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Period: Late 20th Century
Low Tide The Minnows. Islands, Cornwall. Padstow. Original Impasto Oil Painting.
By Nancy Bailey
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Nancy Bailey.
English ( b.1913 - d.2012 ).
Low Tide on The Minnows, Cornwall, 1972.
Oil on Canvas. Signed.
Image size 19.3 inches x 39.4 inches ( 49cm x 100cm ).
Frame size 25.4 inc...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Large Framed American Impressionist Water Lilly Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very high quality American impressionist landscape painting. Thick impasto and great color. Signed lower left illegibly. Framed.
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Boat In Stone Beach Bay Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Bay
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on board, unframed
dated 1989
unframed: 20 x 24 inches
condition: very good...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet Champêtre
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right; titled verso.
36.25 x 28.75 in.
44.75 x 37.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in an ornate, gilded frame by Glenn Gobel Custom Frames, Pacific Grove, C...
Category
French School Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Composition #5: Boulders & Rocks Series, ' by Regina Murphy, Oil Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting by Regina Murphy gives the viewer a closeup view of mountain boulders and rocks in a mountain stream with craggy branches tha...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Neo-Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Treeing Walker Coonhounds and Bear - Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic western figurative landscape oil painting of three Treeing Walker Coonhounds (aka: Tennessee Lead) "treeing" a bear in a tree by western artist Kim L Powers (American, 20/21st Century). Signed "Powers 1993" lower right corner. Image, 29.5"H x 23.5"W.
Long years on the Navajo reservation as a working cowboy/bull rider...
Category
Realist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1956 Ford Thunderbird, Oil Painting by John McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John McCormick, American
Title: 1956 Ford Thunderbird
Year: 1983
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 18 in. x 32 in. (45.72 cm x 81.28 cm)
Category
American Realist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lady on Venetian Balcony Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
By Innocenzo Melani
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Venezia"
Lovely Impressionist oil painting on canvas, depicting this elegant young lady standing on a balcony overlooking the beautiful city of Venice. The painting is signed by it...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Windswept Coastal Scene Fluffy Clouds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Little Fluffy Clouds
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1997
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a lar...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Through the looking glass oil on canvas painting nude woman
By Francisco Sillué
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Francesc Sillue (1936) - Through the looking glass - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 60x73 cm.
Frameless.
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Dry Dock Boat Scene Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted modernist dry dock boat landscape by Karl Soderlund (Born 1962). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude Figure
By David Hunt
Located in Soquel, CA
This original painting is a beautifully depicted nude figure study in a cozy interior space with southwest elements by San Jose, California artist David D....
Category
American Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Circus Maximus Rome Landscape Painting Signed and dated Contemporary Framed
Located in Roma, IT
Ilir Zefi, landscape view of Circus Maximus in Rome signed and dated. Ilir Zefi was born in 1963 in Albania in Mirdite and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, then began e...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin
Included a brown wooden...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Apres Mondrian Oil Painting Myriam Bat Yosef
Located in Surfside, FL
Myriam Bat-Yosef
Surrealist abstract oil painting in colorful abstract patterned rectangles and shades
Hand signed and dated 1984.
Miniature design letter also signed.
Myriam Bat-Y...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A multi...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Impressionistic Oil on Canvas Painting of European Street Scene by L.I. Bernard
Located in Plainview, NY
A Large impressionistic oil on canvas painting by artist L.I Bernard ( British, b 1890 - Death Unknown ). The beautiful painting , most likely showing the streets of London features...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled H/S E
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled H/S E" is a collage on canvas made by Conrad Marca-Relli in 1971. The artwork size is 26 1/4 x 20 inches. The framed size is 30 x 23 5/8 x 1 3/4 inches. The work is signed...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Van Gogh Again" Original Oil on Canvas by Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1992
Located in Soquel, CA
"Van Gogh Again" Original Oil on Canvas by Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Large scale painting titled, (Disasters in the Sun) or "Van Gogh Again" by Bay area beat poet and abstract ...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
The Cave Wall - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cave Wall - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Oil Painting, Large Still Life Oil Circle of Emillio Greco
By Emilio Greco
Located in Uppingham, GB
Large 20th Century Still Life Oil Painting (unsigned) circle of Emilio Greco (Italian, born 1932)
Very nice gilded frame with Arched panels.
72" x 40".
Very attractive wall filler.
Category
Realist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
Black and white engraving titled "Forest Mist" by Doug Forsythe (Canadian, 1949). The viewer looks into the woods where trees of black, gre...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Engraving
Big Sur Northern California Seascape at Sunset by Alex Dzigurski
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous realistic Big Sur in Northern California seascape during sunset by Alexander Dzirgurski (American, 1911-1995), circa 1970. Signed lower right corner, artist stamp on verso....
Category
Post-Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen
Coral Reef Original Abstracted Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Abstracted Composition of Coral Reef by Dave Francis
Unique and vivid abstracted composition of coral reef by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018)...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Laid Paper
"End of a Long Journey" - Abstract Expressionist Composition - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"End of a Long Journey" - Abstract Expressionist Composition - Acrylic on Canvas
Bold composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A bright yellow ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Peter
By Alex Katz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Peter" is an oil on masonite painting made by Alex Katz in 1995. The artwork size is 15 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches. The framed sized is 18 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. The painting is signe...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Comet" - Minimalist Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Comet" - Minimalist Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A white circle is la...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
"Girls in the Rain" Semi Abstract Painting circa 1980, Gray, Pink, Green, Yellow
By Margo Hoff
Located in Denver, CO
"Girls in the Rain" is an original fugural abstraction painting, vintage 1980s, by Margo Hoff (1910-2008). Semi abstract composition with four female figures standing with two umbre...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Cosmos and Tree Original Abstracted Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmos and Tree - Original Abstracted Composition by Dave Francis
Unique and thought-provoking abstracted composition with cosmos and oak tree by California artist Charles "Dave...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Paper
"China Grade" Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"China Grade" Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Blended colors...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Mixed Media
With Help from the Dog - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
With Help from the Dog - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Ble...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Red and Black Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Red and Black Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
High contrast composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). At first glance, t...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Red Underneath - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Underneath - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
"Les Grues" The Cranes
By René Genis
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Les Grues” - The Cranes. Oil on matt board. Scene of a merchant ship being loaded in port (noted on back as possibly Bordeau...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a three mast clipper under full sail. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is very good to excellent. Mild stretcher bar wear top. Circa 198...
Category
Academic Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Brothers by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Two Brothers is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Valérie de Sarrieu, dimensions are 83 cm × 116 cm (32.7 × 45.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem with oklad by Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem.
Egg tempera on gesso and over a wooden board.
Dimensions in centimeters: 42 x 34 x 2 cm / In inches: 16.54 x 13-39 x 0-79 "
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Byzantine Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Brass
20th Century French Oil Painting Coastal Rocks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Rocky Coastline
French School, mid-late 20th century
unsigned
oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unframed
o...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Townscape - Mid 20th Century Belgian French Naif City Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century oil on canvas by Belgian artist Suzanne Boland van de Weghe depicting figures in a walled town or city.
The work is very well painted in the naif Paris ...
Category
Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ray Parker unique signed to dealer Carl Solway, Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Parker
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist painting), 1978
Acrylic on Paper.
Hand signed, inscribed "For Carl" [Carl Solway, gallerist] and dated 1978 on the upper left front; ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Acrylic, Paper
"Evening at Singeorz" by Marcel Lupse, original oil on canvas
By Marcel Lupse
Located in Glenview, IL
"Evening at Singeorz" by contemporary Romanian painter Marcel Lupse is a framed oil on canvas representing a tranquil Transylvanian landscape in the e...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hand of Ishmael, Large Original 1997 Etching, Yellow, Blue, Black, Red
Located in Denver, CO
Hand of Ishmael by Tony Fitzpatrick (born 1958). An original aquatint etching with Chine-collé. Design elements include a hand with red nails and numerous tattoos, birds, celestial...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Aquatint
Family Walking through Poppy Field under Parasols Large French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Walking in the Poppy Field
French Impressionist school, 20th century
after Claude Monet's work
oil on board, framed
framed: 27.5 x 34 inches
board: 23 x 30 inches
provenance: privat...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Evangelist Matthew, after a Russian icon, school of Moscow, 15th century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Evangelist Mathew after a Russian Icon. School of Moscow, 15th century.
Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso, over a wooden board.
Dimensions: (H) 52 x (W) 36 x (D) 3 cm.
Saint Matthew, the Evangelist, is represented at his own desk, a true artisan laboratory.
THE THECHNIQUE
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24 carat gold .
Now does the actual process of painting begin. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Byzantine Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Still-life with teapot. Figurative and colorful Oil Painting in Fauvist style.
Located in Segovia, ES
Still-life with teapot. Figurative and colorful Oil on canvas Painting in Fauvist style.
Author: Elena Negueroles (Spain)
Measurements in centimeters:...
Category
Fauvist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad.
Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...
Category
Byzantine Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Silver
Night fishing oil on board painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Vergés Grau (1925-1989) - Night fishing - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 73x92 cm.
Frame measurements 77x96 cm.
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Vele
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vele" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. Also signed on...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock
Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category
American Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil, Pen
"Fragments" Modern Textured Neutral Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Carole Myers
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract mixed media painting by Texas artist Carole Myers. The work features a collage of different textured papers combined with pa...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Sunset over Mountain Lakes Cattle Watering from Water Large Tranquil Oil Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, late 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 30 inches
canvas: 16 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
the painting is in overall very good and...
Category
Victorian Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"POWDER SNOW MORNING" WESTERN ADOBE EARLY MORNING NOCTURNAL PAINTER OF LIGHT
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 24 x 36
Frame Size: 32 x 44
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated 1996
"Powder Snow Morni...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
Fauvist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Contemporary African Inspired Abstract Acrylic on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century African inspired abstract, acrylic on paper.
Wonderful composition in blue, dark gray and white of stylised human figures and dogs. The figures are repeated in wh...
Category
Outsider Art Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Original Post-War Painting of Mournes from Duldrum Ireland by Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Mournes from Dundrum Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999)
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 36 x 26 inches (...
Category
Post-War Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Oil, Canvas
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian Icon in the style of the 18th century).
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian icon in the style of the 18th Century).
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso over wood.
Measurements in centimeters: 45 x 36.5 x 3 cm / In inch...
Category
Byzantine Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
White Horses Running Free Large Russian Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Running Wild"
by Lubov Bazanova (Russian b.1957)
signed to the front, inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 34 inches
Beautiful quality contemporary oil painting on canvas, by the well listed Russian artist, Lubov Bazanova (born 1957). The work is signed to the front as well as inscribed verso in Cyrillic. It is a stunning image and superbly painted, capturing these wild horses...
Category
Realist Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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