$1,550
Mid Century Figurative Floral Still-Life with Bouquet, Lemon, & Self Portrait
By Marjorie Hyman
Located in Soquel, CA
Member of the Peninsula Art Association, student of Alice de Boton. Exhibited Society of Western Artists, 17th annual, De Young Museum, S.F. and exhibited Society of Western Artist...
Masonite, Oil
$850
H 21.625 in W 18.625 in
Flowers #13, circa 1950s by Henri Julie, Floral Still Life, Bouquet in Vase
By Henri Julie
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Henri Julie (20th Century) Signed: Henri Julie (Lower, Right) " Flowers #13 " circa 1950s Oil on Panel 17 7/8" x 15 7/8" Housed in a 1 1/2" Period Antiqued Gold Leaf Frame (Made...
Oil, Panel
$1,250
H 31 in W 27.5 in D 2 in
Flower Still Life, Impressionist Oil Painting by Thomas Strickland
By Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Flower Still Life Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 20 x 24 inches Frame: 31 x 27.5 inches
Oil, Canvas
$595
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Jean Millien (1918-1998) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Bouquet of Mixed Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant still life painting of mixed flowers by French artist Jean Millien (1918-1998). The painting expresses similarities to the floral works of Henri Matisse. Signed to the lowe...
Oil
$789
H 28 in W 24 in D 0.5 in
Mid-Century Floral Still Life by Miriam Tabor — Oil on Canvas in Original Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
A luminous mid-century floral still life by noted artist Miriam Tabor. This elegant composition features soft pink blooms in a dark vase, set before a sunlit window. Tabor’s fluid br...
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 11.75 in W 11.25 in D 1 in
A Cheerful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life of a Colorful Bouquet of Flowers
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of a Colorful Bouquet of Spring Flowers by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Completed in the vibrant,...
Oil, Canvas, Board
Still Life With Flowers Bouquet
By Edith Faucon
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
French Still Life With Flowers Bouquet Oil on masonite, signed, original vintage frame. Edith Faucon was born on May 24 in 1919 in Carentan France. She owes her artistic training f...
Oil, Masonite
Spring Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still-Life
By Helen Gapen Oehler
Located in Soquel, CA
A lush spring bouquet bursts forth with a bounty of beautiful, vibrant flowers in bloom in this mid century floral still-life by Helen Gapen Oehler (American, 1893-1979). Signed "Hel...
Linen, Oil
$9,500
H 26 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
"Still Life, Flowers From My Garden" 20th Century Polish - American Oil Painting
By Theresa Bernstein
Located in New York, NY
A modern depiction of Sun Flowers by Theresa F. Bernstein. The bold colors and strong contrasts make Berstein's work so striking and captivating. The flowers are executed with bold p...
Oil, Board, Gouache
$2,049
H 18 in W 13 in
Bright & Cheerful French Modernist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in Vase Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 18 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come fr...
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Still-Life with Marigolds
By Mary Seeleg
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century still life of a vase of Marigold flowers next to a bowl of fruit by California artist Mary Seeleg (American, 19th-20th-century). Signed "M. Seeleg" lower right....
Canvas, Oil
$2,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 25.5 in
Still Life w/ Flowers, Bust & Parisian Scene, American Impressionist
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Still Life Oil on canvas Signed upper right 32 x 25.5 inches Provenance: From the Alexander Warshawsky Estate Impressionist painter A.G. Wars...
Oil
$1,828
H 31.5 in W 27.76 in D 0.79 in
Still life with Dasies. Oil on canvas. 80x70.5 cm
By Janis Krontals
Located in Riga, LV
Professional painter from Latvia in Soviet period
Plywood, Oil
$994
H 15.52 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Mid-Century Modernist Still Life with Flowers in White Vase, Oil Painting
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 53,8 x 44,6 x 3,5 cm. Signed "Guinand" in the lower left corner. This charming mid-20th-century still life depicts a generous bouquet of flowers arranged in a...
Oil, Cardboard
$742
H 25.6 in W 18.12 in
Francine Chimène, Still Life with Flowers and a White Pitcher, French sch., 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
ARTIST - Francine Chimène (1929–2019) // PERIOD - Painted in 1970 // ORIGIN - France, Chatou // MEDIUM - Oil on canvas // STYLE - French Post-Impressionism, Modernism, Emerging Abstr...
Canvas, Oil
$685
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.4 in
Still Life with Bouquets of Flowers - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
By Franco Marzilli
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
Oil
Flowers with a Yellow Background
By Humbert Howard
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist floral still life by American artist Humbert Howard (1905-1990). Howard was born in Philadelphia and considered an important figure among contemporary African-Am...
Oil, Panel
$5,485
H 28.35 in W 36.23 in D 1.58 in
Early 20th Century French Impressionist River Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist oil on canvas view of a river in parkland by the noted French artist Albert Uriet. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and is presented in a fine car...
Oil
$1,350
H 15 in W 17.75 in D 1.5 in
Mid Century Yosemite Mountain Peak Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century landscape of upper Young Lake and Ragged Peak in Yosemite National Park by Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). The artist uses textural impasto in a pa...
Masonite, Oil
$81,976 / set
H 43.31 in W 18.51 in D 16.54 in
Large Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Blue Ceramic Vases
Located in London, GB
The two vases are of large, ovoid form, and feature fluted bodies which are crafted in ceramic with a mottled blue colouring. The vases are mounted with twin gilt bronze scrolling ha...
Ormolu
$4,500
H 36.5 in W 31 in D 3.5 in
"Village Provençal " Pointillistic Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Lucia Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting depicting a beautiful landscape on a sunny day of the Village Provençal in France. This piece has a strong presence with bold brushwork and heav...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 33.5 in W 29.25 in D 2 in
"Voilier" Pointillistic Colorful Sea Scape with Sailboat Oil Painting on Canvas
By Lucia Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting landscape depicting a figure near a boat with a beautiful sailboat in a Marina in France with other sailboats in the distance. This piece has a ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,350
H 28 in W 34 in D 2 in
Glowing Wave Crashing at the Shore - Seascape
By William Henry Blackman
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed seascape by William Henry Blackman (American, b. 1930). A wave crashes at the shore, glowing from the sun shining through. Above the wave, a few gulls glide across th...
Canvas, Oil
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
H 38 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
Canvas, Oil
"Anna" - Portrait of a Reclining Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a woman on a sofa by Nealon A. Mundt (American, 1939-2015). A woman is reclining on a dark blue sofa, with a pink wall in the background. The woman is wear...
Canvas, Oil
Rota, Spanish Landscape -- Pobre Casa Cadiz
By John Sackas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 19...
Illustration Board, Canvas, Oil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.25 in W 24.24 in D 1 in
Mid Century Carmel Cottage with Flowers, Oil on Masonite, Signed
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century painting of Carmel stucco cottage and with gladiolas and Geraniums in planting beds by listed artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed lower le...
Oil, Masonite
On Hold|$18,037
H 52.76 in W 14.57 in D 14.57 in
Pair of Illuminating Classical Alabaster Columns and Vases
Located in London, by appointment only
Floor standing classically carved alabaster vases on fluted columns and square stepped pedestals Carved with Satyre masks and foliate swags suspended from ribbons Electrified and...
Alabaster
$1,650
H 18.5 in W 21.5 in D 0.5 in
"Approaching Storm", Mid-1930s California Rainstorm Landscape Watercolor
By Leslie Bruner Wulff
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-1930's watercolor landscape of a vast valley with a rainstorm far in the distance by California artist Leslie Bruner Wulff (American, 1890-1968). The atmosphere and fee...
Paper, Watercolor
$85,000 / set
H 40 in Dm 16 in
Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six Light Malachite Candelabra Finely casted gilt bronze and rococo and foliate arms above a spiraled carved malachite body ...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
$1,850
H 23.5 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
Over the Bridge, Armenia - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Hovanessian
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape painting of an arched bridge over a glassy lake with tiny figures by unknown artist Hovanessian (Armenian, 20th Century), c.1960s. The figures look ou...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 10.5 in W 12.5 in D 1 in
19th Century Maritime Seascape, USS Steam Frigate Niagara
Located in Soquel, CA
19th century maritime seascape of a naval ship similar to those used in the war of 1812, by William B. Hoff (American, 1846-1903). This miniature watercolor is depicted with fine det...
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Flanders Field Poppy Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful still life of the red Flanders Field Poppy by Heide van Doren (Germany, 20th Century), circa 1940. Signed lower right "Heidi van Doren". Presented in carved gilt-toned fram...
Linen, Oil
Marjorie Hyman, circa 1970s, was a professional artist, published poet and played piano at the Officers Club during World War II. She studied theater at Stanford University and later performed professional monologues in the Bay Area. Hyman was also a member of the Peninsula Art Association. She was a student of Alice de Boton. Marjorie has exhibited at Society of Western Artists, California and at de Young Museum at San Francisco. She was listed in The Fine Art Catalogue under Artists of Central and Northern California. Marjorie Hyman passed away in Burlingame, California in 2016.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
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.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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