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Art For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1940s
Portrait of Benjamin - Fleur de Lis Background, Oil, Antique Florentine Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Twenty-first century Classical Portraiture has a casual feel as seen here in "Portrait of Benjamin" by Peter Lupkin. The very masculine Benjamin, with his heavy beard, dark tousled ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format photograph of iconic rhinestones
Located in San Francisco, CA
White Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz, a highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate detai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Large Standing Figure VI (contemporary bronze sculpture)
Located in Paris, FR
Large Standing Figure VI (Grande figure debout VI), large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 148 cm × 31 cm × 27 cm. Limited edition of 8 + 4 A.P. He has been developing for thirty years a singular work, filled with human and animal characters...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 - Animal Portrait Photography
Located in Paris, FR
'Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013' is a limited-edition fine art photograph by American photographer Brad Wilson. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Paper, 2013...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Abstract Brown Elegance" P9UJ5, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

French Expressionist Provençal Landscape, La Grotte
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist Provençal landscape, oil on board, by French artist Jean Arène (1929 - 2020), depicting a Provençal, South of France landscape. The painting is signed bottom lef...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies Two black gestured black bunnies on a solid hot pink background. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame. Unframed: 14 x 10 inches Framed: ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Barn in Winter
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Barn in Winter" is an original photograph taken near the cemetary where the photographer's mother is buried near Monroe, Michigan. Image size: 5 x 7 8 x 10 with frame made of mat ma...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

A Ways Away, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses cool earth colors and a combination of oil and wax to create a landscape focusing on brushwork, color and form. Like many of the artists paintings the landscape co...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil

Marfa#3, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The high desert around Mafra, TX is a serene setting that offers an ever changing range of colors and forms. This is one painting in a series of abstract landscapes based on the Chi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

David Shrigley - This huge cat
Located in Central, HK
David Shrigley This Huge Cat, 2022 80 x 60 cm Off-set lithography Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 di...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Balloon Dog (After) - Silver
By After Jeff Koons
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
A one time exclusive re-edition of 500 pcs from the highly popular 999 pcs edition of the famous "Balloon Dog". Cold cast resin, comes with its original box and certificate of authe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Metal

White Lipped Tree Viper #3 - Animal portrait photography, green snake
Located in Paris, FR
'White Lipped Tree Viper #3, Albuquerque, NM, 2016' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of w...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ripples of Colour, Art print, Abstract, Water, Line art, Blue green, red, white
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a Five colour screen print Including a metallic Silver layer. This print is then finished off by drawing over the print with multi-coloured paint including Gold, Yellow and G...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Pocke Yellowy Orange Clementine, Original painting, Still life, Clementine
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellowy Orange Clementine 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 ba...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Mauve Anemone, Original Painting, Flower, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Anemone 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 life p...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jeff Koons, Split Rocker Vase, Art, Limited Edition, Interior, Limoges porcelain
Located in Zug, CH
Jeff Koons Split-Rocker (Vase), 2012 Limoges Porcelain Stamp-signed and numbered Edition of 3500 36 x 40 x 33 cm (14.1 x 15.7 x 12.9 in) In mint condition, in the original packaging ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Porcelain

Great Standing Figure II - Contemporary Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Great Standing Figure II (Grande Figure Debout II) is a bronze sculpture by French artist Pierre Yermia. Limited edition of 8 and 4 artist's proofs, signed and numbered. In this pie...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Going Retro #3 - 7.5" x 14.5", Art Print, Vintage Dress, Black And White Fashion
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper captures the chic aesthetic of times past. Vintage style has an enduring appeal in the fashion world. Personalize your space with this fashionable st...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Going Retro #2 - 7.5" x 14.5", Art Print, Red Vintage Dress, Style, Fashion
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper captures the chic aesthetic of times past. Vintage style has an enduring appeal in the fashion world. Personalize your space with this fashionable st...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Going Retro #1 - 7.5" x 14.5", Art Print, Vintage Dress, Black & White Fashion
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper captures the chic aesthetic of times past. Vintage style has an enduring appeal in the fashion world. Personalize your space with this fashionable st...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Tree Tops, Original Painting, Landscape, Woods, Trees
Located in Deddington, GB
Looking up through the tree tops brings a sense of freedom. I love the way the light shines through the branches creating patterns and textures. I've worked in acrylics for the first...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rolling Hill no.1 and Hill View no.1 (Diptych), Fun, Contemporary Landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
Rolling hill no. 1 is an original oil painting by artist Alexa Roscoe. This painting has a sense of freedom and playfulness as if it wants you to run away with it down the hill. It's...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Going Retro #4 - 7.5" x 14.5", Art Print, Vintage Dress, Black & White, Fashion
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper captures the chic aesthetic of times past. Vintage style has an enduring appeal in the fashion world. Personalize your space with this fashionable st...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Vantage Point with Screen Print by Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
Vantage point by Chris Keegan. This Five colour handmade screen print depicts a multi-layered dynamic set of landscapes all floating above and below each other. Created is an image o...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Pocket Ripe Red Pomegranate, Baroque Still Life, fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ripe Red Pomegranate 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...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic Pink and orange butterflies on a metallic gold and silver etched background in a vintage frame. Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Harry Bunce, Matty Groves, Limited Edition Print, Fox Art, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
'Matty Groves' by Harry Bunce is a limited edition print. This print features a fox dressed in a suit and shirt with a bright pink tie, he is holding a knife and is looking off into ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Pink Sky Neutra House, Original painting, Architect, Contemporary, Hockney style
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a painting from my series of architecural paintings. In this particular painting I have played with colour by adding a striking cinematic pink sky which contrasts against a t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

David Shrigley, Signs Of The Zodiac, 2024
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, Signs Of The Zodiac, 2024 61 x 91.5 cm Off-set lithography Printed on 200g Arctic Volume Narayana Press in Denmark
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Kioetano by Jacques Owczarek - Animal Bronze Sculpture (Scorpio)
Located in Paris, FR
This scorpio in bronze by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves. The peculiarity of the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Alvorada VII
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Lisbon-based, Miguel Rodrigues is renowed by having developed a highly innovative and personal artistic style: the hyperbaroque. His hyperbaroque sculptures summon the baroque’s conj...
Category

2010s Baroque Art

Materials

Metal

Alvorada V
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Lisbon-based, Miguel Rodrigues is renowed by having developed a highly innovative and personal artistic style: the hyperbaroque. His hyperbaroque sculptures summon the baroque’s conj...
Category

2010s Baroque Art

Materials

Metal

Geraniums and Pond, 2022, red and vibrant, floral still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adolph Kronengold (1900-1986) - Alaska Landscape Oil on Board, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Adolph Kronengold was born in New Orleans in 1900. He studied locally at Tulane, before moving on to New York and Philadelphia. There he studied at the Art Students League and the P...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Eva
Located in PARIS, FR
Fernando Botero (Colombian, b.1932) is celebrated for his painted and sculpted scenes featuring animals and figures with inflated proportions, reflecting the artist’s predilection for satire, caricature, and political commentary. Born in Medellin, Colombia, Botero began exhibiting his paintings there in 1948, and later worked as a set designer in Bogotá. In the 1950s, he traveled to several different European countries, including Spain, Italy, and France, to study the work of Renaissance and Baroque masters. He also traveled to Mexico to familiarize himself with the current Mexican avant-­‐garde. Botero became renowned for the varied source material he drew upon, from Colombian folk imagery to canonical works by Diego Velázquez, Pablo Picasso, and Francisco de Goya. In his depictions of contemporary Latin American life, he portrays the poverty and violence prevalent in Colombia in somber images, as well as in his iconic inflated figures, satiric images of Latin American presidents, first ladies, and government officials. A meeting with Dorothy Miller from The Museum of Modern Art in the early 1960s proved to be a turning point in his career; she acquired his work at a time when abstraction was the celebrated idiom, and he later exhibited his work in a major exhibition at the museum, solidifying his international reputation. In the 1970s, Botero moved to Paris, where he created large figural sculptures with his signature inflated forms. He remains engaged with images of his Latin American home city, and with overtly political imagery; his recent works include large paintings of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in a direct commentary on the war in Iraq. Botero has exhibited his work at the Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen, the Maillol Museum in Paris, the Palazzo Benezia in Rome, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the National Museum in Bogotá. He currently lives and works in Paris, Montecarlo, and New York. 2012–2013 Museo Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain 2012 Una celebración, Palacio Bellas Artes de México, Mexico 2012 Hommage zum 80. Geburtstag, Botero -­‐ Gemälde, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany 2010 Art is deformation, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) Inaurgural Exhibition: Fernando Botero, David Benrimon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Latinas!, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY 2009 Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY El Dolor de Colombia, Pinacoteca Diego Rivero, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico 2008 The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 2007–2008 Botero: Oeuvres récentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo) 2007 Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo) The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des Beaux-­‐Arts du Québec, Canada (solo) Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo) New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo) Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Latin Masters...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

St Ives Shadows, Cornwall, Original painting, Oil on canvas, Coastal art, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
St Ives Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, St Ives Shadows is inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #2 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection #2 (Naples Yellow) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sunset Coming, Abstract Seascape, Original Landscape Painting, Framed Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Stormy Skies is an original landscape painting by Stephen Kinder. The painting has a strong gestural composition and loose brushwork, which heightens the changing light, and tide. A...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Tyler Shields - Champagne Kiss, Photography 2013, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series : Dirty Side of Glamour All available sizes and editions: 20 x 30 in 48 x 72 in 54 x 84 in Editions of 3 Tyler Shields is photographer, film director, and writer, best known...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Luster

Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection (Pinky Ochre) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yinka Shonibare, Dreamscape (for Documenta 11) - Contemporary Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yinka Shonibare CBE, (b. 1962) Dreamscape (for Documenta 11), 2002 Medium: Chromogenic photograph Dimensions: 40.5 x 60 cm (16 x 23.5 in) Edition of 40: Hand-signed and numbered
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

pocket dark blue sloes, Baroque Still Life Painting, Small Art, Fruit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Blue Sloes is an original still-life painting by artist Dani Humberstone. This painting is a small scale renaissance inspired still life in a photorealistic style and sol...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ABSTRACT Painting Black Color Spanish Artist Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivated by calligraphy, the gestuality of brush strokes, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"umbrella girl series" RKT1, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acryl, Clay
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

AFTER DARK (3 PRINT SET)
Located in FITZROY, VIC
Nick Thomm 'The Dreaming' Print Set Each print 69cm x 92cm (27"×36″) Limited Edition of 125. Hand Signed & Numbered Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

"untitled" sculpture, Steel contemporary snake sculpture in black
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Jake Michael Singer (b. 1991) experiments with a broad range of disciplines from photography to works on paper, and commands an exquisite mastery of sculpture. Meticulously construct...
Category

2010s Symbolist Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

"The sound of cicadas in Provence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I enjoy working on floral and nature compositions. This one was inspired by my trip to St Remy de Provence ( south of France) , the village where Vincent Van Gogh li...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Squeeze the Day-Monday" Limited Edition Hand Pulled Original Lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Squeeze the Day-Monday" is a limited edition hand pulled original lithograph on museum quality deckle-edge paper, numbered and hand signed by Tom Everhart. This is one of the final ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Love Bats - Red
Located in palma de mallorca, ES
Step into the captivating world of acclaimed artist Nick Walker, where a collection of limited edition silkscreen prints eagerly awaits to ignite your imagination. In a truly exclusi...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Paper

TN845-T by Hachiro Kanno - Calligraphy-based abstract painting, triptych, black
Located in Paris, FR
TN845-T, by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno. H 41 cm x W 99 cm. Signed, sold unframed. Ink and acrylic on canvas. This artwork is a triptych composed by three panels measu...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Bunny Date: 2019 Medium: Lithograph Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Signature: Pencil signed & numbered verso Edition: 5/16 Publisher: Poligrafa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

LOCK - Modern dynamic standing sculpture
Located in Weslaco, TX
Three vertical links make up this piece that transmits firmness and solidity. The chain, always a symbol of unity, security and permanence, can also have a playful sense reflected in...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Der Traum, Engraving, 2018
Located in Milan, IT
Der Traum, 2018 Engraving mm 240 x 160. Contemporary Art Young Sicilian (Italy) painter, Simone Geraci was born in 1985 in Palermo, where he lives and works. In 2012, he graduated ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Vanitas, Engraving, 2018
Located in Milan, IT
Vanitas, 2018 Engraving mm 250 x 165. Contemporary Art Young Sicilian (Italy) painter, Simone Geraci was born in 1985 in Palermo, where he lives and works. In 2012, he graduated fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Die traumerin, Engraving, 2018
Located in Milan, IT
Die traumerin, 2018 Engraving mm 250 x 170. Contemporary Art Young Sicilian (Italy) painter, Simone Geraci was born in 1985 in Palermo, where he lives and works. In 2012, he gradua...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

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