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Art For Sale
Color:  Gray
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1861-1870...
Category

1860s Victorian Art

Materials

Engraving

Pedal Boat Color - minimalist photography - waterscape - landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist waterscape photography. A row of colorful children's pedal boats with slides on stilts in calm water, above a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

New York City Brooklyn Bridge Salmagundi Award Winning Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge 22 x 28 unframed and 31 x 36.5 framed signed LL Foggy Evening Brooklyn Bridge is an oil painting by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer Birches - Atmospheric Nature Painting, Framed
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is signed on the back, the frames are made of oak A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Pedal Boat - Balaton - long exposure waterscape photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photography. Five pedal boats on a platform over water, with a cloudy sky in the background. Digital pigment ink print, e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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

Antique dark and moody original landscape oil painting by Charles Albert Porcher
Located in AIGNAN, FR
19th Century original antique landscape oil painting on wood by French artist Charles Albert Porcher (1834-1895). This wonderful old and atmospheric oil on wood is by a renown and r...
Category

Late 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

David Hockney 'Nichols Canyon' Pop Framed 1985 Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed and matted vintage notecard, titled Nichols Canyon, is a reproduction of David Hockney's original painting from 1985. Published and sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Offset

Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Light Reborn"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and is part of her ongoing series dedicated to women — a powerful exploration...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Inner light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing exploration of emotional identity, inner truth, and the human s...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

The Still Point
Located in Zofingen, AG
,,The Still Point,, Oil on linen canvas, layered translucent glazes. From the series “Silence.” In this painting, space dissolves into light and the quiet breath of mist. The artis...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Island. Boulders Beach, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This contemporary painting of Boulders Beach presents a stylized, painterly interpretation of the coast. On the left, a rocky cliff descends toward the beach, m...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Coconut Boat Panorama, minimalist beach landscape, Vietnam - photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color photography. Several colorful coconut boats pulled up on a sandy beach with sparse green vegetation, calm sea, and cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Paris in the Snow, French Post Impressionist View, Montmartre, Le Bateau Lavoir
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century Post Impressionist view of Le Bateau Lavoir, Montmartre, Paris, in the snow, oil on board by Louis Peyrat. The painting is signed bottom right and is presented in ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

30x50 Tupac Shakur 2pac "All Eyez On Me" Cassette Photography Pop Art Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "All eyez on me" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic ta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

New York, Central Park - Abstract Colorful Urban Still Life Collage Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Permutations
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

64x48 "Triple Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"TRIPLE ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vintage Post-Impressionist French coastal landscape oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on stretched canvas, signed in the bottom right, Abel Villard (1871-1969). A stunning, calm and moody depiction of a village boarderi...
Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sun loungers on the Beach - landscape - umbrellas - shore - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. Empty beach with striped lounge chairs and blue umbrellas on sandy shore, overcast sky. Archival pigment ink print as par...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Figurative Nude Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed initials by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed signed verso canvas: 39.5 x 29 inches condition: the work is in overall...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Sunset (Triptych) -Large Colorful Impasto Inspired Abstract Painting
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

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas

Ha Long Bay Panorma, seascape, limestone rocks, Vietnam - landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The sea narrows through limestone cliffs in hazy light with mountains in the background. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Sun loungers on the Beach - minimalist sea landscape, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. Beach chairs and canopies on a sandy beach with a pathway leading to the water, overcast sky. Digital pigment ink print, edition of 7...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"abstract girl in the rain " RK57T, 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

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Place de la Madeleine in Autumn Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Madeleine, Paris French School, indistinctly signed, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 21.5 inches signed verso Provenance: private collection, Frace Condition...
Category

Mid-20th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

The Slope - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18 x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Resting against the gentle gradient of sand, a naked figure finds repose where water transforms gravity and perception. The slope becomes both support and metaphor—a study in balance...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hell 22 - The Liars - Original Woodcut 1963 (Field p 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 22 - The Liars, 1963 Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the signature printed in the plate On BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REF...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Three Pink Lotus Flower Panorama, Mekong Delta, Vietnam - large color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. More Sizes: 15.8 x 31....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Retoni, seascape, fishing hut, panorama - large color photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. A small wooden fishing hut on stilts on a rocky jetty extending into calm water with a muted, foggy sky. Archival pigment ink print a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

A Chance Encounter
Located in Oslo, NO
A spontaneous meeting of colors and forms — A Chance Encounter captures the fleeting moment when two movements cross and create something unexpected. Layers of ochre, violet, and ind...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

New York City Brooklyn Bridge PLein Air Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Brooklyn Bridge oil/panel 11 x 14 unframed, 16.63 x 19.63 framed signed LL Here is beautiful plein air painting done on location in Brooklyn of the Brooklyn Bridge back in 2011. It...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Retoni, Fishermans hut in the middle of nowhere - panorama color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color long exposure seascape photography. A small house on stilts stands over calm water on a foggy day, with a light sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Thirteen - immersive infinite 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

ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA - monochromo photograph - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Seawater Canyon Panorama, Green Cliffs, La Hong Bay - seascape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape photography. Lush green cliffs surrounding a calm, emerald waterway with misty atmosphere. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

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

The Tub, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is a modern reinterpretation of the English nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Men in a Tub," first published in Mother Goose's Melody in 1798. I...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child, from Fifteen Drawings, 1946 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Mother and Child, from the folio Picasso, Fifteen Drawings, 1946, originates from the 1946 edition publi...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

1890's French Impressionist Pathway Sunlit Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Forest French Impressionist, late 19th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 15 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: overall so...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique impressionist portrait of a ballerina by Georges Guinegault
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Atmospheric ballerina impressionist oil painting on canvas by French artist Georges-Pierre Guinegault. It's a delightful Art Deco rendition of a ballerina lacing her pointes from a ...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sunset 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: Sunset Size: 20.5" x 27.5" x 0.8'' i...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Red and Purple Anemones in Glass Vase Mid Century Impressionist French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 11 x 9 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique nude woman oil painting post impressionist female nude by Yves Diey
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage nude oil painting by French artist Yves Diey. This oil on canvas portrait of a woman in Chinese Pyjamas is a typical example of Dieÿ...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Winter Landscape from Björksätra, Stockholm, 1885
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson (1863-1944) Sweden Winter Landscape from Björksätra, 1885 oil on canvas signed Carl Johansson Björksätra 85. Framed: 74 × 99.5 cm (29 ¹/₈ × 39 ³/₈ in) Unframed: 57 ×...
Category

1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Synthesis 1 by Tom Price - Sculpture and lighting, LED, original, abstract, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis 1 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, acrylic and LED, dimensions are 205 × 50 × 50 cm (80.7 × 19.7 × 19.7 in). T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Counterpart by Tom Price - large sculpture and bench, 7.2ft wide
Located in Paris, FR
Coal, resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED. 45 cm × 220 cm × 35 cm. Counterpart II is one of Tom Price's 'hybrid' artworks sitting halfway between art and design: the piece can be seen ex...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Apriel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18 x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This underwater nude photograph showcases delicate interplay between light, shadow, and movement as hair cascades weightlessly around the topless subject's contemplative profile. The...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Astra, abstract.
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Astra” is created on a round canvas using the acrylic pouring technique. The composition is built on the interplay of deep black, white, blue, and brown tones, enriched by two shad...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Miami Vice Soundtrack Cassette Photograph 40x60 Pop Art Photography, Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "Miami Vice" soundtrack cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Ink on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Ink on Paper by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French signed lower right 'SG', name stamped verso Ink on artists paper, unframed...
Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Ink

Cowgirl in Bloom - Figurative Pin Up Western Inspired Portrait Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting of a woman in landscape
By Jean Arnavielle
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage landscape post impressionist framed oil painting on canvas by Jean Arnavielle (1881-1961). This stunning landscape oil painting on stretched canvas is beautifully painted. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Sheet size (each): approx. 10" x 16.5" Image size (each): approx. 6.88" x 11.75" Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All four works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in 1799. And, both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". Both "A View of Stourbridge" and "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill" have unidentified fleur-de-lis watermarks in the center of their sheets. "Bewdley" has an unidentified watermark in the center of its sheet resembling "XV" and "Tenbury" has no watermark. Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...
Category

1780s Old Masters Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Pablo Picasso, 10.3.59. VIII, from Bulls and Bullfighters, 1961 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled 10.3.59. VIII, from the album Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros (Bulls and Bullfighters), originates from the 1961 ed...
Category

1960s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Napoleon Bonaparte II - interior photograph of elegant French palace villa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of elegant interior view of the French revolutionary ballroom in the Villa Napoleone in Elba, Tuscany. Napoleon Bonaparte II (2025) by Frank Schott 48 x 72 i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Olney Pond, Rhode Island
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Olney Pond in Rhode Island by American Impressionist master Frederick Usher de Voll. His classic violet hues, beautiful brushwork illustrating ...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Cold Fury
Located in Zofingen, AG
Never be jealous of a biker to her biker friends. Firstly: it is useless; secondly: are you jealous of your brothers? The only thing you can be jealous of is the motorcycle, because ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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