Movements & Themes: Portrait Paintings

Today's "Movements & Themes" post features abstract portraits completed in a wide variety of styles.

Tovar, title unknown, 1963, 24" x 20"

Sándor Zicherman (b. 1935), Female Nude II, 2003, oil on masonite, 59 x 59 cm.

Boleslaw Biegas (1877-1954), portrait, c. 1918, oil on cardboard. Boisgirard & Associés (sold 2009)

Georges Connan (1912-1987), Portrait Moderne, 1939, oil on panel, 22" x 22". Jeffrey Winter Fine Arts

Jean Xceron (1890-1967), Portrait No. 61, 1932, oil on fiberboard. Smithsonian American Art Museum

Jorge Damiani (b. 1931), Figure, oil on fiberboard, 64 x 46 cm. Castells Uruguay (sold 2009)

Lajos Tihanyi (1885-1938), Portrait of Tristan Tzara, 1926, oil on canvas. Hungarian National Gallery

Manuel G. Mendez (1906-1969), untitled, oil on canvas, 20" x 16". Antique Helper (sold 2008)

Ramon Prats (1928-2003), untitled portrait, 1959, acrylic on board, 22" x 14". Rose Hill Auctions (sold 2006)

William McBride (1912-2000), Dorothy, 1940, oil on masonite, 25" x 13". Treadway Toomey (sold 2008)

Dean Meeker (1920-2002),Tattooed Lady, c. 1960's, oil on masonite, 45.5" x 31.5". Michel Contessa ($3,200)