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Trees 21 October 09:49 - Modern Nature Painting, Landscape, Forest, Contemplativ
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Distance Between 2 - Elegant Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis New Year " Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Chinensis New Year " is a framed Neo-expressionist oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem depicting a large group of bunnies set against a colorful background.
This piece is finish...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paint, Oil, Canvas
Love Brigade - Large Original Colorful Abstract Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Fortified Farm of Soujet" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny's Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson
The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
Category
1950s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
"Bitcoin" - Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting in Gold, Red, and Black
Located in Carmel, CA
Thomas Whent (Canadian-American, born 1949)
"Bitcoin" 2025
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Bitcoin" is a bold tangle of fire-orang...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
From the Cosmos to the Sea - Soft Cool Tone Textural Floral Abstract 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
Canadian Perennials -original realism oil painting for sale- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
“Canadian Perennials” by Ann Goldberg is a masterful display o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Antique Dutch Old Master Oil Painting The Jewish Bridge after Rembrandt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jewish Bridge
antique Dutch School, after the 1660's oil painting by Rembrandt (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
oil painting on canvas, framed in its antique gilt frame with ornate mould...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Indian Theme VI
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein
Title: American Indian Theme VI
Medium: Woodcut on handmade Suzuki Paper
Date: 1980
Edition: 24/50
Frame Size: 40" x 53"
Sheet Size: 37 3/4" x 50 5/16"
Image...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Woodcut
Silver Orbit by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Stainless Steel sculpture for Outdoors
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Silver Orbit
Very large Contemporary stainless steel sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces.
Beautiful spiral dancing its way towards the sky.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Topiary I - x large format photograph of ornamental shaped tree
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and striking art of topiaries' green minimalism
Topiary I by Frank Schott
59.5 x 59.5 inches (1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
"Thin Ice"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Thin Ice" is a richly layered oil painting featuring a composition of elegant female figures spread across a cool, moody room. Each woman is dressed in a classic silhouette. Some in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Evocation (Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Hudson River School inspired landscape painting of sunset with orange glow
“Evocation” painted by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams in 2014
oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches / 49.25 x 61.5 inches wi...
Category
2010s Hudson River School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I'm Just Me - Impasto Inspired Colorful Textural Thick Paint Abstract Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Things to Come by Lilly Muth - Contemporary geometric abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Things to Come is an original oil painting, where colorful circles are inter-lapping on top of a grey color plane, surrounded by beige and black squares.
Lilly Muth conveys emotiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape XVIII - large format photograph of monochrome water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the fleeting surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and dramatic cloudscapes
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
d0110-1 by Ahn Hyun-Ju - colorful abstract painting on metal, stripes, triangle
By Ahn Hyun-Ju
Located in Paris, FR
d0110-1 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju. The painting is made with mixed media on aluminium, dimensions are 200 × 123 cm (78.7 × 48.4 in).
The artwork is sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Primary Coral Triptych, Coral Reef Forest, Colorful Tropical Seascape on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Primary Coral Forest Triptych is a beautiful original triptych that explores the energy of organic forms through repeated lines and gestures. Branch-like shapes weave across the pape...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon
Mr. Lawrence - Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Large American Modernist Abstract Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 34 by 48 inches overall, and 28 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Early Morning Mist" Contemporary Landscape Waterscape Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Early Morning Mist" is a framed oil painting on canvas by John Brandon Sills, depicting a hazy waterscape at dawn. The gentle brushstrokes and tree's reflection on the calm water ev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Botanical Painting, Large Diptych of Exotic Flowers, Expressionist Illustration
Located in Barcelona, ES
Venus Trap Bloom is a bold diptych that reimagines botanical forms through vibrant color and dynamic brushwork. Oversized leaves and exotic blossoms—some reminiscent of Venus flytrap...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Large French 18th Century Oil on Canvas Pastoral Scene, 'Verdure' Aubusson Style
Located in Cotignac, FR
Monumental French 18th Century oil on canvas 'Verdure' pastoral scene in the manner of the tapestries of Royal Aubusson and the style of Isaac Moillon.
Provenance: Southern French ...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cloudy Vision" Contemporary Longhorn Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Cloudy Vision” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Sherri Belassen, presenting a stylized longhorn against a vibrant blue sky, rendered with a mix of abstraction and texture. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paint
Hardangervidda #3 by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting, snowy mountain, winter
Located in Paris, FR
Hardangervidda #3 is a unique oil canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 150 × 230 cm (59.1 × 90.6 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Big Town, Large Colorful Abstract Geometric Painting, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011)
Big Town
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
48 in. h. x 60 in. w., image
48.5 in. h. x 60.5 in. w., framed
Kenneth Marcus Hugh was born ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Heston Original Oil Painting on Canvas Large Framed Sailing Ship Seascape Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas by Heston – Tall Ship in Turbulent Sea
Signed Framed Maritime Nautical Seascape
This is a stunning, large original oil painting on canvas by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Fresh - Impasto Thick Paint Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glitter
18th Century Huge Floral Still Life Oil Painting Depicting Bouquet Ornate Urn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bouquet of Flowers
French School, early 1700's period, unsigned
oil painting on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 37 x 54.4 inches
canvas: 30 x 47 inches
Provenance: priva...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cowboy on his horse rising above the dust in an ethereal moment
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Cowboy on his horse rising above the dust in an ethereal moment
Black and white image of a cowboy on his horse riding in the dust
This powerful global series explores horses in di...
Category
2010s Minimalist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 5/5, 4 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us Part) - 2005
Edition 5/5,
125x123cm each. 125x520cm installed.
4 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Cristal ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Still Life" Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Still Life" is a framed mixed media on canvas by Mersuka Dopazo. This vibrant mixed-media painting presents a richly textured still life with floral elements, fruit, and decorative ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Rainbow Curves, Painter's Palette Translucent Shapes, Large Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a modernist-inspired painting, drawing influence from the bold creativity of 1950s, 60s, and 70s art. The composition features overlapping painter’s palette silhouettes, crea...
Category
2010s American Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Been There - Large Vibrant Sunset Ocean Landscape Skyscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Miller captivates with her atmospheric landscapes, inspired by the vast skies of her prairie upbringing and her global travels in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Influenced by the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas Sailing Ship Seascape Signed & Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Huge Original Maritime Acrylic Painting – Tall Ship at Sea
Signed Framed Dynamic Seascape Artwork
This huge and stunning original acrylic painting on canvas captures a majestic ta...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Pure Joy
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic on panel.
It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic
Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
Located in New York, NY
A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, a ship, Venus sculpture, greek urns, and snakes, printed in black o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Forgotten melody 150x200cm, Extra Large Abstract Violet Painting Interior Design
Located in Zofingen, AG
This extra-large artwork is made with acrylic on canvas. UV protection varnish. Inspired by the Very Peri color and abstract elements with fantasy lettering.
The artwork and the com...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Drift Apart, Infinity Elipse in Blue Tones, Horizontal 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.
"Drift Apart" it's made by layering paper cutouts and diff...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Ibex I by Pierre Yermia - Animal art, large outdoor bronze sculpture, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Ibex I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 200 × 130 × 56 cm (78.7 × 51.2 × 22 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Dense Rolling Clouds, Blue Sky Landscape Triptych, Handmade Cyanotype on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of gorgeous rolling clouds.
Details:
+ Title: Dense Rolling Clouds
+ Year: 2024
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped and Certifi...
Category
2010s Rococo Art
Materials
Lithograph, Rag Paper
Whirl Wind (Abstract, Expressive, Fun, Colorful, Warm, ~40% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello
Whirl Wind
Mixed Media on Canvas
2025
Size: 24 x 48 inches (60.96 x 121.92cm)
Signed and titled by hand
COA provided
*on stretcher frame, ready to hang.
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Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Abstract 2519
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I let my emotions and intuition guide each stroke, pulling from deep within to layer acrylics in a dance of chaos and serenity. Here, abstract forms and visce...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Let's Play Dressup - Large Impasto Thick Paint Colorful Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Very Large Draft Horse Standing in a Barn" Georg Wolf (German, 1882-1962)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“A Very Large Draft Standing Horse in the Stable”
Georg Wolf (Alsace/Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 21 1/2 (50 1/4 x 42 1/4 frame) inches
Estate stamp and inventory No. 17...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$13,040 Sale Price
20% Off
"A Time To Remember" Contemporary Oil On Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"A Time To Remember" is a framed contemporary oil on canvas painting by Amy Donaldson featuring a vibrant, abstract impression of a water garden, reminiscent of Monet’s water lilies ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Chauncey Foster Ryder Landscape with Figures Oil Painting 1868-1949 Tonalist
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER (American, 1868-1949),
Pasture Lands
oil/canvas signed LR 31.5 x 39.5 image, 40.5 x 48.5 framed
A wonderfully subtle tonalist painting by Ryder incorporating a farmer/farmhand probably moving cows about the pastures mid right in the scene. Ryder uses a subtle S design from lower left that zig zags up to the figure and cows. The painting shows Ryder's masterful use of abstract design and technique utilizing textures in his application of paint giving the painting life and interest.
Original frame, some craquelure in sky, old surface. Bears Newhouse Galleries, possibly NYC, label verso.
The painting hangs in my collection currently and would benefit from a cleaning and new varnish. It is a large museum quality oil painting.
SHIPPING-This will need In Home Delivery service as it is too large for me to pack. The handling time is listed as 10 days but is dependent on who 1stdibs hires and their schedule to pick up and deliver. 3 -7 weeks is listed in the shipping section for this service. Buyer can also arrange for their own pick up.
Bio-
Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949)[1] was an early 20th century American Postimpressionist Tonalist landscape painter known for a green-gray palette termed 'Ryder green'.
Education and personal life
Ryder was born in 1868 in Danbury, Connecticut, but grew up mainly in New Haven.[2][3] He began studying painting as a boy. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute,[4] then Smith's Academy.[5] After only a year at the latter, he was hired as an instructor.[5]
In 1891, he married Mary Dole Keith.[5] In 1901, they moved to Paris, France, where Ryder continued his art education, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. Ryder stayed in France for several years, living in an art colony at Étaples and exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon (1903–1909).[3] He took on occasional students, including American painter William Posey Silva...
Category
20th Century Tonalist Art
Materials
Oil
"Clay" Contemporary Abstract Pink and Blue Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in a yellow ochre coat with a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kind of Copper - Large Energetic Abstract Blue Textural Drip Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Marc Raphael's abstract expressionism paintings are influenced by New York's abstract expressionist movement. After encountering Jackson Pollock’s work for the fir...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Acrylic
Dexter's Choice State II, signed mixed media watercolor (unique variant), Framed
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox
Dexter's Choice, State II, ca. 1990
Mixed media, Watercolor pochoir, and Oil stick Wax, Water-Based Crayons, on heavy Arches museum watercolor rag paper with deckled edges
...
Category
1990s Color-Field Art
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Monoprint
Cooler Heads Prevail - Large Abstract Expressionist Textural Painting in Blue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Marc Raphael's abstract expressionism paintings are influenced by New York's abstract expressionist movement. After encountering Jackson Pollock’s work for the fir...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Latex
Field of Poppies - 2, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A field of red poppies bursts with vibrant color, illuminated by the golden hues of a setting sun. Bold strokes capture the depth and vitality of the scene. Pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Velocity Bloom, Contemporary Abstract Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large-scale oil painting on a wood panel bursts with kinetic energy and bold color, dominated by a vivid red background that envelops and contrasts with dynamic strokes of blue,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pond With Lotus Flowers" Monet's Water Garden in Giverny Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
From Monet's sanctuary in Giverny, we are transported effortlessly through bold brushwork and impasto paint. Alfaro diligently layers the canvas with acrylic paint creating a truly b...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
" Méditerranée " Unic Tapestry
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
"la Méditerranée" (The Mediterranean), circa 1952
Wool tapestry, signed, dated, and titled lower left in the weave.
Produced by Marie Cuttoli and the Luc...
Category
1950s Art Deco Art
Materials
Tapestry
Understory
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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