Skip to main content

Medium Paintings

to
7,889
38,707
30,735
27,526
43,538
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
393
1,318
10,328
19,203
160
191
371
446
446
644
855
846
813
743
203
6,877
5,743
4,548
1,987
1,080
734
469
418
244
180
167
149
109
67
13,451
13,376
4,158
9,639
5,306
4,402
3,123
2,673
2,570
2,496
1,705
1,649
1,322
1,136
1,133
885
866
737
672
663
590
575
567
28,729
18,848
13,121
12,424
8,671
140
121
112
94
91
11,339
3,895
14,706
13,881
Size: Medium
Vintage Hawaiian Landscape Framed Tropical Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted contemporary tropical landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (also known as "1811 THE BACKWOODSMAN'S CHRISTMAS")
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (also known as "1811 THE BACKWOODSMAN'S CHRISTMAS") Oil on canvas, c. 1875-1925 Unsigned Provenance: Found in Ohio A charming American naive nocturn of a hunter and his two ...
Category

1870s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Madonna at Prayer - Italian Old Master art religious oil painting
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in London, GB
This rather special Italian Old Master religious portrait oil painting is attributed to a follower of Giovanni Battista Salvi, or Sassoferrato as he is better known. Painted circa 17...
Category

1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

woman with hat in profile oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alexandre Siches (1921-2009) - Woman in profile - Oil on canvas Oil measures 73x54 cm. Frameless. Alexandre Siches Piera (1921-2009) Catalan painter with an innate capacity for dra...
Category

1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rare Early 20th Century Cornish Harbor Fishing Boats Landscape 1910
Located in Soquel, CA
Important and historical painting titled, "Cornish Harbor With Boats" by Royal Academy of British Artists member Adolph M. Brougier (German, 1870-1926). Brougier exhibited at the 100th anniversary of the Reign of Queen Victoria Exhibition of 1911. Signed lower left corner "Brougier." Label on verso: "No 278, Adolph Brougier, RBA. Sold by Mrs. John Diehl, Daughter of the Artist." Born in Germany, Brougier studied art in France and spent his later years painting in Santa Barbara,California. Image, 15"H x 22"W. Displayed in vintage wood frame. BROUGIER, Adolph was born on September 23, 1870 in Stuttgart. Son of a German merchant whose family was of French origin. Education Stuttgart; Munich; Studied art for three years at Munich, and later spent a year in Paris, where he studied under Benjamin Constant and Bougereau. Career From there he went to Rome, where he also took up sculpture. Settling down in Munich he became a member of the Ktinster Genossenschaft and Luitpoldgruppe. Paid frequent visits to Italy, Spain, and the Tyrol. Has lived in England since 1901. Exhibits at Munich, Berlin, Salon at Paris, and Royal Academy. Figure and landscape painter. Membership Royal Society of British Artists. Clubs: Alpine, German Athenaeum. Royal Society of British Artists. Clubs: Alpine, German Athenaeum. Interests Other Interests Fishing, bicycling, and mountain climbing...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Vibrant Pop Art Flower Original Simon Bull Floral Giclee Canvas Painting Edition
Located in Surfside, FL
Simon Bull, British (Born 1958) Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas "Whisper" (white flower) Hand signed Lower Left, Numbered 283/350 on Obverse side. Measures 16" x 16" image, frame measures 24-1/8" x 24-1/8" Simon Bull (born in March 1958) is an English-born artist living in America. Early years and education. Simon Bull was born in Bedfordshire, England. The second of four children. His father, Ian Bull served as an officer in the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department of the British Army. Ian’s extensive military postings stationed the family around the world in Guyana, Hong Kong, Germany, and Northern Ireland. Simon went to boarding school in Yorkshire, attending Ripon Cathedral Choir School from 1965 to 1969 and in Surrey, at the Royal Russell School from 1969 to 1976. In 1976 he took a one-year Foundation course at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design and went on to graduate in 1980 from Leeds Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He studied printmaking and Fine Art under Norman Webster and Norman Ackroyd RA. His time at Leeds was marked by his interest in and study of the masters, such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and Rembrandt; he wrote his dissertation on watercolorist John Sell Cotman. In his graduating year he exhibited his etching Jackie at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and his works were acquired by Leeds City Art Gallery. His art is currently represented exclusively, by his own company Simon Bull Studios of Carmel CA and MEUSE gallery on Carmel’s Ocean Avenue. Simon Bull Studios contracts with and supplies a network of fine art galleries around the world including Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, Park West Gallery and others. He has been represented in the UK by, London Contemporary Art and DeMontfort Fine Art; as well as in the USA with Media Arts Group. His worldwide licensing agent is Art Brands Group. In 2007 he was invited to create a series of paintings that celebrated the life of Muhammad Ali. Many of these works are now on permanent display in the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. He has spoken on behalf of the Muhammad Ali Center at the Vancouver Film Festival for the premiere of the movie Facing Ali. In 2009 he was commissioned to paint US President Barack Obama by boxing legend Muhammad Ali. His two joint portraits of Barack Obama and Muhammad Ali were unveiled at the Kentucky Bluegrass...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

Shire Horse & Man by Woodland River in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Shire Horse & Man by Woodland River in the English Countryside by British Artist, Peter J Greenhill Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 30 x...
Category

20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Boats French School, 20th century oil on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 20 x 24.5 inches board: 17 x 21 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very g...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

One More Glass by Chantal KAKAL COLSON - Oil on Wood - 58x71 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Chantal Kakal Colson was a 20th-century artist renowned for her contributions to the art world. According to Artprice, at least five of her works have been recorded at public auction...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Still Life" by Cornelis Le Mair 31 x 26 inch Oil on Board
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; framed dimensions are approximately 38 x 33 inches. Cornelis le Mair is truly a renaissance man, encompassing all disciplines of the arts. He enjoys painting, drawing, writing, architecture, sculpture, and interior design. Le Mair was born in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1944. He began drawing and painting at the young age of five and while in kindergarten, he was often made to show his paintings in other classes even though he was shy about doing so. “When I could not play outside because of bad weather, I would sit in my bedroom and would draw.” His early art studies were widely influenced by the Rembrandt exhibit in the Rijksmuseum (1956) that he attended with his father. There le Mair was inspired by the Old Masters and “the desire to unravel all the mysteries hidden under the cracked varnish” began. Already having painted a lifesize copy of “The Nightwatch” on the wall of his bedroom, le Mair was continually driven by the Rembrandt exhibit. He began to experiment with resins, pigments and oils in order to hone and perfect the technique of the old masters. He studied drawings and paintings and early on developed the feeling of color and composition. After completing high school, he worked for a short period as a designer of woven fabrics. Although his heart desired to paint, he enjoyed having a pencil and brush in hand and a case full of art books and says, “This treasure of inspiring information took me further on track to the traditional trade.” At this same time, le Mair’s artistic endeavors led him to learn the art of music. First learning to play the guitar from friends, he began performing at youth centers. This love of music expanded into him learning to play the mandolin, turning lye, banjo, and bagpipes. Just after his eighteenth birthday, le Mair was accepted into military service where his lack of conforming led him to a maximum solitary confinement sentence. After a month in training, the army physician and le Mair agreed that he was born to be an artist and released le Mair from military services. Once he returned home, with the encouragement from his parents, le Mair began his art schooling at the Art Academy (Kustacademie) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. There he found that the school was geared for modernism and after painting a portrait of a fellow classmate, his teachers advised le Mair to look for a school where the traditional ideas were still taught. Longing to study the classical arts, he applied and was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Kunstacademie) in Antwerp, Belgium in 1965. After studying under Professor Victor Dolphijn, le Mair graduated cum laude in portrait and figure paintings in 1968. He was then promoted to study as a student of the Higher Institute, a structure at a higher university level where he studied under Rik Slabbinck...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

NAPLES - Posillipo School -Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Paintings
Located in Napoli, IT
Naples - Ettore Ferrante - Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.30x80. Frame available on request from our workshop. Ettore Ferrante is a refined and excellent view painter of the past. ...
Category

Early 2000s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BLACK ANIMAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped well protected, unframed
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Massachusetts Coastal Painting by Wayne Morrell, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, 1923-2013) Untitled (Coastal Scene, Massachusetts), 20th century Oil on board 15 1/2 x 20 in. Framed: 24 x 27 1/3 in. Signed lower right Wayne Morrell ...
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Mother & Child Walking Romantic Highland View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Walk Scottish artist, late 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches canvas: 18 x 14 inches provenance: private colle...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist SunFlower Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist still life painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excellent c...
Category

1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

British Sad Clown Boy Oil Painting on Canvas Barry Leighton Jones Circus Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame: 27 X 21 Image: 23.5 X 17.5 Barry Leighton-Jones was born in London, England in 1932 and is a direct descendant of the Victorian artist and President of the Royal Academy, Lor...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The gift of light in the winter - Abstract atmospheric sky painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A painting dedicated to the light that lives in the winter sky, amidst the muted, snowy air. I explored the ephemeral beauty of light contrasting with shadow. The sweeping gray and w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original ENGLISH IMPRESSIONIST oil painting EAST ANGLIAN LANDSCAPE Norfolk
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Owen Waters (1916-2004) British TITLE: "Acle Norfolk" MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 73cm x 53cm inc frame NOTES: Owen Waters was born in Acle, Norfolk in 1916. After education...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1935 English oil of a terrier dog portrait, Bonzo
Located in Woodbury, CT
W.Redworth, English portrait of a terrier dog, circa 1935 Wonderful oil on canvas portrait. A very English animal portrait and a very well painted painting, framed in an amazing a...
Category

1930s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Abstraction
Located in Bristol, GB
RURAL ABSTRACTION Size: 46.5 x 78.5cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A large and captivating mid-century landscape painting that presents a dynamic interplay between abstraction an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Couple Landscape Man Woman Boucher Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francois Boucher (Paris, 1703 - 1770) - workshop/circle - Pair of paintings The Surprised Lovers (Les amants surpris)/The Pleasant Lesson ('LAgréable Leçon) 18th century Oil o...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jamini Roy "Mother and Child" Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jamini Roy: 1887-1972. Extremely well listed and important Indian artist. He has auction prices over $573,000 which was just last month. His works are c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Scottish Keeper’s Pony and Hunting Dogs
By John Gifford
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish/British artist John Gifford is best known for his paintings of Setters, Spaniels and Ponies in the Scottish countryside and highlands. Sought after for his sporting artwor...
Category

19th Century English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Blue Daiseys" Textured Metallic Flowers
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Blue Daiseys" Textured Metallic Flowers A group of five daisy flowers gestured in white, yellow and green on a blue and silver background in a vintage frame Unframed: 2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

David Rylance (b.1941) - 20th Century Oil, Winter Sunset, Tregony
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a painted white wood frame. Signed. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an aristocrat with a precious box, ca 1770, Louis XV enlightenment
Located in Norwich, GB
What is so wonderful and unusual about this 18th Century portrait is the relatability of the sitter. There is an openness to the world in his gaze, curiosity, a sense of humour, pass...
Category

Late 18th Century French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Water Reflection I, Reeds in Water - Contemporary Atmospheric Modern Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

John Lennon Icon VII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art The Beatles Portrait Paint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "John Lennon Icon VII" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2024 Medium: ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Antique 18th C Oil on Canvas A Polish Russian Nobleman Portrait Rembrandt 1637
Located in Portland, OR
Antique oil on canvas of a Russian or Polish nobleman, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1637. There is much controversy about this painting, currently housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and has previously been owned by such luminaries as Catherine the Great and Andrew Mellon. It has been referred to as both a Polish and Russian nobleman, the sitter wears a Russian sable hat...
Category

1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

ABSTRACT Artwork Geometry Colors Lines Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet
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

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Orientalist Dance in a Harem - Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova-Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on board realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century. Good condition, framed.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Dutch shipping in a choppy sea
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Charles Martin Powell (Chichester 1775-1824) Dutch shipping in a choppy sea Signed 'CPowell' lower right Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 16 x 19 in Framed Size - 23 x 25 in Provenance: The Parker Gallery...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Creeping Charlie" Botanical Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful hand painted and silkscreen print of a "Creeping Charlie" house plant by Babette Joslyn Bauman Eddleston (American, 1922-1990). Titled and signed on bottom "Creeping Charlie; Babette Eddleston...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Summer Hedgerow with Brambles and Dog Roses right panel, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
This work depicts a summer hedgerow crowded with blossom – the palest of pink flowers of wild roses, often called dog roses. Their prettiness is matched by their delicate fragrance –...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Boy Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Boy Reading" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist, Franco Rispoli, 1921-1989. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Barcelona and Its People oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Barcelona and Its People Artist: Josep Maria Martínez Lozano (1923–2006) Year: 1979 Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 29.13 x 21.65 in Condition: Unfr...
Category

1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Portrait of an Edwardian Lady - British American art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was born in America then trained in Paris before coming to London. Painted...
Category

1910s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting by Ivo Tartarini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ivo Tartarini (1912 - 1993) designed this stylish cubist constructivist oil on canvas painting. This skillful composition and scrupulous construction use contrasting colors in turquo...
Category

1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tranquil Pastoral Riverbank Grazing Cows Antique 19thC Painting Nottinghamshire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows Grazing At The Riverbank On the River Trent, near Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire inscribed to the label verso, dated 1853 Oil on Canvas, framed Framed: 21.5 x 24.5 inches Canvas: ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tree of life and Fertility». Limited edition print , Giclee, Floral green
Located in Zofingen, AG
Graceful interweaving of plants with a blur effect in dark green colors - Limited edition Print - with archival inks on Hahnemühle German etching fine art canvas - 80x80 cm (31.5 ...
Category

2010s Art Nouveau Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Flower Garden Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower garden landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ships Heading to Sea - Dutch 17th century Old Master marine art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This fantastic Dutch Old Master marine oil painting is by noted Dutch marine artist Abraham Storck. Painted circa 1670 the composition is a number of ships heading out to sea, their sails billowing and banners and flags blowing in the wind. The sea is also choppy and clouds race over head. It is an ambitious, busy nautical scene and Storck has perfectly captured the energy and movement of the ships and smaller vessels. This is an excellent example of a 17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting. Provenance: Part of a private collection of Flemish & European paintings. Koller Auctions in Switzerland in 2011. Bonhams 2020. Condition. Oil on canvas, 25 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate 23 carat gilt carved Lely period frame with name plate, 32 inches by 31 inches and in excellent condition. Abraham Storck (1644-1708) was a Dutch painter, who enjoyed a reputation for his marine paintings, topographical views and Italianate harbour scenes. Storck was also an outstanding draughtsman. Storck was baptized in the Noorderkerk, a Protestant church in the Jordaan. His father was the painter Jan Jansz Sturck (or Johannes Storck) (1603-1673), from Wesel; his mother was Teuntje (Apolonia) Jacobs. The couple married in 1628. Storck had two brothers, who were also painters using the name Sturckenburch until c. 1688 after which they started calling themselves Storck or Sturck. It is likely they were all trained with their father in the family workshop and joined the local Guild of Saint Luke, otherwise it was impossible to sell any painting. Circa 1666 Storck established his workshop producing naval, harbor scenes as well as landscape paintings and city scapes. In 1670 he traveled with his brother Jacob and worked in Germany. In 1694, at age 49, he married the widow Neeltje Pieters van Meyservelt. At the end of his life he lived on Kattenburg near the harbour. Storck's marine and river scenes were influenced by the two Willem van de Veldes (the elder and the younger), Ludolf Bakhuizen...
Category

1670s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flare
Located in Denver, CO
"Flare," by Alpay Efe, is an original oil painting. It comes with the frame depicted in the images.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century French Sketch of a Standing Male Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Study Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition: ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Large Floral Bouquet Still Life of Flowers Impressionist oil
By Maurice Vagh-Weinmann
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer Bouquet by MAURICE VAGH WEINMANN (Hungarian, 1899-1986) signed lower right oil painting on board, framed framed size: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, South of...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A Winter Stop-Over" Western Stagecoach Snow Scene G. Harvey In 1970 Calendar
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 33 x 39 Medium: Oil Dated 1970 "A Winter Stop-Over" Stageco...
Category

1970s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pig Hide Bait, Yellow Buoys, Blue Gloves, Orange Boat in Harbor, White Bird
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on board, a harbor landscape with a neon orange boat in seagreen water in the upper left corner is set alongside a still life arrangement of fish...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist still life of a table top with a vase, pears and bread
Located in Woodbury, CT
This striking American Cubist still life by Genara Del, circa 1970, is a masterful exploration of form, color, and abstraction, capturing the essence of modern art with both simplici...
Category

1970s Cubist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract expressionist blue, black & green mid-century geometric painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Untitled, c. 1949 oil on canvas 18 x 32 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Courtyard, Dominic Finocchio, 2025, Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dominic Finocchio, an American painter raised in St. Louis, is known for his narrative figurative works that explore masculinity through modern male figures in contemporary settings....
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Irises - purple, blue, flowers, pop-art, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter, considered to be one of Canada’s greatest living contemporary artists has embraced a new subject—flowers. Toronto born Pachter is best known for his iconic pop art paintings of barns...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Early 16th century. The Agony in the Garden. Southern German school.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Agony in the Garden. (Christ on the Mount of Olives). Technique: Oil on Panel, 4 wooden boards, not parqueted. Dim. with frame: 78cm x 67cm Dim. without frame: 52 x 62 cm Germa...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Northern Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood, Board

Lovely Vintage French(?) Post-Impressionist Landscape Painting - Picking Poppies
Located in Baltimore, MD
This post-impressionist painting is signed, titled and dated 1955 by the artist, but the signature is difficult to decipher. It is oil on masonite board and is titled “Les Coquelico...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Anna Hillermann - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
German School, oil portrait of a young woman in profile. Signed 'A. Hillermann' to the lower left. Well presented in a handsome black moulded frame with a ribbon twist running patter...
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Spring in Provence', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist Woman Artist
By Chérie-Anne-Charles Fargue
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Cheriane' for Cheri-Anne Charles Fargue, (French, born 1900), and dated, verso, 1927. Provenance: Theophile Briant Gallery, Paris, from old label verso. Frame a...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A mother and pups
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Murray Thompson R.S.A (1885-1974) A mother and pups signed 'J Murray Thompson -' (lower left) Oil on canvas Painting Size - 18 x 24 in Framed Size - 22 1...
Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait Of A Greyhound, early 19th Century
By Edmund Bristow
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Greyhound, early 19th Century attributed to Edmund BRISTOW (1787-1876) 19th Century English Portrait Of a Greyhound with a hunting party in the distance, oil on canva...
Category

19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

El Cauce de un Río, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
El cauce de un río dentro del surco de una hoja, 2024 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 80x80cm Signed and dated Yumnia's artistic journey is deeply roo...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Becoming Flower. Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Tranquil shades of sylvan colour are paramount in this piece from Francesca Owen. Painted on a theme of metamorphosis it’s a particularly good work show...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Garden Spirit no. 17, original painting, contemporary, abstract, portrait
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting by Agnese Negriba. Female figure is depicted in a reclining position and is enjoying a moment of contemplation and relaxation in a fragrant and blooming space. The ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Read More

See Kent Monkman’s Magical Realist Take on Frontier History

With a solo show at the Denver Art Museum and a commission from the Met, the Cree Canadian painter has become an international sensation.

Yale’s Trove of British Art Is Back on View in a Refreshed Louis Kahn Building

After a two-year closure, they Yale Center for British Art opens its doors again, with all sorts of changes to its building and programming.

At 89, Artist Lucio Pozzi Is Reaching New Career Heights

The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”

The 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art

Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.

With a Show at MoMA, Marlon Mullen Paints Pictures That Are beyond Words

The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.

The Vibrant Beauty of Orphist Art Supersedes Its Perplexing Name

This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.

The 50 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold

Curious about the most expensive paintings in the world? Discover the stories behind these masterpieces as well as the staggering prices they fetched.

Ludwig Bemelmans Captures the Thrilling Sight of Coney Island at Night

The ‘Madeline’ creator and Carlyle Hotel legend was in a New York state of mind in the 1940s when he produced this exuberant and rare oil painting.

Recently Viewed

View All