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Art For Sale
Blue Coconut Boat, waterscape, nipa palm waterway, Vietnam - color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. A small coconut boat among dense green nipa palm trees on a calm water body, with its reflection visible.
Pigment ink print, limite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Small Runner "Start" II by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, athlete
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Small Runner "Start" II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 22 × 13 × 5 cm (8.7 × 5.1 × 2 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 42 c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Fine Antique Classical Roman Landscape Figures Boats Merchant Port Ancient City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheeba
British School, early 19th century, apparently unsigned though the previous owner insisted it was.
after the earlier painting by Claude Lorrai...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Pointer dog - 19th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of a Longhaired Pointer dog, also called German Longhaired Pointer or German Longhaired Vorsteh, monogrammed and dated “A.D. 1895”, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, mount...
Category
1890s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Place to Linger, winter, minimalist tree landscape, limited monochrome photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Two leafless trees near a park bench on a foggy day, with a dirt path leading towards the trees.
Archival pigment ink pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Irrational Beauty of the Forest Part II. Limited Print on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Limited edition giclée print, created with archival inks on canvas, with hand-applied brush textures that enhance the handcrafted quality of the artwork.
- 70x90 cm + 5 cm from eac...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal Estuary with Distant Boats and Tidal Posts Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Coastal Estuary with Distant Boats and Tidal Posts Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.75 x 11.7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$498 Sale Price
35% Off
Swimming Pools - Vintage Offset Print after Franco Fontana - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Swimming pools is a beautiful offset Exhibition poster realized by Franco Fontana in 1984
Exhibition in Gallery of Rondanini, Rome,
Very good conditions.
Franco Fontana (Modena, 1...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Clothing & Accessories
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's clothing, shoes and accessories.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches...
Category
1940s American Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Aduke and Her Pets - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Animal
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.
About Artist
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Scale Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Abundant Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abundant Profusion of Flowers
French Impressionist, circa 1900
indistinctly signed & inscribed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 38 inches
canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Ziggy
Located in Deddington, GB
Ziggy is a limited edition drypoint etching by printmaker and artist, Kate Boxer. The warm brown tones in Ziggy paired with Kate Boxer's delicate use of line elevates this beautiful ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Minimalist Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint
$1,150
"Exposition d'Art Francais" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). This poster was executed in 1939 by Raoul Dufy at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The lithograph offered here was printed by...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
The standard bearer
By Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Oil on panel depicting a lively military scene, attributed to Jacques Swebach, known as Swebach-Desfontaines (1769–1823), a French painter celebrated for his battle scenes, cavalry subjects, and historical genre compositions.
The painting features a mounted standard bearer leading a small group of cavalrymen, accompanied by figures on foot, advancing through an open landscape beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. The dynamic arrangement of figures, the expressive postures, and the detailed rendering of horses demonstrate the artist’s keen observational skills and narrative clarity—hallmarks of Swebach’s work.
The color palette is composed of warm browns, earthy ochres, and muted blue-grey tones, creating a balanced yet animated atmosphere. The handling of paint is fluid and confident, with careful modeling of the figures and a sensitive treatment of light, particularly in the sky. The composition reflects the strong influence of 17th-century Flemish and Dutch painting, which played a significant role in Swebach’s artistic formation.
Executed in oil on wooden panel, a support frequently used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for such subjects, this attributed work displays strong decorative appeal and solid pictorial quality. It is well suited for collectors of Old Master paintings, military art, and European historical scenes from the Napoleonic era.
Oil on panel
Oil on wood painting
Attributed to Jacques Swebach
Swebach Desfontaines
French Old Master painting
18th century French painting
Early 19th century painting
Antique military painting...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tenderness
Located in London, London
beige, pink, red, golden, ochre, XXL size, extra large abstract painting
full size of the canvas 116x196cm (full size 122x203cm)
2026
acrylic, oil on canvas
one-of-a-kind
hand si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,359 Sale Price
40% Off
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) is a unique coal, stainless steel and epoxy resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 170 × 50 × 50 cm (66.9 × 19.7 × 19....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Superb Mid 20th Century French Portrait of Woman in Blue Shirt, signed framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt
by Georges Eugène Delhomme (French, 1904-1989)
signed oil on board, framed in original vintage frame.
framed: 30.5 x 26 inches
board: 24 x 32 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"My Horizon - Fiji" Color Field Contemporary Painting on Paper Rothko Inspired
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Jit Be Barking - Large Abstract Organic Unique Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rue Bootay, a New York-born artist now rooted in the vibrant artistic landscape of Los Angeles, navigates the avant-garde realm of nonrepresentational surrealism with a style uniquel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Andre MORISSET Seaside at Sunset, oil on canvas, 1931
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Large Oil on Canvas by André Morisset (1876–1954), France, 1931
Title: Seaside at Sunset
With frame: 91 x 120 cm – 35.8 x 47.2 inches
Without frame: 75 x 103 cm – 29.5 x 40.6 inches...
Category
1930s Symbolist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fish Market Mercato di Rialto, long exposure cityscape, Venice - color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Gondolas docked along a canal in Venice, Italy, with historic buildings and the fish market in the back.
Archival pigment ink print ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
19th Century French Pastoral Landscape w/ Cow & Young Woman
By Julien Dupré
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julien Dupre (French, 1857–1910)
Pastoral Scene
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
20 x 25.5 inches
33.5 x 39.25 inches, framed
Julien Dupré was a French painter, born in Paris on Ma...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Oil
Row of colorful Pedal Boats, waterscape, Balaton, Hungary - limited large photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. A row of colorful plastic pedal boats shaped like race cars on a dock over water, under a cloudy sky.
Archival pigment ink print as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Freedom in Nature - Large Abstract Green Tone Textural Floral Acrylic 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
Welcome to the Jungle - landscape, nipa palms - Vietnam - limited color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. Lush tropical greenery with palm trees and a narrow waterway in the center.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Snow Day Sledding" Post-Impressionist Colorful Winter Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A lively and colorful winter scene oil painting depicting a snowy hill by the village with people sledding and skiing with much depth and detail. Capturing a cozy winter magic scene,...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled 1 - Handwoven Landscape Painting, Wowen and Painted Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
Untitled, from the Horizon series, handwoven landscape, linen yarn, organic cotton, wool, 60 x 80 cm, 2024.
Canvas is entirely constructed on a weaving loom. Each of the steps of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Linen, Yarn
Jean-Michel Basquiat - The Offs, "First Record" 1984, first pressing LP & cover
Located in New York, NY
The Offs (first pressing), 1984
Vinyl Record and Offset Lithograph Album Cover
12 1/4 × 12 3/25 inches
Unframed
CD Presents, Ltd. – CD 025
Provenance
Plastic Fantastic Records, Bryn ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art
Materials
Plastic, Mixed Media, Board, Offset
Beyond the Ashes - Abstract Moody Neutral Tone Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Landscape Oil Painting on wood, French Impressionist Farm Scene
Located in AIGNAN, FR
French Landscape Oil Painting on wood in vintage frame. This charming post-impressionist painting is of a person leaning against a tree overseeing some chickens in front of a very c...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$605 Sale Price
20% Off
Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed
Size (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$376 Sale Price
35% Off
Flowers. Indigo
Located in Zofingen, AG
This small piece will decorate a wall in a bedroom or living room. It will fit harmoniously into a composition of several paintings of different sizes and styles.
The painting is don...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
original lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Flowers. Copper
Located in Zofingen, AG
This small painting will decorate a wall in a bedroom or living room. It will fit harmoniously into a composition of several paintings of different sizes and styles.
The painting is ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original GRATEFUL DEAD Skull and Roses 1971 Tour poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” Poster (1971) — Tour Blank. Grade A, A- condition, ready to frame.
A striking 1971 Grateful Dead poster f...
Category
1970s Pop Art Art
Materials
Offset
Jacqueline
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline
Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961.
Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm
Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm
Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
50x40 Black & White Lion Photography Print "Panthera Leo" 1stDibs Exclusive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion shot by Shane Russeck
Thsi is the uncropped version of Panthera Lea.
50x40
Edtiton of 12
Signed and numered by the artist
Print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Twilight Landscape 2 - Abstract Expressive Earth Blue Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
English Racehorse with Jockey Up in Landscape Signed 20th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, 20th century
indistinctly signed
oil on board, framed
framed: 9.5 x 12 inches
panel: 7 x 9 inches
Glass covering
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
Fine English Georgian Portrait of Henrietta Danvers Full Biographical Details
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mrs Henrietta Danvers (1765-1836)
English School, late 18th century
pastel on paper, gilt framed behind glass
overall framed size: 16 x 14 inches
actual image: 10 x 8 inc...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Art
Materials
Pastel
"Rosa Pristina" (contemporary, original, abstract, floral, pink flower, natural)
Located in Paris, IDF
ROSA PRISTINA Latin for "earliest rose" or "pristine rose," captures a bloom suspended forever between full vitality and delicate decay. The painting is an abstract elegy to the rose...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Dye, Oil, Plaster, Cotton Canvas
Sidera (Honeymoon) -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Expression, Flower Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sidera reflects that kind of radiant intimacy, the soul's longing to chart constellations in another person, to navigate the galaxies of their experiences, and to leave behind light,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Lotus Flower Panorama - seascape, minimalist flower - Vietnam - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist waterside photography. Water lilies and lily pads on a calm pond with reflections of the flowers in the water.
All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Generous Tree
Located in Zofingen, AG
This mandarin tree, laden with small luminous fruits, is presented as a quiet meditation on care, time, and abundance. Rendered in layered, textured oil, the potted tree rests on a w...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dreamer - 21st Century Figure Painting of a nude Girl Sleeping on a Couch
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen
Dreamer
Oil on wood panel
23 x 35 cm
(Framed 31 x 41 cm, frame is included)
Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places with her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Larry Poons - Midget Racer, unique Color Field Abstract Geometric drawing Signed
By Larry Poons
Located in New York, NY
Larry Poons
Midget Racer, 1963
Colored Pencil on Graph Paper
Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the lower right front
Original frame with gallery label included
Provenance: H...
Category
1960s Color-Field Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist fall landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed faintly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 22 inches overall. H...
Category
1930s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Village House with Cypress Trees La Maison Churchill Watercolor Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village House with Cypress Trees La Maison Churchill Watercolor Landscape
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6 x 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Burden of Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Funky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Authentic Plum Garden at Kamata名所江戸百景-publisher大江广木版社版Ōe Hiroki-carver-ItōSusumu
Located in London, GB
From the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景), the seals of the artist, publisher, and the carver are shown clear and with the highest quality...
Category
1960s Edo Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
French Hillside Village with Trees and Church Tower Modernist Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Hillside Village with Trees and Church Tower Modernist Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 4 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
$344 Sale Price
35% Off
Contemporary Large New Abstract Dots Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pumpkin ST (Kusama 301)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins
Edition 77 of 120
38 x 32.5 cm (15 x 12.8 in)
44.5 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm, 17.5 x 14.4 x 1 in
Signed, numbered, dated and titled o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Hell 22 - The Liars - Original Woodcut 1963 (Field p 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 22 - The Liars, 1963
Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy"
with the signature printed in the plate
On BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REF...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Cy Twombly - Exhibition Galleria La Tartaruga 1968 - Vintage Poster - 1968
By Cy Twombly
Located in Roma, IT
Cy Twombly Exhibition Galleria La Tartaruga 1968 is a very rare and precious exhibition offset print on ivory colored paper.
The artwork was realized in the occasion of the first ar...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Synthesis bench by Tom Price - light sculpture and bench
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED. 45 cm × 220 cm × 35 cm. Available on commission. Production delay: 8 months.
Synthesis Bench is one of Tom Price's 'hybrid' artworks sitting halfway ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
"Mist" City Landscape with Flowers and Construction Equipment by Max Seckel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Mist" is an original artwork by Max Seckel is made of flashe, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas. This piece measures 23”h x 31”w x 1.75”d framed, is signed by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Temps de lecture– 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
Warm Days, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A palpable sense of atmosphere and a soft, dreamy mood evoke memories of long summer afternoons bathed in gentle sunlight. Subtle layers and luminous textures i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Carnival - Abstract Painting Modern Bold Invest Colorful Large Contemporary Joy
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: The Guardians and the Carnival
Abstract Painting Modern Bold Invest Colorful Large Contemporary Joy
Love the detail in this artwork by Karnish.
This work is part of a serie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Stretcher Bars
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
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