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Art For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Post-Impressionist
Large Classical Still Life of Flowers Signed French Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Profusion of Flowers
by Max Toutain (French, 20th century)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 26 inches
canvas : 29 x 21 inches
Provenance: private collection, Provence
Condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Ink Drawing of Trees and Stream With Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Ink Drawing of Trees and Stream With Cottage
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Ink and pencil on unframed paper
Size:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Pencil
de Vlaminck, Chataigneraie à Chatou, Fauves, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...
Category
1970s Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lively country scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
This painting by Josep Maria Mallol Suazo (1910-1986) depicts a lively country scene, bathed in warm light. In the foreground, a large leafy tree dominates the compos...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Winter Along the Creek" Post-Impressionist Countryside Scene Oil Painting Frame
Located in New York, NY
A joyous colorful countryside painting depicting a serene landscape, capturing a winter scene with trees, foliage, and a creek with vibrant and muted tones. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a wonderful display of Reilly's more impromptu style, with bold colors of joyful yellow, deep rouge, and softer colors of light blue, hints of brown, and pops of rose and peach. The brushwork denotes a skilled use of color and texture, offering a sense of depth and tranquility with much whimsy and detail. The artwork comes housed in a plein air gold frame...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Original Oil Painting of Rustic Kitchen Scene with Copper Pot and Onions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Rustic Kitchen Scene with Copper Pot and Onions
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (height) x 10.5 (width), ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Circle of Les Nabis French School c1910
Located in Holywell, GB
Circle of Les Nabis French School c1910
A stylish painting of a Mediterranean landscape indistinctly signed and dating to around 1910.
Les Nabis were a group of post-impressionist...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Original Oil Painting of a Rose in a Vase on a Table and a Nude Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of a Rose in a Vase on a Table and a Nude Portrait
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (he...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Portrait Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Dated 1946
Size: 12 (hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Pointillist French 20th Century Oil Painting Boats Moored on River Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Pointillist, mid 20th century
Boats Moored on the River,
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 40 x 28.5 inches
canvas : 34 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Hilltop Village Amid Rolling Hills and Rocky Terraces Cloudy Sky Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rustic Village Landscape
by Max Toutain (1935-2006)
oil painting on board, unframed
board : 29 x 37 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Femmes De Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 13.5 x 9.5 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Femmes de Lau...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Huge French Impressionist Oil Painting Bustling Mediterranean Beach Scene Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bustling Mediterranean Beach Scene
French. 1960's-1970's
indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 29 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Flower Vendors at Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest at Sunset, 1934
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Otto Lindberg captures the quiet beauty of a forest at dusk. The most striking feature is the luminous pink and violet glow of the fading sunlight, master...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TARKAY, ITZCHAK "LAKE CAFE" 2000, ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 36X48
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: TARKAY, ITZCHAK
Title: LAKE CAFE
Year: 2000-2010
Size: 36 X 48 INCHES
Medium: ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Edition: ORIGINAL 1/1
Description: Hand signed by the artist.
The art...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
" double face " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau , certified and signed .
exceptionnel "Oedipe " drawing 27,7 x 22, 6 cm .
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Ink
"Parisian Street Scene" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas with Figures
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an impressionistic way, capturing the busy streets of Paris from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used oil with a p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tranquil Reflections – Swedish Summer Landscape by Olof Arborelius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Arborelius (1842-1915) Sweden
Landscape, likely from the Uddevalla area
oil on canvas
signed O.Arb.s
unframed: 25 x 35 cm (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in)
framed: 43.5 x 53 cm (17 1/8 x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in Blue, Modern Portrait Lithograph by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Girl in Blue
Charles Levier, French (1920–2003)
Date: circa 1970
Lithograph, signed in pencil l.r.
Edition of 250
Image Size: 24 x 17 inches
Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Category
1970s Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique French Classical Study of the Male Back Nude Drawing 19th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Study of the Male Back
French School, early/ mid 19th century
charcoal on artist paper stuck on board, glass covering framed
framed: 13 x 9 inches
board : 12 x 8 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Charcoal
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Pears Against a Vibrant Red Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Pears Against a Vibrant Red Background
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper
Size: 18.25 (height) x 15 (width)
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
" Morceaux Choisis " original certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889-1963 )
" Morceaux Choisis " est un dessin à l'encre brune et légère estompe au crayon noir , exécuté en 1932 , il représente un profil de femme .
19 x 11 cm . si...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Ink
Large French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Poppy Fields in Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Poppy Fields in Provence
by Gabriel Mouton, French 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 34.5 inches
board : 23 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Lemon tree in a Moroccan garden Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Garden of the Soul"
I arrived at the concept of the "inner garden" as a metaphor for the soul many years ago, long before my series on Morocco. It reflects the idea that working on...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
“Magic island” Landscape Gouache on paper . Botanical, plants, flowers . Green.
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork captures a serene coastal garden, blending lush foliage with the tranquil backdrop of the sea. Foregrounded by an array of vibrant wildflowers, including striking white ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Solitudine" paesaggio con barche a vela francia del nord cm. 37 x 21
Located in Torino, IT
Lanscape France,Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure, Normandy
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amiens...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Landscape Pine Trees Coastal Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mediterranean Landscape
by G. Grillon-Leduc, French mid 20th century
signed oil on on board, framed
framed: 29 x 24.5 inches
board : 26 x 21 inches
Provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Combarro Galicia oil on canvas painting european art Spain spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Artwork Information: "Combarro, Galicia" by Rafael Duran Benet
Title: Combarro, Galicia
Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Shade of the Trees
Located in THOMERY, FR
Step into a luminous symphony where trees sway in the gentle breeze. In In the Shade of the Trees, Linda Clerget captures a magical moment where shadows and light merge in perfect ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
Nude, Oil on Canvas by B.Robert, Ca. 1930
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by B. Robert, France, circa 1930. This exquisite oil painting by B. Robert, created in France around 1930, captures the serene beauty of a young nude woman reclining. T...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951).
Portrait of Woman in Winter Coat
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.5 inches.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Would beneifit from a cleaning. Origina...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still Life with Apples and Female Torso
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still Life with Apples and Female Torso
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Acrylic ad pastel on unframed paper
Size: 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Pastel
“La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original vibrant and colorful oil on canvas painting of La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain attributed to the hand of Jordi Freixas Cortes the Barcelona born artist. Signed lower right (F....
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Modernist Oil Painting Ladies Drinking Cafe Bistro Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cafe Chats
by Max Toutain (1935-2006)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas : 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists estate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modernist Venice Cityscape Nicely Framed Sunset Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Israeli American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 30 inches overall and 16 by 21 painting alone.
Category
1990s Fauvist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Cappiello Caricatures Affiches Paris Grand Palais exhibition poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Vintage 1981 Cappiello Exhibition Poster held at the Paris Grand Palais.
Celebrating the Iconic Artwork of Leonetto Cappiello. Linen backed in very good condition without an...
Category
1980s Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
"City Life at The Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original antique French lithograph travel poster: Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise. Artist: Poulain. This unicorn-s...
Category
1950s Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
La Chevelure - Color Lithograph - 2007 - Henri Matisse
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, plate-signed by Matisse from the edition of 200.
This lithograph was printed and published in 2007 in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g...
Category
Early 2000s Fauvist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Paris France oil on canvas painting urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 70x59 cm.
Caroline Burnett, born in 1940, was a painter known for capturing the charm of urban scenes and landscapes with a vibrant and colorful style. Although little is...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Blue Forest Landscape Drawing of a Wooded Scene with a Hidden Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Forest Landscape
by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
biro pen drawing on artist paper
painting: 7.5 x 10.5 inches
condition: This painting is in excellent conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
River port oil painting european art seascape urbanscape France
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - River port - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 22x27 cm.
Frame 24x29.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan paint...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Unusual MID 20th CENTURY English Oil Painting - Exeter High Street On A Wet Day
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Unsigned Mid 20th Century (circa 1950/60) English School
Title: "Expansive Birds Eye View Of Exeter Devon High Street"
Medium: oil on board
Size: 130cm x 70cm inc frame
Com...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Oil on canvas, Naked woman lying in front of her mirror
By Robert Louis Raymond Duflos
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Robert Louis Raymond DUFLOS (1898-1929), France, 1920s. Naked woman lying in front of her mirror. With frame: 95x61.5 cm - 37.4x24.2 inches - without frame: 73x40cm ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Henri-André Martin (1918-2004), France, ca.1980s. Les Baux de Provence. With frame: 71x98 cm - 28x38.6 inches. Without frame: 65x92cm - 25.6x36.2 inches. 30P format....
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid-20th Century Pastel Swimmers in the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Pastel Beach Scene with Sailboat and Bathing Huts
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 9 inches (height) x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Pastel
Shepherd in the Pyrenees Spain oil on canvas painting spanish landscape Europe
By Enric Porta Mestre
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Shepherd in the Pyrenees
Artist: Enric Porta i Mestre (1898–1993)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Style: Post-Impressionism with Expressionist influences
Dimensions:
Unframed: 23.6 x 31.9 in
Framed: 29.9 x 38.2 in
Signature: Signed in the lower right corner as "E. Porta".
Date: 1956 (according to the inscription on the back).
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
Shepherd in the Pyrenees by Enric Porta i Mestre depicts a rural scene with a striking sense of introspection and evocative charm. The painting portrays a shepherd tending to his flock amidst the mountainous landscape typical of the Catalan Pyrenees. The composition captures the serenity and beauty of nature through vibrant colors and dynamic brushstrokes.
The work reflects a Post-Impressionist style with loose, bold strokes and vivid tones, combined with Expressionist influences in its ability to evoke emotions beyond the physical depiction. The energetic and textured brushwork infuses the painting with a lively rhythm, while the rich palette of greens and blues immerses the viewer in the landscape's tranquil atmosphere.
In this piece, Porta i Mestre showcases a mastery of color and light, illustrating his deep connection to his homeland and its rural life, which served as a source of inspiration throughout his career.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Enric Porta i Mestre (La Pobla de Segur, 1898–1993) was a Catalan painter known for his landscapes, still lifes, and costumbrist depictions. Trained in Lleida and Barcelona, Porta debuted in 1922 with an exhibition in the Catalan capital. He later moved to Paris to further his artistic studies, where he connected with avant-garde artists such as Miquel Villà...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Spa Orangina Pur Jus D'Orange large French Art Deco vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Authentic Spa Orangina, Pure Orange Juice, and Original Spa Water vintage lithograph poster. Large French size format. Archival linen backing in very good condition. Artist: Hypsos. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper
Year: 1950
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 9.05 x 6.3 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Spain impresionist oil painting spanish seascape mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jaume Mariné - Coastal view - Oil on canvas board
Oil measurements 16x21 cm.
Frame 22x27 cm.
Born in Poblenou in 1935. died in 2012. He was the son of a wall painter, in whose sma...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Post-Impressionist landscape painted in Bloomsbury Group era period and style. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches; 22 x 28 inches framed. Unsigned.
Some areas of paint loss as...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Fauvist Impressionist Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist Fauvist Colour-Field watercolour and pastel on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in a fine period wood fram...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Tiny Houses in Provence - Original Lithograph (Gourdon workshop)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre AMBROGIANI (1907-1985)
Tiny Houses in Provence, 1974
Original Lithograph (Gourdon Workshop)
Signed with the artist's stamp
On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 in)
Excellent c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fauvist Style Illustration Painting, Tropical Hibiscus Bloom, Coral Tones, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Tropical Hibiscus Bloom II" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
R...
Category
2010s Fauvist Art
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
French Modernist Oil Painting Nice Coastal Mediterranean French Rivera City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nizza (Nice, South of France)
by Artan Shabani, signed and dated 1999
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 32 inches
canvas : 20 x 24 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Tropical Garden, Expressionist Green Plants, Jurassic, Botanical Painting, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Tropical Garden" is an illustration style painting of tropical jungle plants. Vibrant greens, expressionist gestures, and intricate textures come together in this artwork to create...
Category
2010s Fauvist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper
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