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I Love You the First Time, Large Scale Portrait, Bearded Man in Dappled Light
Located in Chicago, IL
I Love You the First Time One of Hall’s most emotionally direct works, this painting confronts intimacy head-on. The title introduces vulnerability even before the viewer engages the image. The figure’s gaze is unguarded, almost confrontational, yet softened by the nuanced handling of light across the face. It is a painting about exposure—emotional as much as physical—and the risk inherent in connection. Nathan Brad Hall...
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2010s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)
By Roman Frances
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Giclée

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a 19th/20th-century American school Antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a fisherman seated by a table with fishing creel and basket. No v...
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20th Century Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique English Classical Portrait with Parrot Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 36 inches overall, and 25.5 by 30.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
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1890s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Joan of Arc , Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d Or, Group of Thirteen, Benezit
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Joan of Arc' (Jeanne d'Arc) by Jais Nielsen, 1923. Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Group of Thirteen, Benezit ---- Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1...
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1920s Post-Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Cardboard

Eastern European Mannerist Portrait in traditional dress 19th/18thC
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Eastern European young woman in traditional dress with silver lacings and jewelry holding an open book. This portrait pose is in the Renaissance period Mannerist style, and the young...
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17th Century Mannerist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Within Arms Length (2022), Chris RWK street art, drips, graffiti illustration
By Chris RWK
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Within Arms Length" (2022), Chris RWK street art, aerosol, drips, graffiti, illustration, street artist, vintage comics, Staten Island, NY, New York, NYC, character, robot, robots w...
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2010s Street Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Magazine Paper, Permanent M...

Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Abraham Lincoln Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 20" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edi...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mughal School Miniature Painting of Radha-Krishna
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Indian miniature painting is composed in the Mughal style and depicts a meeting of the Hindu god Krishna and his shakti Radha, also known as the Supreme Goddess. To...
Category

19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footnotes This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. Provenance Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863). Thence by descent to the previous owner. Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947). O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955). Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998). Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000. Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007). Private collection, Atlanta. Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019. Exhibited London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret'). Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959. Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001. Literature G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863). One of the earliest known paintings by Renoir...
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1860s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Liesel - Original Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erin Hammond is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist whose free-form paintings capture the essence of her inner, subjective realities. With a vibrant palette and dynamic mark...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ray Simonini, "Meryl" 12x16 Impressionist Sheep Farm Animal Oil Painting
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Meryl" is a 12x16 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a white sheep against a colorful green background. Afternoon...
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2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Time Passes #2", Surrealist, Portrait, Grey, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Time Passes #2” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys and blacks with red and flesh. From the “Life is Short” series, the painting is a ...
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2010s Surrealist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Victor (Male Portrait Pool Painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Victor, 2025 Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel. Panel measuring 20 x 20 inches inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. The portrait is from...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Portrait 25-5, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A stylized portrait of a woman emerges from a stark black background. Colorful dots construct her face and upper body, forming subtle contours and shadows tha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master at capturing the moments, small and significant in everyday American life. This painting, "Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center", is a glimpse of an ordinar...
Category

1970s American Realist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

American Folk Art Portrait "Little Girl with Curls on Forehead"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5191 After on American Folk art oil painting of 1st half 18th century painting by Linda Baxter signed and described on verso Oil painting on solid thick wide pine board 17" wide
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1960s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Go for a Walk, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This primitive-style painting captures a man and woman strolling with their pets on a radiant fall day. Bold, smudged outlines define the figures with raw simpl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Brigitte" Pop Art Portrait of Brigitte Bardot Décollage Painting on Canvas
By Gieler
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous French actress and model Brigitte Bardot. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romanti...
Category

2010s Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Sweetness
By Roman Frances
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Giclée

Sweetness
Sweetness
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
"Multiple Personality Disorder", Contemporary Portrait, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Multiple Personality Disorder” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage and custom frame 28 x 26.5 x 4 inches in greys, blacks, whites and flesh tones. Outer and i...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Anne Wolff, "Zenyatta", 24x20 Equine Racing Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing portrait "Zenyatta" by artist Anne Wolff is a 24x20 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a profile view of the famous champion winning thoroughbred race h...
Category

2010s Photorealist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian, 1854 - 1919) Full Length "Orientalist Queen" Oil
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian, 1854 - 1919) An Exceptional quality full length oil on canvas painting of a Young Orientalist Queen / Odalisque. 19th ...
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19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bombshell Bright 1 - Oil Pastel Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Small Portrait of the Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive portrait of an artist working at a desk by an unknown artist (20th Century). An artist with brown hair and a moustache is working at a desk, with various supplies around h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

"The Space Between" - Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s "The Space Between" is a striking mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 12 inches. This evocative figurative work merges expressive brushwork with geometric abst...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Marie Gabrielle de Gramont, Rococo Oil Painting after Vigée Le Brun
By Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alessandro Maffei, After Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, Italian - Portrait of Marie Gabrielle de Gramont, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 39.25 x 27.25 in. (99.7 ...
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Late 17th Century Rococo USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard Collegiate Swim Match Oil on canvas Signed in red upper right corner
Category

20th Century Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863)
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Half-length, turned to the left, oval Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863) Circa 1830s Watercolor heightened with touches of white on paper Sig...
Category

1830s Romantic USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Tenderness
By Roman Frances
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Giclée

Tenderness
Tenderness
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
"Internal Dialogue" Haute Couture Sunglasses Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a pop art portrait of a woman in Haute Couture Chanel Sunglasses with the lettering "OMG" repeated on the right side of her face. A commentary on the social lan...
Category

2010s American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Male Nude - by Paula Craioveanu - Female Gaze series
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x27.5in / 80x70cm . Part of Nude Men series. Male Nude seen by a female artist - part of "female gaze" series. Varnished and ready for hanging. Shippin...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish

Study of a Young Woman , Framed Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, "Mancini"; additionally signed verso and painted circa 1975. Figurative oil in crimson, vermilion, jade, and deep blue, showing a young woman wearing a hat with...
Category

1970s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Zero In Love (huge framed original painting)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed upper right by Peter Max. Canvas size: 48 x 60 inches Frame size: 58 x 70 inches. Dedicated and remarqued on verso by Peter Max. ...
Category

1990s Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a Boy with a Squirrel
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Lewis J. Ruskin, Arizona, 1958–1981; thence by descent to the present owner. This charming portrait of a young boy with his pet squirrel is a newly-discovered work by G...
Category

Mid-19th Century USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

(Princess) Grace Kelly XI /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Portrait Painting Face
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "(Princess) Grace Kelly XI" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2025 Mediu...
Category

2010s Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy by Giovanni Boldini
By Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931 Italian Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy Oil on canvas A dazzling display of Giovanni Boldini’s signature style, Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy captures the ...
Category

20th Century Modern USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Old Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Old Woman Russian for Niello Engraving A wonderful study of Rembrandt’s portrait of an Old Woman used for Niello engraving by Ru...
Category

Early 20th Century Old Masters USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Hunt Slonem "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 18" Signature: Signed by Artist ...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Untitled" - Contemporary Abstract Portrait Painting in Blue, Yellow, and Black
By Masri Hayssam
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Untitled" 2023 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting. In...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Large American Impressionist Painting Sailor Girl with Toy Boat Richard Zolan
By Richard Judson Zolan
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Judson Zolan (1931-2001) "Be Calm" A sailor girl (or sailor boy) with a toy boat in a pond. Oil painting on canvas, hand signed upper left, Dimensions 40 x 30”, framed to...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Eunice Katz “Woman Preparing a Meal” – Mid-Century Modernist Figurative Art
Located in Denver, CO
This compelling original modernist acrylic on canvas by American artist Eunice Katz presents an evocative scene of an elderly woman seated and preparing a meal over a large pot. Pain...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"The Uncanny" Oil Painting 12" x 9" inch by Genevieve May
By Genevieve May
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Uncanny" Oil Painting 12" x 9" inch by Genevieve May About Genevieve May: Genevieve May is celebrated for her distinctive fusion of typography and symbolic realism. Coming from...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Figurative/Portrait_Earth Tones_Woman on Lawn Blanket_America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman on Lawn Blanket" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 45 x 80 in. 46.75 x 81.75 in Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin ...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Shades in Blue, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman with a blue face, lips, and hair wears white sunglasses with pink lenses. Static diagonal lines in the yellow background create a sense of direction and...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

TEA TIME
By Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed by the artist. Stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be consid...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

TEA TIME
$15,000 Sale Price
40% Off
The Muse: Time in Time (Model: Natalia Gubanova)
By Antonio Torres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item does not include frame. Throughout his evolution as a painter, Antonio Torres has dedicated him...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Angel II (Leatherman Erotic Fetish painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Angel II, 2024. Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel. Image measuring 12 x 12 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Burner Girl or Dripping Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Mendoza Burner Girl or Dripping Woman, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 31 inches This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Years ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Meditacion Kowa, Indigenous Art Acrylic on Canvas by Ivan Guayasamin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ivan Guayasamin, Colombian - Meditacion Kowa, Year: 1998, Medium: Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, signed, Size: 56.5 x 69 in. (143.51 x 175.26 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique American Realist Interior Portrait Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
By Charles Courtney Curran
Located in Buffalo, NY
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...
Category

1920s Realist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Janet Seated , Paris, Louvre, Salon d Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label. A substantial figural oil showing V...
Category

1950s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Provocative 19th Century Folk Art painting of a young boy holding thorny flowers
Located in Colfax, CA
A great 19th century folk art painting of a young boy posed, carefully holding thorny flowers between two fingers. His belt buckle has initials monogrammed, the last being an 'A' pos...
Category

19th Century Academic USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flowers and Figures, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Three figures in colorful dresses stand gracefully amidst a lush, fantasy garden. Oversized flowers in soft pastel tones add a surreal feel to the scene. The ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boy with a Spaniel , Water Dog, Americana, Folk Art, Tonalist, Victoriana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and antique oil portrait of a young boy shown seated beside his spaniel and gazing directly towards the viewer. American School, unsigned, and painted circa 1850.
Category

1850s USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sam" (2016), Original Nude Female Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Derek Harrison's (US based) "Sam" is an oil painting that depicts a nude female model with pink hair and shaved sides. "Sam" is a secondary market work with one previous owner. Artist Biography: Derek Harrison has worked as an artist almost all of his life. It all began with experimental art in various mediums. These ranged from watercolor to spray paint, tattooing, illustration and eventually to oil painting. A full spectrum of mediums experimented with as an artist beginning to learn his craft. In early 2010 Derek began taking workshops with very accomplished painters. This exposure opened his eyes and mind to what the possibilities are in the fine art world. After a very short amount of time, Derek began to take an extreme interest in classical/traditional art. This interest would lead him to study at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art. After formal training, many classes and workshops outside of the school and a very important session of weekly classes with artist Jeremy Lipking, Derek Harrison has become one of the most exciting new talents in the field of representational painting. He has shown in galleries all over California and as distant as Amsterdam. His paintings sit in many collections across the country including musician Richie Sambora...
Category

2010s American Realist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951 Watercolor gouache on board Signed on the front Frame included: held in vintage modern frame Measurements: Framed: 11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75 Painting 4.5 inches by 6 inches Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City. Provenance Associated American Artists Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti. Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti. ADLOF DEHN Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968 Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art. In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art. If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques. Early Years, 1895 - 1922 For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Sunshine, Women Portrait, Figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait oil Painting, women, nude, figurative art, Impressionism Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2024 Sty...
Category

2010s Impressionist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Let Them Eat Cake" (2014) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Let Them Eat Cake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude with a crown set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud cake...
Category

2010s Realist USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Kelsey - Original Circular Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic