Catherine McCarthy Art

Mark Houghton M 3 Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper 68 x 49.5 cm 26 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches Houghton's practice highlights overlooked aspects of the everyd...

Original Painting Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist. Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome. Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...

JParames is considered one of the most talented and promising Portuguese artists of his generation. Born in Lisbon in 1978, he studied at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon....

The "White Inferno" series features crafted mixed media artworks, blending diverse mediums to create intense visual compositions. Incorporating collage p...

Abstract Watercolor N.8 by Dmitry Samygin Minimalist and geometric paintings. Technique: Watercolor Color: Teal blue Size: H. 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Dmitry Samygin is a Furniture a...

This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...

I tried to escape the farm town i grew up in and moved to the city. the city became home. I then left to start a family. Life happens and things change. I returned to the city, but n...

Moving, restarting, unboxing, organizing, all to start the right way after all previous experience

A luxuriant forest is the romantic and lyrical landscape where the dance of the nude nymphs takes place in this joyful 19th Century antique oil on canvas painting featuring a mythological scene. Dance of the Nymphs and Naiads is a myth inspired by the tales of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, a subject already much loved in the Renaissance period as an allegory of rebirth - as in one of the most famous paintings in the world the Spring by Sandro Botticelli- then reproduced throughout the neoclassicism by academic painters -due to the renewed interest in classical artworks following the discovery of archaeological sites- and taken up later, with ecological purposes and meanings, also by the Barbizon school and Impressionist artists. The present artwork – signed Vagner low left and datable to the second half of the 19th century - is closely inspired by an important work by the great Camille Corot, which is now housed at the Musée d'Orsay (Paris). This historical oil on canvas painting, featuring a joyful scene with the three graces and other dancing nymphs...

This romantic French 19th century allegoric oil painting on square canvas has a sky blue background, a fluffy cloud fills the central part of the painting where a woman is lying down playing the lyre, while a graceful cherub seems to twirl over her. This oil on canvas painting represents the allegory of music - with a woman dressed in classical clothes and a putto- a very popular theme during all the neoclassical age, with its lively scene inspired by the Rococo period. The composition creates a awesome trompe-l'œil effect thanks to the color palette scheme. Well painted white and gray shadings (chiaro scuro) that stands out from the light blue background in typical grisaille style. This painting originally was an over door frieze...

Original painting. Oil and acrylic on raw linen canvas and mounted on a high quality stretcher frame. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides ...

Mark Houghton Dos, 2021 Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper 38 x 34 cm 15 x 13 3/8 inches Houghton's practice highlights overlooked aspects of the everyd...