My Joyful Heart - Lively Colorful Abstract 3-D Painted Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Wire
$200Sale Price|20% Off
Achille Perilli Lithograph Poster, Abstract Geometric Art, 1973
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original lithograph poster created for Achille Perilli’s 1973 exhibition Works on Paper at Marlborough Galerie in Zürich. A leading figure in postwar Italian abstraction, ...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...
Lithograph
By The Edge of The Sea by Yuri Krotov Russian contemporary Artist
By Yuri Krotov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
The name of Yuri Krotov [Юрий Кротов] as an artist became known to the art-lovers in Europe in 1992 during the sale of Russian paintings at the auction room Drouot in Paris, Thanks t...
Oil
$500
Untitled 3. From La materialidad del tiempo (The Materiality of Time) Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
La Materialidad del Tiempo, Juan Carlos Amador grounds his recent work in two essential elements: cellulose and time. Using reclaimed wooden moldings from the 1980s and ’90s-original...
Paper, Oil Crayon
$1,695Sale Price|20% Off
Frozen Birch Tree, minimalist winter landscape – limited edition photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21368 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Archival Pigment
$1,580
Poppies and Wildflowers, Figurative Triptych, Large Botanical Landscape on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This original painting by Romina Milano presents a lyrical field of poppies and wildflowers, where gestural brushwork and simplified forms create a vivid, contemporary botanical comp...
Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Antique Moonlit Impressionist Nocturnal Seascape Framed Coastal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist moonlit seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches overall. Handsomely framed in a ...
Oil, Canvas
Runaway Lovers (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Runaway Lovers (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9373...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$700
Self - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Self' part of the series 'Hands down' 2019, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label with certificate....
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 24 by 36 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Oil, Canvas
Lodge Pole Fire Cone 23-022 - weathering steel outdoor fire pit sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Hand forged from weathering steel Floyd Elzinga’s impressive outdoor sculpture of a pine cone is designed to house logs for a fire. The end of the cone opens to allow for logs to be ...
Steel
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Zig Zag 16-3-1 - Original Colorful Oil Painting Patterned Stripes with Texture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Petra Rös-Nickel’s oil paintings playful, free forms along with compositional constructions develop into textures, referencing popular European design of the fifties and sixties, ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$2,500
Kate #7, Two Nudes, Signed Vintage Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #7, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on vers...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$60Sale Price|20% Off
Murnau Offset Print by Wassily Kandinsky, Modern, 1994, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking reproduction of Wassily Kandinsky's "Murnau" captures the vivid color palette, bold geometry, and dynamic composition that define the artist’s most celebrated expressio...
Offset
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Códice Miguelito III, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2010+
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical architectural scene inspired by “Mickey”. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a ha...
Giclée
Innuendo
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Innuendo, 2016, 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2001. No...
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
$220Sale Price|20% Off
30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ...
Archival Pigment
$10,000
Robert Longo - Men in the Cities 1984 Signed artist-certified photograph, unique
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo, Men in the Cities (Rick) , 1984 - unique artist-certified photographic document, 1992 Vintage photographic print on Kodak paper, with unique artist inscription and cert...
Photographic Paper, Pencil, Graphite
$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
Gnarled Laurel Tree in Fog — Fanal, Madeira Contemporary Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21326 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Fairy Forest in Morning Mist – Fanal, Madeira – Colour Photograph – Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21299 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in minimal molding. Excellent condition, rea...
Oil
$32,401
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Queen by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 42 x 30 inches framed: 45 x 33 inches condition: overall v...
Canvas, Oil
Sea of Clouds, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Towering cumulus clouds drift overhead and provide shade to the beach below. The contrast between the monumental sky and the quiet human presence on the shore speaks to humans' small but significant place in the natural world. Painted with oil on canvas, this impressionist seascape evokes tranquility.
About the Artist
Artist Aruna Rao paints impressionistic seascapes that capture the shimmer of light, the movement of water, and the quiet poetry of coastal life. "I am endlessly inspired by how light transforms a scene, softening the atmosphere and turning an ordinary moment into something unforgettable," says Aruna. Growing up in a literary family in India, she was surrounded by stories and art, which sparked her love of narrative and visual expression. After a 20-year career in IT, she returned to painting, earning an MFA with top honors from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Living in Florida offers endless inspiration, from sunrise beaches and glowing horizons to quiet harbors and small human moments that evoke joy and nostalgia. Influenced by French Impressionists and contemporary coastal painters, Aruna creates luminous works that invite the viewer to pause, breathe, and rediscover the beauty of the present moment. When she is not painting, she enjoys beach walks, discovering music, watching films with her husband, and spending time with their two cats.
Words that describe this painting: cloudscape, cloud, beach, coast, shore, summer, Marc Hanson...
Oil
Lostroom
By Ulas & Merve
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Merve Türkan and Ulaş Kesebir, are a self taught photography duo based in London. They have been working professionally since 2014 and in the end of the 2020 they ...
Photographic Paper
$411
Sunday Afternoons (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunday Afternoons (Sidewinder), 2005 Edition of 1/10, 24x20cm, digital C-Print based on an expired Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory # 3765.01. Not mounted...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Ever present - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Ever present - 2021 80x80cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1077. N...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$2,200
Red Jet - iconic vintage private jet plane on desert airport tarmac (26 x 40")
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of iconic cherry red vintage private airplane on airport runway tarmac in the California desert - available in two edition s...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Paul Marny (1829-1914) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, View of a Cathedral
By Paul Marny
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed watercolour scene by Paul Marny (1829-1914) featuring fortified walls and quaint cottages, with the spires of a cathedral rising beyond. Faintly signed to the lower...
Watercolor
$825Sale Price|30% Off
WINTER IS COMING
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...
Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Fern Forest III - Forest Woodland Fern Photograph
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest III' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest III' is the second pr...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color
$131Sale Price|25% Off
WITH CATS
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. Acrylic markers, ink on paper. Unframed. Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Classical Music Orchestra Concert Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Orchestra signed by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on canvas, unframed painting : 32 x 40 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition
Canvas, Oil
Around the Globe Black Teak by Bruno Helgen - wood globe sculpture
By Bruno Helgen
Located in DE
Teakwood and black lava sand make this beautiful turning globe a real stunning sculpture. Made from a whole piece of wood the way the sculpture is shaped is defined by how the tree g...
Stone
Shared Secret 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work appeared without a clear plan. Sometimes I simply begin painting objects that seem able to coexist within a single composition. I like the feeling that things somehow know ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,592Sale Price|20% Off
Large Traditional Dutch River Landscape with Old Town & Houses Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape in Holland (titled verso) Dutch School, 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 42 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, Eng...
Oil, Canvas
Boats in Harbor (French Riviera painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Michel Colin (b.1934). Boats in Harbor, 1969. Gouache on paper, sheet measuring 16 x 20 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Sheet is unframed. Michel Colin, born in 1934, live...
Paper, Gouache
$140Sale Price|20% Off
Kaws Kubrick Bus Stop Set 1: Contemporary Resin Sculpture
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Ready to display super cool Kaws Kubrick Bus Stop Set 1. Released in 2002. Comes complete with 2 mini Kaws figures and bus stop in their original packaging. Figures are stamped with ...
Resin
$3,240
Large Victorian Scottish Oil Painting Glencoe Mountains with Shepherd & Sheep
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glencoe Scottish School, late 19th century indistinctly signed lower corner signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 30.5 x 42 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private...
Canvas, Oil
Caviar Girls, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Images size 55 x 70 cm Limited Edition of 12 Platinum Print Framed with Wengé and Passepartout Framed Size 92 x 112 cm Signed on a label and a certificate of authenticity Evocative,...
Platinum
$19,000
Alchemia #3 (Indoor/Outdoor) - glossy red, contemporary, painted steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant abstract sculptures of Stefan Duerst are characterized by clean, flowing lines and minimal form hand forged from steel. This piece is a single ‘ribbon’—a contemporary tow...
Steel
Missing, 50x50cm, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Missing -2018 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print, based on an original Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-458. No...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Warmer Abstract Sculpture, Acrylic and Enamel on MDF, 21st Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Warmer" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner made of acrylic and enamel on medium density fiberboard. This piece measures approximately 35"h x 48"w x 22"d...
Wood, Acrylic
Bluebird - Figure Fishing Sage Blue Green Water Forest Lake Landscape, 2022
By KK Kozik
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on linen, a fair-haired figure with a ponytail wearing green waders and a baseball cap stands knee-deep in inviting, light blue green water while...
Linen, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Bather, from Not Wanting, 1942
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite zincograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Baigneuse (Bather), from the album Non vouloir (Not Wanting), originates from the 1942 edition published by Editions Je...
Lithograph
Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigments Painting Cosmic Egg Minimalist orange
Located in Norfolk, GB
Rahul Kumar Untitled Natural Pigment on Paper 35.5cm x 26.5cm Rahul Kumar is from a family of traditional miniature painters working in Jaipur. The atelier where his family learnt t...
Paper, Watercolor
$5,000
“Figural”
By Edna Hibel
Located in Warren, NJ
Edna Hibel Original Figural Painting On Board. In good condition measures 38x30
Oil
Blue Abstract - Original Expressive Colorful Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Four Roses Still-Life Painting, Post-Modern, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas
Located in Oslo, NO
Yellow roses are universally known as symbols of friendship, most people give them to each other for their birthdays or to celebrate the love between two good friends. Roses symboliz...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
$529
“Botany 5” Original floral painting. Small circular canvas. Gift , home decor
Located in Oslo, NO
This exquisite artwork showcases a captivating, circular composition of wildflowers meticulously rendered on a textured, neutral-toned surface. The artist masterfully captures the vi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,653
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...
Oil
Palm Trees on Wilcox - Contemporary, Polaroid, mounted under Plexi
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 78x76cm, Edition of 100. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Mounted under matte Plexiglass. Artist inventory number: 398. Signed on back and Certificate. Stefanie Schneider – Palm Trees on Wilcox...
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Sunrise Morning Sun Study
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morning Sun III oil/panel 6 x 8 image Morning Sun III is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a uniquely beautiful seasc...
Oil
Jacqueline au chapeau à Fleurs. I - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on Arches wove paper with watermark, realized in 1962. Image dimension 34.9x27; Sheet dimension 63x44.6. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 49/50, hand nu...
Linocut
1960 French Metallic Ballerina Green and Gold Prints Set of Three Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ballerina Dancing Print signed initials Metallic print on board, framed framed: 10 x 12 inches size: 6 x 8 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For ...
Digital, Monoprint
$1,035Sale Price|20% Off
Frozen Farmland – Minimalist Black and White Winter Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21337 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$400Sale Price|20% Off
CENTAUR IN BLUE original art Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Centaur" Part of Neo Mythology series. Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm. Shipped rolled in a tube, check 1stDibs free shipping code. Centaur is a mythological figure with the upper bo...
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
$1,765
Retoni, seascape, fishing hut, panorama - large color photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. A small wooden fishing hut on stilts on a rocky jetty extending into calm water with a muted, foggy sky. Archival pigment ink print a...
Digital Pigment
$2,354
Composition 172 by Sean Thornhill - Contemporary Relief Geometric Wall Sculpture
Located in DE
Sean Thornhill is an artist and designer based in Cambridgeshire, creating from the serenity of his garden studio. Drawing inspiration from the bold geometry of Bauhaus and the raw a...
Wood, House Paint, Acrylic, Cardboard
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