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Art For Sale
Castaway - Abstract Playful Earth Tone Textural Paint Splat Mixed Media 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
Italian School, Late 17th Century Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
Located in Woodbury, CT
Italian School, Late 17th Century (circa 1670–1700)
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
Oil on panel, in a carved and gilded Baroque frame
A moving devotional painting from the late ...
Category
1650s Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Poppin' Graff - Abstract Colorful Textural 'Love You' Graffiti Mixed Media Art
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
Feline VI by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, bronze, cat, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Feline VI is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 29 × 83 × 15 cm (11.4 × 32.7 × 5.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Hand-Painted Canvas Proof #1-Purple Misty Alliums-British Awarded Artist-One Off
Located in London, GB
This Artist's Proof is 90% hand-painted with original oil and gesso by artist Shizico Yi on Giclee made on canvas from her original oil painting.
Each Proof is unique and hand paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Giclée
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas.Edition of 20 pieces
Located in Yerevan, AM
Edition of 20 pieces
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Landsend
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Jessica Brilli (Sayville, NY 1977) has been drawing and painting since her childhood. Working in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century graphic...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tigers Acrylic and oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Rodolfo Ramírez Cardo (Havana, Cuba)
Title: Version of “Tigress” by Karl Bang
Year: 2000
Technique: Acrylic and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 x 85 cm (25.2 x 33.5 in) (unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,067 Sale Price
25% Off
Lotus Flower - Panorama - Vietnam - long exposure - waterscape - photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border.
More Sizes:
15.8 x 31.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
original lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: M 233. Printed in 1956 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght for the Jacques Prévert catalogue. Sheet size: 9 x 14...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Oil Scottish Highland Loch Valley Cottages Path Mountains Dramatic Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique Oil Scottish Highland Loch Valley Cottages Path Mountains Dramatic Sky
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed (with pseudonym, William Lang...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Monkey - Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is a Contemporary artwork realized in the 1972 by the italian artist Leo Guida.
Etching on paper.
Mint conditions.
Artist proof.
Hand-signed n pencil.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
$232 Sale Price
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Contemporary Figurative Abstract Portrait Painting of Three Female Figures
Located in East Quogue, NY
Brown earth tone contemporary figurative painting of 3 femail figures by Moroccan artist Said Housbane. Acrylic on canvas. Size: 56 x 60 inches. Offered unframed & unstretched. Ships...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage English Oil Painting Head Portrait of a Fluffy Grey Cat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Fluffy Grey Cat
English School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 3 x 3.5 inches
board: 2 x 2.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: sound and good...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
$422 Sale Price
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Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite silkscreen by Faith Ringgold (1930–2024), titled Slavery, from the folio Letter from Birmingham City Jail, originates from the 2007 edition published by The Limited Ed...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$4,796 Sale Price
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El Nene. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper
Unframed
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Suerte de Picador
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Suerte de Picador
Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961.
Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm
Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm
Publisher: Éditions Ce...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Heels? Never Heard of Them
Located in Zofingen, AG
There is a pause between two worlds — and in that pause, she sits. Barefoot, dressed in black, the woman rests against a handmade wooden fence, surrounded by the quiet pulse of natur...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Tintin Reading FIRST EDITION
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an authentic and official poster, not a third-party unauthorized version. Designed for a Roy Lichtenstein retrospective in Brussels, Belgium, in 1994-1995, it includes art re...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
19th Century Neoclassical Scene - Psyche, Oil on Canvas
By Otto Bache
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this neoclassical oil on canvas signed and dated “Otto Bache 1864”, the artist depicts Psyche standing with her back turned to the viewer beside a red draped table. Her hair is arranged in a tight knot, secured with a hairpin adorned with two large pearls. She holds a light drapery that covers her legs, while the rest of her body remains nude. With her head turned toward the right, she gazes downward toward the table, where a blue gown or drapery lies, the garment she is about to put on.
Her softly illuminated profile emerges as she turns in the light falling from the upper left, creating a striking backlight that heightens the contrast along the contours of her body. On the richly red draped table before her rest her jewellery and, to her left, a large amphora-shaped jug and a tazza bowl. The light descending from above to the left defines the composition with sharp contrasts between brightness and shadow, revealing the delicate modelling of Psyche’s form and lending the scene a quiet sense of introspection and grace.
Exhibited: Winkel & Magnussen October 1915 no. 5, ill. p. 5.
Otto Bache was born in 1839 in Roskilde, Denmark, and died in 1927 in Copenhagen.
At the age of only eleven he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen where he studied drawing and painting under the supervision of artists such as Wilhelm Marstrand. His early training gave him a basis in the Danish “Golden Age” tradition of realism and naturalism, but he went on to travel and extend his horizons. In 1866 he received an Academy travel-scholarship and went to Paris, then Italy (1867–68).
The influence of Paris is often noted: his palette became richer, his handling freer, his light stronger, and his subjects broader. Later in his career, from around 1887, he held the post as professor and on various occasions director of the Royal Danish Academy.
Bache’s early work reflects his rigorous academic training: careful drawing, subdued palette and interest in genre scenes and rural life. After his travel in Paris and Italy he adopted a somewhat more robust handling of color and light, but still remained essentially realist and narrative in approach.
He painted portraits, animal and hunting subjects, genre scenes, and large history-paintings depicting key moments from Danish history.
In particular, during the 1880s and 1890s when he was commissioned to execute large history canvases for the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle and similar institutions, depicting events such as the exploits of Danish soldiers...
Category
1860s Other Art Style Art
Materials
Oil
Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Sky Cloud Study
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Partly Sunny is a new oil on panel painting just completed in the studio. The painting exudes the rich qualities of oil paint with bright strong color, a variety of lost and found ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Lord of the Wild Things" (2025) Original Surrealist Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Lord of the Wild Things" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas.
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical Realism" series. This painting is b...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Energy Within Nature. Abstract square painting in the wood gold frame
Located in Zofingen, AG
-The painting was created alongside my tropical series and does not depict a specific scene, but rather abstract forms and shades of nature. Contemplating these natural motifs always...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Table with Red Flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the City Stories series, Green Table with Red Flowers portrays a quiet café scene where everyday life turns into poetry. At the center, a couple sits by a round green table ador...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
A couple relaxes and laughs on a spacious sofa on the terrace of a villa. The party is still in full swin...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
AQUA-PRIMA
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Silence dissolved in eternity. In this moment — the depth of all being.”
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In The Garden
Located in Oslo, NO
Landscape Paintings, Flowers, Spring, Nature, Horizontal, Impressionism.
Within the elongated horizontal format of "In the Garden," the artist creates a sense of immersion in the qu...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lake Racken in Autumn: Fritz Lindström and the Vision of the Rackstad Group
Located in Stockholm, SE
Fritz Lindström was a Swedish painter celebrated for his evocative landscapes and sensitive portraiture. After studying at the progressive Konstnärsförbundet School in Stockholm unde...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Lively Market in Bamako' by D. Nkuly (1957)
Located in London, GB
'The Market in Bamako', oil on wood, by D. Nkuly (1957). A vibrant depiction of daily life in Bamako, the bustling capital of Mali. The artist captures the energy and rhythm of a loc...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$436 Sale Price
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Door - Lariat Motel, Nevada - Cinematic Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
From Richard Heeps Dream in Color series a cinematic scene, a doorway in a motel in Nevada on an American road trip. Warm evening sunlight glows casting shadows across the picture.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
In the Space of Make-Believe
Located in Zofingen, AG
This dreamer appears to come from a world of her own invention: the hat, the closed eyes, the calm poise, the earring as a quiet emblem of play. She constructs herself outside of imp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Lundgren (1815–1875)
Monk in a Monastic Cell
signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848
oil on relined canvas
unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 ½ x 19 ¾ in.)
framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 ¾...
Category
1840s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting On Canvas. Portrait in Green with Beings of Light. "Praise"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas in emerald green, square format. A human silhouette with green textures and two fantastic animals. A piece that combines figurative and abstract elements. This...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Large French Historical Antique Oil Painting Symbolist Work Classical Battle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Battle
attributed to Charles Hoffbauer (French/ American 1875-1957)
unsigned, inscribed verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 29 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wes Anderson's Dog, original, contemporary, art print
Located in Deddington, GB
Screenprint on paper
Signed and titled in pencil
Numbered from the edition of 50
Image size: 505 x 505 mm
Paper size: 665 x 685 mm
Silkscreen print on Paper
Edition of 50
50.5...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Top of the Cliffs - single Person - England - minimalist landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Top of the Cliffs Study 1 - England - no. 21378
>> Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9.
>> Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist.
>> Certificate of authenticity include...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Plage de la Remigeasse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman in a white shirt over a black bikini strolls along a wooden boardwalk. Tall grasses sway on both sides, with lush greenery rising to the left. The scene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Falling Reef. From the series Polyculture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
These works explore our relationship with the incredible biodiversity of our planet Earth. Visual representations of flowing colours, smells, sounds and the feeling of our life sourc...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Rjukandefossen Waterfall Forest Norway
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Rjukandefossen Waterfall Study 1, Norway - no. 21373
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
God Answers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Gold Dress
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“God Answers”(God answers) is a profound and thought-provoking artwork that explores the universal human quest for connection, guidance, and meaning. This powerful title captures the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Journey Is Half the Fun, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Beneath the stark canopy of a bus shelter, a young woman in a luminous gown sits in quiet anticipation. Her elegance is out of place and raises the question: "W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas. "Study Purple"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This oil painting of abstract forms is dominated by a rich palette of reds, purples, oranges, blues, and yellows, interweaving a mosaic of irregular geometric shapes, capturing overl...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
$392 Sale Price
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Vintagte English Miniature Painting Portrait of Spaniel Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait of a Spaniel
English School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 3 x 3.5 inches
board: 2 x 2.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: sound a...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
$424 Sale Price
30% Off
Beauty in the Eyes of Beholder -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Green Abstract Face Original French Artwork Acrylic Painting
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original French Artwork
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original acrylic painting on thick artist paper, unframed
size: 13.5 x 10.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from t...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Stream, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stream winds between green fields, with a small patch of white in its blue water reflecting the clouds above. Trees in the distance add vertical contrast, whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Original Bal du Moulin Rouge Frenesie vintage French cabaret poster, on linen
By René Gruau
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Bal du Moulin Rouge “Frénésie” Vintage Cabaret Poster. Linen-backed in excellent condition, ready to frame.
Turn your wall into a Paris night. René Gruau’s electric silh...
Category
1980s Art Deco Art
Materials
Offset
"Temptation" (from the series "Inspired by Matisse")
Located in Zofingen, AG
Not the body, but the timeless whisper of desire. Within her delicate audacity breathes an ancient allure: a force that draws us closer, even as it forever eludes our grasp.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Joshua Tree Panorama, National Park, California, USA - monochroma landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Luna - Modern Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture for Shelf or Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Seemingly disparate cultures inspire Kallweit; the streng...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
I Recognize Myself
Located in Zofingen, AG
The dog’s gaze meets a bouquet of pink flowers — not to possess, but to witness. There’s no tension here, only quiet coexistence. Daria captures the delicate balance of softness and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bibliotheques des Beaux Arts de Paris
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre continues his series on empty architectural spaces at La Sorbonne. Our curators recommend the work large format and framed in simpl...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary expressive still life floral painting "Vase with yellow blossoms"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary post-impressionist Fauvist still life painting titled “Vase with Yellow Blossoms” was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and belongs to her ongoing still lif...
Category
2010s Fauvist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Between the Landscape and Geometry - Modern Woven and Painted Abstract Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
Between the Landscape and Geometry, hand weaving, linen yarn, wool, acrylic
textile paint, 70 x 65 cm, 2024.
There is a second painting from this series - my other article here, mat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic, Wool
Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
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
David Hockney-Garrowby Hill Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hockney returned to his native Yorkshire in the 1990s and was inspired by the countryside he found there. Interpreting it through the lens of early 20th century artists such as Matis...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
Robert Longo -- Untitled (Eric, from Men in the Cities)
By Robert Longo
Located in Manchester, GB
Robert Longo, Untitled (Eric, from Men in the Cities), 2025
11 colour silkscreen on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Satin Radiant White paper
with matte varnish seal
Hand-signed and num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Marc Chagall, The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law, 1962
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le lion de Juda et les Tables de la Loi (The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law), from the album Marc Chagall, The...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Red and Purple Anemones in Glass Vase Mid Century Impressionist French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Size : 11 x 9 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The painting is in overall...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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