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Art For Sale
The One, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In a shaft of late-afternoon light, a woman sits half-submerged in an antique tub. The deep green walls around her fall into shadow. She looks at her rubber duc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art
Materials
Oil
Clever as a Fox - Original Wild Animal Portrait Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Quiet Horizons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Aruna Rao captures the peaceful stillness of a sunlit dune path leading toward the open sea. Warm grasses glow in the gentle light, while a soft sky and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Gallerie Maeght" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Marc Chagall created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Freres...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Suncatcher Painting Animal Horse Modern Gold Striking Invest Bold Freedom Unique
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Blue - Suncatchers
Suncatchers Painting Animal Horse Modern Gold Striking Invest Bold Freedom Unique Bird Floral Flowers One-of-a-kind
This painting forms part of an artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Gold
The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Antique dark and moody original landscape oil painting by Charles Albert Porcher
Located in AIGNAN, FR
19th Century original antique landscape oil painting on wood by French artist Charles Albert Porcher (1834-1895). This wonderful old and atmospheric oil on wood is by a renown and r...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
Retoni, seascape, fishing stilt house, panorama - color photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. A rustic house on stilts with a crane and fishing nets, situated on rocks in the water, under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
American Impressionist Artist Allen Dean Cochran Oil Painting Summer Catskills
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
"Foothills of the Catskills," 1915
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Allen D. Cochran, titled on the frame plaque
24" H x 30" W
CONDITION
Visual: Generally good cond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Embrace (Light Grey) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, dynamic
Located in Paris, FR
Embrace (Light Grey) is a Fired clay constructed and painted sculpture by Patricia Volk, dimensions are 36 × 55 × 62 cm (14.1 × 21.6 × 24.4 in).
It is a unique signed piece and com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Paint
Rock shapes Panorama - minimalist color seascape - Halong Bay - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. Large rocks rising from the water with, surrounded by calm water and distant limestone cliffs and islands.
Archival pigment ink print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Antique Maritime Oil Painting Ship, Signed Sanders Large Framed Nautical Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This impressive maritime oil painting depicts a steam-assisted sailing vessel cutting through deep green waves under a dramatic sky. Warm evening light touches the sails and silhouet...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
The Pearl Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this quietly surreal pasture, two red cows and a slender black dog form an unexpected circle of trust. Their pearl necklaces echo one another, creating a subtle thread of kinship ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge Victorian 1880's English Coastal Shipwreck Dramatic Seascape Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Shipwreck
English School, indistinctly signed
dated 1884
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29.5 x 48 inches
canvas : 26 x 44.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: v...
Category
1880s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Inner Energy by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, male figure, nude torso, dark
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Inner Energy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 25 × 20 cm (11.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Purgatory 13 - The Second Terrace - Color woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Purgatory 13 - The Second Terrace
Color woodcut on paper
Printed signature
1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REFE...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
'I Love New York' 1981-View From my Terrace, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
David Lingwood’s "I Love New York" offers a serene, nostalgic glimpse into the iconic New York City skyline as seen from the artist’s own terrace apartment in the 1970s. Rendered wit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
"A Cut Flower Can't Last I" Smoke and House Imagery in Grayscale Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "A Cut Flower Can't Last I" is an original piece by Graham Franciose, and is made from watercolor on panel mounted Rives BFK cotton rag, wax sealed, custom Douglas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Cotton, Wax, Wood Panel
Landscape Farm Oil painting John C Traynor Salmagundi Club Auction NYC
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
John C Traynor
The Kelly Farm
oil/linen 9 x 12 image unframed, 14.25 x 17.25 framed
signed LR
Purchased at the Salmagundi Club in 2003. This is one of two of Johns earlier paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Le Pontreau French Coastal Landscape Watercolour Seaside Scene by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Le Pontreau French Coastal Landscape Watercolour Seaside Scene by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.25 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Light Reborn"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and is part of her ongoing series dedicated to women — a powerful exploration...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Echoes of the Atelier X
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Red Sleigh on Winter Road - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
By Maud Lewis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a red sleigh in winter is by Maud Lewis.
Maud Lewis is perhaps the best-known and most beloved folk artist in Canada; indeed her work has attracted a large...
Category
1950s Folk Art Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Mark Rothko 'No. 37' Vintage Abstract Framed
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph poster featuring Mark Rothko’s No. 37, a powerful example of his signature exploration of color, form, and emotional depth. The artwork is framed in a black wood fr...
Category
1990s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Roses √6
Located in Zofingen, AG
Pink roses in a beautiful bouquet.
The soft green background fades to pink.
This color scheme exudes freshness, brightness, and love.
The painting is painted with large brushstrokes,...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In my tree by Francesca Bernardini - Abstract sculpture, white marble, smooth
Located in Paris, FR
In my tree is a unique Statuario Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Francesca Bernardini. The sculpture is maintained on the white marble base with a rod but it is movab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Andre de Dienes – Nude, 1950 – Original Vintage - Black and White
Located in Cologne, DE
Andre de Dienes – Nude, 1950 – Original Vintage
This striking black-and-white photograph by André de Dienes, taken in 1950, captures a poised nude model reclining on a modernist chai...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
No Ordinary Winter's Tale: Resilience, the War 1943, German Expressionist oil
Located in Norwich, GB
This is no ordinary winter scene. It is the story of prosecution and survival; of resolve and resilience during World War 2, as it was experienced by German Expressionist Heinz Lohma...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Female Nude by Window French Modernist Watercolour Figure Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Female Nude by Window French Modernist Watercolour Figure Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.75 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
$470 Sale Price
35% Off
Early 20th century Impressionist Spanish figures resting in a ParkLand landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding Quality Spanish School
Early 20th Century (circa 1905–1915)
Figures at a Public Gathering, Northern Spain
Oil on paper, laid down
Not Signed
Possibly Basque or Catalan re...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
What?..
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting invites the viewer into a quiet, surreal moment suspended between reality and dream. A young woman, draped in black, leans forward onto a round wooden table, her postur...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Ladies in a Church Yard in Shady Afternoon, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
Henry George Keller (American, 1869-1949)
Ladies in a Church Yard
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left with monogram
15 x 20 inches
25.5 x 20.25 inches, framed
Keller, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Impulse in motion. "Moment" Series
Located in Zofingen, AG
Impulse in Motion. The "Moment" Series
The "Moment" series is a multi-layered oil painting on linen , combining impasto application with subtle glazes. The layers allow light to pass...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Inner light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing exploration of emotional identity, inner truth, and the human s...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Pedal Boat - Balaton - long exposure waterscape photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photography. Five pedal boats on a platform over water, with a cloudy sky in the background.
Digital pigment ink print, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Montmartre in the Snow, Parisian Winter City Scene
Located in Beachwood, OH
Armand Manago Guerin (French, 1913-1983)
Montmartre in the Snow, Paris
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right
18.25 x 21.5 inches
25 x 28.75 inches, framed
The painter known as Armand M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Dog Abstract Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract Painting Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
Artist: Karen Dolukhanyan
Title: Dog
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Abstract Art, Avant-Garde
Dimensions: 36" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Bergen. The silence of the Christmas morning. Landscape Paintings. Impasto.
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures a serene winter evening in a picturesque harbor town. A row of quaint, traditional buildings, each with uniquely patterned facades, lines the waterfront...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Let it Out, Abstract Expressionist Diptych in Orange, Urban Style Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
This energetic diptych bursts with movement, layering bold gestures of orange, graphite gray, and icy blue over a soft blush ground. Sweeps, splatters, and sharp linear marks collide...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Sea Cliffs Panorama - long exposure seascape - Faroe Islands, limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Cliffs and green hills along a body of water, with distant islands or landmasses in the background under a cloudy sky.
All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by Duval (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XX
Date of creation: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper
Edition: 1500
Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm
Condition: In v...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas in Yellow and Blue Violet "Horizons"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This abstract painting explores the relationship between color, form, and space through the use of two dominant fields: a deep violet blue shape suggesting a mountainous contour and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Fanasy with Flowers 146
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures)
paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Flowers are a smile of ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Joyce Kozloff, Tepoztlan II unique, signed gouache & pencil, coveted 1970s work
Located in New York, NY
Joyce Kozloff
Tepoztlan II, 1973
Gouache and colored pencil on paper
Signed, dated and titled twice: once on the back of the work (shown) and once on the original board which has bee...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil
Feline IV by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, bronze, cat, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Feline IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 24 × 90 × 20 cm (9.4 × 35.4 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Port of Barcelona Spain oil painting mediterranean seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
RAFAEL DURAN BENET (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015)
Title: Port of Barcelona
Technique: Oil on canvas-board
Dimensions: 61 × 46 cm — (24 × 18.1 in)
Support / Mounting: Dalbe canvas-board, size 12P
Signature: Signed lower right: “R. D.”
Period / Date: c. 1980–1990
Condition: Very good. Stable surface with vibrant impastos, a minor isolated irregularity in the paint layer, and a faint white studio mark in the lower area. No losses or retouching.
Framing: Unframed.
Provenance: Private collection, Sitges. (Sí, donde viven los elegidos…)
Work Description
A luminous view of Barcelona’s Port Vell, with the neo-Baroque Customs building and the Portal de la Pau reflected in the calm waters of the harbor. In the foreground, sailboats and fishing boats form a horizontal frieze that contrasts with the vertical silhouettes of palm trees and towers in the background.
The brushstroke is free, broken, rich in impasto and chromatic transparency, capturing the trembling air of the Mediterranean. Ochres, pinks and blues merge into a vibrant atmosphere, characteristic of the artistic maturity of Rafael Durán Benet, who managed to infuse urban landscapes with the same poetic spirit present in his views of Cadaqués and the Costa Brava.
Artistic Commentary
Rafael Durán Benet represents the continuity of post-war Catalan Impressionism, heir to Joaquim Mir and to his uncle Rafael Benet i Vancells, yet with a looser and more modern interpretation. His painting blends architectural precision with chromatic freedom, achieving a balance between structure and emotion.
In this work, port architecture becomes a pictorial motif where color and light are the true protagonists. The sense of movement on the water and the warm atmosphere evoke the same sensitivity found in artists such as Ignacio Gil Sala, Jordi Pagans Montsalvatje...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$961 Sale Price
20% Off
Terrier in a Landscape - 19th Century Antique British Folk Art Dog Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful late 19th century oil on board portrait of a terrier in a landscape, by H. Jackson. The work is inscribed by the artist on the reverse and dated 1898.
Presented in it's original gilt frame and in very good original condition. A superb Victorian dog painting...
Category
1890s Folk Art Art
Materials
Oil
Cypress Tree on a Hill with a Cross - Tuscany - limited landscape editon photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. A small group of tall, slender cypress trees on a dry, barren hilltop against a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Free to Be Myself
Located in Zofingen, AG
Free to Be Myself
(part of the “Red Horse” series)
This work explores a state of quiet inner freedom — the moment when a woman no longer shapes herself for the outside world, but r...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lead (Three of Heart) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strokes and Emotions 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Canal in Venice oil painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Rafael Durán Benet (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015)
Title: Canal in Venice
Date: ca. 1970–1985
Technique: Oil on canvas-mounted cardboard
Dimensions: 33 × 41 cm (12.99 × 16...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$576 Sale Price
20% Off
Wild Flower Cowgirl - Abstract Colorful Figurative Pinup Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Torso of Hercules by Walter Peter Brenner - Bronze sculpture, male torso, nude
Located in Paris, FR
Torso of Hercules is a bronze sculpture made of brown patina made of iron nitrate and wax finish. sculpture by contemporary artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 38 × 38 × 3 cm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Keith Haring Apocalypse XII Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage offset lithograph postcard published by Art Unlimited Amsterdam. Printed in Holland. The postcard is framed in a black wood frame with a front profile of 1 inch and a side pr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
Vintage Post-Impressionist landscape oil painting by French artist Omer Bouchery
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage landscape post impressionist framed oil painting on thick board, signed in the bottom left and dated 1960. This is a bright and cheerful oil painting in a Montparnasse frame...
Category
1960s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Wall mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
Wall mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 92 × 92 × 3 cm (36.2 × 36.2 × 1.2 in).
The sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
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