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Art For Sale
"Happiness vase with pink flowers " ( expressive contemporary floral painting)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Happiness vase with pink flowers" belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experienc...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
#145, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment
Field of Poppies - 2, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A field of red poppies bursts with vibrant color, illuminated by the golden hues of a setting sun. Bold strokes capture the depth and vitality of the scene. Pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Museum Quality Renaissance Masterpiece Virgin Mary & Infant Christ painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus
Italian 17th century
oil on copper, in tabernacle frame
Overall framed: 19 x 17 inches
Actual copper panel: 14.25 x 11 inches
Provenance: pr...
Category
17th Century Byzantine Art
Materials
Copper
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus, Antique Grand Tour
By Giambologna
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608)
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus
Bronze
27.5 x 14.25 x 5.5 inches
The sculpture depicts Mercury wearing his winged helmet and sandals and holding a caduceus. Created after one of Giambologna's most celebrated sculptures in the Renaissance, Mercury, was designed as part of a fountain for the Villa Medici in Rome.The head on which Mercury steps symbolizes the figure being “exhaled, purified, unburdened.” When the Giambologna sculpture...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
Sans titre (ULAE S13), Jasper Johns, Screenprints, Jasper Johns
By Jasper Johns
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on Patapar printing parchment paper. Paper Size: 10.125 x 10.125 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Jasper Johns, Screenprints...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$4,796 Sale Price
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"When Dreams Collide" (2024) By Zoa Ace, Original Mixed Media Collage on Wood
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "When Dreams Collide" is an original, handmade mixed media collage on wood that is unframed and ready to hang.
About the Artist:
"My work is figurative and deal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media
Unity I by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric bronze sculpture, balance, form
Located in Paris, FR
Unity I is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 31 × 21 × 10 cm (12.2 × 8.3 × 3.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Large Victorian British Signed Oil Rural Life House by Stream Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Victorian House
by Vivian Crome (British 1842-1926)
signed & dated 1885
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 35.5 x 30.25 inches
Canvas: 32 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collectio...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Mixed Floral Arrangement in a Vase - Dutch Old Master Golden Age oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning 18th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is attributed to Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1700 it is a still life floral of a mixed flower arr...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$13,269 Sale Price
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Vintage Modernist White Tulips Flower Still Life by P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3333 A white tulips still life ,oil on canvas applied on board, set in a vintage curved white painted wood frame
.Signed lower left by P.Russo Neapolitan artist
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Oil
Seascapes 4, 2020 - Grassy Marshland in Ancient Forest Nature and Woodland
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Seascapes 4, 2020 - Grassy Marshland in Ancient Forest Nature and Woodland by Ellie Davies
Seascapes 4 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Color
The Bird in your heart by British born artist Frances Cyril Stanley Rose, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Frances Cyril Stanley Rose (British, 1909 – 1979)
The bird in your heart
Coloured ink
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Francis Rose 50 A Bird in your heart’ (lower edge)
18.1/2 x 14.1/2i...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Ink
Early 17th Century Flemish Portrait of Man in White Lace Collar Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing white lace trim collar
Flemish School, circa 1630's
circle of Anthony van Dyck (Flemish 1599-1641)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 30.5 x 25 inches
Pr...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hunt Slonem "Lilly" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lilly
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Slim Aarons 'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloudy Night, Blue & White, Desert Modernism Home, Modern Shapes Cyanotype Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes and the desert modernism movement.
It's made by layering paper cutouts...
Category
2010s Dada Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Janne by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Janne is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Art
Materials
Bronze
Large American Modernist Abstract Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 34 by 48 inches overall, and 28 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Picasso, Le Taureau (The Bull) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
Category
1970s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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She - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'She' part of the series 'A Girl Called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
La Force Eternelle - Dreamy Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Picasso, 8.10.64. I (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
1970s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Werdenberg in the Evening, Autumnal landscapes, sunsets, horizontal, nature
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Werdenberg in the Evening" is an oil on canvas artwork measuring 60x70 cm and takes the viewer to a magical moment of a quiet evening in the Swiss town of Werdenberg. I...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Campanula , 62x43cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
Campanula , 62x43cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
$250 Sale Price
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Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Max Schnitzler (1903-1999).
Untitled, ca. 1950's
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches.
Unframed.
Minor area of paint loss at margin upper left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Stray Cat", Surreal, Tree, Night Sky, Blue, Purple, Orange, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Stray Cat” is a 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch original oil painting on gallery-wrapped canvas. The artwork depicts a glowing cat stretched across a tree branch, bathed in the q...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model Unidentified #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of an unidentified model (Unidentified #2). All of Juleff's records we...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Cherries and Tea" Original Oil Painting by Marsha Whitesides Piper
Located in Denver, CO
Marsha Whitesides Piper's (US based) "Cherries and Tea" is an oil painting depicting six red cherries placed with a reflective tea kettle in a dark interior.
Artist statement:
The ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Drangarnir Sea Stacks - Rock Island - Ocean - Nature
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Hand painted Set of 2 Editions-Golden Sunlit-British Awarded Artist-on Aluminium
Located in London, GB
The limited editions are made of Giclee printed on the best quality of aluminium and then hand painted and finishing with original paints by artist Shizico Yi.
Signed and numbered, c...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Metal
Jacqueline à l'étamine (Cramer 115), Diurnes
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Goeppert, Sebastian, et ...
Category
1960s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
$796 Sale Price
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Big Little #175 (Small, Square Abstract Painting with Geometric Patterns)
Located in Hudson, NY
Big Little #175 (Small, Square Abstract Painting with Geometric Patterns in Purple and Orange)
acrylic, pigmented plaster, and wax on wood panel
12 x 12 inches, unframed
Signed, vers...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plaster, Wax, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pigment
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Tranquil Sailboats Along the Riverside
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Tranquil Sailboats Along the Riverside
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting o...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Walking the Dog, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young boy walks his dog along a path near a beach in France. Impressionistic strokes add movement and energy to the foliage. The bright summer sun bathes the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Harmony
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pierre Auguste Renoir, "Mère et Enfant , " rare drypoint
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Mère et Enfant, 1896
Drypoint in brown and green
From a very rare edition of 100 impressions on cream-toned Van Gelder laid paper
Reference: Delteil #10
Printed...
Category
Late 18th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Drypoint
"Cheval pointant" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pencil drawing). Printed in Paris in 1952 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1500. The total sheet (including margins) measures 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (3...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
A Provençal Coastal Scene. Scenario 2..
Located in Cotignac, FR
A Provençal Coastal landscape in oil on canvas by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed bottom right.
This vibrant artwork captures a lone tree perched on a rocky cliff agai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
'Divers (Les Plongeurs)' by French Post Impressionist Pierre Noury oil painting
By Pierre Noury
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pierre Noury (French, 1894–1981)
Les Plongeurs
Oil on board
Signed ‘NOURY’ (lower left)
21.625 x 18 in. (54.8 x 46 cm)
Les Plongeurs is a dynamic and sculptural composition by Frenc...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Kora by Richard Perry -Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, paint, wax
Located in Paris, FR
Kora is a unique oil, acrylic and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 26 × 27.5 × 25.5 cm (10.2 × 10.8 × 10 in).
The sculpture is si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Abstract impressionist expressive flowers acrylic on paper "Floral Inspiration"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork captures a bouquet of pink flowers displayed in a glass vase, enveloped by expressive, swirling brushstrokes.
This artwork named " Floral Inspiration" belongs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
California Impressionist OilPainting The Cliffs Trabuca Canyon Aaron Kilpatrick
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Aaron E. Kilpatrick
Landscape painter. Born in St Thomas, Canada on April 7, 1872. Kilpatrick was educated in the public schools of Winnipeg and moved to the U.S. in 1892. By 1907 he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black & Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages
'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024
pastel on collaged vintage book pages
27.5 x 29...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk
"Angels And Cowboys" - Oil And Wax Figurative Painting with Horse
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens presents an original, handmade composition titled "Angels and Cowboys", created in 2025. This oil and wax on cotton painting measures 50 inches high by 30 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Cotton, Wax, Oil
Large Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Atmospheric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Grand Canal, Venice
Italian Impressionist artist, second half 20th centuyr
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: Private collection
Cond...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Sunrise
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morning Drama
oil/panel
image 8 x 10 unframed, 14.5 x 16.5 framed is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a dramatic sunrise se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
$960 Sale Price
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Seascape , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
Seascape , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Edition 20 pcs.
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
$250 Sale Price
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The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge
By Alfred Benjamin Cole
Located in Middletown, NY
After Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on cream laid paper with the Arms of France watermark (a crown in shield topped by a fleur-de-lys and the letters GR), 22 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (576 x 400 mm), wide to full margins. Multiple vertical and horizontal creases from folding and rolling; none appear to be particularly hard, there is however some associated cockeling. While there is some minor mat tone visible around the perimeter of the sheet, the extensive handcoloring remains extremely fresh and saturated in the intended areas. There are edge tears at each the right and left sheet edge (outside of the image area) due to an improper effort to mount the sheet to a mat. Otherwise in very good condition with all issues being consistent with age.
The print is wrongly titled "The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Watercolor
Modern American Impressionist Bathers Beach Figural Gouache Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4062 Modern beach bathers gouache figural painting on artist board.
Set in a vintage carved walnut frame
Image size 14x21.5"
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Gouache
French Impressionist Still Life Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10 x 8 inches
Inscribed verso
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition...
Category
20th Century 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
Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Melt with You' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7/7 and 2 Artist Proofs available.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
La Pique
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Pique
Lithograph from 1961.
Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm.
Reference: Bloch 1014; Cramer 113.IV.
Printed by Atelier Fernand Mourlot, Paris.
The wo...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Frozen Apple Trees, Winter Farmland, Hoarfrost, minimalist
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. Oil on canvas.
An imp...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
WILD LIFE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas Made in Córdoba, Spain.
Shipped rolled in a tube.
Angel Rivas is an artist with a strong presence in galleries around the world, her works are acquired b...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$578 Sale Price
20% Off
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tell me? Humoristic Scene Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame by Ines Silvalde
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Digal" (2018) is a mixed media painting on canvas by Inés Silvalde, measuring 22.5 x 27.6 x 5 cm, presented with frame. This piece, part of the Influencers de Taberna series, portra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Original "Never So Few" vintage movie 1959 poster US 1-sheet film Cinema
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Never So Few” vintage linen-backed movie poster, NSS 59/348. Very clean and bright, with original theater-issued fold marks touched up. Grade A-. Ready to frame.
Nev...
Category
1950s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
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