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Early 20th Century French Painting
Located in High Point, NC
This Early 20th Century French Painting is an evocative landscape brimming with life and movement
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Early 20th Century French Paintings

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Early 20th Century French Painting
Early 20th Century French Painting
H 14.8 in W 18.7 in D 0.6 in
Early 20th Century Belgian Painting
Located in High Point, NC
This early 20th Century Belgian painting captures the essence of a bygone era through its detailed
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Early 20th Century Belgian Paintings

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Paint

Early 20th Century Belgian Painting
Early 20th Century Belgian Painting
H 16.8 in W 13.3 in D 0.4 in
Early 20th Century French Painting
Located in High Point, NC
This exquisite early 20th-century French painting is a stunning still life that brings the lush
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Early 20th Century French Paintings

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Paint

Early 20th Century French Painting
Early 20th Century French Painting
H 9.4 in W 10.5 in D 8 in
A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
By Leon Kroll
Located in New York, NY
A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century Leon Kroll (1884
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have
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1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Russian Avant-Garde Oil painting, early 20th century possibly Natalya Goncharova
Located in Hudson, NY
MYSTERY ARTIST Russian Avante-Garde Oil painting on Canvas early 20th century possibly Natalya
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20th Century Paintings

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Canvas

"Library" Mid 20th Century Precisionism Cubist Realism Modernism Architectural
Located in New York, NY
"Library" Mid 20th Century Precisionism Cubist Realism Modernism Architectural. Signed verso
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Emiliano Zapata, Original Social Realism Painting
By David Alfaro Siqueiros
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) Mexican Title: Emiliano Zapata Medium: Pyroxylin on Wood Panel, Signed Lower Right Size: Unframed 35” x 49”, Framed 39” x 53” Year: 1958 - ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Wood Panel

"Costal Scene" Early 20th Century Seascape
By Chauncey Foster Ryder
Located in Austin, TX
"Coastal Scene" is an original oil painting by Chauncey Ryder that depicts a serene, misty seascape
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Larchmont, NY
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) Untitled (Preparatory Drawing for Skyscape), Early 20th Century
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Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have
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1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural Ernest Fiene (1894
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Italian Beauty 19th century Realism Antique Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
of realism to the painting, breathing life into the subject. Conti’s expertise in capturing texture
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sketch for a Sculpture - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketche for a Sculpture is an original Pencil and Pastel realized by Charles Moulin in early-20th
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pencil

Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century Carlos Lopez (1910
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing Konrad Cramer
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Expressive Realism Oil Painting Still Life Sunflowers, E. Gotzmann
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Expressive Realism Oil Painting Still Life of Sunflowers. Signed E. Gotzmann (1881-1950) This is
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Early 20th Century German Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas

Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have
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Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

View Of A French Town, early 20th Century Charles GINNER (1878-1952)
By Charles Ginner
Located in Blackwater, GB
View Of A French Town, early 20th Century Charles GINNER (1878-1952) Large early 20th Century
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Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Donald Duck and Le Petit Ecolier, Early 20th Century Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board portrait of a young schoolboy 'Le Petit Écolier', with Donald Duck
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Alameda River Below Mt. Tamalpais - Early 20th Century Landscape
By Marius Schmidt
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century landscape of the Alameda River below Mt. Tamalpais by Marius Schmidt
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Bathers" American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Modernism Ashcan Fauvism
By Charles Demuth
Located in New York, NY
"Bathers" American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Modernism Ashcan Fauvism Charles Demuth (1883
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Large Russian Israeli Fantastic Realism Surrealist Oil Painting Girl with Swan
By Rina Sutzkever
Located in Surfside, FL
her earlier works are more realistic, Sutzkever's later works blend surrealism, fantasy, imagination
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme Connecticut Red House
By George M. Bruestle
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of Connecticut red house by George M
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm
By George M. Bruestle
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of New England Farm by George M
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Still Life of Pink Roses, Souter, 20th Century Oil painting
By John Bulloch Souter
Located in London, GB
mostly likely to be one of these works. It is a fine example of early 20th century Scottish floral oil
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Early 20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Super-Realism Still-Life Apple Painting by James Eddie, 1995
Located in Miami, FL
Super-realism Still-life Apple Painting by James Eddie, 1995 Offered for sale is a beautifully
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Late 20th Century English Paintings

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

People in the Room - Original Ink Drawing by L. A. Gros - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
realism by painting the daily life of sea workers.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"Catalonia Landscape", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Modest Urgell
Located in Madrid, ES
with Gustave Courbet, and subscribed to realism. In the 1860s his works were rejected as too advanced
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Going to Bolinas - Realism oil on canvas painting - California Coast still life
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
roadway — with nature. The painting depicts early evening light — the artist's favorite. Created in 2020
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail & Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947) Wagtail & Chrysanthemum Early 20th century Folding screen in two
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

"A Pompeiian Love Song" 19th Century Realism Antique Oil on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
, combining the talents of two distinguished artists from the 19th and early 20th centuries. As viewers gaze
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"To Market To Market", Early 20th Century Figurative Brooklyn Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
"To Market To Market", a whimsical early 20th century modern figurative village landscape by Frank
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Mid Century Arman Fernandez Painting Guitar Oil Painting Wood Black Yellow
By Arman Fernandez
Located in Esbeek, NL
Ecole du Louvre in Paris, where he concentrated on archaeology and Asian art. In the early 1960s, he
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Early 20th Century French Paintings

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Wood, Paint

"Seville Gardens", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Manuel García y Rodríguez
Located in Madrid, ES
bachelor's degree, and received his first painting lessons from José de la Vega Marrugal and his brothers
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1920s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art Stuart Davis
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

"At the Annual Fair", an early 20th Century oil on canvas by Alberto Plá Rubio
Located in Madrid, ES
, marked the guidelines of its production, works of social subjects and marked realism, with great
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Flirting at the Well", Early 20th Century Oil on Panel by M. García y Rodríguez
Located in Madrid, ES
bachelor's degree, and received his first painting lessons from José de la Vega Marrugal and his brothers
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1910s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dmitry Alexandrovich Kustanovich (1970) Minsk Belarus Pointilist Spatial Realism
By Dmitry Kustanovich
Located in Meinisberg, CH
acquire an early pointillist-ish work by this well established and internationally traded artist
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Late 20th Century Pointillist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard, Canvas

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
1912 to 1915. He did fine-art painting on the side until the early 1920s, and had his first solo
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Woman Listening, " Honore Sharrer, Magical Realism Landscape with Flora & Figure
By Honore Sharrer
Located in New York, NY
remembers the powerful impression made on her by a fifteenth century painting by Hieronymus Bosch, "Christ
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Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Casein

Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck 1929 Excellent oil
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1920s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century Neo-Impressionist Portrait Drawing on Paper - Figural Studies
By Henri Edmond Cross
Located in London, GB
des Beaux-Arts. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of realism, but
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
the WPA of the 20th Century. Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Cityscape, 20 x 16 inch
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Village Scene, early 20th century drawing on paper, Cleveland School Artist
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Beachwood, OH
, Charles Burchfield became known as a town-landscape painter of middle-western America, and his paintings
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor, Ink

Evening Beach III / oil on canvas - family beach ocean figurative realism
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
A tranquil oil painting featuring an early evening sunset with people strolling on a beach in front
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
By Charles Edmund Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift
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1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

20th Century Italian Piedmontese Mountain Landscape by Silvio Poma Large Size
By Silvio Poma
Located in Milan, IT
A large mountain landscape, an early 20th century oil on canvas painting depicting a mountain
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Early 20th Century Italian Paintings

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Giltwood, Canvas

Refugee from England ( Memories), 20th Century Contemporary Acrylic
By Graham Dean
Located in London, GB
although that space is now altogether less defined.  The urban realism of his early days has been replaced
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Composition (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
of economic instability and dislocation formed Hantman’s early years, making him independent and self
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Fishermen and Boats in Douarnenez, French post impressionist superb oil Painting
By Henry Maurice CAHOURS
Located in ludlow, GB
the mood and the realism of Breton life, his figures are excellent and believable and his skies are
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Women in garden" 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
specialize in American art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Museums like: The Metropolitan
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Dance 19th-century Large Antique Nude Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed & Dated
Located in Jacksonville, FL
early 20th-century artworks, including those from the Barbizon School. 2.Musée des Beaux-Arts de
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Early 19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Luigi Lucioni attr. Traditional American Still Life, 20th century
By Luigi Lucioni
Located in Larchmont, NY
Italian primitives. He responded immediately to the realism of early Renaissance painting, which left a
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Early 1900s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Leonel Maciel Whimsical Painting
By Leonel Maciel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular frame house this whimsical work by the Mexican artist Leonel Maciel. The painting is
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20th Century Mexican Paintings

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Paint

Leonel Maciel Whimsical Painting
Leonel Maciel Whimsical Painting
H 54.5 in W 46 in D 3 in
Gypsy Portrait" 19th Century Antique Realistic portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Angelo Asti
Located in Jacksonville, FL
himself as a true maestro of portraiture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in the
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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