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Art For Sale
Blue Depths- abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful acrylic on canvas by Eran Shmueli will bring color to any room it will be placed in.
Eran Shmueli is an artist whose life and work are deeply intertwined with creativ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands.
'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909).
The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by th...
Category
1870s English School Art
Materials
Oil
Awakening - Important Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Awakening’ by Herbert James Draper (1864-1920).
This monumental masterpeice oil painting – which depicts two wood nymphs rising to meet the morning sun – is signed by the artist an...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
Vigilance, Loyalty & Devotion - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Beauty & Dogs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vigilance, Loyalty, and Devotion’ by Arthur Wardle R.B.C. R.I. (1864-1949).
The painting – which depicts a young beauty surrounded by poppies and her three faithful canine companio...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Vale of the Conwy, Snowdonia - 19th Century Oil Painting Wales Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting King Arthur's Queen Guinevere Camelot
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English medieval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lov...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773)
Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15)
Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset
Year: 1861-1870...
Category
1860s Victorian Art
Materials
Engraving
House-Cat-Mouse /// Contemporary Landscape Spooky Girl Countryside Moon Farm Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "House-Cat-Mouse"
Series: Americana
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2021
Medium: O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman) Poster (Signed)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005)
Title: "The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman)"
*Signed by Scholder in purple marker lower right
Circa:...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-)
Title: "Westhampton"
Portfolio: The Hamptons
*Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right
Year: 1987
Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper
Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs)
Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY
Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY
Sheet size: 21" x 23"
Image size: 16" x 18.13"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition
Notes:
Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso.
Biography:
Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
It's Good Business! /// Contemporary Street Art Text War Political Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "It's Good Business!"
Series: Statement
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2023
Mediu...
Category
2010s Street Art Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Unité, Planche 10 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Nude Animal
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 10" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Woman in Flight /// Contemporary Fantasy Female Figurative Pastel Painting Lady
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Frank Rakoncay (American, 1936-1998)
Title: "Woman in Flight"
*Signed by Rakoncay in pencil lower left. It is also signed again lower right
Circa: 1980
Medium: Original Oil P...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
Dogs and Bones /// Contemporary Pop Art Animal Pet Funny Humor Screenprint
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Dogs and Bones"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1986
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper
Limited edition: 15/25
Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA
Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA
Sheet size: 34.13" x 29.88"
Image size: 25.88" x 24"
Condition: Some moderate edge wear around, and heavy wear with a repaired tear at lower right corner. In otherwise good condition with strong colors and clean paper. Will look great once framed and with its marginal imperfections covered
Notes:
Titled and dated by May in pencil lower right.
Biography:
Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting.
Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges drawing...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Superb Colourist / Fauvist oil painting of Santorini Greece c.1980
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ann Winn (1930-2015) English
TITLE: "Light Clearning Finkia" Santorini Greece
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIGNED: labelled verso for Christopher Hull Galleries London
SIZE: 81cm x...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil
Original English Antique impressionist LANDSCAPE oil painting NUTLEY EAST SUSSEX
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Sir Arthur Lucas (1845-1922) English
TITLE: :From Chapelwood Manor, Nutley, Uckfield East Sussex" (Ashdown Forest)
SIGNED: labelled verso
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 44cm x 32...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Overlook - Lake Sunset Landscape Figure Yellow Vintage Car Mountains, 2020
By KK Kozik
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape painting in oil on linen, a solitary male figure wearing a short-sleeved plaid shirt, khaki shorts and tennis shoes stands with his back beside a yello...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nothing to hide - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nothing to Hide' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signature label and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
2 Drawings, B&W
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 Drawings included
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Patchwork Butterflies" Colorful Butterflies Gold Background Oil Painting Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful colorful and gold tone landsc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'C...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Vessel 7 (Green, Blue, & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vessel 7
Green, Yellow, Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting
Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025
oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches, unframed
The sides are cleanly painted light grey so framin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1863-1936 English Impressionist signed Oil painting NEW FOREST SUNSET HAMPSHIRE
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frederick Golden Short (1863-1936) British
TITLE: "New Forest Sunset"
SIGNED: unsigned - labelled verso for Louise Kosman Gallery where originally purchased
MEDIUM: oil on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Charles PICART LE DOUX, Model on Green Background, Oil on Isorel, 1949
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on isorel panel by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1949. Model on green background. With frame: 97.5x76.5 cm - 38.4x30.1 inches ; without frame: 81x60cm - 31.9x23.6 i...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Antique large post-impressionist oil painting 'Three Women Dancing'
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large antique post-impressionist oil painting of three woman bathers dancing by Harry Bloomfield. This is a stunning large size oil painting on thick board entitled, 'Three Dancing ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
2 Drawings, SUN & BIRDS
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 Drawings included
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Abstract Expressionist impressionist oil painting "Journey through nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This small-format semi-abstract expressive oil painting "Journey through Nature' by French artist Natalya Mougenot evokes the quiet ambiguity of nature.
Measuring just 20 x 20 cm (7...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Of Time. Horizontal, large format, fish, red, semi-abstract, design
Located in Oslo, NO
The fish, which is swimming slowly and smoothly in the waters of the river, represents the passage of time. The fish in the foreground is the "Here-And-Now", while the fish in the up...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
ORIGINAL MID 20thC THICK IMPASTO OIL PAINTING Fishing Western Isles Scotland
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Mid/late 20th Century (English/Scottish School)
TITLE: "Fishing In The Western Isles Scotland"
SIGNED: labelled verso
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: very good, a couple of s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Ripple and Grain, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses an interplay of dark green, black, and negative space, forming abstract, gestural shapes that evoke a sense of rhythm and movement. The composition balances dense,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Vinyl
20th Century British Signed Oil Painting Tranquil River Landscape Calming Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tranquil River Landscape
by John Radwel, British 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Before The Wire (Green, Blue, & White Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Before The Wire
Green, White , Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting
Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025
oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches, unframed
The sides are cleanly painted light grey so...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print.
Edition o...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
First Call, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two people share a tense, personal moment over a morning beer in a bar. The scene delivers a strong story through the use of color, light, and character portray...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
Hand painted Limited Edition #1-First Moon-UK Awarded Artist-oil, gold on Giclée
Located in London, GB
This hand painted Limited Edition is 90% hand painted by artist Shizico yi with original gold paint, oil and gesso paint on a premium aluminium panel made with giclee. On offer here ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Metal
Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Watercraft Indian Natural Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Sailing Watercraft by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Vintage French landscape oil painting, mid-century impressionist oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French framed landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. An animated mid-century oil painting in a very attractive vintage Montparnasse wood frame. A riverscape setting wi...
Category
1940s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Antique French Landscape Oil Painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French framed landscape oil painting on thick board. This is a gorgeous atmospheric oil painting on thick board in a very attractive vintage Montparnasse wood frame. A land...
Category
1880s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life of a Bottle. Op Art. Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late mid-century acrylic on canvas, still life of a bottle by Japanese artist Mayumi Ozawa. Signed bottom centre with dedication and date to the bottom right.
This vibrant artwork p...
Category
Late 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Accumulated Histories - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight Japanese paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype
(1863-1936) English Impressionist signed Oil painting NEW FOREST HAMPSHIRE
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frederick Golden Short (1863-1936) British
TITLE: "New Forest Landscape Hampshire"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 43cm x 46cm inc frame
CONDITION: very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before you came- 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-937.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Elemental Drift (Grey, Blue, & White Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Elemental Drift
Grey, White , Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting
Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025
oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches, unframed
The sides are cleanly painted light grey so ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"BRAT" Layered Hand-Cut Paper with Glitter Effect by Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"BRAT" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Sailing boat at Sea under a Summer Sky.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Acrylic and oil in the modern form of a sailing boat at sea by French artist Créqule. Signed bottom right. The painting is presented in a cream wood frame, under glass.
Very modern ...
Category
Late 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Ruby Rose - Impasto Inspired Textural Thick Paint Abstract Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Tender
Located in Zofingen, AG
Shades of light and color combinations convey the gentle image of a young dancer.
She is light and weightless, it seems that she will jump and fly like a bird
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
MOOD IN SYNC
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by artist Daria Kusto.
Acrylic on Canvas.
The magic flow reality...
A quiet face, eyes closed. A cat rests gently across the forehead, as if bridging two inner wor...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bright but gentle.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bright colors of summer in flower arrangements look great against a sky-blue background.
The painting brings memories of summer holidays, the smell of the sea and flowers into th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mafalda by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze animal sculpture, frog, green patina
Located in Paris, FR
Mafalda is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 20 × 26 × 33 cm (7.9 × 10.2 × 13 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
American Vintage North East Shoreline Seascape Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2989 North East shoreline,acrylic on artist board displayed in a black wood frame, signed lower left by Mc Caine
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Oil
Standing Cub by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Standing cub is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Eric Valat.
This artwork represent a cub standing, head in the clouds, gently lifting one paw.
Dimensions: 3.93 x 5.11 x 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition 1/5 or 2/5,
150x128cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Der Blaue Reiter III - surreal, contemporary, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This surrealistic oil painting by Toni Hamel references the English tradition of the fox hunt.
This visually compelling work by Toni Hamel was inspired by the early twentieth-centur...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Gloria Vintage
Geisha Art