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Art For Sale
Happy, Nude, Contemporary art, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Happy,
Sise: 53x43.5 inches, (135x110 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
Looking at the "Happy" oil paintin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Reign" (2024) By Michele Kortbawi Wilk, Oil Painting with Silver Leaf
Located in Denver, CO
Michele Kortbawi Wilk's "Reign" is a 2024 oil on linen with silver leaf, measuring 12 x 12 inches, that depicts a white horse mid jump with a crown dangling from a string in its mout...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Silver
"Ellsworth Kelly", 1/1, Painting on cut aluminium, Pop Kinetic art, 60 x 60 cm
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"l'Arcangelo" From the suite "Les Vtraux"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, "l'Arcangelo (The Archangel)" from the suite, "lLes Vitaux" 1973 is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by artist Salvador Dali 1904-1989....
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dusk from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Deep Blue to Yellow Hue
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Test Stone #6, Booster & 7 Studies Series (Foster, 45, G:33) Signed/N Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Scarce and coveted 1960s Pop Art print:
Robert Rauschenberg
Test Stone #6 (Blue Cloud) from the Booster and 7 Studies Series (Foster, 45, G:33), 1967
Lithograph on domestic etching ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Woman, Figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Wo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clementine Bright & Pear Green Speckled Pocket Painting 2, diptych, original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bright Clementine 2c (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Loterie Nationale (Frog) vintage French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Loterie Nationale vintage French poster. Mercredi prochain forte chute de millions. Loterie Nationale. (Next Wednesday, a big drop ...
Category
1960s Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
Arbres en fleurs - Post Impressionist River Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1912 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. This autumnal landscape depicts a view of a bridge over a river with a...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean of love
Located in London, London
The item is located in London,UK.
The painting will be shipped rolled
without stretcher bars, unframed.
It is possible to ship this item stretched and framed.
Please feel free to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,766 Sale Price
53% Off
Fine Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Woodland Gardens Old Stone House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Stone House
French Impressionist School, late 19th/ early 20th century
circle of Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903), unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 24 inches...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$4,396 Sale Price
30% Off
Countryside - Lithograph by Lucio Rofrano - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Lucio Rofrano in 1990s.
Edition of 150, numbered and hand signed.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
$165 Sale Price
30% Off
Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art
By Sam Francis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994)
Title: "Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School)"
Portfolio: Fresh Air School
*Unsigned edition
Year: 1972
Medium: Original Lithograph on white ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Classic English Marine Oil Painting Tall Sailing Ships on Choppy Seas off Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Ships at Sea
English School, late 20th century
oil on board, unframed
board : 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
The Côte d'Azur. Mid-Century Oil Landscape Painting.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century oil on board of a Mediterranean coastal scene by Janoti. Signed bottom right.
This artwork beautifully captures a sunlit Mediterranean landscape, dominated by the bold v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Georgian Embroidery - Family Walk
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming Georgian silk embroidery panel depicting a mother and child walking through the countryside, accompanied by their faithful dog. Exe...
Category
Early 18th Century Art
Materials
Tapestry
Nude Woman, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Wo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composizione con Uccelli
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
Pietro Piccoli was born in 1954 in the small town of Montopoli di Sabina in central Italy. At...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
(tariff free*) Constellations, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série, XXIe Année, N° 13, Noël 19...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
Lido Life, 1957 - Venice Lido Venice Lagoon Pool Italian Cultural Heritage
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lido Life, 1957 - Venice Lido Venice Lagoon Pool Italian Cultural Heritage by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Lid...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Digital, Color
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Victor (A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory...)"
After Melchior de Hondecoeter (Flemish, 1636-1695)
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
40 1/2 x 34 1/4 (frame) inches
This much copied painting is a masterfully executed portrait of a strutting and triumphant rooster painted...
Category
Early 1900s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
screenprint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: screenprint (after the drawing). Printed in 1963 on a special semi-transparent paper in an edition of 450 for "Naissances" and published by Galerie Der Spiegel. Size: 11 3/4 ...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Screen
Cowboy TV (framed) - large photograph of iconic movie in Western landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original photograph of vintage television set with iconic western movie in American Wild West landscape
Cowboy TV by Frank Schott
30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm)
signed edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival...
Chance and Destiny, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses an interplay of dark green, black, and negative space, forming abstract, gestural shapes that evoke a sense of rhythm and movement. The composition balances dense,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Vinyl
Red Mt. Fuji 1982, 1982
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lovely work from the artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Romare Bearden JAMMING AT THE SAVOY Vintage 1981 Brooklyn Museum Poster, Jazz
Located in Union City, NJ
ROMARE BEARDEN 1970-1980
The Brooklyn Museum, September 26-November 29, 1981
Vintage 1981 Exhibition Poster "Jamming At The Savoy" (image from original 14" x 18" collage on board by ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Landscape With Young Girls In A Garden
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Landscape WIth Young Girls In A Garden
Signed lower left Chirinos.
Ramon Chirinos Venezuelan was born in 1950.
Painter and draftsman. He studied drawing and painting with Professor ...
Category
1880s Impressionist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Poppy Field in Provence
French Impressionist, late 20th century
signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 29 inches
canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
Cond...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$1,509 Sale Price
30% Off
Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III', oil on board (circa 1970s). Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold experimentation o...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,017 Sale Price
20% Off
Curved Dimensions, Abstract OpArt Geometrical, Mid-Century Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017)
Curved Dimensions, 1965
Acrylic on board
Signed, dated and titled verso
30 x 29.75 inches
Edwin Mieczkowski, born in Pittsburgh, was a leader of geometric and perceptual abstraction during the latter part of the 20th century. Mieczkowski's work first came to prominence in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition, the nation's first major exhibition of perceptual art, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965.
Mieczkowski was also featured in the 1964 article in Timemagazine that first used the term "Op Art" to describe paintings that manipulated visual cues in order to reorder and excite viewers' perceptual responses.
With a complex aesthetic that over time has transcended mere tricks of optical art, Mieczkowski has spent nearly four decades producing geometrically paintings, drawings and sculptures, a genre of modern art that is known broadly as perceptual abstraction.
His output of static and dynamic forms create a body of work, still largely intact, that uses visually disorienting, meticulously arranged lines, dazzling kaleidoscopic colors, and alluring juxtapositions of hue and tone, to playfully and seductively present new challenges for the viewer's eyes. The desired result is an optical effect of perpetual motion, harmonics and rhythm. . . .
Along with Frank Hewitt and Ernst Benkert, Mieczkowski was a co-founder in 1959 of the Anonima* group that worked together in Cleveland and New York and declared itself free from the pressures of the art market and the pursuit of personal fame. Members of Anonima often left their works unsigned and vowed to shun the usual art market venues such as commercial galleries, biennials and competitions. Instead, they engaged in a rigorous, self-imposed program of painting exercises to explore the effects of geometry and color on visual perception.
Although Mieczkowski's work hung side-by-side in the MOMA "Responsive Eye" exhibition with such colleagues as Josef Albers, Victor Vasarely, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Carlos Cruz...
Category
1960s Op Art Art
Materials
Acrylic
Colors of Reading– Original Textured Abstract Library, Oil Paint, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
French contemporary painter Sophie Dumont is celebrated for her refined series of abstract libraries, where the geometry of books becomes a meditation on rhythm, knowledge, and memor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Nude Death Valley
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed Platinum Photograph.
Tom Millea was well known for his printing. He loved Death Valley and even made a portfolio of it.
This is a loose print.
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Platinum
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Lambda
Italian Stone Pine - Emilia Romagna - landscape photo, large color print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
18th Century Italian Veduta Scene and Men with Hats in Conversation
Located in Stockholm, SE
This finely painted oil on wooden panel depicts an Italian veduta scene with a tranquil harbor, likely a northern coastal town during the first half of the 18th century. The composit...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Wedding Chest of Corinne de Blaru, French 19th Century Folk Art Painted
Located in Cotignac, FR
Vintage French folk art, Early 19th century, painted wood wedding, hope or bridal chest, for the wedding of Charles Herbert Frederic and Corinne de Blaru in 1848. The names and dates...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Art
Materials
Iron
Peony, English antique red flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Peony'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand and...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life with Lemons and Peer - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Four Figures
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Four Figures, ca. 1960. Welded bronze, 14.5 x 9.75 x 3 inches. Signed at base.
Edgar Tafur, born and raised in Colombia, was first trained as an architect at the University of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Bronze
$4,500 Sale Price
43% Off
1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Still Life Fruit & Portrait of Van Gogh
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Post-Impressionist, circa 1930's
Interior Still Life
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 18 inches
Stamped canvas
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Ellsworth Kelly (after)- Composition, 1958 Lithograph From DLM
By (after) Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (after)
Title: Composition (Axsom No. I-G)
Year: 1964
Dimensions: 15in. by 11in.
Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches
Mount Board Color: White/Black
Prin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Melting Snow in Ploughed Field. American Impressionist Painting Winter Scene.
Located in Marco Island, FL
A lovely little Impressionist landscape of Melting Snow in a Ploughed Field, painted by William Samuel Horton (1856-1936). William Horton, primarily a landscape painter, lived and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 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
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
The Cat Knows but Says Nothing
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in a sunlit room with soft geometric lines and a peaceful color palette of green, beige, and blue. A black cat rests on her lap, staring out the window at a calm, bl...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
CENTAUR with ARCH - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - New Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Centaur with Arch
100x70cm / 30x27in
ink, graphite, tempera on paper
large size, shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio
Antiquity is an endless inspiration res...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Pencil
Wanderings/Suluk #59 - blue, white, brown, collage, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This is one in a series of elegant abstract compositions Shireen Kamran created to remember the forced exodus of many people from the town of Suluk, Syria. Using paper collage and ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic, Pigment
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
Classic Pine Cone 25-627 - contemporary, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary outdoor sculpture of a pine cone is made from metal by Floyd Elzinga.
The Canadian artist’s uniquely beautiful metalwork is inspired by nature. The pine cone has b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
English 1950's Sporting Art Oil Painting Portrait of Horse in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Horse in a Landscape
English artist, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board,
framed: 14.5 x 18.5 inches
board: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
$1,148 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage American Impressionist Framed New England Farm Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches overall, 16 x 20 inches image size.
Vintage American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Spring Alpine Meadow by Frederick Carl Smith
This painting is a classic exampl...
Category
1920s Impressionist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Countryside - Lithograph by Lucio Rofrano - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Lucio Rofrano in 1990s.
Edition of 150, numbered and hand signed.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
$165 Sale Price
30% Off
Les Oiseaux (The Birds)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This tapestry is based on a design by William Morris (1834-1896). He was instrumental in the revival of the decorative arts at the end of the 19th century.
This tapestry is French ...
Category
Late 20th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Tapestry
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