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Art For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: American Realist
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
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Rare Large Artist's Proof #2/3-UK Awarded
Located in London, GB
A rare chance to collect a large painting by Shizico Yi at the lowest price possible. We offer this rare Artist Proof ( Only 3 proofs in this large size ever made, this is No2 of the...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady
French School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches
Stylish ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
The Flowers: Guzmania. Circa 1963. Signed Giandante X. Milan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Flowers: Guzmania.
Circa 1963.
Signed Giandante X, a painter born in Milan in 1899 and died in 1984.
Milano.
Measurements without the frame: 50 x 35 cm.
On the back is a pho...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Tempera
Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon.
Inner Family.
Post-war Expressionism.
1970s.
Patrick Boudon.
Art Informel. Ecole de Paris.
Technique: oil on cardboard.
This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Red Roses and a Lemon', California, Post-Impressionist, Esalen Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Ant McNaught' for Anthony McNaught (American, born 1952), titled 'Still Life with Lemon', dated 2018 and inscribed, 'After Pablo Picasso'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist studied at Big Sur's Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Peter Rabbit happened to be looking out of the dear Old Briar-patch as the young
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Peter Rabbit happened to be looking out of the dear Old Briar-patch as the young Fox ran past.
Ink on paper, 1955
Signed "H. Cady," and dated 11-15 lower left (see photo)
Annotated w...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Ink
HYMN SINGER / THE MINSTREL / BURL IVES -- Large Benton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1890- 1975)
HYMN SINGER / THE MINSTREL (Portrait of Burl Ives) 1950 (Fath 74)
Lithograph signed with full signature “Thomas H. Benton” A large image, 15 ¾ x 12 i...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Original "Less Dangerous than Careless Talk" vintage World War Two poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Less Dangerous than Careless Talk” vintage World War Two poster. Archivally linen=backed in fine condition A-, ready to frame. Bright colors and excellent detail. Ver...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Offset
COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (MISSOURI MUSICIANS) 1931 (Fath 4)
Lithograph, signed in pencil. Although Fath indicates an edition of 75, it is numbered ...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
painting on glicee print circles
Located in London, GB
acrylic painting on clicee canvas print
limited edition
hand signed
Collective exhibitions:
2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall;
2023 YICCA International art contest, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment, Giclée, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Color
Fortitude
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
A di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Gerrit Van Sinclair (1890 – 1955)
Parade
20 x 15 inches
Oil on board, c. 1940s
Signed lower right
Fram...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
Konrad Cramer (1888 – 1963)
"Black Glass Bowl and Napkin"
16 ½ x 14 inches
Oil on Board
Singed lower...
Category
1920s American Realist Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Cascading Waves of the Caribbean
Located in Sempach, LU
In this dynamic oil painting, I've captured the power and grace of the sea, blending impressionism with touches of realism to evoke the raw beauty of nature. The vibrant hues and exp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
Category
1930s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Paper, Canvas
snowman
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
original painting on paper
one of a kind
hand signed
Collective exhibitions:
2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall;
2023 YICCA Internation...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
By Luis Valenzuela
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
Vibrant and expressive mid century modern figural landscape oil painting by Luis Valenzuela (Chilean, 20th Century), 1965. Small silhouetted figures stroll down the colorful yellow and blue city streets of old Santiago, Chile at night. The artist uses loose, painterly brushstrokes and dots the canvas with warm red highlights, giving this piece a sense of exuberance and life.
Signed "Luis Valenzuela 1965" lower left.
Presented in a carved period giltwood frame.
Board size; 20"H x 24"W.
Luis Valenzuela was born in Santiago de Chile. He studied his elementary and middle school in Victorino Lastarria (Providencia). At age 17 he started in the oil painting arts, where his innate talent flows. It was perfected in the Palace of Fine Arts (1964, 1965), receiving instruction from teachers Carlos Pedraza, Reinaldo Villaseñor, Matilde...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
No one but the bees
Located in Sempach, LU
Bright flowers, juicy fruits and of course the helpers of our garden: hardworking bees. They also love the juice of ripe pears. Being behind a canvas woven from my thoughts and emoti...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is a photograph by famed landmark photographer Ansel Adams taken in 1941 and printed c. 1959. The photograph is signed on verso with artist's stamp,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"6.5 Koi 23" Bright Red & White Koi Swimming in Swirls of Blue Water with Green
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"6.5 Koi 23" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Waterfall 4" Sparkly White Waterfall, Bright Blue Water & Koi Swimming Below
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Waterfall 4" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shade...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Venetian Holiday, American Realist, Representational, Landscape, Venice Italy
Located in Houston, TX
Venetian Holiday is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is a Representational Italian landscape which is the Plaza in Venice. This realist painting was done on sight on a vacation to Italy. The artist painted himself into the realist painting.
Gary J. Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award winning artist in the style of Realism portrait ,landscape and floral paintings He received training from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School of Art specializing in Realism and Figurative Art.
He specializes in representational art as seen in Venetian Holiday with an emphasis on the human figure and florals as seen in Her Majesty's Lilies. He was a finalist in The Artist's Magazine International Art Competition, an Award of Excellence winner in the Manhattan Arts Magazine Competition, finalist in Hunting Art...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
signed & dated
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he wa...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
INSTRUCTION
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975)
INSTRUCTION 1940 (Fath 41)
Lithograph, signed edition of 250 as published by Associated American Artists.
10 ¼” x 12 ¼”. Full margins, deckle edges....
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Troubadour's Love
Located in Sempach, LU
"A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Located in New York, NY
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Katherine Wiggins (American 20th Century)
"The Shrimp"
20 x 24 inches
Egg tempera on masonite. c. 1...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Masonite
Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley, California" is a photograph by famed landmark photographer Ansel Adams. The photograph is signed by the artist on the mount below ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991, original lithograph by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à droite
66 x 47 cm / 76 x 54 cm
Imprime...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum (The Brooch. Eva Mudocci) Poster /// Edvard Munch Litho
By Edvard Munch
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)
Title: "Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum (The Brooch. Eva Mudocci)"
Year: 1973
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on heavy wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Sheet size: 35" x 21.5"
Image size: 24.75" x 19"
Condition: Some minor handling creases. Light toning at edges. In otherwise excellent condition
Rare
Notes:
Printed in four colors: black, black, tan, and red-orange. Produced for a special posthumous exhibition of Munch's work at the Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark from August 16 - October 21, 1973. The image featured on this poster is Munch's 1903 lithograph edition "The Brooch. Eva Mudocci", (Woll No. 244, page 208-209).
Edvard Munch would build a strong relationship with Eva Mudocci which lasted many years. They were connected through both romance and also friendship, with the two alternating in importance over time. There was a great mutual respect for each other, with Mudocci being a highly talented violinist from the UK who would regularly tour throughout Europe. They first got together in Paris...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Iva" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Andrey Remnev
Located in Culver City, CA
"Iva" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Andrey Remnev
ARTIST BIO:
"My birth place is Yakhroma town, in the vicinity of Moscow. It is situated on high hills, from where broad Bruegelian vistas are open. The uneven terrain with significant differences of high and low; a canal between the Moskva river and the Volga; small rivers, woods and villages; a nearby ancient town of Dmitrov, which is equal to Moscow in age; ships cruising the canal and trains outdistancing them – all this I saw from my window since my early years. It was a view that embraced all the diversity of the world. This is why I can say that the impressions of my childhood and youth – beautiful nature and remarkable people – are the most important ones.
In the museum of Moscow's St. Andronic Monastery I copied the best examples of the old Russian painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (Hands)
By Louisa Chase
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Chase was born in Panama City, Panama. Seven years later, her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She studied painting and sculpture at Syracuse University and at the Ya...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
THE EVANGELIST
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOHN STOCKTON DE MARTELLY (American 1903 - 1980)
THE EVANGELIST, 1941 (Zink 19)
Lithograph, signed, dated and numbered 80/100 in pencil below image. Signature and date in lighter pencil. Image. Very Good Condition. image, 13 1/2 x 9 3/4". Full sheet with deckle edges, 16 x 11 3/4". The Evangelist apparently represents de Martelly's New Hampshire neighbor Lizzy Osgood. De Martelly worked in an American Regionalist Style, often depicting his New Hampshire neighbors. He was associated with Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute. Most of de Martelly's regionalist prints were published by Associated American Artists in editions of 250. This lithograph is scarcer in an edition of only 100. He became an art professor at Michigan State University. After the 1940's de Martelly abandoned his Regionalist style for abstraction.
Roger Genser...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dance Moves, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting captures a lively scene where a group of people dances joyfully, lost in the music with closed eyes. Their vibrant clothing and fluid movements inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Masturbating Woman Surrounded by Black
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated in the plate by the artist in middle right: ...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Art
Materials
Paper
July Fifteenth
By Grant Wood
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"July Fifteenth" is a lithograph from 1938 by Grant Wood. The artwork size is 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. The framed size is 17 x 19 1/2 x 5/8 inches. The piece is signed in pencil, lower...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Resting Nude Lithograph
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Resting Nude, limited edition color litho. 450/475, pencil signed
11"x14" framed 19.5x23.5x1
Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica, on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. In 1944, ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
1956 Ford Thunderbird, Oil Painting by John McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John McCormick, American
Title: 1956 Ford Thunderbird
Year: 1983
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 18 in. x 32 in. (45.72 cm x 81.28 cm)
Category
1980s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Embossed textured orange flowers on a blue backgraund.Still life abstraction
Located in Sempach, LU
Still life of scarlet, orange flowers on a blue background. An interesting composition. The canvas space is completely filled with flowers. But!There is air in the gaps. This makes t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Epoxy Resin, Canvas
Paglieri dai Fiori le Cipri I Profumi
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Paglieri dai fiori le Cipri i Profumi. Italian artist: Gino Boccasile (1901 - 1952). Size: 13.25" x 19". Archival linen backed authentic Italian post...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Offset
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Model, Seated" Collotype plate
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Art
Materials
Paper
Young Woman - Bronze Abstract Nude - Limited Edition
Located in Pretoria, ZA
Young Woman in bronze, abstract nude figurative bronze sculpture, limited edition of 24, height 64 cm including base, Sandstone base: approx 17 cm x 15 cm x 5 cm. Cast bronze using t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Sandstone, Bronze
Sail away with me
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
"Sails”100x70x2 cm
Acrilyc on canvas.
hand signed
unframed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle nuances and hidden dimensions. It is a world tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas, Canvas
Raventos Blue City Litle original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ciudad original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelon...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
First Contact
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Not Bounded
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Glorious Crown
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
July
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
ne of a kind
painting on paper
2023
30x40cm
hand signed
painted by Anastasia Kurakina, contemporary artist living in London.
The artist has recently exh...
Category
2010s Blue Rider Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
In Her Thought
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Angie
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
paper print
limited edition
hand signed
Art education:
2018 Sorbonne University, Paris
2014 – MA Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome;
2012 – A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Art
Materials
Paper, Color, Digital, Laser
1970s Belgian Gouache Still Life Provençal Tablescape of Fruit and Tableware.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s expressionist still life gouache on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard painted in Provence in the south of France. Colourful representation of table laden with tableware and...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Original FLY TWA Germany, Constellation aircraft, vintage poster
By William Ward Beecher
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, linen-backed, l Fly TWA to Germany vintage travel poster. This is the large format size. Through the window, you can see the TWA Constellation airplane, cuckoo clock,...
Category
1960s American Realist Art
Materials
Offset
Magic River
Located in Sempach, LU
"Immersed in the dance of colors, I've crafted a serene escape with my oils—a tranquil river, guiding the gentle drift of thought and emotion. The soft hues and light, playing across...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"In the Neighborhood" Urban Oil Painting of a City Street in Shadows
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Valastro's "In The Neighborhood" is an original, handmade oil painting.
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of African Man by African American Artist Expressionist Brush Strokes
Located in Miami, FL
This Portrait of an African Man by an African American artist exhibits penetrating psychological insight and is executed in vibrant colors with quick gestural post-expressionist brus...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Becky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Abou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Flamenco Dancer', Wisconsin, Paris, Académie Julian, Art Institute of Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Grill' for André Joseph Grill (American, 1916-1985) and painted circa 1955.
A light-hearted and animated study of a young flamenco dancer painted when the artist was in his forties.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Andre Grill...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
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