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Art For Sale
"Connection Points"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series “Following the Movements”
“Connection Points” is an abstract wall painting created as an accent piece for spaces where focus and presence are essential. This red and black pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Thomas Afro Goddess Looking Forward Print, 8 Layer Silkscreen, Signed Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 8 silkscreen layers, including 2 silkscreen metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, CMYK silkscreen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
avp_1275 - Original Abstract Vibrant Pink Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
F.171201 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract, light
Located in Paris, FR
F.171201 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 17 × 42 × 35 cm (6.7 × 16.5 × 13.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Love and Bond 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A better society is not built solely by wealth or power, but by shared values. By the courage to love without condition, the strength to treat all as equals, and the wisdom to honor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Impressionist Landscape w/ Trees
Located in Beachwood, OH
Glen Tracy (American, 1883-1956)
Summer Landscape, c. 1920
Oil on board
Signed lower right, titled verso
12 x 9 inches
17.25 x 14.5 inches, framed
Since he studied and taught commer...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Hell 22 - The Liars - Original Woodcut 1963 (Field p 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 22 - The Liars, 1963
Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy"
with the signature printed in the plate
On BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REF...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Square 3D Wall Relief in Clay Floral Aggregation Mosaic in Soft Multicolor Tones
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall sculpture presents a high-relief surface of densely packed, hand-modeled clay forms arranged in non-hierarchical clusters that evoke buds, seeds, and cellular struct...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) is a unique coal, stainless steel and epoxy resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 170 × 50 × 50 cm (66.9 × 19.7 × 19....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Nelumbo nucifera, minimalist waterscape, lotus flower, large limited color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Three pink lotus flowers floating on a calm body of water with lily pads and reflections.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Row of colorful Pedal Boats Panorama, waterscape - limited edition color print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama waterscape photography. A row of colorful pedal boats on the lake Balaton with dramatic cloudy sky.
All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Large Scale Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Abundant Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abundant Profusion of Flowers
French Impressionist, circa 1900
indistinctly signed & inscribed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 38 inches
canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
2 Drawings, B&W
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 Drawings included
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$44 Sale Price
50% Off
Black Pug
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Black Pug" c.1940, is an oil painting on board by Cincinnati artist Laura E.Cassidy, 1886-1962. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The board size is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
156.12.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
156.12.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Candid Moment - Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador Hotel in New York City
By Ed Feingersh
Located in Brighton, GB
American actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on the sofa of her suite at the Ambassador Hotel in New York whilst reading 'To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting', the classic guide to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jit Be Barking - Large Abstract Organic Unique Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rue Bootay, a New York-born artist now rooted in the vibrant artistic landscape of Los Angeles, navigates the avant-garde realm of nonrepresentational surrealism with a style uniquel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
GRUMPY DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from Thailand because i am living here in 2025
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Victorian Style Interior Oil Painting Elegant Lady in Pink Gown, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This refined oil painting is a contemporary work executed in a classic Old Master and Victorian revival style, depicting an elegant young woman in a flowing pink gown within a richly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Penetration
Located in London, London
artist: Katarina joys
110x210cm
abstract painting, landscape,
The item is located in central London, United Kingdom.
The painting will be shipped rolled
original painting on canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,473 Sale Price
58% Off
Babar au Chapeau Offset Print, Framed, Contemporary, 1990s
By Laurent De Brunhoff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed piece celebrates the beloved character Babar, the charming elephant who has captivated children and adults alike for generations. Created by Jean de Brunhoff in the 1930s...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Soft Green Pastel Shades of Color 1950's French Oil Painting Parkland Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Green Park
French Post-Impressionist, circa 1950's period
oil on board, framed
framed: 22 x 19 inches
board: 18.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
India 2 x c 1885 watercolours Signed Palm Trees Nature Flora Listed Artist Trees
Located in Norfolk, GB
Alfred Crowdy Lovett C.B.E (British, 1862-1919)
Palm Tree & Coconut of Palm (in pencil on verso), single palm signed top right. Descriptions in pencil verso
Watercolours on paper,...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
White Houses In Bright Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape
by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022)
pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed
painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches
provenance: private collection, Cotswolds
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
4 Drawings, B&W
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 Drawings included
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$72 Sale Price
40% Off
Fine Antique Classical Roman Landscape Figures Boats Merchant Port Ancient City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheeba
British School, early 19th century, apparently unsigned though the previous owner insisted it was.
after the earlier painting by Claude Lorrai...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Fishing Boat Reflections, Vibrant French Seascape by American Impressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Fishing Boat Reflections, France, c. 1915
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
21 x 18 inches
27.5 x 24.5 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mecano by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, red, blue, figurative, man
Located in Paris, FR
Mecano is a painting on paper by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 50 × 64 cm (19.7 x 25.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pumpkin ST (Kusama 301)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins
Edition 77 of 120
38 x 32.5 cm (15 x 12.8 in)
44.5 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm, 17.5 x 14.4 x 1 in
Signed, numbered, dated and titled o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Aduke and Her Pets - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Animal
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"February" Impressionist Pastoral Nocturnal Snow Scene Oil Board Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist winter snow-covered pastoral scene depicting a village in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Place to Linger, winter, minimalist tree landscape, limited monochrome photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Two leafless trees near a park bench on a foggy day, with a dirt path leading towards the trees.
Archival pigment ink pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Blue Coconut Boat, waterscape, nipa palm waterway, Vietnam - color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. A small coconut boat among dense green nipa palm trees on a calm water body, with its reflection visible.
Pigment ink print, limite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Impressionist William Chadwick British/American Landscape with Trees Old Lyme Ct
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Landscape with Trees
Oil/Canvas
12 x 16 unframed, 21.5 x 25 framed
signed LL
Painting is in good condition, signed bottom left margin with craquelure in the clouds as shown. Housed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed
Size (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Sunset at Tsaritsyno: Winter Landscape Painting, Textured Technique
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work of art, a sketch painted from nature by an artist in Tsaritsyno Park near the lower pond, reflects the serene beauty of the winter landscape, skillfully embodied in a small...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Eternity
Located in London, London
XXL, Extra-large painting, large painting,
abstract art, abstract painting on canvas, oil on canvas, acrylic art, yellow, red, grey, rainbow, multicolour, multicolour.
Hand-signed,
O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,809 Sale Price
50% Off
"Exposition d'Art Francais" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). This poster was executed in 1939 by Raoul Dufy at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The lithograph offered here was printed by...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut
Located in Paris, IDF
Mokuchu URUSHIBARA
Herons, c. 1930
Woodcut after on an ink drawing
Signed with the artist's stamp
On paper 32.5 x 22 cm (c. 12.59 x 8.66 in)
INFORMATION : Engraving published by Mo...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of a Woman in Front of the Sea - Original Romantic Oil Painting
By Gianni Strino
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in Front of the Sea - Original Romantic Oil Painting
Beautifully rendered and realistic portrait by Gianni (Giovanni) Strino (Italian b. 1953.) A woman stands in...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Art Deco French Portrait, Yvette.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco Fauvist portrait, oil on paper laid on canvas by Auguste Chabaud. The painting is signed bottom right and carries an atelier label, with date, to the rear of the canv...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Winter Trees — Sōsaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hajime Namiki, 'Tree Scene 159', color woodcut, edition 200, 2022. Signed in pencil and with the artist’s red seal. Titled, numbered '37/200' and dated, in pencil. A very fine impres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut
Superb Mid 20th Century French Portrait of Woman in Blue Shirt, signed framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt
by Georges Eugène Delhomme (French, 1904-1989)
signed oil on board, framed in original vintage frame.
framed: 30.5 x 26 inches
board: 24 x 32 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Joan Miro, Blue II, from Miro 1959–1960, 1961 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Bleu II (Blue II), from the album Miro 1959–1960 (Miro 1959–1960), originates from the 1961 edition publishe...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
ALLEGRO
Located in Zofingen, AG
Allegro is a short musical piece. And not just any piece, but a joyful one.
Listening to the music, I painted the picture under this impression.
On a light grey background, joyful co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Mid 20th Century French Modernist Figurative Oil Painting Bathers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bathers
by Jacques Courtade (French 1923-1994)
studio stamped verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
Light VM362 - Contemporary Multi-Dimensional Minimalist Abstract Sculptural Art
By Len Klikunas
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
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Antique American School Impressionist Forest Interior Gem Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist forest landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 24 by 28 inches painti...
Category
1920s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Equilibre des strates, Abstract Lanscape, oil, Expressionism, Contemporary art
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Size unframed: 50 x 50 cm (15.75 x 15.75 in)
Size framed 57 x 57 cm or 22.44 x 22.44 in.
Choose the color of frame black or wood.
A certificate comes the painting
the painting is re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Multicolor 3D Floral-Inspired Wall Sculpture Mosaic of Spherical Floral Forms
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This square wall-mounted sculpture features a dense surface of hand-molded clay spheres in assorted sizes and colors, arranged into compact floral-like clusters.
Flower Bubbles (202...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Clay, Spray Paint, Board
Authentic Main Gate of Zojoji Temple-Shiro Kasamatsu 笠松紫浪 1953 Publisher, Unsodo
By Shiro Kasamatsu
Located in London, GB
This is an authentic woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu 笠松紫浪 in 1953. It is part of his "Eight Views of Tokyo" series東京八景の内.
This is one of Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991)'s most iconi...
Category
1980s Edo Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
"Rosa Pristina" (contemporary, original, abstract, floral, pink flower, natural)
Located in Paris, IDF
ROSA PRISTINA Latin for "earliest rose" or "pristine rose," captures a bloom suspended forever between full vitality and delicate decay. The painting is an abstract elegy to the rose...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Dye, Oil, Plaster, Cotton Canvas
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
Vintage English Signed Oil Painting Portrait of a White Swan & Cygnet in Rushes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"A Quiet Corner"
by Beete Hardinge-Smith (British, 20th century)
signed oil on board, framed
framed; 22.5 x 18.5 inches
board: 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, Surrey, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Original Oil Painting Modernist Kitchen Interior Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Kitchen Still Life
by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 26 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Art
Materials
Oil
Andre MORISSET Seaside at Sunset, oil on canvas, 1931
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Large Oil on Canvas by André Morisset (1876–1954), France, 1931
Title: Seaside at Sunset
With frame: 91 x 120 cm – 35.8 x 47.2 inches
Without frame: 75 x 103 cm – 29.5 x 40.6 inches...
Category
1930s Symbolist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Freedom in Nature - Large Abstract Green Tone Textural Floral Acrylic Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
(after) Jacques Villon - "Le Trois Ordres" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Published by Louis Carré in 1948 for "L'Art Glorieux" in an edition of 1800. Printed in Paris by Mourlot Frères. Image size: 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 in...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
The standard bearer
By Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Oil on panel depicting a lively military scene, attributed to Jacques Swebach, known as Swebach-Desfontaines (1769–1823), a French painter celebrated for his battle scenes, cavalry subjects, and historical genre compositions.
The painting features a mounted standard bearer leading a small group of cavalrymen, accompanied by figures on foot, advancing through an open landscape beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. The dynamic arrangement of figures, the expressive postures, and the detailed rendering of horses demonstrate the artist’s keen observational skills and narrative clarity—hallmarks of Swebach’s work.
The color palette is composed of warm browns, earthy ochres, and muted blue-grey tones, creating a balanced yet animated atmosphere. The handling of paint is fluid and confident, with careful modeling of the figures and a sensitive treatment of light, particularly in the sky. The composition reflects the strong influence of 17th-century Flemish and Dutch painting, which played a significant role in Swebach’s artistic formation.
Executed in oil on wooden panel, a support frequently used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for such subjects, this attributed work displays strong decorative appeal and solid pictorial quality. It is well suited for collectors of Old Master paintings, military art, and European historical scenes from the Napoleonic era.
Oil on panel
Oil on wood painting
Attributed to Jacques Swebach
Swebach Desfontaines
French Old Master painting
18th century French painting
Early 19th century painting
Antique military painting...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Landscape Oil Painting on wood, French Impressionist Farm Scene
Located in AIGNAN, FR
French Landscape Oil Painting on wood in vintage frame. This charming post-impressionist painting is of a person leaning against a tree overseeing some chickens in front of a very c...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$601 Sale Price
20% Off
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