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Antique American School New York Minimalist Abstract Figure Signed Painting MCM
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 12"L x 9"H.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

March Hares Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Pair Of Heart Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Forever Love'' by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary) signed on front and to the reverse watercolour/acrylic/oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches unframed provenance: private collector, U...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Watercolor

"Black Cat" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary neutral toned acrylic painting that utilizes a unique lace texture to create a landscape accented with a running cat by Texas artist Mike Hoggg. The piece is signed, tit...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gifts of Autumn - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting 'Gifts of autumn', realized by Elena Mardashova in 2023. On canvas, dimension 50 x 60 cm.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Constant Troyon Shepherdess After The Storm Large Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Constant Troyon (French 1810-1865) Shepherdess After The Storm. A large and powerful plein air Barbizon painting by The master Constant Troyon representing a Shepherdess giving at yo...
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1850s Barbizon School Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Horses in Dappled Sunlight - British 30's Impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Impressionist oil painting is by noted animal artist Arthur Spooner. Painted circa 1935 it is a superb painting of two working horses standing in the shade of ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Liberty
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this spirited painting, I've melded acrylics and oils to capture the essence of unbridled freedom. My brushstrokes, alive with impressionistic vigor, dance alongside the robust re...
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Landscape With Ducks by Swedish Artist William Gislander, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
William Gislander (1890-1937) Swedish Title: Landscape With Ducks oil on canvas signed and dated William Gislander 1934 canvas dimensions 25.98...
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1930s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Visit from the Electric Ravens
Located in Bozeman, MT
Suzanne Kiggins is a self-taught artist who works primarily with acrylic and gouache on paper, wood panel, and canvas. She takes inspiration from every...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait Of A Greyhound, early 19th Century
By Edmund Bristow
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Greyhound, early 19th Century circle of Edmund BRISTOW (1787-1876) 19th Century English Portrait Of a Greyhound with a hunting party in the distance, oil on canvas ci...
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled Artist Irena Orlov. Signed Certificate for authenticity.
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary, sentimental painting of a red Dachshund with graphite drawings
Located in Charleston, US
"Almost Dachshund" a sentimental dog painting by Robert Zakanitch a founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970's believes in painting subjects of beauty with delicate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Graphite

Midnight
Located in New York, NY
oil on masonite panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

White Horse, 2024 - Red, Orange, White, Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Pearce is a British painter. After travelling widely throughout the 1980s, Pearce returned to settle and work near Padstow in Cornwall. As a self-taught artist, he sought inspi...
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2010s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'The Belvoir Hunt'
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on canvas of the Belvoir Hunt by Tom Carr Thomas James Carr OBE (21 September 1909 – 17 February 1999) was an Irish artist who was associated with the Euston Road School in the ...
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1970s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'The Belvoir Hunt'
'The Belvoir Hunt'
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Horses Painting BOHO Heavy Textured on Canvas 40x60" Love Between Horses
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Love Between Horses Couple Painting One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand pain...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Impressionist:, School of Pierre Bonnard, signed oil 1950's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine large oil, school of Pierre Bonnard. circa 1950's. oil on canvas 55cmx75cm The original wood and textured gesso frame 72cmx92cm Titled 'On the Window Sill'. Indistinctly sign...
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1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Equestrian Circus Performers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6041 French Equestrian circus performers 1955. Framed Signed Image size 12.5x15.5"
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1950s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seven Days Underwater was created underwater during scuba diving
Located in Zofingen, AG
Underwater Painting by OlgaNikitinArt, project 7 Days underwater. The biggest artwork by Olga Nikitina created underwater during scuba diving 120x80cm. Artwork reflects the story of 7 safari days in the Red Sea on liveaboard Heaven Saphir. Artist captured the best dive spots – highlights of the Red Sea such as Abu Nuhas wrecks, Ras Mohamed National Park, wreck Thistlegorm, Brothers, wreck Salem Express. There were a several underwater painting sessions in seven days in a different places. In the end all dive team who participated in this expedition gave some touch to the artwork to seal a story. Style: underwater impressionism Materials: palette knife oil painting, stretched cotton canvas Shipping: express shipping in a box with tracking number Artwork "Seven Days Underwater" was exhibited on Spectrum Miami during Art Festival with ArtBox Project. Olga is an artist and scuba diving instructor, she draw her inspiration from being underwater. She traveled around the world, dives in different ocean and sea for discovering new colors, shapes, emotions, to capture all varieties of our another world – UNDERWATER. She believes when she teach people scuba diving she opens the door to new planet, to new reality in another dimension. In her art she reflects these emotions what people experience being underwater. Who have tried scuba diving once become a different person, it is not possible to forget that experience. Olga’s artworks will transfer you to that moment and you will dive in your memories with all your feelings. Piece of art will be not just a beautiful decoration on your wall but it becomes part of you, part of your space. Fish painting, fish artwork, school of fish painting, original art, ocean art, underwater painting, scuba diving painting...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Horse 543
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Horses with carriage. Oil on panel. 16.1 x 24.2 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Horses with carriage. Oil on panel. 16.1 x 24.2 cm
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Young Calf's Face with Detailed Pink Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Graphite

Naturalist European painter - 19th century Still life fish painting
Located in Varmo, IT
European painter (19th century) - Still life of fish. 63 x 76 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed). Condition report: Original canvas. Good state of cons...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gary Erbe Trompe L'Oeil Bat Subject Oil on Canvas, "All Creatures"
By Gary Erbe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Gary Erbe (b. 1944) New York/New Jersey painter - Oil on canvas titled "All Creatures." The painting is in excellent condition and presents in a great frame. Signed G. Erbe lower lef...
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Late 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Paint

Schneiter's Willows #3
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

19th Century landscape oil painting of sheep on a clifftop near Herne Bay, Kent
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Sidney Cooper British, (1854-1927) Near Herne Bay, Kent Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1923, inscribed in pencil on stretcher Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size inclu...
Category

Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Place De La Concorde, Paris' Antique oil painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Louis Icart (1880-1950) Canvas Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (65 x 76cm) Signed and titled on the reverse. When Louis Icart returned to Paris after his s...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Knee Socks, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This girl was posing for me on a trip to visit a ranch in Pagosa Springs, Colorado," shares artist Heather Foster. "She looked, to me, as if she was wearing black knee socks...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Realistic detailed oil of a romantic Schnauzer dog painting in a frame
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's , "Schnauzer", is a beautifully detailed realistic dog painting of a loving Schnauzer. Beth de Loiselle's dog/animal paintings always amaze with her fine detail. As an animal portraitist Beth’s keen observations of this Schnauzer capture that particular expression, compassion and familiarity to its breed. Beth was taught the classical old masters style at the esteemed Schuler School of Fine Art. Now viewed as an expert she is an instructor of old master techniques at the school. Beth de Loiselle is a member of The National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society, Oil Painters of America, Audubon Artists and the International Guild of Realism. Signed upper left hand with full name. The painting is framed in a simple gold frame...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board (Two Sided) Lush vineyard landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009)....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

The Fountain of Youth
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "The Fountain of Youth...
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1990s Outsider Art Nude Paintings

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Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

Monkey, owl and raven- Polish Master Of Art, Animals pyramid, Pastel
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. Initially, his art was considered t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Pastel

Abstract Folk Art Western Figurative Painting of a Cowboy, Horses, and a Dog
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract folk art painting of a western scene by an unknown artist. The work features a cowboy wearing spurs in a corral with a white bulldog and a pair ...
Category

20th Century Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Peacock Albania" Bird
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Peacock Albania Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36" Framed Dimensions: 32" x 38" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hun...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Long Wild Cat Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Lucie Sheridan, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Long Wild Cat by Lucie Sheridan [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Lucie Sheridan is an illustrator and print maker, her works are available with Wychwood Art. She creates her work within her studio at Centrespace located in central Bristol, England, which is a long standing co...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"GUADALUPE ROMANCE" WILDLIFE AXIS DEER FAMILY TEXAS RIVER
By Luke Frazier
Located in San Antonio, TX
Luke Frazier (Born 1970) Utah Artist Image Size: 30 x 48 Frame Size: 39 x 57 Medium: Oil "Guadalupe Romance" Biography Luke Frazier (Born 1970) Luke Frazier grew up hunting and fishing in the mountains of northern Utah. These early forays into nature instilled a kinship with the wildlife, and a passion for the outdoors. As a child he spent hours scribbling, sketching and sculpting wildlife. Later, his formal art training occurred at Utah State University, where he earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in painting and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in illustration. Every year, Frazier travels through Alaska, Canada, and the American West painting and photographing animals in their environment. His love of fly fishing and hunting is apparent in his work. Influenced by the art of Winslow Homer, Edgar Payne, Bruno Liljefors...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Oil of Mother and Child, Jack Russell Terriers, on Lush Green Grass
Located in Charleston, US
"A Pair of Jack Russells" a charming dog painting of two Jack Russell Terriers, a mother and her puppy who is resting his head on mom, posing on lush green grass is by renowned sporting artist Henry Koehler. The artist is known for his distinctive small paintings which catch one's eye and greet viewers with a friendly, 'Hello' (as described by a British royal who considers Koehler's works to be his friends). The Jack Russell Terrier dog painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Horse and Woman" by M. Petersen - Expressionist Figurative in Light and Shadow
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "Horse and Woman" 2024 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. In "Horse and Woman", Maura Petersen ca...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Sheep in a VW Split Screen Camper Van celebrating St Patricks Day in Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep in a VW Split Screen Camper Van celebrating St Patricks Day in Ireland by Contemporary Artist Art measures 12 x 10 inches Frame measures 15 x 13 ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century sporting oil painting of hunting dogs going over a hedge
By Alfred Duke
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Duke British, (c1860-1905) Over the Hedge Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 20.75 inches x 27.75 inches An animated sporting...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Cottages and Sheep - British Victorian 1850's art oil painting
By William Henry Crome
Located in London, GB
This superb oil on panel painting is by British Victorian artist William Henry Crome, son of artist John Crome, founder of the Norwich School. Painted circa 1850 the painting depicts...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tiger, owl, ... - Polish Master Of Art, Pastels, Animals, Chinese zodiac sign
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. Initially, his art was considered t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Ibis Invasion, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A whimsical scene unfolds as a group of ibis birds roam the lawns of the St. Petersburg neighborhood in Florida. Meanwhile, bunnies residing in the houses watch as the giant birds...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elkhorn Slough - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Elkhorn Slough - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas Gorgeous oil painting landscape of Elkhorn Slough, Elkhorn, California by B. Skinner (American, 20th Century). Two cranes are ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

SNAKE DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from Thailand because i am living here in 2025 Acrylic on canvas Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Huntsmen and Hounds on the Hunt
Located in St. Albans, GB
Eugene Pechaubes 1890 - 1967 Canvas Size: 24 x 43" (61 x 109cm) Outside Frame Size: 33 x 51" (84 x 130cm) Signed Bottom Left. Free shipping Born on 24th June 1890 and died on 2 Fe...
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Mid-20th Century French School Animal Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Female Modernist Surreal Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible vintage modernist dog portrait by well listed and important woman artist Judy Henn. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 4 by 5 inches.
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Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Librarian, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Of this great voyage, Andrea Doss says, "She is a great adventurer of many lands, where she has seen a million places and times, a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Acrylic

At full gallop, James Clark (19th century), signed
By James Clark
Located in London, GB
A beautiful painting showcasing 3 horses in an open landscape at full gallop. This oil on canvas signed painting is by James Clark (1858–1943) who was a provincial English painter bo...
Category

19th Century Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wild Horses, 1938
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier for the first time in more than twenty years, the paintings of Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995). G...
Category

1930s Cubist Animal Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Gouache

Floating Down the River
Located in Bozeman, MT
Marc Etherington’s works take pop culture, childhood memories and everyday domestic life as their subject matter, rendering them through a darkly humorous and sometimes absurd lens. ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Marecages en Seine et Marne - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts workers loading wood onto a cart being pulled by a white ho...
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hidden Gems, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero presents an impressionist piece exploring ponds, koi, and goldfish—part of his ongoing series focusing on freshwater fauna. "Koi and Goldfish are considered lucky because, despite their bright colors attracting predators, they have useful survival instincts," shares Onelio. These fish take advantage of reflections of the sky and trees on the water's surface to hide from predators. Onelio capitalizes on the effects of the clear sky and silhouetted trees reflected on the pond to partially mask the exotic fish.


About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: koi, goldfish, water, pond, lake, swim, reflection, liquid, rocks, pebbles, animal, oilpaint, impressionism, impressionism, animals, oil painting, green


Hidden Gems...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

19th Century Welsh river landscape oil painting near Betws-y-Coed
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred de Breanski Snr British, (1852-1928) Near the Fairy Glen Betws-y-Coed Oil on canvas, signed & transcribed verso Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 31 ...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gardens of delight 12 - Figurative painting, Birds, Realistic, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ray Simonini, "Oyster of the World" 12x16 Oyster Shell Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Oyster of the world" is a 12x16 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a vibrant orange and yell...
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Polo goodluck
Located in IT
ANY custom charges/taxes etc.. ARE INCLUDED in the final price agreed. The item is located in central Rome, Italy The painting will be shipped rolled without stretcher bars, u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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Dartmoor Ponies Early Morning Mist & Haze Devon Landscape 1930s Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Charles Walter Simpson. English ( b.1885 - d.1971 ). Dartmoor Ponies, Devon. Oil On Board. Signed Lower Right. Image size 20.7 inches x 28.2 inches ( 52.5cm x 71.5cm ). Frame size 29.5 inches x 37 inches (75cm x 94cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Charles Simpson and dates from the 1930s. The painting is presented and supplied in a contemporary and sympathetic wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Artglass AR 70™ glass. The previous ply backboard has been retained and is secured onto the new replacement backboard for posterity. This vintage painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower right. Previously with Harris & Sons, 70 George Street, Plymouth, Devon in July 1936. Charles Walter Simpson, known as Walter, was a leading figure in the Newlyn and St Ives art colonies in the early part of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known in America for his horse paintings but is also widely acclaimed for his mastery of birds. It has been said that as a painter of wildfowl Simpson can have few rivals. He worked in oils, watercolors and tempera. Walter was born at Camberley on 8th May 1855. His mother was Leonora (nee Devas) and his father was Major-General Charles Rudyard Simpson of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Initially Walter was educated by a private tutor, and he later attended the Herkomer School at Bushey. As a youngster Walter was destined for a military career. However, this was prevented by a riding accident which affected both his hearing and sight. He had a considerable talent for drawing and determined to become an artist instead. Walter was initially largely self-taught, but then received guidance from family friends such as G.F. Watts and H.W.B. Davis, RA. He later studied for a short time under the renowned animal artist Lucy Kemp-Welch at Bishley, then with Sir Alfred Munnings, with whom he developed a life-long friendship, at Swainsthorpe. Munnings encouraged him to visit Cornwall, where he studied under Stanhope Forbes RA in Newlyn. Simpson’s first home in West Cornwall was Penzer House in Newlyn, where he was living in 1908. Finally, Simpson completed his studies at the Academie Julien in Paris in 1910. On his return from Paris, Simpson moved to Cornwall again and became engaged to fellow artist Ruth Alison just a couple of days after first meeting her. They were married in 1913, living first in Newlyn and then in Lamorna at “Brodriggy”. They had a daughter, Leonora, born in 1914. In 1916 Simpson and his family moved to St. Ives to set up their own School of Painting, which they ran from numbers 1 and 2 Piazza Studios. During this period Simpson dominated the St. Ives art scene. The family moved back to London in 1924 but returned to Cornwall in 1931. Altogether, they moved between West Cornwall and London eleven times. From his studio in Cornwall Simpson painted in earnest, often on a grand scale, producing wonderful large decorative canvases, specialising in wild ducks, gulls and other sea birds. He had a reputation as an outstanding animal and bird painter. Paget described Charles Simpson in 1945 as “undoubtedly the best bird painter living. He alone, of all artists past and present, can make his birds appear out of their backgrounds as one approaches them, or the light is increased as in nature…”. Simpson relished painting en plein air and Laura Knight commented, "He was so prodigal with paint, he could be traced by the color left on the bushes!". Simpson first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1906, initially painting mainly non-sporting subjects. From then on, he was a regular contributor to the Royal Academy exhibitions. It was not until 1924, when a rodeo was held at Wembley during which he worked in the ring and produced a book call El Rodeo...
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1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sled in the snow" Oil cm. 50 x 30 1974
Located in Torino, IT
Sled,Snow,White,Winter LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922) Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the follo...
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1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Farm Horse at Trough before a Tavern - British Victorian animal art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Victorian genre oil painting is by noted animal artist Arthur William Redgate. Painted circa 1900 the scene is a farm horse having a drink at a water trough outside a tav...
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Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

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