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Signed Impressive 19th Century Venice Italy Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian oil painting of Venice. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 31L x 21H.
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1850s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turnabout: Abstract Geometric 3D Wooden Wall Sculpture in Green, Grey & Beige
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in bright pastel hues of sage green, light grey, and beige "Turnabout", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley ar...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Dye, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Ex Amino (from soul)" Nude Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ex Amino (from soul)" Nude Photography 39 x 29.5 in Ed of 4 by Lukas Dvorak 39" x 29.5" inch Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2023 Ships rolled in a tube Other sizes avail...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Pigment, Archival Paper

Realistic Wildlife Landscape Painting of Wood Ducks Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
An "AWARD WINNING" acrylic painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a gorgeous pair of Wood Ducks in their natural environment created in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

19th century English Antique horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English Antique Horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up. Wonderful and very well painted English Horse Racing scene. Simil...
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1840s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE Vintage Art Poster 1992, Science Technology Education
Located in Union City, NJ
Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Specially commissioned fine art poster designed in 1992 by Elizabeth Catlett, printed in 4-col...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

LSR Racing Streamliner, Bonneville, Utah - American Landscape Car Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
LSR Racing Streamliner, photograph taken in the iconic home of speed, Bonneville Salt Flats, just as the mountains contrast with the flat salt lake, Richard Heeps captured this racin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Flowers & Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Fruit in Basket with other objects Italian artist, 18th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24.5 x 33 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...
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18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flora 08 - Limited Edition Contemporary Nude C-Print Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 08 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. Photography duo Tortora & Travezan create vibrant po...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

Once upon a time in London, Morning, Woodcut print, Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers
Located in Deddington, GB
A limited edition woodcut on paper print by Mychael Barratt of Vincent Van Gogh in his bedroom with his dog. Sunflowers appear in the background, brightening up a blue and purple room. Additional information: Mychael Barratt  Once upon a time in London, Morning Woodcut on paper Signed and titled in pencil Numbered from the edition of 100  Image size Height: 27.5 cm Width: 27 cm Complete size of sheet Height: 39.6 cm Width: 37.5 cm Depth: 0.2 cm ARTIST PROFILE: Mychael Barratt was born in Toronto, Canada, however, considers himself to be a Londoner since arriving for what was supposed to be a two-week stay thirty years ago. He is a narrative artist whose work is steeped in imagery relating to art history, literature, theatre and everything else that overfills his bookshelves. He was an artist in residence for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Landscape with Temple ruins and figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
Landscape with Temple ruins and figures 19th century Possibly signed lower right Oil on canvas 31 x 40
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Inspired Vision 1 - Blue and Yellow Abstract Geometric Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nichole McDaniel's artistry unfolds as a captivating fusion of contemporary landscapes and abstract compositions, drawing inspiration from both local surroundings and her exploration...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"For Ingrid" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood, Board, Oil

Hold Onto Your Culture and History - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece of work is encouraging individuals to cherish, preserve and celebrate their cultural heritage. In today's globalized world, cultural identity can become diluted or lost....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Bit of a Ghost, muted color female figure historic dress thick & transparent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Began this canvas over ten years ago. Inspired by some of the themes in "Hamilton" along with the aesthetics of Romanticism and Symbolism.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint

1970's Enamel Metal Vasarely Silkscreen Screenprint Axo Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Axo This piece is hand signed and numbered circa 1972-1977 I have seen it described as enamel on steel and enamel on aluminium. it is a serigraph on meta...
Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Les Voiles. Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Les Voiles H 35.5 in. x 27.5 in. W Edition 6 Unframed Les Voiles Series Uwe Ommer wanted to try a series that revealed less of the body using different wet...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Starfish Among Corals, Modern Seascape, Biomorphic Shapes on Watercolor Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Starfish Among Corals captures the vibrant beauty of marine life through bold lines and expressive color. Blue, red, yellow, and green coral-like forms weave across the composition, ...
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2010s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Deer, Large Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture of a deer is a realistic rendering of the majestic animal. Deer have been the center of literature and art for many cultures across the world. They have also ...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Original The Sea Master Herre på Skutan 1920 Swedish art deco movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Swedish movie poster, The Sea Master. (Herre på Skutan).. Archival linen backed in good condition, ready to frame. The USA silent movie was produced in 1917 but released in ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Zhenzhong Liu Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Peach Blossom in Spring"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Peach Blossom in Spring Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 31 x 39.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition. Year: 2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Davis Large Oil painting on canvas, Seascape, Sailing Ship in the ocean, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Original Large signed Oil painting on canvas depicting a Sailing ship breaking throught the waves in the open ocean. It is a classic maritime scene that makes this paintin...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Green Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Geometry
Located in Bristol, GB
PASTORAL GEOMETRY Size: 51 x 91 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A serene mid-century modernist landscape that captures a cluster of farmhouses nestled within a stylised patchwork...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

AWH 315 - Original Abstract Blue Minimalist Layered Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Chadlington, Oxfordshire, Original Contemporary Oil Painting, Oil on canvas
Located in Deddington, GB
Chadlington is an Original oil painting by Eleanor Woolley. This painting was started Plein air and finished in the studio. Painted sketches of the area were made for reference. A pi...
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salvador Dali "God, Time, Space, and the Pope"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: God, Time, Space, and the Pope Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring on Arches Unframed Dim...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint

"Alma", Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstraction of forms :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature L...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Tower " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
LARGE OLD MASTER STYLE Signed L S Lowry " OIL PAINTING 20th CENTURY NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

L'homme au mouton
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - L'homme au mouton Lithograph from 1967. The edition of 500 on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the publ...
Category

1960s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

L'homme au mouton
L'homme au mouton
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To Rise Again 2/2 - sunset orange, tondo, laser cut design, mirror wall relief
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A black, white and glowing orange pigment print of the sun rising through clouds is perforated with a brilliant orange geometric design in this tondo by Ryan Van Der Hout. The precis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mirror, Plexiglass, Pigment

Corsican Chestnut Trees
Located in London, GB
'Corsican Chestnut Trees', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1933). The artist, Kvapil, has many artworks which depict scenes in nature such as this one....
Category

1930s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Focus, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Being a single father and working a full-time job limits the time I have to paint," shares artist Christopher Garvey. "This...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Mrs Harborough - British 18th century art portrait lady oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of noted portrait artist Enoch Seeman. Seeman came from Poland to England as a youngster with hi...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shining Shining
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento, Italy in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography,...
Category

2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cigar Store Indian, Early 20th Century, Carved Wood With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Cotignac, FR
A 20th Century wood carved male figure, a 'Cigar Store Indian' with original polychrome decoration. A now controversial subject, but none the less charming rendition, of a native North American man originally probably used as an advertising figure. Wonderful quality of carving capturing the stance of the man looking out to the distance, hair flowing to his back and plait to the side, all the details of his costume, his native dress and hairpipe breastplate (suggesting he is possibly a Comanche) and chest ornament, apron, trousers, mocassins, shield and arrows. The original Polychrome decoration has weathered beautifully as has the wood itself to present a sculpture that would adorn any collection or interior. Because of the general illiteracy of the populace, early store owners used descriptive emblems or figures to advertise their shops' wares. American Indians and tobacco had always been associated because American Indians introduced tobacco to Europeans. As early as the 17th century, European tobacconists used figures of American Indians to advertise their shops. Because European carvers had never seen a Native American, these early cigar-store "Indians" looked more like Africans with feathered headdresses and other fanciful, exotic features. These carvings were called "Black Boys" or "Virginians" in the trade. Eventually, the European cigar-store figure...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Map of Days
Located in London, GB
Silk scarf framed with museum-grade 92% UV-resistant glass. 90 x 90 cm / 35 7/16 x 35 7/16 inches 103 x 103 cm (incl frame) / 40 9/16 x 40 9/16 inches (incl frame) edition size unknown Map of Days is an intricate work that serves as a self-portrait of the artist's identity and psyche. Drawing inspiration from medieval maps...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Silk, Screen

Damien Hirst, The Currency Poster (Set of 4) (Framed), 2022
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, The Currency Poster (Set of 4) (Framed), 2022 High quality digital print on 170gsm paper 4 x 59 x 89 cm (23.23 x 35.04 in) 4 x 63 x 93 cm (24.8 x 36.61 in) Poster de...
Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

ANIMAL PARADISE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped rolled in a tube, without frame! 5cm/2" extra of white edge around the painting surface Can make commissioned works_ -Specialist in large painting___ _intuitive painting, ...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

ANIMAL PARADISE
ANIMAL PARADISE
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Femme Souriante
Located in Warren, NJ
in excellent condition signed and numbered
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper

Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum (The Brooch. Eva Mudocci) Poster /// Edvard Munch Litho
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...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cover of "In Character: Actors Acting"
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Mid-Century Shapes, White and Blue Abstract Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
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2010s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype

Vangforsen, Ramsele – Northern Light on the Faxälven River, 1915
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson (1863-1944) Sweden Vangforsen, Ramsele, 1915 oil on canvas signed and dated Carl Johansson 15 unframed: 50 x 65.5 cm (19 5/8 x 25 3/4 in) framed: 68 x 83 cm (26 3/4 ...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist's proo...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching, Lithograph

Countryside landscape by Herbert Theurillat - Oil on canvas 81x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Herbert THEURILLAT is an artist born in 1896 and died in 1987. His works have been sold at public auction 29 times, mainly in the Painting category....
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Escuela colonial (XVIII) - Óleo en tela - San Juanito y el cordero
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra se presenta enmarcada con su marco original de la época (el marco presenta faltas y desgastes) El estado de la obra se puede ver, tiene algunas faltas de pintura y faltas en...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Turquoise Circle
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of my work. My circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolves into a colored circle. I am curious how different colours interact wh...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Photographic Paper

Art Deco 1925 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Art Deco 1925 1980 Silkscreen Paper size 33½" × 21"inches Signed in pencil and marked 234/300 Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler S...
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1980s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Blue Glove ( Michael Jackson ) 40" x 30"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blue Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz a highly detailed glamorous still life photograph of the performer's iconic blue and gold sequin and Swarovski rhinestone crystal glove...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's ...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Antique American Framed Winter Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Sunrise 2000”
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max original mixed media on canvas “Sunrise 2000”. In great condition rare piece was made in 2008. Purchase price $35000 and his a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Self Portrait #17 From El Envuelto Divino Series. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
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2010s Conceptual Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Emotions and Textures, Contemporary Abstraction, Modern Gestural, Spray, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Emotions and Textures bursts with gestural freedom and expressive layering, capturing the raw vitality of contemporary abstraction. With bold brushstrokes, spray textures, and a vibr...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Woman Portrait Large Oil Painting
By Jared Fitzgerald
Located in Buffalo, NY
Contemporary modernist American portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 20 by 40 inches.
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

My hotel room, Valencia, Spain
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is unquestionably one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. A successor to Diane Arbus and William Egglestone, her aesthetic and creative ap...
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

1952 original poster Visit the Alps - French National Railway Company
Located in PARIS, FR
Antique tourist poster for the promotion of the French National Railway Company, SNCF. The poster is based on an original staging: the image suggests that the landscape is seen from the window of a train crossing the Alps...
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Roy Lichtenstein "Figures" 1978 (From Surrealist Series) Gemini G.E.L. Printers
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Title: Figures Portfolio: 1978 Surrealist Medium: Lithograph on Arches 88 paper Edition: 38 Sheet Size: 31 7/16" x 23 1/2" Image Size: 23 1/2" x 15 1/4" Signature: Hand signed in pencil Reference: Corlett 156 Printed by Gemini G.E.L. printers out of Los Angeles. Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s through the 90’s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Most of Lichtenstein's best-known works are relatively close, but not exact, copies of comic book panels, a subject he largely abandoned in 1965. Lichtenstein's Still Life paintings, sculptures and drawings, which span from 1972 through the early 1980s, cover a variety of motifs and themes, including the most traditional such as fruit, flowers, and vases. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. Wham!, and Drowning Girl Look Mickey proved to be his most influential works. His most expensive piece is Masterpiece which was sold for $165 million in January 2017. Lichtenstein received both his Bachelors and Masters at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio where he taught for ten years. In 1967, he moved back to upstate New York and began teaching again. It was at this time that he adopted the Abstract Expressionist style, being a late convert to this style of painting. Lichtenstein began teaching in upstate New York at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1958. About this time, he began to incorporate hidden images of cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny into is abstract works. In 1960, he started teaching at Rutgers University where he was heavily influenced by Allan Kaprow, who was also a teacher at the university. This environment helped reignite his interest in Proto-pop imagery. In 1961, Lichtenstein began his first pop paintings using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commercial printing. This phase would continue to 1965, and included the use of advertising imagery suggesting consumerism and homemaking. His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Ben-Day dots was Look Mickey (1961), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.) This piece came from a challenge from one of his sons, who pointed to a Mickey Mouse comic book and said; "I bet you can't paint as good as that, eh, Dad?" In the same year he produced six other works with recognizable characters from gum wrappers and cartoons. It was at this time that Lichtenstein began to find fame not just in America but worldwide. He moved back to New York to be at the center of the art scene in 1964 to concentrate on his painting. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna (early acrylic) paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl (1963), which was appropriated from the lead story in DC Comics’ Secret Hearts No. 83, drawn by Tony Abruzzo. (Drowning Girl now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.) Drowning Girl also features thick outlines, bold colors and Ben-Day dots, as if created by photographic reproduction. Of his own work Lichtenstein would say that the Abstract Expressionists "put things down on the canvas and responded to what they had done, to the color positions and sizes. My style looks completely different, but the nature of putting down lines pretty much is the same; mine just don't come out looking calligraphic, like Pollock’s or Kline’s. Rather than attempt to reproduce his subjects, Lichtenstein's work tackled the way in which the mass media portrays them. He would never take himself too seriously, however, saying: "I think my work is different from comic strips – but I wouldn't call it transformation; I don't think that whatever is meant by it is important to art.” When Lichtenstein's work was first exhibited, many art critics of the time challenged its originality. His work was harshly criticized as vulgar and empty. The title of a Life magazine article in 1964 asked, "Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?" Lichtenstein responded to such claims by offering responses such as the following: "The closer my work is to the original, the more threatening and critical the content. However, my work is entirely transformed in that my purpose and perception are entirely different. I think my paintings are critically transformed, but it would be difficult to prove it by any rational line of argument.” In 1969, Lichtenstein was commissioned by Gunter Sachs to create Composition and Leda and the Swan, for the collector's Pop Art bedroom suite at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz. In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, Lichtenstein received major commissions for works in public places: the sculptures Lamp (1978) in St. Mary's, Georgia; Mermaid (1979) in Miami Beach; the 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight (1984, moved in 1998) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport; the five-storey high Mural with Blue Brushstroke (1984–85) at the Equitable Center, New York and El Cap de Barcelona (1992) in Barcelona. In 1994, Lichtenstein created the 53-foot-long, enamel-on-metal Times Square Mural in Times Square subway station. In 1977, he was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 5 Racing Version of the BMW 320i for the third installment in the BMW Art Car Project. The DreamWorks Records logo was his last completed project. "I'm not in the business of doing anything like that (a corporate logo) and don't intend to do it again," allows Lichtenstein. "But I know Mo Ostin and David Geffen and it seemed interesting. In 1996 the The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. became the largest single repository of the artist's work when Lichtenstein donated 154 prints and 2 books. The Art Institute of Chicago has several important works by Lichtenstein in its permanent collection, including Brushstroke with Spatter (1966) and Mirror No. 3 (Six Panels) (1971). The personal holdings of Lichtenstein's widow, Dorothy Lichtenstein, and of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation number in the hundreds. In Europe, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne has one of the most comprehensive Lichtenstein holdings with Takka Takka (1962), Nurse (1964), Compositions I (1964), besides the Frankfurt Museum fur Modern Kunst with We Rose Up slowly (1964), and Yellow and Green Brushstrokes...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Scottish Coastal View Victorian Impressionist Perthshire landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
A fine original Scottish Impressionist oil painting by Joseph Morris Henderson dating to circa 1900. The work depicts a coastal scene with a dwelling in the landscape and a tranquil ...
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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

FAKE (yellow eggs cowboys vintage americana surrealist oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
in FAKE, three cowboys stand side by side, dressed in dusty, timeworn attire, they exude an air of quiet contemplation, perplexed with their hands resting on their hips as they gaze ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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