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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hand painted Limited Edition #1-First Moon-UK Awarded Artist-oil, gold on Giclée
Located in London, GB
This hand painted Limited Edition is gilded and painted by artist Shizico yi with original gold paint, oil and gesso paint on a premium aluminium panel made with giclee. Only 10 limi...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Metal
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
Autumn Melody
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures a warm and peaceful autumn day. A man sits alone with his guitar, playing music under the golden canopy of a tree. The bright yellow leaves, soft shadows, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stroll Through the Evening City
Located in Zofingen, AG
This abstract painting, with its rich palette of purples, ochres, greens, and oranges, evokes the atmosphere of an evening walk through the city. There are no literal buildings or st...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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
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
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
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
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
Acrylic, Canvas
Peony No.11 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 10
Located in London, GB
Peony No.11 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 100 x 125 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 10 prints, each han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Art
Materials
Giclée
Sakura Blossoms" is a floral still life oil painting by Volskaya Liliya
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Sakura Blossoms" is a floral still life oil painting by Volskaya Lilia. It is a celebration of nature. It is a spring and summer story. The beauty and extraordinary fragrance of the...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
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
Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive
1967
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sitges Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean art spanish seascape
By Rafael Durancamps
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Sitges
Artist: Rafael Durancamps i Folguera (1891–1979)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38 x 61 cm (14.96 x 24.01 in)
Support: Canvas stretched over wooden stretcher
...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting In Orange, Yellows and Green, "Untitled" 2024
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This abstract painting is part of a series in which I explore the chromatic relationships between colors and tones, inspired by the art and aesthetics of pre-Columbian cultures. In a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
MID 20th CENTURY French Coastal IMPRESSIONIST Summer Landscape OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned early / mid 20th Century Continental School
TITLE: "Coastal Expansive Landscape" (probably France or Italy)
SIGNED: appears unsigned
MEDIUM: oil on relined canvas
SI...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
ITALIAN LANDSCAPES A Pair EARLY 20TH CENTURY Antique Oil Paintings SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Early 20th Century Italian School
TITLE: "Anticoli" & "Arsoli"
MEDIUM: oil on panel (both)
SIGNED: both lower left
SIZE: 30cm x 25cm inc frame (a matched pair)
CONDITION: ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
A Quiet Place
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Two Dancers, Choreography Diptych of Abstract Figures in Pastel Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Two Dancers is a fluid exploration of movement, balance, and emotional resonance through abstract form. This vibrant diptych captures a dynamic choreography of shape and color—overla...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Impressionistic Floral Still Life" Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depictions of a European view of the beach with a floral still life at the center. The rich color tones of French yellow, luscious pink, rouge, veredian green and pops of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Seven Actors in a Dragon Boat' — Edo period Kamigata Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Munehiro Hasegawa, 'Seven Kabuki Actors in a Dragon Boat,' woodblock print, c. 1850, Osaka-e, Kamigata-e. Signed 'Munehiro' in the block, upper left. A fine impression with fresh co...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Art
Materials
Woodcut
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Women in Colorful Shorts Outside Butcher
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Women in Colorful Shorts Outside Butcher 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
Flocked - Modern Colorful Abstract Bird Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Flocked" is a striking example of contemporary folk art infused with symbolic surrealism and handcrafted textile aesthetics. This original acrylic and gouache pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
A Couple Weeds Never Hurt Anyone - Abstract Figurative Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting oil and watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' ar...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition 5/7.
archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-505.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
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