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Mr Ward on Quicksilver, the hunt beyond
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Richard Barrett Davis (1782-1854)
Mr Ward on Quicksilver
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 25 x 30 in
Provenance
with Ackermann & Son, London;
where purchased by the present owner.
Born...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ Cross Religious Van Dyck 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
By Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) workshop
Christ Carrying the Cross - 17th century
Oil on canvas (120 x 94 cm - framed 140 x 112 cm).
This remarkable canvas, depic...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$17,016 Sale Price
20% Off
The Jester, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jester, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner
Oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady In White 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
She holds on to her integrity and purity. Lady in white captures a desire to be hidden, but her presence is revealed through her unquenched innermost beauty. Lady in white captures h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orientalist Painting “Tuareg Rider in the Desert, 1908” Paul Jouve (1878-1973)
By Paul Jouve
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Tuareg Rider in the Desert, 1908”
Paul Jouve (1878-1973)
Oil on panel, signed lower right.
21 ¾ × 17 1/2 inches ( 27 ½ × 24 frame) inches
Paul Jouve’s work has been celebrated and ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
#80, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen
By On Hansen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Illustration Style Still Life Painting of Pink Dragon Fruit Tree, Botanical Art
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Dragon Fruit Bush" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mil...
Category
2010s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper
Huge French Modernist Oil Sunny Garden Landscape with French Chairs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin
Jeanon Pitre (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 51 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Female Artist Landscape Oil Painting"Summer Stream" 1957
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3924 Landscape oil painting on artist board
Set in a pickled oak period frame
Image size 19.5x15.5"
Signed on verso
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Roman painter - 18th century landscape painting - Wanderers - Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Roman painter (18th century) - Landscape with wayfarers.
43.5 x 34.5 cm without frame, 58.5 x 49.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden fram...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,185 Sale Price
44% Off
Gold Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 45 x 39 cm
Signed Verso, titled and date...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Notre Dame - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Painting by Maximillien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1905 by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of Paris in France. In the foreground is a bustling st...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Post Impressionist Modern Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait painting. Housed in a period frame. Measuring 29 by 33 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid 20th Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolour and pen on unframed paper
Size: 15....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
"Chinensis Weds" Black Bunnies on Gold Silver Multicolor Background Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 3 gestural figures of Bunnies against a gold and silver background with colorful accents....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Mixed Media
Silhouettes and Shadows I
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Lavender Fog 2" Bunny on Lavender Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Light Lavender background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
Highway Signage (Oil Painting of Signs in the Distance)
Located in Hudson, NY
Highway Signage (Oil Painting of Signs in the Distance)
Made in 2023 by Berkshire based artist Margaret G. Still
Oil on Canvas, 10 x 8 inches
The placement of the large sign in the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy with Duffle Coat - Original hansigned oil on paper
By René Genis
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004)
Boy with Duffle Coat
Original watercolor and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom middle
31 x 23 cm (c. 12 x 9 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Post Soviet Russian Avant Garde Art Photograph Mixed Media Gum Arabic Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Igor Vishnyakov is a Russian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1968 in Moscow. Igor spent his childhood in Africa and Southeast Asia. After returning to Moscow in the mid...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
French Impressionist Still Life of Pink and Peach Roses in Blue Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Still Life of Pink and Peach Roses in Blue Vase
By F. Le Lay
Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The pai...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Having a Cigarette AmongYellow and Green-British Awarded Artist-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
This is one of the most loved and iconic paintings of Shizico Yi to date.
-Artist’s lifetime Warranty for this artwork.
-Free frame service with selections of fr...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Fine 18th Century British Oil Painting Mother & Infant Child in Adoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Child
British artist, late 18th century
after the painting by Sir Anthony van Dyke
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 20 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire,...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Manila, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception', Intramuros General Luna Street
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right indistinctly, ( A.B. Delarova? ) and dated, '68''. Inscribed verso, 'Manila, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception viewed from General Luna Street'.
A deftly-painted, tonalist oil painting showing of this elegant section of Manila with the silhouette of the dome of the cathedral as viewed from the far end General Luna Street. This minor basilica (Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción), also known as Manila Cathedral, is located in Intramuros, the historic walled city located in the heart of today's modern city of Manila. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original 1940s Retrofuturism Gouache Painting 'Birth of Mind' in Black & White
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s gouache painting, titled Birth of Mind, is a striking example of retrofuturism by Charles Ragland Bunnell, a prominent artist from the Broadmoor Academy...
Category
1940s Futurist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Trompe L'oeil
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Vilhelm Hammershoi 1864-1916, was a Danish painter. He predominantly painted interior scenes also a wide range of genre subjects with people in regular poses within the house. This ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Hunt Slonem, "Loyola Ascension, 30x25 Gold Textured Butterfly Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Loyola Ascension" is a 30x25 metallic silver scored oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract butterflies in white and gold. Signed to verso....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Mod Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 56"L.
Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Sky Blue Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine color vibrant)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Part of the Mangata series, "" is a minimalist, intimate-scale painting on wood, created by hand using a mix of techniques. This multilayered piece fuses the tactile rawness of pyrog...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Antoon De Vaere (1900-1989) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Village View
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming study depicts a back street of a continental town in rich colours and bold forms. The artist has used a impasto technique in the foreground to create a contrast in text...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Taupe 4 - Abstract Colorful Original Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Instruments"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I bought this beautiful instrument. Tuner told me that the instrument was in perfect working order and sounded great. But the black lacquer on the piano looked old and worn from tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arriva la Pioggia- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a Farmer's Wife
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marten Huitsing made this oil painting on a wooden panel. The frame is a high quality frame which completes the painting in a strong way. It's an ode t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegant Early 20th-Century French Portrait of a Woman in Red Gown signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady in a Red Gown
David Junes (French 1874-1938)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 25 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, the South of France
C...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Winter Urban City Street Scene Painting American Impressionist Paul Bachem
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A beautiful winter street scene by contemporary artist Paul Bachem.
oil on canvas on panel
14 x 11 unframed, 20 x 17 framed in a distressed looking frame.
BIOGRAPHY
Paul Bachem stud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Sin Titulo I)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Manuel Soto-Muñoz (1913-2000), Puerto Rican born American painter. Recipient award of merit Florida Southern College, 1958; prize Art Students League New York, 1950; 1st prize Salón ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Early 20th Century Oil - The Dressing Table
Located in Corsham, GB
This charismatic oil painting captures a figure seated at a vanity, their back to the viewer, surrounded by the soft glow of a dimly lit interior. The composition draws the eye to th...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
FAKE (yellow eggs cowboys vintage americana surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
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
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Seated Figure" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Seated Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white seated at an abstracted table within a neutral interi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lady McNeck lll
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Giraffe dressed up like royalty
Hand Painted
edition of 20
NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting.
contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong
Comes ROLLED in a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$360 Sale Price
40% Off
The Bath. Late 19th Century. Oil on canvas, 61x46 сm
Located in Riga, LV
Vinsent G. Stiepevich (1841 - 1910)
Russian and American artist. Emigrated to New York in 1878, where he lived in Brooklyn, Vincent Stiepevich was noted for his realist painting style of portrait, figure and genre subjects, especially in Harem and Orientalist* settings.
Memberships in New York included the Artists Fund Society* the Brooklyn Art Association*, 1878-82, 1891; National Academy of Design*, 1878-91; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* annual, 1885, 1888-91; Boston Art...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Teal" Black Outline Bunny on Teal Blue Oil Painting on Panel in Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on Teal Turquoise background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Antique Cubist Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Oil Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zhiqin Yu Abstract Original Oil On Canvas "Rhythm"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Rhythm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Portrait -- Freckled Red Head Boy
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a red-haired boy with freckles by Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Rendered his signature style, this portrait is clean and vibrant. The subject is looki...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"A bird"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture of the helicopter with a flower collage elements was painted 2 weeks before the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Gentleman - British oil painting interior seated suited man
Located in London, GB
An original, circa 1970, oil on canvas by the listed Northern artist Harry Rutherford. This is a fine example of a Modern, early 20th century British portrait. In excellent, untouche...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed
Title: Houses in sloping Provencal landscape
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed.
framed: 23.5 x 20 inches
canv...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Pathway, by a Follower of Carl Blechen
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting shown is a serene landscape, inspired by the renowned German artist Carl Blechen, known for his dramatic and romantic landscapes. Though crea...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Semailles - Neo Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting by Achille Lauge
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on canvas circa 1915 by French neo-impressionist painter Achille Lauge. The piece depicts a view of a farmer sowing seeds in field on a bright spring day.
Sign...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Framed Modern Abstract Expressionist NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H.
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Saint Michael Archangel López 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Spanish school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th-century Spanish Colonial School
Attributed to Juan Pedro López (Caracas, Venezuela, 1724 - 1787)
Saint Michael the Archangel
Oil on canvas
91 x...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,261 Sale Price
20% Off
Vibrant K Dorfman Portrait of a Black Woman
Located in New York, NY
K. Dorfman
Untitled (Portrait of an Unknown Black Woman)
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 in.
Framed: 37 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2 in.
Signed lower right: K. Dorfman
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Golden Pond" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Golden Pond
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Important Polish Beach Scene Seascape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique elegant Polish beach scene oil painting by Paul Merwart (1855 - 1902). Finely detailed with great color.
Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 13L by 16.25H
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast - Point Lobos Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Gorgeous seascape of Big Sur coast by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). The viewer stands at a path ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Washington Square Park" Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil on Canvas on Board
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Washington Square Park in the snow. An iconic scene that so many have come to love and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Caribbean Balcony', Post Impressionist Oil Still Life, Jamaica, West Indies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Van Pitterson' for Lloyd H. Van Pitterson (Jamaican, 1926-1997) and created circa 1985. Additionally, inscribed, verso, 'Pink Balcony'.
Born in Jamaica in the West Indies, Lloyd van Pitterson worked in the rum industry for twenty-two years while studying and painting in his spare time. In 1965, he decided to fully commit himself to a career as a fine artist and first studied with Edna Manley, the leading West Indian sculptor...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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