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Art For Sale
36x49 MODONNA "LIKE A VIRGIN" Cassette Tape Photography Archival Poster Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a MODONNA "LIKE A VIRGIN" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These iconic tapes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Pearl Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this quietly surreal pasture, two red cows and a slender black dog form an unexpected circle of trust. Their pearl necklaces echo one another, creating a subtle thread of kinship ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sea Cliffs Panorama - long exposure seascape - Faroe Islands, limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Cliffs and green hills along a body of water, with distant islands or landmasses in the background under a cloudy sky.
All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 7 x 8 3/4 inches (177 x 223 mm); sheet 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (267 x 300 mm), full margins. Signed V. E. Chapel and numbered 62/250 in penc...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Art
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Vintage Horse Portrait, Original Oil Painting by French artist, Andre Hardy
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Horse Portrait on wood by French artist Andre Hardy signed in the lower right and on the back. Dated 1962, this is a portrait of a pure blood Arab...
Category
1960s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Painting Blue Dog Classic Gold Contemporary Nature Abstract Serenity Floral Calm
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Sunbeam Serenity
Painting Animal Dogs Modern Gold Contemporary Striking Invest Energy Nature Blue
This painting forms part of an artwork series called BLUE. I borrowed from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Gold
"Girl in the Rain - Gold Edition #6", Abstract, Painting, 21st Century
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Gold Edition - with real gold leaf, 23,75 carat
Art measures 11.81 x 11.81 inches
Frame measures 22.83 x 22.83 x 2.36 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding....
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Large 19th century Victorian oil landscape - Countryside Sunset - 1887
Located in Aartselaar, BE
George William Mote (1832–1909)
Landscape with Cattle on a Country Path, 1887
A luminous and richly detailed late-19th-century landscape by George William Mote, dated 1887, showcasi...
Category
19th Century Romantic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Museum Explorers, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A mother and child deeply examine the paintings in the impressionist galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The subtle yet bold brushwork conveys the quie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life Oil Painting of Fish, Original Antique Herrings and Sea Shell
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique Still Life Oil Painting of Herrings and sea shell, rare and stunning antique oil on stretched canvas of Herrings, lemon and a seashell. Two Herrings lay on a piece of paper ...
Category
1920s French School Art
Materials
Oil
$1,187 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Very Large 19th Century English Marine Oil Painting Wreckers Sunset Coast
By Charles Webster
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wreckers on the Beach
by Charles Webster (British. 19th century)
signed, oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 42 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very good ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Antique Portrait of a woman, original antique oil painting by Eugene Smits
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil on wood portrait of a woman by Belgium artist, Eugine Smits 1800s. This delightful painting in its rich and powerful tones and scultured impressionist paint layers is ve...
Category
1880s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
New York City Brooklyn Bridge Salmagundi Award Winning Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge
22 x 28 unframed and 31 x 36.5 framed
signed LL
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge is an oil painting by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Original-Jardin d'Hiver-Gladiolus with Dahlias-British Awarded Artist-Impasto
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest collection, created in her winter studio while longing for the summer left behind. Reflecting on the vibrant days spent painting en plein...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
View of Venice - skyline panorama - Santa Maria della Salute - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photo. Cityscape with a historic cathedral, water in the foreground, with pastel-colored buildings along the waterfront.
All Gerald Berghammer pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Fine Large Victorian Signed Oil Painting Anglers Romantic River Sunset Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day
by Edwin Henry Boddington (1836–1905)
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 42 inches
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection,...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Dog Abstract Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract Painting Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
Artist: Karen Dolukhanyan
Title: Dog
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Abstract Art, Avant-Garde
Dimensions: 36" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horizon of Silence The "Moment" Series
Located in Zofingen, AG
Horizon of Silence The "Moment" Series
oil on linen canvas
This painting extends the exploration of temporal fragility central to the “Moment” series. Built through numerous transluc...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hotel room. From The Light Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
While "Composition for Film" evokes notable associations with masters of painting and poetry known precisely for their ability to evoke slow time, intimacy, poetry, and introversion ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clever as a Fox - Original Wild Animal Portrait Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Large Painting Horses Fox Hunting Scene with Hounds Signed Willson Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Painted with refined technique and strong sense of realism, the work evokes the British sporting art tradition associated with 19th- and early 20th-century masters such as John E. Fe...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Beautiful Manta" Abstract Geometric Grid in Pastel Colors
By Kevin Snipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Beautiful Manta" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, pastel, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 8.25”h x 6”w and is signed en verso.
Kevin Snipes (h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Pastel
"A Cut Flower Can't Last I" Smoke and House Imagery in Grayscale Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "A Cut Flower Can't Last I" is an original piece by Graham Franciose, and is made from watercolor on panel mounted Rives BFK cotton rag, wax sealed, custom Douglas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Cotton, Wax, Wood Panel
The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Cobbolds Point Panorama seascape, wavebreaker England - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist photography. A curved stone jetty extending into a calm body of water, with a tall navigation marker at the end.
Archival pigment ink ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Pedal Boat - Balaton - long exposure waterscape photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photography. Five pedal boats on a platform over water, with a cloudy sky in the background.
Digital pigment ink print, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Embrace (Light Grey) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, dynamic
Located in Paris, FR
Embrace (Light Grey) is a Fired clay constructed and painted sculpture by Patricia Volk, dimensions are 36 × 55 × 62 cm (14.1 × 21.6 × 24.4 in).
It is a unique signed piece and com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Paint
A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Venice by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Venice by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of brilliant color and wonderful brushwork; completed...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
MANDALA OM
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Handmade painting on canvas.
Created by a master of Buddhist thangka painting.
It is a painting with great symbolism that offers protection,...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Acrylic
3 Monumental Standing Figures by Pierre Yermia - outdoor bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
3 Monumental Standing Figures is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 320 × 150 × 130 cm (126 × 59.1 × 51.2 in).
The sculpture is signed a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Pedal Boats and a Catamaran, waterscape, long exposure photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Colorful pedal boats and a catamaran lined up on a dock on a calm body of water under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Moon by Frédérique Domergue - Abstract painting and wall sculpture, original
Located in Paris, FR
Moon is a unique painting and wall sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This artwork is made with polished pink copper leaves on metal frame, dimensions are 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Inner Garden No.2 — Irises
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Between Light and Silence — Botanical Whispers.
Blooming irises rise like silent flames of dignity, their petals unfolding in deep blues and violets. For centuries the iris ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Impulse in motion. "Moment" Series
Located in Zofingen, AG
Impulse in Motion. The "Moment" Series
The "Moment" series is a multi-layered oil painting on linen , combining impasto application with subtle glazes. The layers allow light to pass...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Union V by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, terracotta, white
Located in Paris, FR
Union V is a unique white terracotta sculpture with chamotte by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 45 × 27 × 19 cm (17.7 × 10.6 × 7.5 in).
The sculpture is signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Terracotta
Karma, Milan - Italian bookshop street photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, street photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan.
'A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Affordable Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Divine Nude No.42 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.42 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Fall into Silence
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue, indigo, navy, water, sky
31 x 31"
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cypress Tree on a Hill with a Cross - Tuscany - limited landscape editon photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. A small group of tall, slender cypress trees on a dry, barren hilltop against a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Mark Rothko 'No. 37' Vintage Abstract Framed
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph poster featuring Mark Rothko’s No. 37, a powerful example of his signature exploration of color, form, and emotional depth. The artwork is framed in a black wood fr...
Category
1990s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Helen Frankenthaler 'Sesame' Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen poster featuring Helen Frankenthaler’s Sesame, showcasing her expressive use of color and fluid form that helped define postwar American abstraction. The artwork is presen...
Category
1990s American Modern Art
Materials
Screen
Antique Scottish Highlands River Misty Landscape Signed Oil Anglers by River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland River
by William Lakin Turner (1867-1936)
signed oil on panel, framed
framed: 18 x 21 inches
panel : 10 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: th...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Landscape Farm Oil painting John C Traynor Salmagundi Club Auction NYC
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
John C Traynor
The Kelly Farm
oil/linen 9 x 12 image unframed, 14.25 x 17.25 framed
signed LR
Purchased at the Salmagundi Club in 2003. This is one of two of Johns earlier paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Light Reborn"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and is part of her ongoing series dedicated to women — a powerful exploration...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Landscape Farm Oil painting John C Traynor Salmagundi Club Auction Mt Ascutny
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
John C Traynor
Mt Ascutny
oil/linen 9 x 12 image unframed, 13.5 x 16.5 framed
signed LR
Purchased at the Salmagundi Club in 2003. This is one of two of Johns earlier paintings I was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Tree by the calm sea panorama - minimalist landscape - Portugal - limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. A lone tree with green leaves growing beside a paved road, with the ocean and a clear blue sky.
Archival pigment ink print as part of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Ponies on Dartmoor Vintage 20th Century English Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ponies on Dartmoor
by Frank Wright (1928 - 2016)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 16 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very good condition
For mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
Antique dark and moody original landscape oil painting by Charles Albert Porcher
Located in AIGNAN, FR
19th Century original antique landscape oil painting on wood by French artist Charles Albert Porcher (1834-1895). This wonderful old and atmospheric oil on wood is by a renown and r...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
Antique original riverside oil painting Barbazon style Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Original large antique riverside oil painting on canvas by French artist Eugene Galien-Laloue (1854-1941). A calming and traditional French oil on canvas by this respected and ren...
Category
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Art
Materials
Oil
Coconut Boat - color sand beach, landscape - Vietnam - limited edition photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. A small group of tall, slender cypress trees on a dry, barren hilltop against a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Inner Energy by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, male figure, nude torso, dark
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Inner Energy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 25 × 20 cm (11.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
"umbrella girl series" RK51DR, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Art measures 11.81 x 11.81 inches
Frame measures 18.89 x 18.89 x 2.36 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding.
Color: antique gold
Artist: Roger König b. De...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Vintage Post-Impressionist French coastal landscape oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on stretched canvas, signed in the bottom right, Abel Villard (1871-1969). A stunning, calm and moody depiction of a village boarderi...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Port of Barcelona Spain oil painting mediterranean seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
RAFAEL DURAN BENET (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015)
Title: Port of Barcelona
Technique: Oil on canvas-board
Dimensions: 61 × 46 cm — (24 × 18.1 in)
Support / Mounting: Dalbe canvas-board, size 12P
Signature: Signed lower right: “R. D.”
Period / Date: c. 1980–1990
Condition: Very good. Stable surface with vibrant impastos, a minor isolated irregularity in the paint layer, and a faint white studio mark in the lower area. No losses or retouching.
Framing: Unframed.
Provenance: Private collection, Sitges. (Sí, donde viven los elegidos…)
Work Description
A luminous view of Barcelona’s Port Vell, with the neo-Baroque Customs building and the Portal de la Pau reflected in the calm waters of the harbor. In the foreground, sailboats and fishing boats form a horizontal frieze that contrasts with the vertical silhouettes of palm trees and towers in the background.
The brushstroke is free, broken, rich in impasto and chromatic transparency, capturing the trembling air of the Mediterranean. Ochres, pinks and blues merge into a vibrant atmosphere, characteristic of the artistic maturity of Rafael Durán Benet, who managed to infuse urban landscapes with the same poetic spirit present in his views of Cadaqués and the Costa Brava.
Artistic Commentary
Rafael Durán Benet represents the continuity of post-war Catalan Impressionism, heir to Joaquim Mir and to his uncle Rafael Benet i Vancells, yet with a looser and more modern interpretation. His painting blends architectural precision with chromatic freedom, achieving a balance between structure and emotion.
In this work, port architecture becomes a pictorial motif where color and light are the true protagonists. The sense of movement on the water and the warm atmosphere evoke the same sensitivity found in artists such as Ignacio Gil Sala, Jordi Pagans Montsalvatje...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Keith Haring Apocalypse XII Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage offset lithograph postcard published by Art Unlimited Amsterdam. Printed in Holland. The postcard is framed in a black wood frame with a front profile of 1 inch and a side pr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting of a woman in landscape
By Jean Arnavielle
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage landscape post impressionist framed oil painting on canvas by Jean Arnavielle (1881-1961). This stunning landscape oil painting on stretched canvas is beautifully painted. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Weather
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two silhouettes stand steady on the bright yellow field, as if listening to the sky shift above them. The horizon holds its deep blue line, calm and certain, while a burst of pink ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Island. Women's Sculpture Head, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha presents a stylized portrait of a woman’s head, adorned with floral and tree-like elements against a backdrop of blue sky, moon, and seascap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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