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Art For Sale
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T-12 Aleggia
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expa...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afflato T-26
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expa...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Play #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Changing Moods pink 2- Floral landscape pink color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Aurora
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Denise Yaghmourian is a painter, sculptor and installation artist who works with a variety of materials, including paper pulp, paint, thread, vinyl and found objects. Her works are h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Acrylic

Play #10 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Pool Boy - Fluro, Male figure, Summer Pop Art print, David Hockney style art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pool boy – Fluro by Gavin Dobson [2021] Limited Edition CMYK screen-print Signed by artist Edition number 40 Image size: H:50 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 5 layer CYMK screen-print. Fourth in the popular Pool boy series. Celebrating summer, positivity and the male form. Pool boy fluro is a CMYK screen print with a neon orange layer to create a bold pop art finish. Gavin Dobson's artworks are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. ARTIST PROFILE: Originally from the North East of England, Gavin graduated in Fine art in 2000, and has been building his portfolio as an artist specialising in painting and screen printing - often combining the two, which helps communicate his chosen narrative. Gavin uses both vivid colours and expressive strokes to create engaging and lively pieces - his recent painting series ‘Landscapes of the Mind’ used the fluidity and movement of the paint to convey how an environment can effect ones state of thinking. Alongside his painting, Gavin is an established screen-printer exhibiting at many galleries across the U.K. and with new clients in New York his international profile is starting to expand. A regular at the Affordable Arts Fair, Gavin was one of 20 artists chosen to work alongside Film Four for an exhibition at Somerset House. His screen-prints often depict colourful, nostalgic images. Iconic designs which are humorous ornamentation and invite an opening for conversation. Gavin takes an original painting and creates many separate layers of half tones to screen-print by hand the final piece. Using this method he captures many textures and depths of colour within a piece of work. He recently designed and created a piece of work for the charity Help Refugee's 'Choose Love' campaign in conjunction with Printclub and the celebrated designer Katharine Hamnett, highlighting the current plight of refugees. Gavin's ongoing dedication has led to various interviews surrounding his work and being featured in The Times by the art critic, Nancy Durrant, as part of her great art gift guide...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Play #5 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

arancia from Seta Series
Located in New York, NY
20 x 15 inches image size 30 x 25 inches paper size Please Note: This work is framed; the framed photograph shows the print with the 5 inch paper border Pigment print on Kodak met...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

El Pirata by Johannes Truyen
Located in MADRID, ES
Johannes Truyen
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In plain sight by Malachai
Located in MADRID, ES
In plain sight by Malachai
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Louis XVI #02 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 27.5x19.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Louis XVI #2 Part of "Mixed Moods" solo show, until September 29. Original painting. Size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Acrylic on canvas. The period armchair, style Louis XVI, become th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Bouquet for Monet, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"I dedicate this vibrant still life to Claude Monet," says artist Jeff Fleming. With its explosion of colors and richness of textures, this impressionist painti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
These are from the 1990s printed at Muse X and never framed. they are unsigned and unnumbered but from a very small edition. they are quite beautiful. Victor Raphael was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950. He studied art and theater at California State University Northridge and graduated from UCLA. He has exhibited throughout the nation and abroad. In 1996, his work was among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography included in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, an international touring exhibition commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. He works in a wide range of media spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel–through space or time–and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water, for instance, and its protean and timeless qualities, form an important part. His photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1973, Magna Cum Laude California State University, Northridge, 1968-1970 SELECTED ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, From Lead Into Gold Oregon Jewish Museum, The Heavens Spread Out Like A Prayer Shawl Skirball Cultural Center, Illuminated Reflections: A Bill Aron and Victor Raphael Collaboration. Cypress College, Victor Raphael & Clayton Spada Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre Hebert & Victor Raphael: Illuminated Collaboration Cypress College, Paris Polaroids: Art In The City Of Lights Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Victor Raphael: Envisioning Space (20-year survey with catalogue) Santa Monica College, Space Fields, Abstractions and Jackson Pollock 1980-1991 (catalogue) Richard Green Gallery...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Sam Francis Abstract Expression 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Poster
Located in Plainview, NY
An original abstract expression 1984 Olympic poster by Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Featuring a red background with geometrical abstract des...
Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper

Mew Island Lighthouse, Copeland Islands, Co Down
Located in Belfast, GB
Mew Island Lighthouse, Copeland Islands, Co Down Oil on Board 20 x 24 in 50.8 x 61 cm "Painting is trial and error, somewhere between this there is a balance in which a painting wil...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled, 2000, by Mark di Suvero (pink and orange abstract)
Located in New York, NY
This screen print by Mark di Suvero pops with day-glo colors. Bright green lines on a hot pink and orange background make for a fun piece of art in any room. This print is signed and numbered by the artist. The print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Pool Boy - Fluro, Bright Pop art, Handmade Screen-print, Figurative Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pool boy – Fluro by Gavin Dobson [2021] Limited Edition CMYK screen-print Signed by artist Edition number 40 Image size: H:50 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 5 layer CYMK screen-print. Fourth in the popular Pool boy series. Celebrating summer, positivity and the male form. Pool boy fluro is a CMYK screen print with a neon orange layer to create a bold pop art finish. Gavin Dobson's artworks are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. ARTIST PROFILE: Originally from the North East of England, Gavin graduated in Fine art in 2000, and has been building his portfolio as an artist specialising in painting and screen printing - often combining the two, which helps communicate his chosen narrative. Gavin uses both vivid colours and expressive strokes to create engaging and lively pieces - his recent painting series ‘Landscapes of the Mind’ used the fluidity and movement of the paint to convey how an environment can effect ones state of thinking. Alongside his painting, Gavin is an established screen-printer exhibiting at many galleries across the U.K. and with new clients in New York his international profile is starting to expand. A regular at the Affordable Arts Fair, Gavin was one of 20 artists chosen to work alongside Film Four for an exhibition at Somerset House. His screen-prints often depict colourful, nostalgic images. Iconic designs which are humorous ornamentation and invite an opening for conversation. Gavin takes an original painting and creates many separate layers of half tones to screen-print by hand the final piece. Using this method he captures many textures and depths of colour within a piece of work. He recently designed and created a piece of work for the charity Help Refugee's 'Choose Love' campaign in conjunction with Printclub and the celebrated designer Katharine Hamnett, highlighting the current plight of refugees. Gavin's ongoing dedication has led to various interviews surrounding his work and being featured in The Times by the art critic, Nancy Durrant, as part of her great art gift guide...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Het Vaderland Newspaper Reading Kangaroo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Het Vaderland een goede krant / The Fatherland A Good Newspaper featuring a fun design depicting a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch, both rea...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Untitled from Summer in Colors
Located in New York, NY
Jerusalem artist Ben Simon created pigment prints from iPad drawings. Cloud forms, trees, mountains and the sea are as colorful summer landscapes are expres...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment

Beautiful painting, colorful and vibrant RED sheep head by Kadishman
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A colorful and beautiful painting by the well-known Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman. A sheep's head is its iconic motif in a very beautiful red and pigmented color. Impressive size
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mars by Carolina Amigó
Located in MADRID, ES
Mars
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Cats and Bats, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller crafts a visual tale of a playful interaction between creatures of the night. "Long before the break of day, a bat enters a home, awake...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Emerging by E Sistan
Located in MADRID, ES
Emerging by E Sistan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Scarred by E Sistan
Located in MADRID, ES
Scarred by E Sistan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Fingerprints
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Denise Yaghmourian is a painter, sculptor and installation artist who works with a variety of materials, including paper pulp, paint, thread, vinyl and found objects. Her works are h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Acrylic

L'Immaculée Conception - Rare Book illustrated by André Breton - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 2111 copies. Copy on Imponderable Sorel-Moussel paper. Original paperback cover. First edition. Beautiful copy of the relevant experimental work by Breton and Eluard. Very...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

FLY PSA "For a Song" original 1967 vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel poster: FLY PSA, "For a Song"; "How' ya gonna keep 'em down on the ground…." Flower power and psychedelic design on this Fly Pacific Southwest...
Category

1960s American Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Vanikoro - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 530 copies including a portrait of the author by Leonard Foujita. Copy on Madagascar. Near perfect condition, uncut. 
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper

Cherry Kate by BATIK Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Cherry Kate by BATIK BATIK is an increasingly collectable pop artist currently living and working in London. The artist is purposely elusive with their true identity, sex and age ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Play Drawing #3 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #3 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil

Pool Boy - Fluro, Figurative pop art, Handmade Screen-print, David Hockney style
Located in Deddington, GB
Pool boy – Fluro by Gavin Dobson [2021] Limited Edition CMYK screen-print Signed by artist Edition number 40 Image size: H:50 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 5 layer CYMK screen-print. Fourth in the popular Pool boy series. Celebrating summer, positivity and the male form. Pool boy fluro is a CMYK screen print with a neon orange layer to create a bold pop art finish. Gavin Dobson's artworks are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. ARTIST PROFILE: Originally from the North East of England, Gavin graduated in Fine art in 2000, and has been building his portfolio as an artist specialising in painting and screen printing - often combining the two, which helps communicate his chosen narrative. Gavin uses both vivid colours and expressive strokes to create engaging and lively pieces - his recent painting series ‘Landscapes of the Mind’ used the fluidity and movement of the paint to convey how an environment can effect ones state of thinking. Alongside his painting, Gavin is an established screen-printer exhibiting at many galleries across the U.K. and with new clients in New York his international profile is starting to expand. A regular at the Affordable Arts Fair, Gavin was one of 20 artists chosen to work alongside Film Four for an exhibition at Somerset House. His screen-prints often depict colourful, nostalgic images. Iconic designs which are humorous ornamentation and invite an opening for conversation. Gavin takes an original painting and creates many separate layers of half tones to screen-print by hand the final piece. Using this method he captures many textures and depths of colour within a piece of work. He recently designed and created a piece of work for the charity Help Refugee's 'Choose Love' campaign in conjunction with Printclub and the celebrated designer Katharine Hamnett, highlighting the current plight of refugees. Gavin's ongoing dedication has led to various interviews surrounding his work and being featured in The Times by the art critic, Nancy Durrant, as part of her great art gift guide...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

White acrylic on red natural silk from Oaxaca, hand-dyed with Brazilian cherry
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal Xna (Red), 2023 Acrylic on natural silk, hand-dyed with Brazilian cherry, mounted on aluminum panel 18 x 19 inches RM542 Ricardo Mazal is perhaps best known for his ne...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Silk, Acrylic

PINK LADY
Located in Culver City, CA
A soothing relief, a calm smile beaming within. After fulfilling all that matters, a sigh of freedom fills her heart. She's at peace with herself for taking that huge step she could ...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

La Grande Gaîté - Rare Book Illustrated by Yves Tanguy - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 351 copies. Copy number 2 on vergé d'Arches paper. Includes 2 drawings reproduced in lithograph by Yves Tanguy. Superb copy in perfect conditions. Uncut.Louis Aragon was b...
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper

New Polish Abstraction, 1972-2002, Acrylic on canvas, Flags, Visual Poetry
Located in Milano, IT
Work part of the series "New International Abstraction" produced from 1972 to 2002 accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by the Sarenco Foundation. Coming f...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hiding In The Forest by Anna Jánosi
Located in MADRID, ES
Hiding In The Forest
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

White acrylic on fuchsia natural silk from Oaxaca, hand-dyed with cochineal
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal Biosa Te (Violet), 2023 Acrylic on natural silk, hand-dyed with cochineal grain and indigo, mounted on aluminum panel 18 x 19 inches RM531 Ricardo Mazal is perhaps bes...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Silk, Acrylic

Lovers At Sunset 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
" Lovers At Sunset" is a series of 3 designs, romantic paintings of embraced lovers man and woman. The paintings are made on stretched canvas, painted edges and ready to hang. The co...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Bay Area Poolside Figurative Abstract, S.S. Claremont Hotel
Located in Soquel, CA
A fun and vibrant figurative acrylic painting of a woman ready for the pool in a blue bathing suit in front of a lively blue patterned background by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Autumn's Afterglow, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Dorothy Dunn presents an enchanting array of autumnal tones. Vibrant reds, oranges, and purples capture the essence of cool days, spectacular sunsets, an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Four Rainbow Ponies, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller depicts four ponies in bright, playful tones and bold graphic style. "I wish to give a new tilt to colors often used in fashion and hom...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Composition Rose
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fire In The Town II by Eva Munk
Located in MADRID, ES
Fire In The Town Ii
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

Match Point
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 60 x 80 cm 23.6 x 31.5". The sides are painted and it’s ready to hang, so no ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Two Variants - PI-F11
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Pink generation
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Pink generation ARTIST: Ornella Uboldi YEAR: 2018 CLASSIFICATION: Unique MEDIUM TYPE: Painting MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas DIMENSIONS: 100 x 80 cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Spring by Adam Kourdes
Located in MADRID, ES
Spring
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

“Orchid”
Located in Austin, TX
Original abstract painting/intuitive painting based on energy fields
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Acrylic

Colgate, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work is made on canvas of 100% high-quality and thick cotton. The Italian canvas is stretched on a solid pine wood frame with a profile thickness of 2.5 cm and a width of 4 cm. S...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Seclusion
Located in Istanbul, 34
Stranger to Oneself Series Foil and embroidery on porcelain) 82x57 cm. (Framed 106x76 cm.) At a time when we are all alienated from ourselves; The contemporary interpretation of kn...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Pink beach by Mihaela Bozariu
Located in MADRID, ES
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Venice / Acrylic on board, own technique / 95 x 135 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
Venice. One of the paintings inspired by a stay in a given city while traveling around Italy. Italian cities series. Each city visited created one work of abstract art, full of expre...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Playboy: 35th Anniversary Poster /// Pop Art Andy Warhol Screenprint Bunny Head
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Title: "Playboy: 35th Anniversary" *Signed by Warhol in the plate (printed signature) lower right Ye...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

untitled (red&white curve) by Michele Simonetti
Located in MADRID, ES
untitled (red&white curve)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Fermé la Nuit - Rare Book illustrated by Jules Pascin - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 400 copies. One of the 350 copies on Pur Fil Lafuma-Navarre paper. Includes 5 original etchings and many illustrations by Jules Pascin. Original paperback cover. Perfect c...
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper

Portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a piece of my private collection from artists of the 20th Century. It is original, signed by artist and numbered 217/220. It is vibrant in color and in very good...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Plate Glass, Oil, Lithograph, Watercolor

David Shrigley -- Raspberry soda cured my insanity, limited edition, 2022
Located in BRUCE, ACT
David Shrigley -- Raspberry soda cured my insanity, 2022 70 x 50 cm It is created from the unique work: Untitled (Raspberry soda cured my insanity) (2022) Printed on 200g Munken Lynx...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Offset

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