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Art For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Academic
Central Park Heroic Statue
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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Academic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Jour D'Orage, la Garde (Var), Mai 1921 (Stormy Day)" Louis Pastour
Located in SANTA FE, NM
This painting is bright and cheery and the jewel-tone colors are superb. "Jour d'Orage, La Garde (Var) (Stormy Day) 1921" Louis Pastour (France, 1876-1...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Au bord de la riviere - Pointillist Figure in Landscape Oil by Joseph Lepine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil on artist's panel landscape by French painter Joseph Louis Francois Lepine. The painting depicts a view of the River Seine on a bright summer's day. A boat sai...
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1920s Pointillist Art

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Oil, Panel

'La Cote Pres de St.Tropez' The Coast Near St. Tropez. A pointillist painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
LUCIEN NEUQUELMAN An exquisite pointillist oil painting. Signed and titled on the reverse. The frame has the gallery exhibition label on it. Painting Size: 22 x 18" (55 x 46cm) Out...
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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art

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Oil

Christmas ducks
Located in Oslo, NO
This flock of ducks lives near the mother-in-law of the artist and every Christmas visiting her , according to tradition, ducks are visited and fed . The picture shows a moment in th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Trees - Devon
Located in Cambridge, GB
'LIGHT OVER DARTMOOR' by CLIFFORD FISHWICK 1923-1997 Oil on board, signed botton left, dated 1958, 31.5 x 53.5 cm. Label verso. Provenance: Katherine House Gallery, Marlbororugh,...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Lilac
Located in Oslo, NO
“Lilac” is a painting made in spring, when everything in nature is fragrant! In this work I captured the fleeting beauty of nature in bold, impressionistic brushstrokes. Using the v...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

On The Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Albert Charles Lebourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in riverscape oil on original canvas circa 1895 by French post impressionist painter Albert Charles Lebourg. The work depicts a v...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Maternite - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil Painting - Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. The work depicts a mother seated on a yellow change feeding her young baby. Signature...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Echoes 3 - painting Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Echoes 3 Composition with Two Male Nudes, oil on canvas, 35.5x19.5in / 90x50cm Part of Wings of Gods solo show, April 2024. Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist...
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2010s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Magnolia Blossom
Located in Oslo, NO
“Magnolia Blossom” is a painting full of the gentle trembling of the petals of a beautiful tree, the light of a spring day and the blue of the sky! In spring, nature awakens from sle...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Nu dans l'Atelier - Post Impressionist Nude in Interior Oil by Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas nude in interior circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. The work depicts the woman posing in the artist's studio. There are clothes drap...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Children playing in the park Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Barcelona - Oil on canvas Oil measures 38x46 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Henri Matisse Exhibition Poster, The Tate Gallery, 1953
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Vintage Henri Matisse Exhibition Poster, The Tate Gallery, 1953 "The Sculpture of Matisse and Three Paintings with Studies, 9 January - 22 February 1953, The Tate Gallery" ...
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1970s Fauvist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine (Cerisiers en Fleurs sur la Seine)" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, circa 1920s Signed l.l. Circa 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (u...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

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Paper, Pastel

'Woman Reclining', Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Miami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000. Titled by artist, 'Quiet Moment'. Paper dimensions: 22 H x 28 W inches Hessam Abrisha...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Paper

La Seine - 1930's French Impressionist Oil on Canvas Paris River City Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful signed and dated 1936 impressionist oil on canvas by Lelia Caetani depicting the river Seine in Paris. The artist is very interesting - please see biography below ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Reclining Nude', California Post-Impressionist, de Young Museum, Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'W.Georgetti', and created circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of one. Georgetti first worked as a merchant seaman to support his art studies and traveled all over the world accumulating sketches, many of which he later worked up into paintings. He made frequent visits to France, where he was influenced by the Post-Impressionists and, particularly, by the Nabis. An innovative theorist, Georgetti was the originator of the style known as California Fauvism. He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man shows (Oakland Art Gallery, 1942-44; Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, 1944; Maxwell Galleries, 1940’s; de Young Museum...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

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Monotype, Paper, Crayon

Ambassadeurs Aristide Bruant in his cabaret by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster illustrates Aristide Bruant who was a famous performer and cabaret owner in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Lautrec, seizing on Bruant's trademark cos...
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

"Borie In Rows of Lavender " Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Borie In Rows Of Lavender" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
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1950s Fauvist Art

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Oil, Board

'Monterey at Sunset', California Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial trillium monotype landscape showing a view of the cultivated fields and coastal hills of Monterey County, California bathed in the glow of a radiant sunset. Signed lower left, "Maxon" for John Maxon (American, 20th century) and created circa 1985. Coming from a western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature and the spiritual essence it imbued. Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John’s delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged and, at 16, he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie. Maxon spent his youthful days painting seriously in the fields behind Stanford University, and was fortunate to be exposed to and to study the works of Nathan Oliviera, Wayne Thiebaud and David Park during those years. He attended San Jose State University, and apprenticed for Sam Richardson...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

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Archival Paper, Monotype

"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, " Nathan Hoffman, New York City Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Born in Russia, the son of Friede (1878 – 1956) and Benjamin Hoffman (1878 – a. 1942). Benjamin was a dealer in mineral and seltzer water and the family resided on Snediker Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, just down the streetfrom the home where George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was born. This area of Brooklyn, known as Brownsville, “witnessed the development of one of the largest communities of Eastern European Jewish immigrants during the last decade of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20 th century.” Today, little remains of this once thriving Jewish section of Brooklyn, which today houses many commercial and repair businesses. Hoffman studied at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design and in the art program at Cooper Union. His work at the National Academy received praise, and in 1921 he was awarded the 2nd prize and an honorable mention from the John Armstrong Chaloner Paris Prize Foundation at the National Academy, which allowed the recipient to study in Paris, France for as long as five years. The following year he was awarded the 1 st prize in the competition (with The Reform Advocate running the headline “Young Jew Wins Art Prize”) as well as the Suydam Bronze Medal for his achievements in the Academy’s Men’s Night Class. In 1923 he was residing in Long Branch, New Jersey, when he was awarded 4th place in the Chaloner competition. Early on, Hoffman exhibited his work throughout the city, including in 1925 with the recently organized Society of Independent Artists. He also received several solo exhibitions during the first part of his career, including one at Ferargil Galleries in 1929. In the spring of 1930 a solo exhibition of his portraits, including paintings and drawings, was held at at Babcock Galleries, where a reviewer noted: “Portraiture is obviously Mr. Hoffman’s specialty… his best work is characterized by a sensitive appreciation of character set down in a vigorous decisive statement. Later that same year, in August, he participated in Babcock’s summer exhibition where reviewer Jerome Klein, writing for The Baltimore Sun, felt Hoffman’s and other artists work was already becoming old fashioned, remarking “…if an effort toward accomplishment is to be made, it must be in the language of today. It is for that reason that such contemporaries as Eugene Higgins and Nathan Hoffman, in this show, seem artists of a bygone era…” The onset of the Great Depression appears to have slowed his success, as was the case for many up-and-coming artists. By 1939 Hoffman had become a gallerist in addition to being a painter, operating the collective exhibition space “Sutton Gallery,” which was originally located at 358 East 57th Street. There Hoffman exhibited his own works as well as those created by other prominent New York artists including David Burliuk (1882 – 1967), Charles C. Curran (1861 – 1942), Louis Eilshemius (1864 – 1941), Ann Goldthwaite (1869 – 1944), Maurice Kish (1895 – 1987), Lawrence Lebduska (1894 – 1966), Bradford Perin and Ellis Wilson...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Sunflowers"summer, yellow, oil cm. 115 x 105
Located in Torino, IT
Sunflowers, summer, yellow, van gogh,Ukraine Offer Free Shipping Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina....
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

France beach acrylic painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Acrylic on paper laid board. Frameless.
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1990s Fauvist Art

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Laid Paper, Board, Acrylic

Adolph Kronengold (1900-1986) - Alaska Landscape Oil on Board, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Adolph Kronengold was born in New Orleans in 1900. He studied locally at Tulane, before moving on to New York and Philadelphia. There he studied at the Art Students League and the P...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Son of Camille
Located in Holywell, GB
A delightful pencil sketch on watermarked laid paper by Camille Pissarro’s son, George Manzana Pissarro. Signed by means of his studio stamp and with auct...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

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Pencil

Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile. Dal 19 ° secolo Disegno su carta leggermente colorata. In buone condizioni. Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno. In una posa...
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19th Century Academic Art

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

1970's English Post Impressionist impasto oil painting BEACH SCENE ESSEX signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ian Hay (1940-) British TITLE: "Groynes Dovercourt Beach Essex" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 41cm x 34cm inc frame CONDITION: very good DETAIL: Artist in...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Newlyn Bay Cornwall, hazy sunshine with the sea, town, hills in view large oil
Located in ludlow, GB
Towards Newlyn Bay, with the sea, town and hills in the distance with soft hazy sunlight. Oil painting on canvas, mounted on stretchers and housed in its original gilt frame A larg...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Woman and guitar oil on board painting fauvism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman - Oil on board. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frame size 64x56 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He ...
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1980s Fauvist Art

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Oil, Board

LOWEST $ DIB Post Impressionist “LE HAVRE” Lithograph 1930 Figures and Seascrape
Located in New York, NY
Here I have the lowest authentic priced Raphl Dufy Le Havre for sale! Originally purchased purchased from Sotheby’s I’m 1984 for approx $3500, I have attached a photo of receipt ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Cadaques Spain oil painting spanish mediterranean seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas on cardboard Oil measurements 33x41 cm. Frame size 43x51 cm.. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Ca...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

New England Town Scene Oil Painting by listed artist Emile Gruppe (1896-1978)
Located in Baltimore, MD
Emile Albert Gruppe was a very well known Cape Ann, Massachusetts painter who founded his own Gruppe Summer School in 1942. He was born in Rochester, NY in 1896 and studied at the A...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Le Petit Oiseau - Etching by Jean François Raffaelli - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Not numbered. With dedication to "Bernard" (1921). Etching and aquatint technique. Perfect conditions. Image Dimensions : 15 x 19 cm Passepartout included : 35 x 50 cm
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Etching

India Oil on Canvas South Jungle 1920's Signed Listed Artist Green Blue Rainbow
Located in Norfolk, GB
Jaroslav Hněvkovský (1884-1956) Czechoslovakian India oil on canvas framed 71.5 X 62cm, image 58.5 x 48.5 cm c 1920 Signed and titled India, bottom left Provenance private UK c...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Spanish market oil on canvas painting fauvism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Market - Oil on canvas. Work measurements 46x55 cm. Frame size 51x60 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. H...
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1970s Fauvist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec Album De Marine (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Toulouse-Lautrec Album De Ma...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

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Stencil, Lithograph

Menorca Spain oil painting mediterranean seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Menorca - Oil on canvas panel Oil measurements 38x46 cm. Frame size 54x62 cm. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan pai...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas, Board

"Purple Hydrangeas" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Purple Hydrangeas" is a gorgeous oil painted from life in France by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist still life captures the brilliant lavender, purple, and mauves of ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Woman on the balcony oil on canvas painting spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Woman - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 92x65 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of th...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a three mast clipper under full sail. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is very good to excellent. Mild stretcher bar wear top. Circa 198...
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1980s Academic Art

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Oil, Canvas

Still life Spain oil on canvas painting spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Still life - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 73x54 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew ...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Flowers on the beach
Located in Oslo, NO
I poured my soul into this canvas, capturing the raw beauty of nature's dance between flora and sea. My brushstrokes sing with the rhythm of the waves, and the vivid blossoms echo li...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Paris Booksellers (Bouquinistes) Along the River Seine
Located in London, GB
'Paris Booksellers Along the River Seine', gouache on paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. The used-book sellers (bouquinistes) you see along the Seine a...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Paper, Gouache

"Fools", Harlequin Jester Twins, Carved Paper Relief Painting in Primary Colors
By Martin Ingley
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical textured relief painting of two stylized twin jesters in primary colors, their long mask-like faces created with the technique of hand carving layers of laminated paper board and painting with acrylic, by contemporary English artist Martin Ingley...
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Late 20th Century Fauvist Art

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Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Illustration Board

Vision of Paris, Lithograph from Mourlot Lithographe I
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Vision of Paris Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe I Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 22" x 19" Image Size: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" Sh...
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1960s Fauvist Art

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Lithograph

Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Neal Doty (American, born 1941) Title: Man Sitting Year: 1979 Medium: Color serigraph Edition: Numbered 93/135 Size of image: 32.5 x 24 inches Size of paper: 39.25 x 30 inche...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Screen

VOLTO DI DONNA - Stampa riproduzione Emilio Greco, anni 70
Located in Napoli, IT
Stampa riprodizione del disegno " Volto di Ragazza" realizzato dal disegnatore Emilio Greco.Firmato in basso a destra. Scultore italiano (Catania 1913 - Roma 1995). Trasferitosi a Ro...
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1970s Academic Art

Materials

Color

Stockholm Archipelago Landscape 1940 Oil Painting Renowned Impressionist Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right “Iv. Constantin Svartlöga 1940” for Ivan Constantin Sannesjö Johansson, also known as Iwan Constantin, (1887 - 1946) - was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Sp...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

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Wood, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Colorful Jug Designs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Designs by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 13 x 20 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France Josine V...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor

A. J. Bennett - Light and Shade - Post Impressionist Painting, South Africa 1919
Located in Meinisberg, CH
A. J. Bennett (South African, fl. Early 20th century) Light and Shade • Oil on canvas artist board ca. 42.5 x 29.5 cm • Later frame ca. 53.5 x 41 cm Worldwide shipping is complime...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Venise - Huile sur toile, 50x100 cm., encadré
Located in Nice, FR
Très belle vue de Venise. Huile sur toile par Serge Mendjisky daté 1980. Dimensions avec le cadre: 72x122 cm. Serge Mendjisky est ne en 1929 et mort e...
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1980s Pointillist Art

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Oil

Neoclassical Oval Portrait of the Woman as a Greek Muse. Early 19th Cent.
Located in Firenze, IT
Neoclassical Portrait of the Woman in Clothes by Muse (Early 19th Century). Oval portrait with the period frame. Entourage of Joseph Maria Grassi (1757-1838). Portrait of lady which ...
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Early 19th Century Academic Art

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Oil, Canvas

Sunrise above the sea port - Scandinavian pointillism painting - ca. 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stunning Scandinavian Impressionist painting depicting a glorious sunrise above the port of Goteborg in Sweden The artist marvellously captured the way in which the light of the ris...
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20th Century Pointillist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Montserrat Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting spanish landscape
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 27x35 cm. Frameless.
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Cat's Eyes - Transfer Monotype in Water Based Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
A Cat's Eyes - Transfer Monotype in Water Based Ink on Paper Original transfer monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American, 20th C). Boldly colored close up of a ...
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1990s Fauvist Art

Materials

Ink, Paper, Monotype

Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been described by one of his sons as obsessed with painting, to the exclusion of most oth...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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