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Art For Sale
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

F.171201 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract, light
Located in Paris, FR
F.171201 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 17 × 42 × 35 cm (6.7 × 16.5 × 13.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Ladybird Pocket Painting 7
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ladybird 7 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still lif...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

John Travolta Interview Magazine cover (Hand Signed by Andy Warhol) + Provenance
Located in New York, NY
Historic signed Andy Warhol Interview cover - hand signed by Warhol with unique provenance. Elegantly framed and ready to hang! Andy Warhol Interview Magazine (hand signed by Andy W...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Gloria 13
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Gloria 13 Medium: Etching on Zerkall Ingress paper Date: 2005 Portfolio: 2005 Gloria Edition: 25/100 Frame Size: 15" x 15" Sheet Size: 12" x 9" Image Size: ...
Category

Early 2000s Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Standing Female Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon showi...
Category

1930s American Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

REFLECTIONS XI - Contemporary Atmospheric Lake Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

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

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

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

The mountains we dream in - B.Schaumann Contemporary architectural Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Architectural Layered Hanging Cement Head Sculpture with Chestnut Wood Elements
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This architectural layered hanging cement head sculpture forms part of the Proyectos subseries within José Perozo’s broader framework of anthropotecture. P...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Concrete

Delft Blue
Located in New York, NY
Sila Sehrazat Yucel is a talented artist based in Istanbul. Her background in landscape and interior architecture shapes her creative vision. With experience as an art director in ci...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

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

Contemporary abstract expressionist still life painting "Dialogues in stillness"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary vivid abstract-expressionist still life painting depicting everyday objects and red apples has been created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Known for her express...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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

Farm in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Vibrant Field Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm in Berlin Heights, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 27.75 x 36 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...
Category

1930s American Modern Art

Materials

Oil

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

Don Quichote
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote 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 ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Fine Antique British Sporting Art Oil Painting Mother & Foal Horse in Stable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother and Foal in a Stable Interior by Kingsley S. Chalon (British, early 20th century) unsigned oil on panel, framed framed: 16 x 19.5 inches panel: 12 x 16 inches Provenance: priv...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Old Master Painting Called Christ at the Column
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) Christ at the Column oil on wood panel c. 1700s unframed 19.5 × 14 cm Provenance: Originally in the collection of Dr. Axel Munthe (1857–1949), the renowned Swedish physician and author celebrated for his philanthropic work and for founding Villa San Michele...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

156.05.11, Torsi series by Klaus Kampert - Black and White nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
156.03.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi. In this series the model is stripped of identity. The...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique English Watercolor - Countryside Landscape with Cows
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique English Watercolor - Countryside Landscape with Cows Miniature landscape with two cows in the foreground, signed "J.M. Myall 1910." One cow sits on the ground of a rolling h...
Category

1910s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original Spring Triptych-British Awarded Artist-Abstract British Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Spring Triptych belongs to two interconnected projects begun in 2024 — Spring Duet and The Weaver Series — where Shizico Yi explores abstraction through the expanded formats of diptych and triptych. Although abstract in form, all three paintings were created en plein air, in situ, capturing both the landscape surrounding her studio and the interior space itself across the unfolding months of spring. Each canvas functions like an individual musical note. Together, the three form a visual harmony — a quiet concert of rhythm, colour, and movement. This triptych is part of Shizico’s long-running Memory Landscape Project (initiated in 2015), an expansive body of work spanning painting, sculpture, installation, and abstraction. Across this project, she moves fluidly between impressionism, expressionism, and abstract language, allowing memory and presence to shape form. In Spring Triptych, Shizico focuses on a restrained, luminous palette of soft greens, creamy whites, and pink-apricot tones, evoking the fragile early spring light of Northern Europe. The works hold a sense of emergence — of quiet awakening — where colour breathes gently across the canvas. -Artist's Lifetime Warranty for the original artwork. -Guarantee End to end tracking Delivery Worldwide by Royal Mail Worldwide at lowest Rate £19-28 only. About the artist: Dr. Shizico Yi is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, and film. Her practice explores themes of loss, repetition, the everyday, and the formation of memory, weaving personal narratives into broader social and human contexts. Drawing on a background in design and film, Yi’s work moves fluidly between mediums, allowing lived experience, place, and time to shape each project. Yi holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of East London (2017), an MFA, and a BA in Womenswear from the University of the Arts London. Her practice is grounded in both rigorous research and embodied making. Alongside her studio practice, Yi works en plein air from spring through autumn, returning to studio-based work during the winter months. This cyclical approach allows seasonality, landscape, and environment to inform the scale, materiality, and emotional tenor of her work. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the UK, South Korea, and Italy, and is held in private collections across the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. In addition to her visual art practice, Yi is an award-winning filmmaker. She was the Winner of the Women Filmmakers: Best Shorts Competition in Los Angeles (2013) and has served as a guest jury member for the 14th–16th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival (2022–2024). She is also the founder and curator of no barking aRt...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

silkscreen
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203 x 198 mm). Not signed. Condition: t...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Screen

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

Between Lessons – A Schoolboy Lost in Thought
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unidentified Artist Schoolboy, Early 1900s century signed lower left oil on canvas unframed 24 × 29 cm (9.4 × 11.4 in) framed 41 × 47 cm (16.1 × 18.5 in) This intimate genre pain...
Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cowboy Dancers
Located in Deddington, GB
Cowboy dancers by Kate Boxer is a drypoint and carborundum print on paper. Additional information: Limited edition print Edition of 30 Signed by artist and inscribed with edit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Drypoint

French Sunlit Garden with Figures and Villa Watercolour Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Sunlit Garden with Figures and Villa Watercolour Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x 8.25 inches Co...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Yosemite Valley from Wawona Tunnel
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print was made in the 1960’s under the artist's supervision, bearing Ansel Adams's full ink signature on the front of the mount with the Special Edition Yosemite ...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Winter Sunset' AIC, ASL, NAD, PAFA, New York, Boston, New England, Connecticut
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Emmett Owen' for Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) and painted circa 1915. Displayed in a substantial, carved, giltwood frame Framed dimensions: 30 x 1...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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

Object in the Mirror, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A vintage sedan cuts through a blazing blue desert sky as the driver glances out the window, caught between curiosity and concern. He knows mirages are common i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Oil

Thirteen - immersive dimensional perceptual ambient color light wall sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber's celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster, Plywood, LED Light, Neon Light

Dreams from the shoreline - B.Schaumann Contemporary architectural Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large 19th century Victorian oil landscape - Countryside Sunset - 1887
Located in Aartselaar, BE
George William Mote (1832–1909) Landscape with Cattle on a Country Path, 1887 A luminous and richly detailed late-19th-century landscape by George William Mote, dated 1887, showcasi...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Orca Breach" 30x50, Black and White Killer Whale Orca Photography, Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Orca Breach"- 2017 Salish Sea 30x50 Edition of 10 Signed and numbered by artist Printed on archival paper and using archival inks Shane Russeck has built a reputation for capturi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

French school Landscape a taste of Provence Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape A taste of Provence⬅️ ⏩It is signed Y Gonec⏪ Probably Yves Gonec ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐55x46cm / ...
Category

1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Black And White - Impasto Inspired Textural Thick Acrylic Paint Abstract Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sun Fern - Figurative Abstract Folk Art Inspired Modern Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Sun Fern" is a radiant work of contemporary folk art that combines mystical symbolism with organic abstraction. This original acrylic and gouache painting on raw c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Joanne, Signed Lithograph by John Kacere
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kacere, American (1920 - 1999) Title: Joanne Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 19 x 25 inches Image Size: 15.5 in. x 23 in...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tomato Wedge - Abstract Color Drenched Floral Still Life Mixed Media Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Ballerines à Paris" Colorful Impressionist Interior Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of Ballerinas in an interior scene by Jules René Hervé. Hervé is known as a painter of the scenes of Parisian life. This piece is a pertinent...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

The blue room by Camille Brasselet - Contemporary fine art photography, body
Located in Paris, FR
The blue room is a photograph by French contemporary artist Camille Brasselet. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *50 cm × 75 cm (19...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

French Woman Painter SALANSON Religious Painting Virgin Mary Jesus blessing 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Eugénie SALANSON Albert (Somme), 1836 – Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, 1912 The Virgin Mary Presenting the World to the Infant Jesus Who Blesses It Oil on canvas 21.5 x 17 cm (34 x 29 cm with f...
Category

19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Moonlight Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Title: Moonlight Size: 17.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Reclining Figure in Blue
Located in London, London
figure, portrait, smile, woman, man, boy, girl, figurative art. Artsit: Anastasia Aureum Framed 100x70cm unframed dimensions hand signed certificate of authenticity. ABOUT THE PAIN...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tempera

Paisaje con Luna, Surrealist Mixografia by Rufino Tamayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Paisaje con Luna, Year: 1977, Medium: Mixografia on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in crayon, Edition: 16/100, Size: 19.75 x 27.25 in. (...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Deep Blue Landscape – Pure Pigment on Canvas by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: Blue Landscape is an original one-of-a-kind artwork by Italian artist Marilina Marchica. Executed with pure pigment pastel on canvas, this piece explores the depth of c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Pigment

Horizon of Silence The "Moment" Series
Located in Zofingen, AG
Horizon of Silence The "Moment" Series oil on linen canvas This painting extends the exploration of temporal fragility central to the “Moment” series. Built through numerous transluc...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Clairvoyance - Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CLAIRVOYANCE Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition number: 185/300 Size: 68 x 68 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver on paper hand ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Varnish, Lithograph, Offset

The Wellspring II - Large Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harrison Gilman's large original artworks begin with a layer of fast-paced gestural abstraction followed by organic shapes and geometric structures. Some of his paintings remain in t...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The Brides Bouquet' Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 14 x 10.75 inches inscribed verso and signed verso Condition: Goo...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Oil Painting
French Oil Painting
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Look Not Upon Me..., Surrealist Etching with Gold Dust by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Look Not Upon Me..., Portfolio: The Song of Songs of King Solomon, Year: 1972, Medium: Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arches Paper, signed ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

12 Dreams - Large Abstract Expressionism Colorful Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The paintings of Bruce Rubenstein seamlessly marry sophistication with affordability. His expressive abstract landscape artwork 'Flourishing Fields' features whimsical details and vi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Enamel

Original-Moon Lit Dahlias-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf on oil canvas Board
Located in London, GB
Moonlit Dahlia is a large gold-leaf painting created by Shizico Yi in early autumn, when dahlias reach their fullest bloom and the first turning leaves colour the garden. Painted on ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Tree by the calm sea panorama - minimalist landscape - Portugal - limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. A lone tree with green leaves growing beside a paved road, with the ocean and a clear blue sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Kelsey Plums" Vintage Naive Still Life in Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
"Kelsey Plums" Vintage Naive Still Life in Oil An understated and precise still life by San Francisco artist Kenneth Howard (American, 20th century.) A white bowl with painted blue ...
Category

1960s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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

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