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Vintage American School Modernist Equine Landscape Horse Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Framed. No signature found. Measuring 18 by 33 inches overall and 16 by 30 inches painting alone.
Category

1950s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Men Working Out California Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Interior View Framed Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage 20th Century French Impressionist Painting Portrait of Figure Colorful
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 12.5 x 14 inches
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage American School Handsome Young Male Model Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed . Framed
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Framed Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Cubist Figure
Located in Bristol, GB
housed in a textured champagne and gilt frame. Both painting and frame are in very good vintage condition
Category

1950s Expressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage
Category

1950s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage
Category

1950s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage
Category

1950s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
By Barry Johnson
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Oil on board circa 1970.
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Nicely Framed Vintage American Modernist Figural Sketch Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American modernist portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed in a gold giltwood
Category

1940s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nicely Framed Vintage American Modernist Figural Sketch Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American modernist portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed in a gold giltwood
Category

1960s Post-Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

HRH Portrait of Princess Margaret Vintage British Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'HRH', Portrait of HRH Princess Margaret (the late Queen Elizabeth II's sister) British artist, Mid
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage American School Pop Art Modern Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American animal portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framing
Category

1970s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist animal portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed. Image
Category

1960s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Portrait Oil Painting, Hans Osswald - Poppet
Located in Bristol, GB
in a complementary gilt frame. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition. This oil
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pair of Vintage Original Hawaiian Mini Portrait Paintings by Tip Freeman
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of vintage original Hawaiian mini portrait paintings by Tip Freeman, circa 1940s. . Both
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Wood

Portrait of a Lady Vintage Framed Oil Painting by Arden Scott
By Arden Scott
Located in North Miami, FL
In the 19th century style, this magnificent portrait of a lady, oil on canvas, shows crackling or
Category

1950s American Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Boho Signed Original Oil Portrait Painting of Man with Cigar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho original oil painting. A chic composition of a man in profile. Unsigned
Category

Late 20th Century American Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Vintage American School Modernist Dog Portrait Interior View Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 10H
Category

1960s Abstract Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Male Nude Cubist Portrait MCM Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing American modernist male nude oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 18L.
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of West Highland Terrier White Dog Vintage English Oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Snowy" English School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches board: 12.5 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition ...
Category

20th Century English School Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Modernist Young Blond Male Portrait Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist male portrait signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist School Portrait of a Woman Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Male Nude Artist Studio Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed artist studio oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Two Figures
Located in Bristol, GB
painting, executed in oil onto canvas. The composition presents 2 figures standing beside one another
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Figurative Nude Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Seated Study
Located in Bristol, GB
female figure seated on a chair with her posture slightly slouched, the painting invites viewers to
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage English Portrait of Horse Terrier Dog in Countryside Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Horse and Terrier by Major George A. Catley (British 1896-1978) signed and dated 1974
Category

1970s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

VINTAGE ENGLISH MARINE OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL YACHT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
yacht Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: frame: 20.75 x 30.25 inches
Category

20th Century Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Framed Mozart Miniature Portrait Painting Prof. A Mattei, Hand painted Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely stylish sentimental portrait of a lMozart Framed in a beautiful wooden frame, made in the
Category

20th Century English Biedermeier Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Wood

1981 Vintage Watercolor Portrait Painting Boy in Blue W Bird Parrot D Hill
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1981 Folk Art style watercolor portrait painting of a young boy in blue holding a blue bird
Category

1980s Folk Art Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Paint

Portrait of a woman vintage French post-impressionist Art Deco oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large mid-century post-impressionist female oil painting on canvas by French artist, Louis-Frédéric
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Folk Art Portrait of a Dog Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American folk art painting. Oil on board, circa 1990. Signed. Displayed in a gold frame
Category

1980s Folk Art Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

Vintage French Modern Paris School Portrait of Young Clown Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Paris School oil painting of a young clown. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage English Dog Oil Painting Head Portraits of Two Terriers Jack Russels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two Terrier Dogs by Henry Percy (British, first half 20th century) signed oil on board, framed Framed: 10.75 x 12.75 inches Board: 8 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, Engla...
Category

20th Century English School Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Collie Dog Vintage English Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Collie Dog English School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 15
Category

20th Century English School Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage King Charles Spaniel Portrait Oil Painting on Board Gold Frame Realism
Located in Dayton, OH
A lovely 20th century oil painting of a King Charles Spaniel with blue collar over a yellowish
Category

Late 20th Century Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Vintage French Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait of Elderly Man Smoking
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Smoker French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 16 x 12.5 inches canvas: 14 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good an...
Category

Mid-20th Century French School Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Modernist Oil Painting "Portrait of a Woman Flowers" by Nicholas Takis
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist portrait and still life by Nicholas Takis (1903 - 1965). Oil on canvas, circa
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1962 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Nude Portrait Oil Painting - On the Red Chair
Located in Bristol, GB
the painting and frame are in very good vintage condition. Please note all of the artworks we sell
Category

1960s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Modernist Oil Painting "Portrait of a Woman in Greece" by Nicholas Takis
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist portrait and still life by Nicholas Takis (1903 - 1965). Oil on canvas, circa
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Antique American Modernist Elegant Male Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original
Category

1940s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil, Board

Bob Greyhound Whippet Dog Landscape Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas 36"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage landscape portrait oil painting on canvas featuring a pair of Greyhound / Whippet dogs
Category

Late 20th Century Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Portrait of a woman the woman in the garden chair by Louise Alix
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large vintage portrait of a woman, oil painting by Louise Alix of a woman in a hat in a garden
Category

1940s Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage nude oil painting post impressionist painting of a nude and dog
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage nude portrait painting of a woman and her dog signed in the lower middle and professionally
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

"Le Roi de Rome, d apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed
By Claude Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
interior looking to add some vintage oil painting portraits. The painting style is very fine, showing
Category

1940s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage mid century portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas
Located in Birmingham, AL
Vintage original painting of portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas framed with the most ornate
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage impressionist oil painting of a man by Pio Santini
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage impressionist oil portrait painting of a man by Pio Santini (1908-1986), signed in the
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Nude oil painting, large post-impressionist sitting nude by Pio Santini
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large vintage nude portrait oil painting of a woman sitting. This is a gorgeous, colourful and
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Nude Oil Painting, Figurative Nude Painting, Nude Portrait, woman oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage nude figurative painting/portrait painting by French artist, Francois Mengelatte (1920-2009
Category

1960s Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Figurative oil painting woman reading by Louis Berthomme Saint Andre
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Portrait oil painting by French Artist, Louis Bethomme Saint Andre (1905-1977). This
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Seated Woman, Vintage 1980s Semi Abstract Painting, Pink Red White Yellow Blue
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled #12 (Seated Woman) by Edward Marecak, vintage 1987 oil semi abstract portrait painting on
Category

20th Century American Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Oil

Vintage Portrait of African American Man Singing Watercolor Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage watercolor and gouache on artist board of African American man singing. Signed Lewis lower
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Portrait Painting

Materials

Paper

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Vintage Portrait Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the vintage portrait painting you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Find Impressionist versions now, or shop for Impressionist creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking for a vintage portrait painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right vintage portrait painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, black, beige and orange. A vintage portrait painting from Barry Johnson, Rex Ashlock, Dietz Edzard, James Gibson and Albert Guillaume — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas.

How Much is a Vintage Portrait Painting?

The average selling price for a vintage portrait painting we offer is $998, while they’re typically $175 on the low end and $5,750 for the highest priced.
Questions About Vintage Portrait Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    Opinions differ on who painted the most realistic portraits. Among historical artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, John Singer Sargent, Jan van Eyck and Diego Velázquez are all contenders for the title. Many contemporary Photorealist and Hyperrealist portrait artists have also produced incredibly lifelike works. Among them are Taner Ceylan, Robert Longo, Chuck Close, Kelly Birkenruth and Daniela Werneck. Find a large selection of portrait paintings on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Miniature portraits were first painted on a variety of mediums, some of the more popular being vellum, and card or cardboard. Paintings would typically be done in watercolor. Later painting in enamel on metal became a classic medium for painting miniature portraits. On 1stDibs, find an array of authentic miniature portraits.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    Chuck Close stated that he painted portraits as a way to overcome a cognitive disorder. Called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, the condition made it difficult for Close to differentiate and recognize faces. The American artist found that painting people's faces helped him to notice their fine details, allowing him to begin to notice differences. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Chuck Close art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    Although many artists may fit this description, a famous German artist who painted realistic portraits is Wilhelm Leibl. As a printmaker and painter, Leibl worked during the second half of the 19th century and created many paintings of German peasants in traditional dress. Some of his most notable works include Three Women in Church, Die Dorfpolitiker, Farm Girl with a White Head Scarf and Die junge Pariserin (Die Kokotte). On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of Realist art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024
    To tell if a painting is vintage, research the artist and determine when they were active. There are mobile apps that can help you identify the artist by referencing a photo of the signature on your painting. If your painting is over 20 years old but less than 100, it would generally be considered vintage. However, experts don't often use the term vintage to describe art. If you need assistance with the dating process, enlist the help of a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of paintings.