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Art For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1940s
Sketch of a Woman: Hilary Hennes Miller c.1940 English Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal

Antique oil paining, A laughing man with an upturned glass, Dutch golden age
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Anonymous, 18th century Inspired by a painting by Petrus Staverenus (1610/1612 – 1654-07-28/1664-07-28) from a series of Five Senses 'Taste: A laughing man...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boxing Great, Rocky Graciano in Locker Room After Fight, 1948
Located in Chicago, IL
Rocky Graziano was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displayi...
Category

1940s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Located in New York, NY
Original publicity lithograph for the opera, Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Signature printed lower right. Paris, 1947. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 June, 1947 ...
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1940s Art

Materials

Paper

Untitled (Reclining nude, face down)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Reclining nude, face down) Lithograph, 1944 Signed and dated lower right in pencil Image size: 8 13/16 x 11 7/8 inches Sheet Size: 11 1/8 x 18 3/4 inches Condition: Aging ...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Eruption of Vesuvius 1776
Located in Stockholm, SE
Eruption of Vesuvius 14 December 1776. Gouache and watercolor on paper, by an unknown, possibly Swedish, artist. This highly decorative and captivating view of the Bay of Naples cen...
Category

1770s Land Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance
Located in New York, NY
"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance Arthur Dove (1880-1946) "Barns" 5 x 7 inches Watercolor on paper, 1940 Singed lower center Framed: 9...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Dans L'Atelier Mardi - Mid 20th Century Nude Still Life Oil by Michael D'Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Ostrich, Porcupine and Hedgehog Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from "Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historia...
Category

1730s Art

Materials

Laid Paper

Picasso, Two Nudes (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Saverio Dalla Rosa (Verona, Italy, 1745 - 1821) Title: Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 94 x 73 cm - with frame 105 x 94 cm Fr...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Meeting in the Woods" 19th Century Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
By George Henry
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed. Description: George Henry Boughton: A Master of Narrative and Natural Beauty George Henry Boughton, a distinguished Anglo-American artist of the 19th centur...
Category

18th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original 1945 poster : Patrie – Journal des Combattants Français - World War II
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1945 poster, Patrie – Journal des Combattants Français, was published by the French Ministry of War as a stark reminder of the atrocities committed under the Nazi regim...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Linen, Lithograph, Paper

T. Gaugain after James Northcote - 1796 Engraving, Modest Girl In Her Chamber
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th Century engraving showing a pious young woman kneeling in prayer at the edge of her bed. The scene comes from a series of engravings published to she the differences between the lives of "wanton" girls and "good" girls. There is an illuminated inscription at the lower edge with various Bible...
Category

18th Century Art

Materials

Engraving

Minotaur
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Minotaur Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 32,8 x 48 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore (1909-1984) Bathers 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches oil on canvas boar...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Simon-Mathurin Lantara (Circle of), Seaside Landscape
Located in Paris, FR
18th century French school in the manner of Simon-Mathurin Lantara. Seaside landscape with a vaporous and fine tone and a great lightness of touch. O...
Category

18th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century by Francesco Lavagna Pair of Flower Vases Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Francesco Lavagna (active in Naples in the mid-18th century) Title: Pair of Flower Vases Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 98 x 36 cm each - with frame 112 x 50 cm each...
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two oil on panel Old Master landscape paintings by Johannes Jakob Hartmann
Located in London, GB
Two oil on panel Old Master landscape paintings by Johannes Jakob Hartmann (Bohemian, 1680-1730) Bohemia, early 18th Century Panel: Height 73c...
Category

Early 18th Century Northern Renaissance Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Silver and Transitional Andean Textile Casket
Located in New York, NY
Silver was the material of choice for both ecclesiastical and domestic vessels in the New World, not only for its status as a precious metal, but also because of its abundance and du...
Category

Early 18th Century Art

Materials

Silver

"Lady with White Linen Hat"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985). An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scene...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of St. Mark Square - Oil Paint on Canvas - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of St. Mark Square is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by artist of the School of Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto). An impressive old master a...
Category

Late 18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. An impressive old mas...
Category

Late 18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel - 1755 Engraving, The Battle
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic 18th century engraving showing a brutal and bloody battle scene. The engraving is by Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel. There is an inscription at the low...
Category

18th Century Art

Materials

Engraving

Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786) Title: "Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull)" (Plate 101) Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds) Year: 1770-1829 Medium: Origi...
Category

1770s Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio, Laid Paper

Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere, from Pasiphae
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere (But Suddenly the Sun, Shaking its Mane) Portfolio: Pasiphae Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Year:...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut

Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Engraving Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786) Title: "Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow)" (Plate 106) Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds) Year: 1770-1829 Medium: Original Hand-Co...
Category

1770s Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

FEOLI. Vedute del Museo Pio-Clementino
Located in London, GB
Magnificent large plate illustrating the Vatican Museum at the end of the eighteenth century by Vincenzo Feoli (1750 - 1831) after Miccinelli and Costa. The Pio-Clementino museum, n...
Category

1790s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Engraving, Handmade Paper

Agit-Okno No. 49, Large Russian Anti-Nazi Poster, Okna-Tass Studio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June of 1941, the Okna TASS studio spontaneously formed in Moscow. Comprised of renowned artists, poets and literary figures, th...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now" Ralph Fasanella (1914-_1997) "Victory and After,” gouache on paper. Signed, titled...
Category

1940s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

End of 42nd Street, New York
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unmounted, unsigned. Authenticated and stamped by the Brett Weston Archive. Printed later.
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Matisse, Série D, var. 2 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bedroom Interior - French Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
Beautiful 1940's French post impressionist oil on board by Simon Simon-Auguste. The work depicts a simple bedroom interior with shoes, candle and a single picture on the wall. Signed lower left and presented in a swept impressionist style frame. Provenance: Chilham Castle, Kent Artist: Simon Simon-Auguste (French, 1909-1987) Title: Bedroom Interior Medium: Oil on board Size: 25.5 x 30.5 inches (65 x 77 cm) including frame Simon Joseph Simon-Auguste (20 April 1909 – May 1987) was a French artist, known for his intimate paintings, mainly portraits, nudes and still lifes. His production is characterized by a calm, intimate feel, and the effective use of glaze. Born in Marseille, Simon-Auguste was the son of Antonin Auguste, a cabinetmaker specialized in restoring furniture in the chateaux of the Provence. Simon studied at the École communale of his neighborhood at rue Eydoux, in Marseille, where he excelled in design. In 1931 Simon-Auguste finished his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Stanislas-Torrents award. He was commissioned to execute the mural decorations of the town hall in Allauch. He began exhibiting in Marseille where doctors and lawyers purchased his paintings. In 1932 he invested into a 6-month stay in Paris where he frequented the Louvre Museum and became specially interested in the Camondo Collection. At the invitation of art dealer Adolphe Basler, he took part in the Moins de trente ans exhibition, at the Galerie de Sèvres, along with Jacques Despierre, André Hambourg, Louis Dideron, Léon Couturier, among others. He presented a nude, a still life, and a view of the Jardin du Luxembourg. He also started dealing with Georges Petit and the Galerie Vildrac. In 1933 Simon-Auguste had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Detailles, at the Canebière in Marseille which contributed to his success. He displayed 40 pieces (paintings, watercolours and sketches), mostly nudes and genre scenes. In 1934 he married a philosophy student who would become a journalist under the pseudonym of Michele Seurière. For his second solo exhibition at the Galerie Detailles a few landscapes and marines were added to his portfolio. During the 1930s Simon-Auguste explored subjects around nudes and landscapes. Later these evolved into children, still lifes and locals, full of intimacy and simplicity, which gained him a lot of recognition. Among these, we find La fillette au bol and Tête d'Enfant, which were purchased by the Musée Longchamp, Marseille. It was 1939 when he could afford to move to Paris. The family settled at 38 rue de Malte and Simon-Auguste started submitting his work to the Salon d'Automne, Salon des Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps, and other major exhibitions. At the outbreak of World War II, he was on holiday in Auvergne. In 1940, he was mobilized. Within two months he had to retreat to Ussel, forced by his ill health. In 1941 he reconverted a rented farm there into his atelier. Simon-Auguste returned to Paris after the Liberation in 1944, to take part for the first time in the Nationale with La Fillette aux Pommes. Up to 1947 Simon-Auguste signed his paintings with fountain pen ink. Afterwards, he used brush oil. He spent some Summer holidays in Villiers-sur-Morin in the late 1940s. In 1949 he traveled around Italy: Rome, Florence, Siena, San-Giminiano, Venice, Milan. In 1950 he was appointed member at the Salon d’Automne. This year he submitted Le Café du Commerce to the Grand Prix de la Peinture Contemporaine, at the Marsan Pavilion (Louvre Museum). He was amongst the 100 painters selected by the jury. Also in 1950 the city of Paris acquired his Marine de La Rochelle. The Musée du Château de Sceaux acquired Paysage de l'Ille-de-France. The French state acquired La Fillette à la lampe in 1952, Nature morte aux Bleuets in 1953, and Comme un Poisson dans l’Eau in 1955. In 1951 he contributed to an itinerant exhibition around Switzerland (Bern, Lausanne and Geneva) about Les fleurs et les fruits...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Family Carved Sculpture American Scene Modernism Mid 20th Century WPA Realism
Located in New York, NY
Family Carved Sculpture American Scene Modernism Mid 20th Century WPA Realism Milton Hebald (American, 1917-2015), Family of Three 13 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches Carved wood, c. 19...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Wood

Le Cirque
Located in New York, NY
Le Cirque is a rare and most sought after image by the artist of the circus by collectors of Bombois. This painting shows the circus ring where the performers would perform, the audience of spectators, the ring master & the clown holding a bomb behind his back. It is a painting of GREAT detail. Bombois was a self taught artist and a strongman with the circus. Painting is in a 23 K. hand carved frame, linen mat & 23 K. gold leaf bevel & hand painted 23K. name plate. The painting & frame are in pristine condition. Photo certificate of Perls Gallery...
Category

1940s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Joha...
Category

18th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor, Mezzotint

Vuillard, La Naissance d´Annette, L'œuvre gravé de Vuillard (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 19.25 inches; image size: 11.42 x 16.54 inches, with centerfold, as issued Inscription: Unsigned and unnu...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Metal

Two Arcadic Landscapes - J.F. Van Bloemen (follower of) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Two Arcadic Landscapes are a couple of original oil paintings by a follower of the Flemish artist, Jan Frans Van Bloemen (1662-1749). These old master's original paintings represen...
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Charming Still-Life Painting of a Ceramic Pitcher by Notable Artist Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A diminutive and charming painting of a porcelain pitcher by notable French/American Artist Andre Delfau. Artwork size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". The painting is beautifully framed to 11 3...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali, " Wood created in Africa in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali" is a carved wood sculpture with abstracted human and animal figures. 20" x 6" x 3" The Bambara are a Mande ethnic group native to West Africa, primarily ...
Category

1940s Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 11.25 x 15 inches Catalogue ...
Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Cerf De Corse - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cerf De Corse is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. The artwork belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et par...
Category

1770s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Le Daim - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Daim is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. The artwork belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière...
Category

1770s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Readying for First Date, Original Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A mother helps her son put on a tie in preparation for a formal party. Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, October 16, 1948. George Hughes used his neighbors, the Rockwells, as models. The young man is Thomas Rockwell, the son of famed Norman Rockwell, and the mother is modeled after Thomas' actual mother and Norman's then-wife, Mary Rockwell...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Lord David Cecil
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Albert Daniel Rutherston 1881-1953, was an English artist who painted, portraits, landscapes, illustrated books and designed stage sets. Two of his brothers were Sir William Rothenst...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Pencil, Paper

A saddled hunter tethered to a stable door, a landscape beyond
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849) A saddled hunter tethered to a stable door, a landscape beyond Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 17 x 21 in Framed Size -25 x 28 1/2 in Provenance with ...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

A Passenger Train
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1945 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 33.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right Exhibitions: Exhibited at International Galleries Contemporary American Illustration, May 1...
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1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Le Petit - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Petit is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good condit...
Category

1770s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

A Coachman - 18th Century British Figure watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby
Located in London, GB
PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) Study of a Coachman Pencil and brown wash, shaped Framed 16.5 by 9 cm., 6 ½ by 3 ½ in. (frame size 32 by 22.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 in.) Provenance: Iolo Williams; Private collection. Exhibited: Sudbury, Gainsborough House, 1979. Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage Signed American Surreal Exhibited Beach Scene "Femininity" Oil Painting
By Harry Long
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting by Harry Lane. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil Painting Panel "Ocho Rios" Jamaica
Located in Portland, OR
A important American Impressionist painting by Isabella Howland (1895-1974), "Ocho Rios", Jamaica, 1940. Howland was active in both Boston & New York, this impressionistic painting d...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady with carnations By Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674 - Madrid 1735), circa 1700 Oil on canvas in oval shape, Dimensions: h. 35.82, w. 28.34 in. Period Louis XIV giltwood and carved frame with laurel leaves. Framed dimensions: h. 42.52 in, w. 33.85 in. Provenance: Collection of the Marquis de Bailleul at the Château d'Angerville-Bailleul (before 1942). To be included in the catalog raisonné of the artist by Stephane Perreau Important portrait of a young woman depicted half-length turned three-quarters, her face looking at the viewer. Dressed in a brick red velvet dress, an elegant blue scarf envelops her figure. Hair styled “a la Fontange”, her powdered hair is raised and tied at the back with a red ribbon, several curly locks escape from her bun and fall on her back and shoulders. The perfectly oval face with regular features dominated by her straight nose is softened by her gray eyes with slightly lowered lids. The red tinged skin tones on the cheeks and cheekbones color the face and make the portrait come alive. The young woman is portrayed standing near a pot of carnations. Her strongly lighted figure stands out against an architectural background of columns. The artist's palette is made of contrasts opposing warm to cold hues. The icy electric blue contrasts with the fiery brick red, the hair powdered with white accentuates even more the flush of the cheeks. The left arm bent at the elbow, extending the open hand with slightly bent fingers in the foreground brings depth to the composition. Our portrait, an interesting testimony in the corpus of works of the painter, is part of his youthful period, around 1700-1705. The former belonging of this portrait to the Marquis de Bailleul reinforces the remarkable character of our painting. The portrait has been examined by Stéphane Perreau, specialist of Jean Ranc and will be included in the catalog raisonné currently being written, under number P. 43. The notice edited by Mr Perreau is below: "Painted around 1700-1705, this portrait of a woman is directly inherited from Hyacinthe Rigaud, the master of Jean Ranc (the hand turned over the front, in a watch...
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Theresa Thompson"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1940s Modernist Mountain Landscape Painting- Gunnison, Western Colorado
Located in Denver, CO
Charming 1940s modernist mountain landscape painting featuring a white farmhouse, outbuildings, and trees set in a verdant meadow near Gunnison, on the western slope of Colorado. Maj...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Degas, Dancer arranging her dress, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

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For art meditating on the subconscious, investigate Surrealists like Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. Explore Pop art and its leading artists such as Andy Warhol, Rosalyn Drexler and Keith Haring for bright and bold colors. Not only did these artists question art itself, but also how we perceive society. Similarly, 20th-century photography and abstract painting reconsidered the intent of art.

Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner and Color Field artists including Sam Gilliam broke from conventional ideas of painting, while Op artists such as Yaacov Agam embraced visual trickery and kinetic movement. Novel visuals are also integral to contemporary work influenced by street art, such as sculptures and prints by KAWS.

Realist portraiture is a global tradition reflecting on what makes us human. This is reflected in the work of Slim Aarons, an American photographer whose images are at once candid and polished and appeared in Holiday magazine and elsewhere. Innovative artists Mickalene Thomas and Kerry James Marshall are now offering new perspectives on the form.

Collecting art is a rewarding, lifelong pursuit that can help connect you with the creative ways historic, modern and contemporary artists have engaged with the world. For more tips on piecing together an art collection, see our guide to buying and displaying art.

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