oil on Board, Mid-20th Century
By Francis Vandeveer Kughler
Located in New York, NY
in New York City. Well-known as a muralist, society portrait painter and lithographer, he was a
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Early 20th Century oil on canvas portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Early 20th Century oil on canvas portrait of a Society Lady thought to be Dame Anna Neagle
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Vintage 1940s English Paintings

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Paint

Elegant Portrait of Mlle Georges Veimer – Lithograph by Last Van Visser, 1836
Located in Langweer, NL
broader tradition of lithographed celebrity or society portraits, popular among collectors, intellectuals
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Antique 1830s German Prints

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Paper

Stooped Victorian Philosopher – Vanity Fair Men of the Day No. 12, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
references while firmly situating the subject in Victorian society. Such early Vanity Fair portraits are
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Antique 1870s British Prints

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Paper

Vaas met Bloemen, Flower Still Life, Dutch, Impressionist
Located in Wiscasset, ME
years later she asked the famous society portrait painter Thérèse Schwartze to teach her, but Schwartze
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Worcester College from the Gardens, Oxford Almanack Lithograph by John Ward
Located in London, GB
sought-after society portrait painters. A gifted illustrator, he also worked extensively in publishing
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1970s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Mid-Century Landscape, by Francis Kughler, Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
well-known art club in Washington Square in New York City. Well-known as a muralist, society portrait
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young
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1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1962 original travel poster by André Dignimont - SNCF Paris l Opéra Garnier
By André Dignimont
Located in PARIS, FR
his refined depictions of Parisian life, society portraits, and theatrical designs. His fluid
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

The Duchess of Windsor - Wallis Simpson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward's abdication. Cecil Beaton is known for his fashion photographs and society portraits. He worked as
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

La Baigneuse - Academic Nude Figure in Landscape Oil by Paul Emile Chabas
By Paul Emile Chabas
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
acknowledge the new creativity emerging from the beginning of the 19th century onwards. He was also a society
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1910s Academic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

In the Boudoir
By Delphin Enjolras
Located in Missouri, MO
domestic activities, he also portrayed a number of Orientalist subjects, genre scenes and society portraits
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Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Lithograph Entitled "Flora" by Frederic K. Taubes
By Frederic Taubes
Located in San Diego, CA
society portrait artist and achieved the recognition and respect worthy of his talents. He spent 1942 as
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Mid-20th Century American Prints

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Paper

Sunset, Paris , Russian-American, New York, Artist s Union, National Art Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
). By 1945, he had moved to Santa Monica, California where he continued to paint society portraits, with
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1930s Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

The Rehearsal
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
. Her realist style led to her success as a painter of society portraits, horse paintings, and murals
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20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gainsborough by Michael Rosenthal, Exhibition Catalogue, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
his sophisticated and glamorous society portraits. In their essay, Michael Rosenthal and Martin
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Paper

Impressionist Cesare Ricciardi Seascape Oil Painting 1892-1973 Sail BoatsMarine
By Cesare Ricciardi
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Known for: Portrait, landscape, still life, marine A painter of society portraits, as well as
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mapplethorpe by Robert Mapplethorpe, Intro. by Arthur Coleman Danto
Located in valatie, NY
includes his society portraits, nudes, floral still lifes, and explicit erotic images. 20,000 first
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Opera ceiling project 1
By Paul Albert BESNARD
Located in Pasadena, CA
commissions. By the 1880s Besnard was one of the most highly regarded and fashionable society portrait
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Pastel

Opera Ceiling Project II
By Paul Albert BESNARD
Located in Pasadena, CA
commissions. By the 1880s Besnard was one of the most highly regarded and fashionable society portrait
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Pastel

Cotman Impressionist painting of ducks on the Norfolk broads
By Frederick George Cotman
Located in Harkstead, GB
). Cotman became established as a London society portrait painter, for which he could command a fee of 300
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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Self Portrait (Side View)
By Michael Gilbery
Located in London, GB
the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New England Art’s Club. This is is a
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

19th-Century English School, Bay Racehorse In A Stall, Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
close observation rather than from formula. This is not a society portrait of a celebrated champion, but
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1880s English School Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

In the Wood
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Fairlawn, OH
earned his living painting “society portraits,” and painted such notables as Marlene Dietrich and the
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1920s Pre-Raphaelite Nude Prints

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Etching

Frederick George Cotman Impressionist oil painting Suffolk river landscape
By Frederick George Cotman
Located in Harkstead, GB
). Cotman became established as a London society portrait painter, for which he could command a fee of 300
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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Masonic Sheepskin Man Portrait
Located in London, GB
Society of National Portraits members, trained under the guidance of Italian artist Annigoni in the early
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Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

The Girl from Togo Bronze Artist Proof MEAM in Barcelona Spain Figurative
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Matthew's work has been recognized by the National Sculpture Society, Portrait Society of America, Art
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2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Copper

"Equos" Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 10" x 8"
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 Romantic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Small Portrait Relief, "Sofonisba" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
place in the 2014 Portrait Society of America Members Only Exhibit, and given a Certificate of
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Breakfast at Goretto Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Matthew's work has been recognized by the National Sculpture Society, Portrait Society of America, Art
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Breakfast at Nencioni Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
awards the quality of Matthew's work has been recognized by the National Sculpture Society, Portrait
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Pothos Sculpture Lost Wax Bronze Method Florence Cesello 18 x 6 x 6
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
, Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal Center, Art Laguna prize (Venice, Italy), and the ModPortrait 2016
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2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Red Velvet- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow mood- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chroma-Q- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Tree in Winter" Delos Palmer Jr, Sketch of Tree 20th Century Impressionist Work
Located in New York, NY
daughter and two step-sons. The fateful market crash of 1929 ended Palmer's high society portrait business
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Baker- Miller Pink- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Society of Portrait Painters UK. Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait Of A Young Man By Anthony Morris RP NEAC
Located in Kent, Dover
the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New English Art Club. The frame is by James Bourlet
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Vintage 1950s English Paintings

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Canvas, Fruitwood

1813 Portrait of Charles Howard, Advocate of Arts Commerce
Located in Langweer, NL
in society. The portrait is based on an original picture by W. Cross, held by someone named P. F
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Antique 1820s Prints

Materials

Paper

PORTRAIT OF GIRL IN BLUE by Martin Yeoman (b 1953)
By Martin Yeoman
Located in Basildon, GB
Club and Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Yeoman won the Ondaatje Prize for portraiture in 2002 and
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Early 2000s British Paintings

Materials

Paint

One thousand and one nights- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters UK
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Flower Girl
By Louise Abbema
Located in St. Albans, GB
Carolus-Duran. Portraits of actors and actresses at the Comédie Française dominated her early works until
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Charming Portrait of Miss Siddons in Delicate Chalk Drawing Style, 1830
Located in Langweer, NL
immortalized the elegant figures of British society. In this portrait, Miss Siddons is depicted with a soft
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Antique 1830s Prints

Materials

Paper

Standing Nude - British 1946 exhibited art female portrait - Royal Academician
By Christopher Sanders
Located in Hagley, England
at Paris Salon. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He lived near Slough
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20th Century Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

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Society Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of society portraits available for sale. A selection of these works in the Impressionist, Modern and Expressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Society portraits available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, brown, beige, gray and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Slim Aarons, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Sergey Bondarev and Delphin Enjolras are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paint and oil paint, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Society Portraits?

Society portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,599, while the lowest priced sells for $185 and the highest can go for as much as $70,711.

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