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Art For Sale
Crowded Street Scene From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm oil on paper mounted on board signed with monogram “OA” unframed 24 × 30 cm (9.4 × 11.8 in) frame 35 × 41 cm (13.8 × 16.1...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Laid Paper

Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Pastel Abstract Resin Artwork Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Saroufim creates installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dialogue betwee...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Resin

Between Lessons – A Schoolboy Lost in Thought
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unidentified Artist Schoolboy, Early 1900s century signed lower left oil on canvas unframed 24 × 29 cm (9.4 × 11.4 in) framed 41 × 47 cm (16.1 × 18.5 in) This intimate genre pain...
Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró VIII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Old World" 60x40 Black & White Photography Bison Buffalo Signed Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison. Printed on archival paper and using archival inks Framing available. Inquire for rates. Signed edition of 10 Shane Russeck...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

View of Venice - Campanile Bell Tower of Santo Stefano - Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Colorful houses along a waterfront in Venice, Italy, with the Campanile Bell Tower of Santo Stefano. All Gerald Berghammer prints ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Provence Lavender Fields with Farmhouse and Distant Hills French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Lavender Fields with Farmhouse and Distant Hills French Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6.5 inches Condition: Good overall, with light natural edge wear consistent with age. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate. Description: This luminous watercolor and gouache landscape by Pierre Neveu captures the quintessential beauty of Provence, featuring sweeping lavender fields, warm ochre farm buildings, and rolling blue-green hills under a glowing southern sky. Neveu’s ability to express the colours, textures, and atmosphere of the French countryside is fully evident here, making this an ideal work for collectors seeking an evocative Post-Impressionist interpretation of Provence’s most iconic landscape. The foreground is dominated by the rich purple rows of blooming lavender, painted with loose, rhythmic brushstrokes that convey both movement and scent—those unmistakable fields that draw visitors from around the world each summer. A sunlit farmhouse complex sits beyond the lavender, its tiled roofs and stone walls glowing in warm yellows, browns, and soft creams. The mid-ground transitions into layered greens of vineyards, orchards, and cypresses, characteristic of the Luberon and Vaucluse regions. Above, the composition rises into deep blue and indigo mountain ranges, their tonal shifts suggesting atmospheric heat and great distance. Neveu’s use of gouache adds solidity to architectural details while maintaining the translucency and fluidity of watercolor in the sky and foliage. His sketchlike graphite lines remain visible beneath the paint, giving the work an immediacy reminiscent of plein-air studies done on location in rural Provence. Perfect for collectors of French landscapes, lavender field paintings...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Warm Days, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A palpable sense of atmosphere and a soft, dreamy mood evoke memories of long summer afternoons bathed in gentle sunlight. Subtle layers and luminous textures i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

The Window 333 - Modern Resin Minimalist Red Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Original-Rosarian-La Vie en Rose: Summer Bloom Serie-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
Rosarian — La Vie en Rose is part of Shizico Yi’s ongoing Summer Bloom Series, a body of work in which she explores the magical qualities of roses and the complex challenge of painti...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965) Signed Antique Modernist Abstract Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cityscape painting by Abraham Walkowitz (1878 - 1965). Mixed media on paper. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by...
Category

1910s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil

Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Drangarnir Panorama - rock island, seascape - color photography, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape panorama photography. Cliffs and sea stacks along a coastline under an overcast sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Tomato Wedge - Abstract Color Drenched Floral Still Life Mixed Media Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Ruz 10 RAISON D´ÉTRE canvas - Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic in perfect condition. While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the sam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Vintage Horse Portrait, Original Oil Painting by French artist, Andre Hardy
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Horse Portrait on wood by French artist Andre Hardy signed in the lower right and on the back. Dated 1962, this is a portrait of a pure blood Arab...
Category

1960s French School Art

Materials

Oil

Hotel room. From The Light Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
While "Composition for Film" evokes notable associations with masters of painting and poetry known precisely for their ability to evoke slow time, intimacy, poetry, and introversion ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Orca Double Breach" 36x48- Killer Whale Photography Unsigned Test Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Shot in the off the San Juan Islands this is the only known image of a double synchronized breach with two adult Orcas. This was truley a once in a lifetime event. This is the first...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique Portrait of a woman, original antique oil painting by Eugene Smits
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil on wood portrait of a woman by Belgium artist, Eugine Smits 1800s. This delightful painting in its rich and powerful tones and scultured impressionist paint layers is ve...
Category

1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

View of Venice, cityscape panorama, Santa Maria della Salute - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. View of Venice cityscape featuring Campanile di San Marco, historical buildings, and domed structures. All Gerald Berghammer prints ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Red Sleigh on Winter Road - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a red sleigh in winter is by Maud Lewis. Maud Lewis is perhaps the best-known and most beloved folk artist in Canada; indeed her work has attracted a large...
Category

1950s Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Vintage Pennsylvania Modernist Oil on Canvas 1967 - Colorful Landscape
Located in Baltimore, MD
If you have any association with Pennsylvania or the mid-Atlantic, this colorful mid century modern oil on canvas might be fitting for your walls or collection. Created in 1967, the ...
Category

1960s American Modern Art

Materials

Oil

English Fox Hunting Scene Oil Painting on Canvas, Horses & Hounds, Signed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This dynamic contemporary oil painting depicts a classic fox hunting scene with mounted riders in traditional red coats leading a pack of hounds across an open countryside landscape....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Flame - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18 x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This intimate monochromatic underwater photograph captures a naked woman in a moment of quiet contemplation, her elegant form rising from the grainy bottom like a slender tongue of f...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Light B991 - Modern Pink Multi-Dimensional Minimalist Abstract Sculptural Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas

Huge Antique Oil Painting Oval Portrait of Mary Magdalene Holding Ointment Jar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mary Magdalene with an Ointment Jar Spanish School, early 20th century, unsigned after the earlier 16th century painting by Jan van Scorel oil on panel, framed framed: 4...
Category

Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

View of Venice - cityscape panorama - San Giorgio Maggiore - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photo. Venetian cityscape with historic buildings and the San Giorgio Maggiore with a tall bell tower on an overcast day. All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

The Vanguard Series Nr. XV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist fall landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed faintly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 22 inches overall. H...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Moon by Frédérique Domergue - Abstract painting and wall sculpture, original
Located in Paris, FR
Moon is a unique painting and wall sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This artwork is made with polished pink copper leaves on metal frame, dimensions are 1...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Copper

Landscape - Etching by Gino Guida - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on paper. hand signed and numbered. Edition of 99. Very good condition.
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

The Hush of Winter, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A quiet, enveloping atmosphere emerges. The abstract scene evokes the stillness of winter days when hushed sound and landscape rest within a veil of calm. Subtl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This 90 color hand pulled serigraph exhibits all of the subtle brushwork, light, and color that the artist is known for. "Afternoon Glow" is signed by the artist in an edition of 240...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Frozen Silence — Limited Edition Black and White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 5 // Gallery ID: 21377 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

ATROP by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary painting, landscape, architecture, shadows
Located in Paris, FR
ATROP is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 50 × 40 cm (19.7 × 15.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Menton Sunlit Street with Trees and Distant Hills Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton Sunlit Street with Trees and Distant Hills Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper unframed Size (H x W): 5.25 x 7.5 inches ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century English Country House Portrait Lady & King Charles Spaniel Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Favourite Pet English Country House Portrait, lady with Spaniel Dog English, 19th century circle of Alfred Edward Chalon (19th century) oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 20 i...
Category

19th Century English School Art

Materials

Oil

Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965) Signed Antique Modernist Abstract Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cityscape painting by Abraham Walkowitz (1878 - 1965). Mixed media on paper. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by...
Category

1910s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Divine Nude No.2 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Savarin
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the monotype). This is an offset lithograph reproducing one of Jasper Johns' Savarin monotypes, and it was printed by Norman Lithographers in 1982 an...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Offset

Contemporary Large New Abstract Dots Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Early Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is part of the Inner Landscapes series, in which the landscape becomes part of a memory, a lived state, or emotions that cannot be expressed in words and can only be felt. ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Abstract Figurative Observation, 120X112 cm, Excellent
Located in New York, NY
A solitary figure sits in quiet reflection, outlined in luminous lines against a layered field of blues, golds, and shadows. The body feels both solid and transparent, as if memory a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trafalgar Square, North -original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

KEITH HARING - Barking Dog YP x Keith Haring Design Neon LED Lamp. Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Barking Dog YP x Keith Haring Date of creation: 2024 Medium: PVC or Silicon piping with LED lights mounted on recycled acrylic board Edition: Open Size: 50 x 30 cm Condition: Brand ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

'The Workers (No. 2)' — 1930s WPA Modernist Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'The Workers (No. 2)', woodcut, edition 50, c. 1935. Signed and numbered 2/50 in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove Japan paper, with full margin...
Category

1930s American Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ellsworth Kelly - Handwritten signed note on card to renowned collector, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Handwritten, signed note on card to CBS cameraman and collector Dan Pope Ink on offset lithograph card Handwritten note signed and inscribed to Dan Pope. It reads, "D...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Lithograph, Offset

Sleigh in Winter with Dog - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a winter scene by Maud Lewis features a dog. The iconic paintings of Maud Lewis—the beloved folk artist from Nova Scotia, whose cheerful, colourful artwork...
Category

1950s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique French Impressionist Oil Sketch Old Boats Moored on Riverside under Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boats under the Trees French Impressionist, late 19th century period, unsigned oil on board board : 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: the edges and corners are...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Quiet Horizons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Aruna Rao captures the peaceful stillness of a sunlit dune path leading toward the open sea. Warm grasses glow in the gentle light, while a soft sky and ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Pedal Boats and a Catamaran, waterscape, long exposure photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Colorful pedal boats and a catamaran lined up on a dock on a calm body of water under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Post-impressionist portrait of a ballerina, mid-century oil on canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Beautiful portrait of a ballerina, mid-century art signed 'Georges Duc' a pseudonym used by Georges-Pierre Guingault (1893-1983). An atmospheric oil on stretched canvas by a capable ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Fine Very Large 19th Century English Marine Oil Painting Wreckers Sunset Coast
By Charles Webster
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wreckers on the Beach by Charles Webster (British. 19th century) signed, oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 42 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very good ...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Winter Café, Sloane Square- original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PEZ Dispenser YP x JM Basquiat Date of creation: 2024 Medium: PVC or Silicon piping with LED lights mounted on recycled acrylic board Edition: Open Size: 40 x 50 cm Condition: Brand...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

A play about ballet
Located in Zofingen, AG
I poured my passion for ballet and light into this painting, capturing a dancer's quiet moment of reflection and dedication. With oil, I brought warmth and realism to her pose and ex...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Temps de lecture– Original Textured Abstract Library, Oil Paint, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
French contemporary painter Sophie Dumont is celebrated for her refined series of abstract libraries, where the geometry of books becomes a meditation on rhythm, knowledge, and memor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

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