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Blurry Portrait Painting

Original Vintage Oil Painting in canvas, Portrait of a Boy. Signed Dated, Framed
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an original vintage oil painting on canvas. This old painting shows a boy sitting
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Self Portrait #1, colorful gestural abstracted portrait
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Monotype, Oil, Paper

Blurry Lines Large Abstract - # 5, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Steve Alderton
Located in Yardley, PA
in this blurry, dreamy state, that painting retains structure through use of geometric form
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2010s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon, Richard Hamilton modernist photograph
By Richard Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
distinctive style of painting. Working with oil on collotype copies of that portrait, Hamilton produced seven
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1970s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Radha Mind Screen, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Girl with pearl earring - Torn and pasted photo on paper- micro mosaic collage
By Keun Young Park
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by Johannes Vermeer's painting. Keun Young Park depicts the body in a state of
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color

10525 - Stranger than Paradise, 125x125cm each - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

French Barbizon Pastoral Landscape Painting of Horses by Jules Dupré
By Jules Dupré
Located in Shippensburg, PA
development of the trees is spectacular and almost portrait-like with very careful articulation of the foliage
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Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Jackie"
By Andy Warhol
Located in Helsingør, DK
Foundation as a painting. Similar work on manila is depicted in The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne Vol 02A
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

"Jackie"
"Jackie"
H 18.12 in W 14.57 in
Club II
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Club II
H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Bedside Moonlighting – 31-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
three quarters of the body showed blurry shapes. Therefor there are no harsh contour delineations, not
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Bedside Moonlighting - 31-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
three quarters of the body showed blurry shapes. Therefor there are no harsh contour delineations, not
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres) - 16-05-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
hatched strokes in one single direction. Such gave all landscapes I did a rather blurry impressionist look
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

May 15 2001, signed silkscreen cultural commentary famed African American artist
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
internationally acclaimed 2018 "History of Painting (May 16, 2007). (It didn't hurt that P Diddy snagged one of
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Pencil, Graphite

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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Mario Sorrenti Vinyl Record Art (Mario Sorrenti fashion photographer)
By Mario Sorrenti
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"Runner, " Large Rare Bronze of Nude Male Figure by Seifert, 1922
By Franz Seifert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Black Male Nude Painting by Rowena Meeks Abdy
By Rowena Meeks Abdy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Fine Gothic Painting / 11th Station Crucifixion, Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Another stunning, hand painted, oil on canvas, work of religious art. This antique oil painting was first hand painted on canvas and later glued to a zinc backplate which is one wa...
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Materials

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Antique Oil On Canvas Dutch School Windmill Landscape C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Dutch painting offers oil on canvas landscape scene with windmills, waterway and boats, seated in giltwood frame, c1890 Measures - overall 21.75"h x 34"w x 3.5"d; sight 2...
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique German Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case c 1900 Erotic Nude Sea Ocean
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous Antique solid Silver Cigarette Case with an Enamel Image on the front cover. This Image shows a nude woman with long brown hair surrounded by a cresting wave in the ocean....
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Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

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Dutch Landscape Oil on Canvas 1940s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Dutch Landscape Oil on Canvas 1940s. Beautiful and well painted landscape - most probably Dutch. Very tactile and refined impressionist painting. Thick brush strokes and rich colors...
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Dutch Landscape Oil on Canvas 1940s
H 15.75 in W 20.08 in D 0.79 in
Antique Jan Toorop Alleen de Christus Kan Alles Redden Lithograph Postcard Print
By Jan Toorop
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century hand colored lithograph postcard print of "Alleen de Christus Kan Alles Redden" (Only the Christ Can Save Everything) created in 1922 by Jan Toorop, showing a trio...
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Materials

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"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson
By Mark Allen Isaacson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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"Penzance, Cornwall Harbour by Night" Harbour, boats and church by moonlight Oil
Located in ludlow, GB
"Harbour at Night" Oil on Canvas, Signed and Framed. Rodney Charman is a British Painter who specialised in marine scenes. He first began painting at the age of 21 and his early wo...
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Erotic / Nude Women Bronze Sculpture Table Bell Push, Austria, 1900´s
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
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Nude Painting
By S. Moriniere
Located in Nashville, TN
Nude male painting. Signed S. Moriniere, 1896. Oil on stretched canvas.
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Nude Painting
Nude Painting
H 22 in W 18 in
Large Antique American Academic Male Nude reclining with Draperies
Located in New York, NY
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1910s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Blurry day
By Laurent Proneur
Located in Encino, CA
Blurry day. One of those days where you are on the beach trying to get some tan but it's kind of
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blurry day
Blurry day
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
There, 2015, oil, canvas, abstract figurative painting, , Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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untitled, 2019, oil, canvas, abstract painting, pattern, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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moth, 2015, oil on wood, figurative painting, animals, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Stands, 2015, oil on wood, figure, painting, light, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
wafts of mist blurry fguration. And still, all these eclectic varieties of contemporary painting derive
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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untitled, 2017, oil, canvas, abstract painting, blue, black, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
wafts of mist blurry fguration. And still, all these eclectic varieties of contemporary painting derive
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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untitled, 2019, oil, canvas, abstract painting, blue, pattern, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

moth on moth, 2015, oil wood, figurative painting, animals, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood

Warrior
Located in Singapore, SG
Blurry, black and white, intense, warrior, portrait
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Warrior
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in
"OUDE VAART TE GENT / THE OLD CITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM"
Located in Ghent, BE
evoked. Blurry reflection often has an enchanting effect and this painting is no exception: notice how
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1910s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

untitled, 2014, oil on wood 50 x 40 cm, Head, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Hands Folding, 2015 oil on wood 50 x 40 cm, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Skull, 2012 oil on canvas, head study, figurative, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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untitled, 2016, oil, canvas, abstract, gray monochrom, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
, as well as monochromatic, in itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Exodus from Antwerp on 8 October, 1914
By Louis van Engelen 2
Located in Brussels & Antwerp, BE
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Exodus from Antwerp on 8 October, 1914
Exodus from Antwerp on 8 October, 1914
H 51.18 in W 96.46 in D 4.73 in
untitled (Head) 2012, watercolor on hand made paper, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry fguration. And still, all these eclectic
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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untitled (Head) 2012, watercolor on hand made paper, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry fguration. And still, all these eclectic
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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untitled (Head) 2012, watercolor on hand made paper, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
itself structured painting or through the wafts of mist blurry fguration. And still, all these eclectic
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Cindy, Ellen, Kiki, Laurie, Lorna
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
sharp detail in the facial features recalls his earlier paintings. These particular portraits, donated
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Mao (FS II.125A) UNSIGNED
By Andy Warhol
Located in West Hollywood, CA
context. The splash of indigo placed on Mao’s face makes it a signature Warhol painting with the pop of
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20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Mao (FS II.125A) SIGNED
By Andy Warhol
Located in West Hollywood, CA
context. The splash of indigo placed on Mao’s face makes it a signature Warhol painting with the pop of
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Screen

Sorrow
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
János Huszti, armed with a pared-down color palette and masterful technical skill, paints blurry
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Sorrow
H 83 in W 63 in
Unexpected by Nancy Franke, Impressionist Still-Life in Handmade Gilt Framed
By Nancy Franke
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Unexpected' is a small framed Impressionist oil on linen board painting created by American artist
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The Killers 2, black and white monotype, dramatic, night, narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Monotype

Boy Running (Point Dume)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Edward Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Boy Running (Point Dume)
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H 14.97 in W 18.51 in D 0.04 in
Hawthorne Place
By Dan Rizzie
Located in Fairlawn, OH
collage and areas of strong color. His fondness for collage may stem from his interest in the paintings of
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Photogravure

Hawthorne Place
Hawthorne Place
H 11.75 in W 9 in
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Blurry Portrait Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the blurry portrait painting you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 5 abstract versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect blurry portrait painting among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right blurry portrait painting for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, beige, gray and orange. There have been many interesting blurry portrait painting examples over the years, but those made by Stefanie Schneider, Magnus Thorén, Tom Bennett, Corne Akkers and Steve Alderton are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, paint and polaroid can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Blurry Portrait Painting?

A blurry portrait painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,448, while the lowest priced sells for $300 and the highest can go for as much as $125,000.
Questions About Blurry Portrait Painting
  • 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.