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Art For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Old Masters
Spanish landscape Spain oil on canvas painting rural house
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Spain - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 73x92 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of th...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Madam van Robais - French Old Master oil painting 18th century art
Located in London, GB
This fine French Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. The sitter is Madam van Robais.
The van R...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
William James Smith - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
William James Smith is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late e...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
"Bosco artico (Lofoten)” (Arctic Grove)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, Bosco artico (Lofoten), exemplifies Anna Boberg’s profound connection to the striking landscapes of northern Norway. Painted during her extensive visits to t...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barcelona Liceo oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Artist: Albert Junyent Quinquer
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 44 x 53 cm. (approx. 17 x 21 inches). Frame 66x75 cm. (approx. 26 x 30 inches)
Title: Urban Scene in the Rain - L...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting on Wood Panel Biblical Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Biblical Figures, Large Gathering around Christ?
Dutch Old Master, early 17th century
oil painting on wood panel, stuck on velvet backing board
velvet board: 27 x 29 inches
board: 25.5 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition, obvious old panel...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid 17th Century British Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Man in Flemish City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Thomas Collard (rector of Withycombe, Somerset 1670-1691)
the city depicted in the distance is thought to be Antwerp.
the portrait historically has been thought to be fr...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady with Pink Bow - British c 1820 Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is a seated half length portrait of a beautiful lady in a b...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Noli Me Tangere Christ Magdalene Cignani Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Italy
By Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628 - Forlì 1719)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Late 17th-century Bolognese painter
Circle of Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628 - Forlì 1719)
Noli me tangere
‘’Apparition of Christ to Mary Magdalene‘’
oil on canvas
120 x 92 cm
framed ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Still Life Oil with Ceramic Hen and Red Poppies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life
French Modernist, 1960's
indistinctly signed and dated
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 28 x 33 inches
Canvas : 21.5 x 25 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fauvist Impressionist Landscape in Oil, Paysage de la Loire à l'Île Rategoude.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Oil on card view of the Loire valley in France and one of its islands by Jacques Buecher. The painting is signed and titled to the back of the board.
A very charming view of this ic...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 10.75 (height) x 9.75 (wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Italian Landscape with Travellers - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Golden Age Old Master landscape oil painting is attributed to Jacob van der Croos. Painted circa 1670 it is an Italianate landscape with figures and their animals i...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th Century Portrait of John Calvin
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare 17th-Century Portrait of John Calvin
This small interesting portrait, of John Calvin (1509–1564) offers a rare glimpse into the enduring legacy of the French-Swiss reformer. P...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Maurice Legendre Watercolor of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Maurice Legendre
Untitled (Notre Dame), Early 20th Century
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 9 x 12 in.
Framed: 14 1/4 x 18 x 1 in.
Signed lower left: M. Legendre
Maurice Legendre was a noted French impressionist and sculptor, especially known for his Parisian and London landmark scenes. The present paintings depict iconic spots in Paris, and their charming size affords the opportunity to hang them anywhere in your home.
Legendre was a pupil of Robert Couturier and Marcel Grimond...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Que se la Llevaron! - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Que se la Llevaron! is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya in 1799, from Los Caprichos series.
The artwork is the plate 8 (as printed on plate on the higher right margin) from the series Los Caprichos, first edition.
Good conditions.
Los Caprichos.
Put on sale the 6 February 1799, at the end of the last carnival of the century, Los Caprichos, first Goya’s printed...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Maîtres de l'Affiche, 1898
Located in Chicago, IL
An example in outstanding condition. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, a masterpiece of the art poster medium, was a beacon of the ro...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Religious Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Saint Monica
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Saint Monica in prayer.
56 x 32 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Good state of conservation of the pictorial s...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Conversation Piece', oil on canvas by Tarkay
Located in St. Albans, GB
Itzchak Tarkay
Picture Size: 40 x 32(99 x 80cm)
Outside Frame Size: 49 x 41" (121 x 102cm)
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1935 - 2012
Born on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border in the city of Subotica ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Virgin Madonna Sassoferrato 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Roman School 17th - 18th century
Circle of Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato 1609 - Rome 1685)
Virgin at Prayer
Oil on canvas
48 x 40 cm.
Splendid frame ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
'Barques a St. Florent Corse' . Boats at Saint Florent, Corsica. Pointillism
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu
1921 – 2008
Canvas Size: 18 x 21.5 (46 x 55cm)
Outside Frame Size: 25.5 x 29" (65 x 74cm)
Yvonne Canu is currently one of the most sought after contemporary pointillis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art
Materials
Oil
Spanish village landscape Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Freixas Cortés (1917-1984) - Spanish village landscape - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 65x54 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Freixas Cortés (1917-1984)
Jordi...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two spaniels working with a huntsman beyond
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
William Jones (c.1798-1860)
Two spaniels working with a huntsman beyond
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 16 x 21 in
Framed Size - 21 x 26 in
William Jones’s wor...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The Nativity of Christ
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Anonymous 15th Century Italian, Probably Milan area
The Nativity of Christ
Pigments, ink and gold leaf on vellum
Unsigned as is always the case with illuminated manuscripts
The Virgi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art
Materials
Pigment
Table Top Still Life with Birds, Fruit and Walnuts - Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This simply stunning German 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist C.L. Braun, signed lower right on the table edge. It was painted circa 1780 and has the look of a...
Category
1780s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Original Oil Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Abstract Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce .View of the Remains of the Peristyle of the House of Nero,
Etching, 1756
Signed in the plate (see photo)
From: Le Antichità Roma...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Africa'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Italian Landscape - Dutch Old Master art Grand Tour landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This simply stunning large Old Master landscape oil painting is attributed to noted Dutch artist Adriaen van Diest. Painted circa 1700 this Mediterranean Italian landscape painting has everything; A really interesting landscape with land, river, sea and mountains, interesting figures and cattle and a wonderful sky with fading light. The details and the capturing of the light make this a really fantastic Dutch Old Master country house Grand Tour oil painting. Irresistible.
Provenance. Dorset estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 42 inches by 20 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an English carved giltwood frame, 50 inches by 28 inches framed and in good condition.
Adriaen van Diest (1655-1704) was born in the Hague in the Netherlands. Like his father and his brother, he pursued a career as a marine painter, that is, a painter of seascapes and sailing ships. In 1673, attracted by the thriving English market for portraits and marine paintings, he joined the exodus of Dutch artists leaving to work in England. It is thought that his master was Willem van de Velde the Younger...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Signed French Oil Tahitian Women with Babies Large Oil after Gauguin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century, after the 19th century painting by Paul Gauguin (bears signature).
Title: Tahitian Women with infants
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size:
framed: 35.25 x 28 inches
canvas: 28.75 x 21.25 inches
Provenance: private collection, France; Paris...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th century Dutch, with figures goats and sheep outside in a barn yard or farm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (Dutch School, late 18th century)
Pastoral Scene with Goatherds, ca. 1780–1800
Oil on canvas
In this lively pastoral composition, a group of figures reclines in rusti...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
La Grande Fortune, Old Masters Etching by Amand Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528)
Title: La Grande Fortune
Year: 1873 (original circa 1502)
Medium: Heliogravure on thin l...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Maurice De Vlaminck House and Path
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maurice De Vlaminck: 1876-1958. Very important French artist. One of the key members of the Fauvist School. He has auction results for paintings well into the millions of dollars. A ...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Watercolor
1940's Provence France Painting Tranquil Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed and dated 1947
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
mea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Sailing Yacht Moored in Sunlit Harbor with Reflections on Water Nice Old Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Historic Port of Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Jean-Baptiste Oudry workshop - 18th century French landscape painting - Hunting
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in Varmo, IT
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) circle of - Hunting scene with greyhounds.
21 x 27 cm without frame, 26 x 32 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on panel, in a car...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stunning Grand Tetons, Wyoming Landscape by listed artist Don Ricks (1929-1996)
Located in Baltimore, MD
Artist Don F. Ricks was inspired by the natural beauty that surrounded his portion of The West. Whether it be the flat plains, the mighty Rockies, or the gardens so lovingly created...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
“Gloucester Docks”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of fishing boats at the docks of Gloucester by the well known North Fork Long Island artist Caroline M. Bell. Circa 1945. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Housed in its original silver leaf over wood frame in restored condition. Overall framed measurements are 20 by 18 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate.
Biography: Caroline M. Bell (1874 -1870)
Caroline Bell was the leader of a group of artists known as the Peconic Bay...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
19th century English portrait of a White/grey hunter in a stable
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century portrait of a White / Grey hunter in a stable.
Charles Towne was born in Wigan in 1763. He was trained as a coach painter, and by ...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ancient Roman Marble Vase: 18th C. Piranesi Etching Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
Located in Alamo, CA
"Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole. Le Teste dei Giovenchi mostrano di reggere it pesante Festone composto di Frutti Fiori Grans ed use. Il tuto Necefsario all Vita Umana. Il Restante degl...
Category
1760s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Jeanne THELIEZ (1875-1957) French School Portrait 1933 Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Jeanne THELIEZ (1875-1957) French School Portrait 1933
A sensitively painted art deco period portrait of a young woman resplendent in an embroidered fez style hat, signed and dated ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
A Quiet Evening
By José Royo
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lower right corner. Presented in a carved frame measuring 38.5" x 33.75" overall. The work features a woman reading by lamp light in a very tra...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
BEN MORE, Auchlyne, oil , by Frederick Richard Lee & Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in York, GB
BEN MORE FROM AUCHLYNE ROAD oil, by Frederick Richard Lee & Thomas Sidney Cooper
A beautiful 19th century landscape painting of the Scottish mountain (Munro) by the renowned artists Frederick Lee & Thomas Sidney Cooper
The painting is an oil on board, signed by both artists and dated 1854.Housed in a gilt frame.
The image size is 47cm x 62cm, whilst overall the size is 69cm x 85 cm
The painting is in very good condition, having had a light clean. There is some slight crazing to the sky section as to be expected with age, ( see photo close ups with flash) the frame is also in very good condition.
There is a handwritten label verso which reads
Note: According to Cooper, it was during a visit to Lee in Devon that a mutual decision was made to '...paint some pictures conjointly'. Lee was to paint the landscape first and Cooper to introduce the animals - and, at Lee's insistence, to handle the financial arrangements. In the late 1840s both artists were at the height of their popularity and their exhibited collaborations in the Dutch tradition created a 'great sensation' at the Royal Academy when they first appeared.
Prince Albert commented that they had '...caused a new want among patrons' and pronounced them 'the Beaumont and Fletcher...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil on Board. 'The Blue Vase'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century oil on board Fauvist still life, flowers in a vase in an interior scene, by Hyppolite Roger. The painting is signed bottom righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Les Offres d'Amour, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - Les Offres d'Amour, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Image Size: 6 x 5.25 inches, Size: 6.5 x 5.75 in. (16.51 x 14....
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Boulevard of flowers Barcelona Spain oil on burlap painting spanish urbanscape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Barcelona - Oil on burlap
Oil measures 73x60 cm.
Frameless..
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Cata...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Burlap, Oil
El Caballo Raptor - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
El caballo raptor - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
The artwork is the plate n. 1...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Vibrant Outdoor Flower Market in Nice French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Flower Market in Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
oil on thick artist paper
painting : 16 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Queen Maria Theresa King Van Meytens 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Martin van Meytens (Stockholm 1695 - Vienna 1770)
Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg (Vienna 1717 - 1780)
Portrait of Emperor Francis I of Lorraine (1708 - 1765)
oil on ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Figures Walking On The Southern French Beach Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Walk
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front and back
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 9.5 x 13.75 inches
Colors: Beige colors, grey, blue, green, brown a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape - Pencil and Watercolor by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in watercolor and pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition; only a smallspots at the edges of the drawing an...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Huge 16th Century Fontainebleau School Old Master Oil on Panel Baby Moses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Finding of Baby Moses
Fontainebleau School, circa 1580's period
oil painting on thick wood (walnut wood) panel, framed
framed: 32.5 x 27 inches
wood: 25 x 30 inches
provenance: p...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940'...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Old Woman and Boy with Candles, Oil on Panel, 1800s
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this painting titled "Old Woman and Boy with Candles" an intriguing scene unfolds before our eyes. An older woman gazes ahead, her eyes shielded from the flickering candlelight, w...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Huge 20th Century Russian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Flower Garden House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cottage Garden
Russian School, signed in Cyrillic
dated 1989
titled in French verso
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 40 x 40 inches
canvas : 35.5 x 35.5 inches
Provenance: private c...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Nude model" Original figurative painting . Oil on canvas
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I evoke the raw essence of nature and the human form, blending them through impressionistic strokes. The composition captures the interplay of light and shadow,...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Wooded Landscape Waterfall Van Ruisdael Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628-Amsterdam 1682)
attributable
Wooded Landscape with Waterfall
Oil on canvas
74 x 94 cm. - framed 91 x 111 cm.
A wooded view crossed by a tumultuous...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
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