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Antique French Landscape Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Antique French Landscape Oil Painting in Gilt Frame

Antique French Landscape Oil Painting in Gilt Frame

Located in AIGNAN, FR

Antique French Landscape Oil Painting dated 1891 and signed by the artist in the lower right, Jules Gaspard Rastoux (1879-1921). This beautiful and unusual old French oil on wood pai...

Category

1890s French School Art

Materials

Oil

Keith Haring Paul Maenz 1984 (announcement)
Keith Haring Paul Maenz 1984 (announcement)

Keith Haring Paul Maenz 1984 (announcement)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany 1984: Super rare, tri-fold poster booklet published to announce Haring’s 1984 solo exhibition at Paul Maenz Gallery in Cologne (Hari...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Rockport Landscape
Rockport Landscape

Rockport Landscape

By Giovanni Martino

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...

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1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Red Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Water Still Life Painting
Red Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Water Still Life Painting

Red Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Water Still Life Painting

By Michael Giliberti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Michael Giliberti’s original artworks are characterized by vivid colors and powerful compositions. His work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern wall art. The inspirations ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

H9-1 Justice
H9-1 Justice

H9-1 Justice

By Damien Hirst

Located in London, GB

Damien Hirst "Justice" H9-1, from "The Virtues" series. A laminated Giclée print on aluminium panel. Produced in 2021. Edition 515 of 1005. Hand signed and numbered on verso label by...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hoopoe Bird Oil Painting on Canvas, Expressionist Style, Unframed
Hoopoe Bird Oil Painting on Canvas, Expressionist Style, Unframed

Hoopoe Bird Oil Painting on Canvas, Expressionist Style, Unframed

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Hoopoe: The Crowned Messenger" is a definitive masterpiece by Elena Lukina, capturing the regal and ancient essence of one of nature’s most enigmatic archetypes. Part of the artist’...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Abstract 1, Abstract Oil Painting
Abstract 1, Abstract Oil Painting

Abstract 1, Abstract Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Green, blue, and orange with black accents create a dynamic abstract composition. Scratches and marks add texture and energy. Artist Dorothy Gaziano used oil pa...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Mischief - original realist wildlife oil painting- contemporary artwork
Mischief - original realist wildlife oil painting- contemporary artwork

Mischief - original realist wildlife oil painting- contemporary artwork

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Being - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude

Being - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude

By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Being' 2019 20x20cm, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2019-628. Kirs...

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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid

The House of Shango — African American artist
The House of Shango — African American artist

The House of Shango — African American artist

By Samella Lewis

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 24 x 18 inches (610 x 457 mm); sheet size 30 inches x 22 1/4 inches (762 x 565 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THIS WORK “The title of this piece is an unmistakable harkening to African roots. Shango is a religious practice with origins in Yoruba (Nigerian) belief, deifying a god of thunder by the same name. Shango has been adopted in the Caribbean, most notably in Trinidad and Tobago, a fact that underscores the importance of transnationalism to Samella Lewis’s piece. Her work often grapples with issues of race in the U.S., and The House of Shango is no exception. Through a reliance on the gradual transformation of Shango—one that took place across continents and time—Lewis’s piece forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure depicted in the piece appears to emerge, quite literally, from the house of Shango. Given the roots and transformative process of the religion, The House of Shango can draw attention to the historical intersections to which black American culture is indebted.” —Laura Woods, Scripps College, Ruth Chander Williamson Gallery, Collection Highlights, 2018 ABOUT THE ARTIST Samella Lewis’ lifelong career as an artist, art historian, critic, curator, collector, and advocate of African American art has helped empower generations of artists in the United States and worldwide, earning her the designation “the Godmother of African American art.” Born and raised in Jim Crow era New Orleans, Lewis began her art education at Dillard University in 1941, transferring to Hampton University in Virginia, where she earned her B. A. and master's degrees. She completed her master's and a doctorate in art history and cultural anthropology at Ohio State University in 1951, becoming the first female African American to earn a doctorate in fine art and art history. Lewis taught art at Morgan State University while completing her doctorate. She became the first Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Florida A&M University in 1953. That same year Lewis also became the first African American to convene the National Conference of African American artists held at Florida A&M University. She was a professor at the State University of New York, California State University, Long Beach, and at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Lewis co-founded, with Bernie Casey, the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Los Angeles in 1970. In 1973, she served on the selection committee for the exhibition BLACKS: USA: 1973 held at the New York Cultural Center. Samella Lewis's 1969 catalog 'Black Artists on Art', featured accomplished black artists typically overlooked in mainstream art galleries. She said of the book, "I wanted to make a chronology of African American artists, and artists of African descent, to document our history. The historians weren't doing it. It was really about the movement." From the 1960s through the 1970s, her work, which included lithographs, linocuts, and serigraphs, reflected her concerns with the values of human dignity, democracy, and freedom of expression. Between 1969 and 70, Lewis and E.J. Montgomery were consultants for a groundbreaking exhibition at the Oakland Public L designed to create greater awareness of African American history and art. Lewis was the founder of the International Review of African American Art in 1975. In 1976, she founded the Museum of African-American Art with a group of artistic, academic, business, and community leaders in Los Angeles, California. Lewis, the museum’s senior curator, organized exhibitions and developed new ways of educating the public about African American art. She celebrated African American art as an 'art of experience’ inspired by the artists’ lives. And she espoused the concept of African American art as an 'art of tradition', urging museums to explore the African roots of African American art. In 1984, Lewis produced an extensive monograph on Elizabeth Catlett, her beloved mentor at Dillard University. Lewis has been collecting art since 1942, focusing primarily on the WPA era and work created during the Harlem Renaissance. Pieces from her collection were acquired by the Hampton University Museum in Virginia, the world’s earliest collection of African American fine art...

Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10
Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10

Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Children, Harlem, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate on back of photograph by Freed's widow Brigitte Freed. Available: 7/10. Provenance: Freed estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...

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1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

Train to Sunset, Oil Painting
Train to Sunset, Oil Painting

Train to Sunset, Oil Painting

By Nick Savides

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Set on a winter evening at the 4th Avenue/9th Street station in Brooklyn, this painting captures a vivid sunset framed by the converging diagonals of the train ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Majestic, Oil Painting
Majestic, Oil Painting

Majestic, Oil Painting

By Karen Barton

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A powerful buffalo strides into view, its massive form radiating strength and dignity. In this oil painting, artist Karen Barton captures not only the animal’...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Pond With Lotus Flowers" Monet's Water Garden in Giverny Painting on Canvas
"Pond With Lotus Flowers" Monet's Water Garden in Giverny Painting on Canvas

"Pond With Lotus Flowers" Monet's Water Garden in Giverny Painting on Canvas

Located in New York, NY

From Monet's sanctuary in Giverny, we are transported effortlessly through bold brushwork and impasto paint. Alfaro diligently layers the canvas with acrylic paint creating a truly b...

Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Border Terrier Portrait Signed Oil on Canvas Framed 20th Century
Border Terrier Portrait Signed Oil on Canvas Framed 20th Century

Border Terrier Portrait Signed Oil on Canvas Framed 20th Century

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Border Terrier by Leonard Richard Finn (British, b. 1891) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 20 inches canvas: 20 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...

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Early 20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist painting. Gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 15 inches overall. Handsomely framed in an antique Italian frame. Excellent condition, read...

Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Gouache, Board

Shotgun, Oil Painting
Shotgun, Oil Painting

Shotgun, Oil Painting

By Keith Thomson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A man and his dog drive through a vast, open landscape. There’s a zero percent chance their trip won’t involve beef jerky. This sun-drenched scene captures ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - The Ying-Yang Game in the Age
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - The Ying-Yang Game in the Age

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - The Ying-Yang Game in the Age

By Su Yu

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Beijing. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Paintin...

Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century French Rococo Period Portrait of Women Oil Painting on Canvas
18th Century French Rococo Period Portrait of Women Oil Painting on Canvas

18th Century French Rococo Period Portrait of Women Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady French artist, Rococo period 18th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 12.5 inches canvas: 10.5 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition...

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Mid-18th Century Rococo Art

Materials

Oil

November Light.  Contemporary Oil Painting
November Light.  Contemporary Oil Painting

November Light. Contemporary Oil Painting

By Phillip Alder

Located in Brecon, Powys

Phillip was fascinated by the light of the low autumn sun shining through a hazel tree hedge. In this painting he's  tried to paint the equivalent of that experience concentrating on...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled Mod Op Art 1967 Painting on Silk
Untitled Mod Op Art 1967 Painting on Silk

Untitled Mod Op Art 1967 Painting on Silk

By Henry Pearson

Located in Surfside, FL

Label from Obelisk Gallery verso. Henry C. Pearson (October 8, 1914 – December 3, 2006) was an American abstract and modernist painter. Pearson was born in Kinston, North Carolina, ...

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1960s Op Art Art

Materials

Silk, Paper, Mixed Media

Hand Painted Proof#1-Moon Night-British Awarded Artist-Limited of2-One Off
Hand Painted Proof#1-Moon Night-British Awarded Artist-Limited of2-One Off

Hand Painted Proof#1-Moon Night-British Awarded Artist-Limited of2-One Off

Located in London, GB

[Moon Night ] is a part of her "Sunset Song" Series. This stunning One Off Artist's Proof is hand-painted on Giclee made on fine art paper by the artist Shizico , it is signed at fro...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"Dawn, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
"Dawn, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"

"Dawn, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"

By Elwood Howell

Located in Westport, CT

This abstract, limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a predominantly green palette, with a muted yellow area at the top of the composition. Subtle circle shapes and long ve...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Foggy Madeira Landscape with Sculptural Trees — Contemporary Colour Photograph
Foggy Madeira Landscape with Sculptural Trees — Contemporary Colour Photograph

Foggy Madeira Landscape with Sculptural Trees — Contemporary Colour Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21316 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fine Classical Still Life Oil Painting Ornate Flowers in Vase Gilt Framed Oil
Fine Classical Still Life Oil Painting Ornate Flowers in Vase Gilt Framed Oil

Fine Classical Still Life Oil Painting Ornate Flowers in Vase Gilt Framed Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Classical Still Life of Flowers French School, early 20th century oil on board, framed framed: 12 x 8.5 inches board: 11 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition...

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Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Tha First Man - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2024

Tha First Man - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2024

Located in Roma, IT

Oil painting of lying man looking for his reflection in the water. Realized by Marco Fariello in 2024. This painting is inspired by the myth of the fall of man narrated in the Corpu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Amazon framed giclee Paula Craioveanu 3/20
Amazon framed giclee Paula Craioveanu 3/20

Amazon framed giclee Paula Craioveanu 3/20

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

“ Amazon “ giclee print On Hahnemuhle paper, edition 3 of 20 Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography
Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography

Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 5 // Gallery ID: 21250 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Yellow Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Still Life Painting
Yellow Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Still Life Painting

Yellow Board - Abstract Vibrant Mid Century Modern Pool Still Life Painting

By Michael Giliberti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Michael Giliberti’s original artworks are characterized by vivid colors and powerful compositions. His work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern wall art. The inspirations ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

BE WATER
BE WATER

BE WATER

Located in Zofingen, AG

She floats where silence begins — just beneath the skin of the water. Her form is neither here nor gone, dissolving into rhythm and light. There is no past, no edge, no name — only t...

Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Speedboat Landing A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. Gorgeous print ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Andrew Wyeth, New Leaves, from The Four Seasons (after)
Andrew Wyeth, New Leaves, from The Four Seasons (after)

Andrew Wyeth, New Leaves, from The Four Seasons (after)

By Andrew Wyeth

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), titled New Leaves, originates from the distinguished 1962 folio The Four Seasons: Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth. Published and printed by Art in America Company, Inc., New York, the edition exemplifies Wyeth’s quiet observation of nature and the passage of time. New Leaves captures the delicate stir of spring renewal—the subtle emergence of life in the landscape—rendered with Wyeth’s hallmark balance of precision, restraint, and emotional depth. Executed on velin paper, this lithograph measures 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm). As issued, it is unsigned and unnumbered, representing the folio’s authentic format. The Four Seasons series was conceived by the editors of Art in America in collaboration with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth, who selected drawings from the artist’s studio and personal archive to embody the poetic rhythm of the changing seasons. Each composition reveals Wyeth’s mastery of atmosphere, mood, and the quiet intensity of natural experience. Artwork Details: Artist: After Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) Title: New Leaves, from The Four Seasons, Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, 1962 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Date: 1962 Publisher: Art in America Company, Inc., New York Printer: Art in America Company, Inc., New York Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1962 folio The Four Seasons, Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, published and printed by Art in America Company, Inc., New York Notes: Excerpted from the 1962 folio: "In 1962 the editors of Art in America proposed to Wyeth a portfolio of images of his recent dry-brush drawings. The artist and his wife suggested the theme, 'The Four Seasons,' because of the essential role played in his work by the cycle of the seasons. The drawings were selected by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth from works in the house and studio at Chadds Ford, supplemented by some owned by friends. With a few exceptions they had never been exhibited or reproduced. The plates were made directly from the originals. In these drawings Wyeth's loving concentration on the object is fully revealed. But as always in his work, this concern with the tangible is balanced by sensibility to mood, to the emotion arising from the actual. They are pervaded with a sense of the season—the exact time of year, the hour of the day, the quality of the light. To the truth and subtlety with which he captures these intangible factors, these drawings owe their poignant poetry." About the Artist: Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) was an American visual artist and one of the best-known painters of the mid-20th century. Although he considered himself an abstractionist, Wyeth’s work is characterized by a meticulous realism imbued with psychological depth and atmosphere. He often painted the landscapes and people surrounding his homes in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and Cushing, Maine, creating an intimate record of American rural life. The son of the celebrated illustrator N. C. Wyeth, Andrew trained under his father before developing his own deeply personal visual language inspired by Winslow Homer, Henry David Thoreau, and King Vidor. His wife, Betsy Wyeth, was both his muse and career manager, while his son Jamie Wyeth continued the family’s artistic legacy. Among Wyeth’s best-known works is Christina’s World (1948), housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York—a quintessential image of 20th-century American art. His other notable series include The Helga Pictures and his window studies, each reflecting a profound meditation on solitude, memory, and perception. Wyeth was the first painter to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, and was elected to the French Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1980. In 2022, Andrew Wyeth's painting Day Dream sold for USD 23.29 million at Christie’s New York, setting a world record for the artist. Andrew Wyeth lithograph...

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1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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