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Style: Realist
Alpine Haymaking 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Haymaking Harvesting 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist, Wolfgang Heinz (1930–2014). Horses, cart, figures in a beautiful sunny mountain setting near...
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Late 20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Full Moon 2, Original Painting, Skyscape, Space, Lunar, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Full Moon 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...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Big Surf at Madaket, Nantucket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape and Seascape of the surf at Madaket Beach on Nantucket Island
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Calling for Rain", Robert Fobear, Original Oil on Canvas, 60x48, Wildlife Birds
Located in Dallas, TX
"Calling for Rain" is an original oil on linen painting by Texas Artist Robert Fobear and measures 60x48 inches. This stunning piece captures the essence of autumn with its vibrant g...
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Estética (A. Gades)
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Inspiración (Paco de Lucía)
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work of the singer Paco de Lucía
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

OIL PAINTING Small by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SMALL SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY Very good condition for age , (see pictures) FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL 20th Century OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME By Similar $3,000 Premier Collection NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY Description ( 19th century Style ) Salvatore Colacicco is a world-renowned marine artist who was born in 1935 in Bellagio, near Lake Como and studied at Brera Academy, Milan. He has been living in England for over thirty years. Nearly all Salvatore Colacicco's paintings during that time have been exported to the United States and sold through Tonkins of Nantucket Island. These now adorn the walls of many a Board Room and Directors Office throughout the States. Colacicco's style of painting very much reminds one of marine artists throughout the 19th century with an obvious Italian feel. Among Colacicco's achievements were 26 panels illustrating the history and development of the paddle steamer (of which he had made a special study of those used on the Italian Lakes), painted for the Russell Cotes Museum in Bournemouth and most works by Salvatore Colacicco fetch good figures even at auction Nice back story to these pieces , We acquired them from a gentleman that went to school with the artist son in Bournemouth , His Father purchased these ones from the artist roundabout 1960 . Title: Racing...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original English Realist Flower Oil Painting Still Life Roses Oil - A Pair
By James Noble
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: James Noble (1919-1989) British Title: "Specimen Roses" (a pair) Medium: oil on board with provenance from E Stacey Marks Gallery Price: £420 (THE PAIR) Comment: James Noble was born in Middlesex in 1919. He went to work in the family’s painting and decorating business but soon found that he had an aptitude for drawing and was encouraged to attend evening classes. Noble studied at both the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and the Regent Street Polytechnic. He had as his master the well-known Scottish landscape painter and engraver Iain MacNab (1890-1970) who himself had been a pupil of the fashionable Glasgow School of Art and Heatherleys, the oldest independent art school in London (founded in 1845, which focused on figurative painting) and eventually became its Principle. Noble soon found himself drawn to the flower paintings of the great 17th Century Dutch romantic artists such as Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Roelandt Savery...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fir Grove
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Ethereal painting of a winter landscape. Novikova is a St. Petersburg based artist and graduate of the famous Repin Institute.
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still life with a Chinese bowl by Jean Grimal
Located in Gent, VOV
Jean Grimal is a true 20th century discovery. This breathtaking piece is a gorgeous example of his mastery as an artist. He beautifully creates chiaroscuro in this painting. The way the light touches the edges of the Chinese bowl and the grapes is an example of his skill in representing light. Jean Grimal (1942-1998) was born in the town of Tulle, France in 1942. Jean’s family moved to Paris when he was 8 years of age. After receiving a classical French education with studies in Latin and Greek, Jean Grimal entered the University to receive his Baccalaureate. He then attended Claude Barnard School for three years, when he received his Art Degree.  Upon completion Grimal taught art for seven years.  As Grimal’s own interest in formal painting and art began to possess him, the artist’s destiny changed.  In 1967 Jean Grimal stepped aside from teaching and pursued a career in professional painting and working as an illustrator in advertising.  As an advertising illustrator, Grimal worked with Lise Goldfard for more than 25 years at Studio 44 where they collaborated with major and important accounts, such as: Air France, Christofle, Peugeot, Lacoste, to name a few. At the same time he began presenting his formal paintings to galleries in Paris and Cannes, France and in London and Windsor, England.  Much to his surprise, Grimal found that his paintings were sought after by major art galleries and collectors throughout Europe.  After a number of years of being an important and successful art illustrator for these major accounts, he found himself having to choose between the two.  Fortunately for collectors, he chose to dedicate his life to the classical style of painting.  Jean looked at the simplest things in life through a microscope, where he could take the simplest object and depict the age of the fruit or the leaf. Jean Grimal received great pleasure from his work and painted for over thirty years.  As his style matured and became ever more perfect Jean Grimal truly reached the pinnacle of his career.  The artist’s methods were particularly distinguished when measured against his peers.  Grimal’s painting skill was distinctive and exceptional. Jean Grimal was known for his realistic trompe l’oeil and still life paintings.  The artist would carefully arrange the objects to form a satisfying composition.  By painting every shadow, highlight, and reflection within each composition Grimal brought mundane subjects to life.  His tight rendering combined with his attention to light and detail allowed him to blur the lines between illusion and reality, truly making his works one of a kind.  Grimal’s trompe l’oeil paintings consist of intricate compositions of cards, envelopes, photographs, paper of different materials and weights, backs of canvases, images of other artists’ works, kitchen utensils, pistols, and more.  Grimal had a talent for mastering these illusions that deceive the eye in his trompe l’oeil paintings.    No matter what genre Grimal was painting, tight, unperceivable brushwork characterizes his work.  The artist painted every crease and crinkle, every shadow and highlight, every detail.  By doing so, he was able to capture each individual surface texture of the objects in his paintings.  Grimal was also fabulous at depicting light in his paintings- often contrasting strong lights with strong darks, creating chiaroscuro modeling.  His still life paintings are reminiscent of Dutch seventeenth century...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ATARDECER EN COSTA BRAVA
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Blue Jay, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell's (U.S. based) "Blue Jay" is an original, handmade oil painting of a bird (Blue Jay) perched on top of a rock in a body of water. The paintin...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monolithic
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1972 Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Throughout his high school and college years he studied painting and sculpture at the Art ...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Oil

Montauk Sunset
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1933 “Experiencing a painting by Nina Maguire is like catching the scent of a once familiar perfume- evoking memory, filling the viewer with a sense of nostalgia, of a ...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Geometric Shapes
Located in Greenwich, CT
Still life of boxes and geometric shapes
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Norwegian Teapot
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

untitled, 2015
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Desire 5, 2011
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Marshall Jones is a realist painter born in Atlanta Georgia, and presently working and living in New York City. From 2008 to 2015 Marshall was the recip...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Roses & Lisianthus
Located in Greenwich, CT
Flowers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ADROGUE II, 2013-2016
Located in ATLANTA, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing. Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England. 1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales. 1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England 1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies. 1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York. 1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies. 1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil

COSTA BRAVA
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Her Majesty's Thunder, original oil on canvas, American realist artist
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Leigh Murphy This original work of art by the award-winning watercolour and oil painter Leigh Murphy wonderfully illustrates her super realist technique of using thin layers to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lysander
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Leigh Murphy This original work of art by the award-winning watercolour and oil painter Leigh Murphy wonderfully illustrates her super realist technique...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

57 Chevy Bel Aire
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Leigh Murphy This original work of art by the award-winning watercolour and oil painter Leigh Murphy wonderfully illustrates her super realist technique of using thin layers to bui...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 ) Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson 29x 24 Purchased, J Leger & Son,...
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18th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

COSTA BRAVA
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Belem´s Tower, Lisbon", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by Enrique Atalaya
By Enrique Atalaya
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE ATALAYA Spanish, 1851 - 1913 BELEM´S TOWER, LISBON signed "ATALAYA" (lower right) oil on wood panel 6-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (15.8 x 20.5 cm.) fram...
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1890s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Chital in a Landscape
Located in Washington, DC
The artist is renowned for his depiction of animals, including exotic species such as polar bears, lions, leopards, and tigers. A chital is a deer native to the Indian subcontinent.
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PENISCOLA
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Located in Nutfield, Surrey
“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

RAMBLA DE BARCEONA
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La sieste sous le laurier
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1990s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fabric Man
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b.1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include ...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Becalmed
Located in Greenwich, CT
The whaling ship, Essex, in calm seas. On the reverse, the artist writes that—for wind-powered sailing ships—a day with no wind was feared almost as a sto...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Landscape with a willow. 1964, oil on cardboard, 48x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht around Scandinavia and Western Eu...
Category

1960s Realist Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Interstate, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jesse Aldana presents a skyscape from a ground-level angle in realistic detail. White clouds, flattened in their haste, race across the sky. It leaves th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Neoclassical Interior Scene by Russian Theater Artist Early 20th century Mixed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right with monogram "MD" - in Cyrillic, leads to the Russian - Lithuanian artist Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (Mstislavas Dobužinskis; 1875 - 1957). Fascinating d...
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Early 20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Watercolor, Wood

Porch View, Great Harbor Yacht Club, original realist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Classic elegance and dignified living is customary for members and guests alike at the pristine Great Harbor Yacht Club on famed Nantucket Island, on the Massachusetts coast. As wea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oberwesel on Rhein Scenic Landscape 19th century British Master Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting is signed “H. Gritten” in the lower center. Spectacular depiction of one of most picturesque town on the middle Rhein was painted in the mid-19th century by British artist H...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Marlon Brando Oil on Canvas by Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Quotes within painting: "All I want to be is normally insane. Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity. Only the one who walks his own way can’t be over taken. I watched a snail...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of Four Botanical Watercolours of Fruiting Plants on Silk on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right and titled below three of the watercolours in Latin and ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Feeding a Calf Lovely Farm Scene with Redhead Girl mid 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
As we gaze upon this artwork, we are immediately struck by the warmth and tenderness exuding from the scene. The woman, with a gentle smile on her face, carefully feeds the pet calf,...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Canvas

Pocket Upstar Tulip, Original Painting, Floral art, Nature, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Upstar Tulip 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 l...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Youth" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Youth" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2023 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocativ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870 Oil on paper. 8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches The dog, possibly a Grand Griffon Vendéen, is depicted wi...
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1860s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Antique Dog Painting: "Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901" Jules-Bertrand Gélibert
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting: "Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901" Jules-Bertrand Gélibert (France, 1834-1916 Oil on canvas Signed lower left 24 x 19 inches, frame Jules-Bertrand Gélibert w...
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Early 1900s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Quadtych of Pocket Upstar Tulip, Veronique Tulip, Snowdrop 2, Bluebells 2024 art
Located in Deddington, GB
This quadtych includes 4 pocket paintings from Dani Humberstone's spring collection: Pocket Upstar Tulip, Pocket Veronique Tulip, Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells and Pocket Snowd...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The snake's gaze. Hypnosis" Original Oil Painting by Liliya Volskaya
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are drawn with acrylic on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard). Acrylic paints are used to create the painting on canvas animals and ecology. A cruci...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer

Railway : The Signal - Original oil on canvas - Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules CAVAILLES Railway : The Signal Original oil on canvas Signed bottom left also signed and titled on the back 33 x 20" (82 x 50 cm) at view Presented in a luxuous Delf fr...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

Rare Hand Colored "Cabane Des Hold" - 1st Ed "Description de l’Univers" C. 1683
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare Engraving "Cabane Des Hold, Terres Artiques, Fig CII," 1st edition "Description de l’Univers, page 281 This rare image depicts the Willem Barentsz expedition of 1597 to Novaya Zemlya, Russia. The engraving, with later hand-coloring, shows the cabin and ship of the Dutch arctic expedition of Barentsz on Novaya Zemlya (Nova Zembla), with the party being attacked (and in some cases apparently eaten) by bears and wolves. Dutch explorer, Willem Barentsz, reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in 1594, and in a subsequent expedition of 1596 rounded the northern point and wintered on the northeast coast. Barentsz died during the expedition, and may have been buried on the northern island. This artwork is a page from a book by 17th century cartographer and engineer, Allain Manesson Mallet (French, 1630-1706), "Description de L'Univers, contenant les differents systêmes du monde, les cartes générals et particulières de la géographie ancienne et modern." Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. Presented in an cream colored mat. Text on verso shown in images. Mat Size: 11.5"H x 9.07"W Paper Size: 8.25"H x 5.44"W Image Size: 5.63"H x 3.75"W Alain Manesson Mallet (French, 1630-1706) was a 17th century cartographer and military engineer. He started his career as a musketeer in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. He later served under Alfonso VI, King of Portugal...
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1680s Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

The Cardinal Fine Antique Portrait Oil Painting in Ornate Gilt Frame
By Otto Eichinger
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cardinal's Letter Otto Eichinger (1922 - 2004) signed oil painting on board, framed framed: 15 x 12 inches board: 12.5 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova SPLASH This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small villa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova SPLASH This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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 ...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red and white peonies in the style of Dutch masters
Located in Sempach, LU
The collection of paintings has the name of the "Wonderful flowers". The paintings are drawn with oil on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard). Perfectly is suitabl...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Oil, Canvas

Pink and White Peonies, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink and White Peonies by Tushar Sabale [2021] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Spring Pink and White peon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Mid Century Still Life, Tablescape, Nature Morte
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large scale mid 20th Century French, oil on board, still life, tablescape, interior view, by Claude Barthélémy. Signed bottom left, presented in fine carved wood and gilt frame, with...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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