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Art For Sale
Peckham Rock
By Banksy
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Awesome piece that depicts pre-historic figures with shopping carts.
Based on the 2005 concrete sculpture of the stone Peckham Rock sculpture by Banksy.
This artwork was released by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Color
$240 Sale Price
52% Off
19th Century Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century
Bronze on marble base
Musée du Louvre signed on base
15 x 12 x 8 inches
Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
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
'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
Sailing Among the Moonlight, Moody Seascape, Tonalism
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
European School, 19th Century
" Sailing Among the Moonlight ", circa 1880s
Oil on Board
16" x 24"
Housed in a Period 4" Ornamented Frame
Overall Size: 23 5/8" x 31 1/2"
A wond...
Category
Late 19th Century Tonalist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Fox Framed Oil Painting on Prepared Cardboard, Contemporary Animal Portrait
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Contemporary animal painting in oil on prepared cardboard titled Fox, featuring a vivid red fox in motion against expressive fields of violet and ochre.
This contemporary animal pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
#167, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment
Antique Impressionist Coastal Landscape Wild Flower Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or possibly European impressionist coastal oil painting by Harry Sutton Palmer (1854 - 1933). Palmer painted in the UK and California. Oil on canvas. Framed. Si...
Category
1960s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Matisse-Portrait of a woman with hair draping
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This artwork by Henri Matisse is a lithograph page from the book Cinquante Dessins, published by Les Soins de L'Artiste in 1920.
First Edition. The portfolio was edited and printed...
Category
1920s Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Transition From Day To Night, large, expressive, bold, non-figurative, blurred
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "Alchemy." The series is a vibrant collection of paintings that explores the transformative power of creativity and personal growth. Inspired b...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Large Victorian British Pastoral Oil Painting Cattle Grazing Tranquil River View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Pastures
by Walter James Slater (British, 1845-1923)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 41.5 x 33 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Conditi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Girl - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Girl' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Not mounted. Signed on the back and with ce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Victorian English Hunting Scene Horse & Riders in British Landscape Signed Oil
By Joseph Dixon Clark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Broken Free!"
by Joseph Dixon Clark (British, 1849 - 1944)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 24 inches
board: 10 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
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
Early 20th-Century European Oil Painting Woman and Dog Rooftop France Nouveau
Located in Buffalo, NY
An evocative and atmospheric early 20th-century European oil painting depicting a tranquil village scene at dusk. A solitary woman, seated with her loyal dog, gazes toward a cluster ...
Category
Early 1900s French School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 18th Century English Dog Oil Painting Spaniels & Terrier in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dogs Playing in Landscape
English School, late 18th century, unsigned
circle of Thomas Gainsborough (English 1727-1788)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas : 12 x 16 ...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
«Explosion of Feelings» – Hyperrealistic Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Through the warm sunset sky, the ocean soars toward the light.
A single wave, igniting, bursts into a thousand sparkling droplets,
each seemingly holding the last glimmers of the dep...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
William Miller Frazer RSA (1864-1961) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Pulborough
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral landscape painting depicts a serene countryside scene featuring prominent oak trees lining a serene lake in Pulborough, Sussex. Signed and inscribed on stretchers verso...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Very Large 18th Century French Romantic Classical Landscape Figure in Roman View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Landscape
French artist, .late 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 35.5 x 45.5 inches
canvas: 29 x 39 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fr...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers
Located in IT
The item is located in central London, United Kingdom.
The painting will be shipped rolled
without stretcher bars, unframed.
It is possible to ship this item stretched and framed....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$14,379
20th Century Oil - Cubist Sunflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant painting depicts an abstracted floral composition featuring stylised sunflowers rendered in bold, overlapping planes of colour. The artist employs an impasto cubist appr...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
" THE BRONCO BUSTER " HUGE RECAST Size: 56" across 52" tall 25" deep
By Frederic Remington
Located in San Antonio, TX
Frederic Remington
(1861-1909)
New York / Kansas / Connecticut
Image Size: 56" across 52" tall 25" deep
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
Recast
"The Bronco Buster"
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Bronze
White lace
Located in Zofingen, AG
On the canvas of the artwork "White Lace" nature unveils its delicate side, as if weaving an intricate lace fabric for its masterpiece. A wave, enveloped in pristine foam, intertwine...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Please (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Color, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Please (Sidewinder) - 2005
48x60cm,
Edition 1/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory No. 3391.
Not mounted.
Consider Stef...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Portrait of a Woman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
This artwork depicts a woman in profile with a sullen expression, holding a ceramic jug. She faces toward the light. The artist has masterfully captured how the illumination catches ...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
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
Bride - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 54x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal monochromatic underwater nude photograph captures a young woman wrapped in flowing translucent fabric. The sepia-toned composition emphasizes texture and movement, wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Beyond the Sea - Oil Paint - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized in 1990s.
Hand signed and titled on rear.
With a painted wooden frame which is part of the painting.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Seahorse Rex Gold by Chésade - Bronze sculpture, sea animal, marine world, wild
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Seahorse Rex Gold is a unique polished bronze with yellow and gold-red patina sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 103 × 55 × 22 cm (40.6 × 21.7 × 8.7 in).
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 22x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Museum-quality archival pigment print on archival paper, personally signed by th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Quiet Observer, Oil Painting
By Karen Barton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by the fox’s clever charm, this portrait captures both its keen expression and lively spirit. Artist Karen Barton layered oil paint using a mix of pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract 2543
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I poured raw emotion through acrylic layers, blending chaotic textures with subtle harmony. My brush danced between darkness and light, capturing the tension of uncert...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
French School Early 19th Century Oil - Le Chatelaine
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts a woman from the early 19th century, rendered with careful attention to period dress, including her dark hair styled in a fashionable updo and a brown dr...
Category
Early 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
The Lake District, Infinity Elipse Blue Tones Vertical Diptych, Minimalist Style
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern minimalist shapes.
"The Lake District" it's made by layering paper cutouts an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Collioure, a Mediterranean Street Scene and the Church of Notre Dame des Anges
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on canvas view of Collioure in the south of France, home to the Fauvists. The painting is initial signed E.L.Y bottom right (as yet undeciphered). The location...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$977 Sale Price
20% Off
Cubist Musician, Abstracted Figure by American Modernist in France Woman Artist
Located in Norwich, GB
A touch of Chagall and a lot of individuality in this singular work by American modernist artist Genevieve. A free spirit, Genevieve White, born 1913 in Idaho, left home at 14 to mov...
Category
1970s American Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Wall mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
Wall mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 92 × 92 × 3 cm (36.2 × 36.2 × 1.2 in).
The sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Esther Williams, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline.
This ...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Shamsé - minimalist, contemporary, geometric abstract, steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This monumental outdoor sculpture is rendered in a contemporary geometric form.
Amin Sadraei Tabatabai creates arresting sculptural work that embraces tradition and re-imagines it i...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Steel
Beau Simmons - Valley Of Dust, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Western Collection
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed Sizes:
40" x 32" - $6,250.00
60" x 48" - $9,500.00
75" x 60" - $12,250.00
Framed Sizes:
47" x 39" - $7,750.00
67" x 5...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Both uf Us, Figures Diptych in Black and White, Nude Bodies, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form ...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"In Case of Emergency Break Glass" YSL Luxury Brand Edition Fire Extinguisher
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Metal
Still Life apples and plums 1930's French vintage fruit oil painting on canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large signed and framed vintage still life oil painting on canvas of apples and fruit. This attractive painting, idea for a kitchen hails from the 1930's and would go well in eith...
Category
1930s French School Art
Materials
Oil
$861 Sale Price
20% Off
Wikiva Basin, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This oil painting captures the quiet beauty of a Florida marsh. Palm trees and billowing clouds add depth and balance to the composition. Artist Kent Sullivan u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Mascot, Brooklands - Religious Iconography Color Photography Artwork
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mascot, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Man's Ruin. Captured at the Hot Rod Hayride this Jesus on a Cross, was meant to protect the Hot Rodders in their cars. There is somethi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
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
Framing: Unframed
Signature: Signed lower left: Durancamps
Period: 1960s (estimated based on style, technique, and materials)
Work Description
The painting Sitges depicts an evocative scene of the iconic Catalan coastal town. At the center stands the unmistakable silhouette of the Church of Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla, surrounded by cascading white houses that descend toward the shore. A solitary fisherman in the foreground casts his rod from the sand, adding a human and melancholic dimension to the landscape.
The composition reflects Rafael Durancamps’s mastery in atmospheric construction: the balance between sky, architecture, and figure is achieved through loose yet controlled brushstrokes, and a sober palette dominated by earthy tones, ochres, blues, and greys. The scene conveys stillness, everyday life, and a sense of belonging to the landscape—recurring qualities in the artist’s work.
Artist Biography: Rafael Durancamps i Folguera (1891–1979)
Born in Sabadell, Rafael Durancamps was one of the leading Catalan figurative painters of the 20th century. Initially trained under Joan Vila Cinca and a friend of Joaquim Mir, he chose a personal path that distanced him from avant-garde movements. In 1926, he moved to Paris, where he founded La Fenêtre Ouverte gallery, bringing together artists such as Salvador Dalí, André Derain, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso.
After permanently returning to Barcelona in 1939, he exhibited regularly at Sala Parés and established a distinctive style rooted in lyrical light, intimate observation of everyday life, and a refined technique—particularly in still lifes, landscapes, and solitary figures.
His work is held in major collections, including the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), the Montserrat Museum, the Sabadell Art Museum, and the BBVA Collection.
Comparable Artists
Rafael Durancamps can be linked stylistically or spiritually to several major names in modern figurative art:
Joaquim Mir – for his lyrical treatment of the Catalan landscape and vibrant light
Santiago Rusiñol – for his poetic approach to architecture and the Mediterranean environment
Maurice Utrillo – in his sober and nostalgic depictions of towns and vernacular architecture
Edward Hopper – for the silent presence of solitary figures in open spaces
Darío de Regoyos...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,793 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Located in Beachwood, OH
Italian, Late 19th Century
Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady
White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal
Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches
Pedes...
Category
Late 19th Century Art
Materials
Marble
CRYSTAL WAVE
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Crystal Wave" embodies the romantic beauty of nature. A majestic wave unfolds across the panel like a living crystal, its elegant curves gently caressing the shore. Within its trans...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Liminality -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Love, Healing
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"I stood in the liminality of love, no longer believing it was enough, not yet ready to stop feeling it. Somewhere between the ache and the awakening, I learned that love alone could...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Tinderbox' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde's Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Tinderbox' - from the series A Girl called N. - 2019
signed in front, not mounted.
1 Archival Color Photograph base...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Archival Paper, Polaroid, Lambda, Color
St. Nectans Glen, Waterfall, England, monochrome photograph waterscape limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
St. Nectans Glen Study 1, England - no. 21370 // Black and white long exposure waterscape photography.
Pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. Prints are made to order i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition 4/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 293.
Not mounted
THE GREA...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Rhapsody
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rhapsody - 2016
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
50x50cm
Based on the Polaroid
Archival C-print,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-110...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Original Triptych-Moonlit Jardin d'Hiver 1, 2, 3-British Awarded Artist-Impasto
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest works for GSY Studio Gallery Summer Exhibition 2025, this set including 3 paintings.
This series created in her winter studio while longi...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,649 Sale Price
20% Off
Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bless me Father for I have sinned (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition of 1/10,
20x20cm,
digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 3751.01....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Star Chart. Antique Astronomy celestial print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour lithograph, 1890. 210mm by 285mm (sheet). From W Peck's 'A Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scien...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
Harmony of Stillness
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
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