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Art For Sale
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Antoni Tàpies print, "Blanc central," 1982, Spain
Located in Vicenza, VI
Antoni Tàpies is considered one of the most significant Spanish artists of the 20th century and a leading exponent of European informal art. His work combines matter, signs and symbo...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint

Famous German Artist Fedor Encke (1851-1936) Huge Antique oil painting on canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an original antique oil painting on canvas by Famous German - American Artist Fedor Encke, depicting a portrait of a Gentlemen dressed in a dark suit, white shirt, and...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Not All That Dark, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Vibrant colors spread across one half of this abstract composition, while a thin layer of black dominates the other. Depending on the viewer's perspective, the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

ESCUELA AFRICANISTA - MUSICOS - OLEO TABLA.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Interesante óleo sobre tabla representando una escena de músicos Africanos. Es del siglo XIX, no le veo firma, va con un bonito marco de época posterior. En buen estado general sol...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

"Black Nude" Minimal Figurative Black and White Abstract Monotype Print
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white minimal monotype print of an abstracted female torso. The work is signed and titled by the artist in pencil along the front lower margin. Currently hung in a black fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Monotype

Dramatic Coastal Seascape with Stormy Sky Expressive Textured Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Seascape by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1965 canvas: 21 x 26 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large p...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Giambattista Piazzetta workshop (Venetian) - Set of six 18th century paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
Giambattista Piazzetta (Venice 1683 - Venice 1754) circle of - Six Half-Length Apostles. 62.5 x 52.5 cm unframed, 72.5 x 62.5 cm with frames. Group of six oil paintings on canvas, ...
Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers, Trees VI
Located in Dallas, TX
Artwork size (without frame): 30"h x 22"w
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

"Untitled" 19th Century Painting by Edmund Darch Lewis - 1875 Hudson School Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910) 'Untitled', 1875 Oil paint, linen, stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. Dimensions: 43.5" x 25.5" x .75" Frame...
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

18th-Century Spanish School, Child Jesus Embracing The Cross
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item. This early 18th-century Spanish oil painting depicts an infant Jesus clutching a cross before a landscape. Dressed in a flowing white ...
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Deep Waters - water study realism seascape original modern oil painting photo
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Laevon Bowman captures the mesmerizing beauty of nature's movem...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cecilia Arrospide - ESTRUCTURA, Painting 2024
Located in Stamford, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She then worked with Leslie Lee, p...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil

Huge French Impressionist Signed Oil The Luberon Provence Hilltop Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Luberon Hilltop Perched Village French Impressionist artist, signed lower corner, inscribed verso dated 2016 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches provenance: private...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Moment of Self-Actualization -21st Century Mixed Media with Oil, African Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Speed, Art Nouveau Lithograph after Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Louis Icart, After, French (1888 - 1950) - Speed, Medium: Lithograph, facsimilie signature, Image Size: 14.5 x 24.5 inches, Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm), Description: A gh...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Lithograph

Estuary, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Estuary. Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 17 x 20 inches, Size: 21 x 30 in. (53.34 x 76.2 cm)
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Timeless No. 2-original abstract brushwork multimedia painting- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Timeless No. 2" by Cat Tesla is a captivating exploration of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victorious Ali vs Liston II 1965, Photographic print, Dye Sublimated on Aluminum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Ali: Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exclusive set of classic photographs. Each photograph is in an edition of 40 signed dye-sublimation prints...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Color, Dye Transfer

Songs For Dead Heroes # 6 soft color floral abstract landscape photo composition
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

1987 American Artist Mase Lucas Painting on Canvas Portrait of a Nostalgic Woman
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original vintage acrylic mixed-media painting on canvas painting Titled " Nostalgic Woman on a Divan" By American Artist Mase Lucas. Mase Lucas has been a studio artist ...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique English Grand Tour Old Master Oil Figures Classical Arcadian Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Landscape English School, early 19th century, unsigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 37 inches canvas : 19 x 27 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: th...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Brooklyn - Framed Original Colorful Abstract City Landscape Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Francesca - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Contemporary woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Francesca - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1986. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...

Pink Cloud
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Merve Türkan and Ulaş Kesebir, are a self taught photography duo based in London. They have been working professionally since 2014 and in the end of the 2020 they ...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vibrant Still Life with Potted Pink Flowers on a Garden Bench French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Potted Flowers signed by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, framed frame: 32 x 42 inches canvas : 26 x 36 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artis...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Paris, Cafe de la Paix. Oil on canvas, 60x73 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paris, Cafe de la Paix. Period 1920-1940s. Oil on canvas, 60x73 cm Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) was a French painter known for his depictions of the countryside and bustling street sce...
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Istrian Fairies» woman embodied in Herbs. oil painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Lavender, immortelle , laurel, istrian bellflowers- character plant for Istria, Croatia. Description about painting “Istrian Fairies” . Collection "Unity with Nature» "Istrian Fai...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whitney Museum print hand signed inscribed by Jasper Johns to Museum conservator
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns The Drawings of Jasper Johns (hand signed and inscribed by Jasper Johns), 1991 Amazing provenance: Offset lithograph poster (hand signed and inscribed to Frank Martin, former conservator of the Whitney Museum) Hand signed and inscribed by Jasper Johns on the front Frame Included: matted in cream colored matting and held in original vintage frame Jasper Johns signed and inscribed this poster to Jack Martin, former Head Preparator at the Whitney Museum. This print was published by the Whitney Museum of American Art for the exhibition, " The Drawings of Jasper Johns Whitney...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Antique American Impressionist Hamptons Polo Field Horse Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid century polo field modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large 1950's French Impressionist Signed Old Bridge over River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Pont" by Felix Raoul Eteve (French 1902-1967) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas: 22 x 18 inches framed: 28 x 24 inches condition: overall very good an sound though does ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Unforgiven" 24x40 Mustangs, Horses Black and White Photography Wild Horses
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Wild Mustangs 24x 40 Edition of 12. Signed by artist. Printed on archival paper using only archival ink. Framing available. Inq...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Venice by Wolf Kahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wolf Kahn 1927-2020 American Venice Signed "W Kahn" (lower right) Pastel on paper An exceptionally rare early work by one of America’s preeminent colorists, this pastel captures ...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Mad Dogs… 1996 London Portland Gallery
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Jack Vettriano OBE, (1951-2025) was a self taught Scottish artist most famous for his best-selling image, The Singing Butler. Vettriano gained acclaim for his film noire 1930s glam s...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Original Batman Museo Dell'Automobile Torino vintage Italian poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino Artist: after Andy Warhol. Size 27.25" x 37" Printed: 1996 in Milan, Italy. Excellent condition. This pop art Italian poster in perfect condition, ready to frame. This is the original first printing of the Museo Dell'Automobile Torino (Italy) Batman, Andy Warhol. 'Viaggio in Italia'. This poster features the artwork for Warhol’s unauthorised 1964 film “Batman Dracula”. Excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity. Printed in Italy. The exhibition poster was for Nov. 30, 1996 - March 9, 1997. This BATMAN - Museo Dell'Automobile Torino is an Original Vintage Poster, not a reproduction. This poster is in excellent condition. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. Free Continental USA shipping included (saves $69 1st Dibs...
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Offset

From The Depths - Original Pastel Tone Expressive Contemporary 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

Colourful Abstract Landscape Painting of Scottish Highlands Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Landscape Painting of the Scottish Highlands by Leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 30 x 20 inches Frame measure 35 x 25 inches Th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"Silvery Days, Madison Square Park, New York City" Impressionist Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
Guy C. Wiggins Silvery Days, Madison Square Park, 1962 Signed lower left; signed, titled "Silvery Days" and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Guy Carleton Wiggins is...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coastal scene and fishing boats at moonlight, French Oil painting By G. Maroniez
Located in Gavere, BE
Maroniez is best known as an accomplished painter of the sea and the life of fishermen. He painted mainly in Brittany ( France ) Museums and galleries holdings : Boulogne: Mussel b...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Norman Rockwell Original Lithograph Ice Skating Hand Signed Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Ice Skating, from Grandpa and Me Suite Offset lithograph print, hand signed in pencil, numbered AP E 9/10 27 x 23 in. (sight), 34.75 x 30 in. (frame). ...
Category

1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Mom - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Polish Young Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kasia Mazur is a very young artist, she is still studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she also lives. She has already had exhibit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

When the world is renewed
Located in Zofingen, AG
At the heart of the painting is a female figure with her face turned upward, gazing at the sky where a bird is flying. Her gaze reaches not only outward but into the unseen realm of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Framed Contemporary Acrylic - Poppies on the Continent
Located in Corsham, GB
An idyllic view across red poppy fields with hill ranges in the distance. Well-presented in a solid oak frame with a crisp white mount. Unsigned. On board.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of a Lady in Gold Dress - British 1940's female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Frank Owen Salisbury also known as Frank O'Salisbury. Painted in 1944 it is a three quarter length portrait of a l...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil

A Day in the Country - 19th Century Oil Painting Summer Landscape Royal Academy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the latest US Government import duties and the legal exemp...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Mao 90 (Feldman/Schellmann II.90), Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 90 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: signed in ball-poin...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Poodles, minimalist black and white dog painting of a by Ian Mason, British
Located in Charleston, US
A Poodle Pair, this stunning large minimalist black and white painting of Poodle dogs, is a contemporary portrait in acrylic on canvas. Ian Mason's portrai...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Lake house, 80х80cm, print on canvas.Edition of 20 pieces
Located in Yerevan, AM
Edition of 20 pieces
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Color

The Bead Seller, Modern Woodcut Print by Stephen White
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stephen White - The Bead Seller, Year: 1978, Medium: Woodblock on Japon, signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/150, Size: 26.75 x 24.5 in. (67.95 x 62.23 cm)
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Care
Located in Zofingen, AG
Care Series Becoming This work reflects the state of a woman who nourishes the world around her simply through her presence. She does not act — she radiates. Her calm becomes a sourc...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tulips 5
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vivid expanse of warmth and vitality, I’ve unleashed my passion through oil pastel and colored pencil, embracing expressionism, impressionism, and pop art to provoke emotion....
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Satin Paper

1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
Feu de Joie 1970 hand signed and dated. Measurements: 25.75 X 25.75 Framed. Image is 23.75 X 23.75 Emilcar Similien, known as Simil was born in 1944 in St. Marc. He finished elementary school in St. Marc and high school in Port-au-Prince. From 1965 until 1971 he studied at the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, where he took courses in painting, sculpture, and art history. Simil uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker. Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures. He is of the generation of Haitian artists that include Bernard Sejourne, Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Henri Calixte, Paul Dieuseul, Laurent Casimir, Frantz Zephirin, Denis Smith, Philton Latortue, Philome Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Fernand Pierre...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Ocean Side, Impressionism Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Title: Ocean Side Size: 29.5" x 39" x 0.8'...
Category

2010s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Near Tubac, Arizona
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Near Tubac, Arizona" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted southwestern artist Sid Cedargreen, 1904-2011. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 22 x 30 inches, framed size is 28.5 x 36.5 inches. Framed in original wooden beige and gold frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Sid Cedargreen was a mid-century painter whose art beautifully depicted the desert Southwest. In 1958, Mr. Cedargreen was part of an art collective that transformed Tubac into an art colony. While in Tubac, he founded the Tubac Center for the Arts and the Santa Cruz Art Association. During this time, he was the winner of the distinguished Master Mead award for depicting the Southwest. His paintings are beautiful landscapes featuring areas in Arizona and all around the American Southwest. He continued to live in Arizona and paint its beauty for several years. In 2011, Sid Cedargreen passed away at the age of 89. After he passed away, Mr. Cedargreen's family found a plethora of paintings that Cedargeen had been storing in his house. In his career as an artist, Mr. Cedargreen had many one-man shows, in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, and Tubac, and in Santa Barbara, and Palm Desert, California; in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ogunquit, Maine and in Taos, Deming, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has exhibited in the Camelback Galleries and Adrian Shaw Galleries in Scottsdale; the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales; the Fountains Gallery in Tucson; the Plaza Gallery and the Taos Inn in Taos; the Shop of the Rainbow Man in Santa Fe; the Old Town Book Shop in Wickenburg; the Santa Barbara Biltmore...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an Edwardian Lady - British American art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was born in America then trained in Paris before coming to London. Painted...
Category

1910s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled, Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990) Title: Untitled 4 Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 20 Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled, from the Kinderstern Portfolio
Located in Milford, NH
A fine black and white silkscreen geometric print from the Kinderstern Portfolio by American artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). LeWitt was was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and attended...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Traditional English Signed Oil Painting Children in Cottage Flower Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cottage Garden by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below signed oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame. framed: 16 x 27 inches canvas: 12 x 24 ...
Category

20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine Edwardian Signed Oil Painting - Country River Landscape Picnic Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, signed and dated 1903 lower corner. Title: The Winding River Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: painting: 18 x 24 inches Provenance...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

InnSaei III, Original Ethereal Landscape Art, Gold Abstract Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
InnSaei III A mixed media painting inspired by an Icelandic word that can mean a sea within, to see within, to see from the inside out. The sides are painted and it's ready to hang. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Summer Storm - bright, lively, colourful, layered abstract, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The gray palette of a summer storm as clouds roll in is characterized in this abstract painting by Noreen Taylor. She often uses nature as inspiration fo...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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