Hidden Portraits XXVI
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXVI', acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Acrylic, Board
19th Century French Portrait of Young Woman in Red Bow Fine Oil Painting 1878
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century French Portrait of a Young Woman Red Bow Oil Painting Signed oil on canvas, framed, labelled verso 1878 'Eugène A. C. ?? (? painted by Josephine 'indisitint; 1878” Frame...
Oil
After the Game (Figurative Painting, Two Men in Athletic Uniforms by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative portrait painting of a handsome young men "After the Game", By Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, a...
Canvas, Oil
TROPIC 1 by Ramon Enrich - Landscape Painting, Earth Tones, Architecture
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
TROPIC 1 is a unique acrylic on paper mounted on wood painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 94.5 × 134 cm (37.2 × 52.8 in). The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
City Joy - Original Abstract Colorful Figurative Textured Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Canvas, Oil
French school landscape Honfleur Les côteaux Signed 1906
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape Honfleur Coteaux⬅️ ⏩It is signed M Jullien⏪ Maurice Jullien ⭐Medium:⭐ watercolor on paper ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐16.5x24cm ...
Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Stretcher Bars
In My White Boots - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Still Life Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Crazy Apartment - Abstract Figurative Cubist Portrait Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mountains 16 January 10:41 - Modern Nature Landscape Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Day at the Beach Trouville" Impressionist Oil Painting w Figures & Boats
Located in New York, NY
This captivating scene on the beach in Trouville is a remarkable display of Michel Jamart's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. A wonderfully rich boats scene executed in the 2...
Canvas, Oil
Pink House, Quiet Moment
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures a serene rural moment through bold color and expressive texture. A vibrant pink house becomes the focal point of the composition, creating a striking contrast ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Afternoon Tea by the Shore" Post-Impressionistic Landscape Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a pertinent example of Belgian artist Henri Joseph Pauwels ' sought-after works, depicting a view of a table set for tea in the garden by the shore on a serene summer a...
Oil, Wood Panel
1920's original Post impressionist oil painting "Garden conversation"
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872–1967) “Conversation au jardin” (Garden Conversation), c. 1920 Oil on original canvas Signed lower left Dimensions: 50 × 65 cm (19 ¾ × 25 ⅝ in.) ...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century German Night Street Scene Salzuflen Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small city scene by Anders Montan captures a quiet street in the spa town of Bad Salzuflen in the principality of Lippe, rendered with a sensitivity that reveals the artist’s ke...
Oil, Laid Paper
Fine Classic English Marine Oil Painting 1800's Sailing Ship at Sunset Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Exe Pilot, 1807 Sunset Westerly Coastal Maritime Scene by English School (British, late 20th century, indistinctly signed & dated 1995) oil on board, framed Framed: 22 x 26.5 inches...
Oil
17th Century Netherlandish Portrait of Gentleman with Ruff c.1620
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance: The Raeburn Gallery, as by Maerten de Vos; Bukowskis, Stockholm, 15–18 April 1970, lot 133, as in the manner of Anthony van Dyck; Private collection, Sweden Essay: This ...
Oil, Wood Panel
"An Enchanted Star for Katie" - Whimsical Animal Portrait, Oil on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"There is a legend known among the wee ones of the forest, that near the southeast of the center of the forest, when a new moon sets with the sun, tiny wishing stars fall to the eart...
Oil, Paper
$1,338Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Oil Painting of a Young Woman in Landscape, Picnic in the Fields
By John Lewis Shonborn
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique portrait oil painting of a young woman carrying baskets in the fields by John Lewis Shonborn (1852-1931). Signed in the bottom right. This is a totally charming and atmosphe...
Oil
Vermeer Sighting: Photorealist Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Size listed does not include the frame. Frame adds around 5 inches to each side to the posted ...
Canvas, Oil
Quality Time #6 - Original Whimsical Colorful Figurative Still Life Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite
Large Catalan Harvest Landscape Painting Pyrenees Olot School Figures Oil Spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Catalan Harvest Landscape Painting Pyrenees Olot School Figures Oil SPECIFICATIONS Artist: Salvador Corriols i Pagès (Olot, 1907 – 1975) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: Mid-20th ...
Oil
What Does The Future Hold 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Portrait, Modern Fashion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Canvas, Oil
"La Madeleine" Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by American artist, Helen Enoch Gleiforst. She was a painter known for her colorful cityscapes depicting the times of her generation. This painting...
Oil, Panel
$2,200
"Vessels" (2013) By Michael DeVore, Impressionist Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michael DeVore’s "Vessels" (2015) is a masterfully executed original still-life oil painting which depicts a variety of ceramic and glass vases. This piece measures at 14 x 18 in., a...
Oil, Panel
Cat Awaits the Apocalypse, You Think About Dinner
Located in Zofingen, AG
This refined interior scene captures a moment of psychological stillness, where presence and perception quietly intersect. The poised figure of a woman contrasts with the alert silho...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Rare Oscar Lycke Self Portrait 1922 Swedish Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
signed lower left “OSC LYCKE” oil on canvas unframed 31 × 25.5 cm (12.2 × 10 in) framed 41 × 35.5 cm (16.1 × 14 in) Provenance: By descent within the artist’s family. Barbro Lycke i...
Canvas, Oil
A Place Where You Can Stay
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist explores a sense of inner calm that arises not because of circumstances, but in spite of them. This is not a specific place, but rather a state in which a pe...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,196
Expressive European Female Portrait Pink Dress School of Paris Style Barcelona
By Joan Palet
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Expressive European Female Portrait in Pink Dress, School of Paris Style Artist: Joan Palet Batiste Title: Seated Woman in Pink Dress Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 55 × 46 cm (2...
Oil
Antique English Oil Preparing the Ships Marine Scene Figures & Sailing Vessels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Preparing the Ships Coastal Marine Scene with Figures and Sailing Vessels English, mid 19th century oil on board, framed in a gilt moulded frame Framed: 10.75 x 14.5 inches Board: ...
Oil
$1,925
OK Then; Everybody Out #24 - Abstract Political Figurative Color Drenched Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite, Canvas
Antique Landscape Oil Painting with Women, French Impressionist Figurative Art
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A truly delightful antique turn of the century oil painting on stretched canvas in a brown and gilt frame. Two women sit on the shaded side of a muddy track, perhaps they are waitin...
Oil
$1,580
Coral Forest, Large Triptych, Gem-like Patterns, Illustration Style, Coastal
Located in Barcelona, ES
This original painting by Romina Milano presents a coral-like landscape composed of clustered, gem-like forms that unfold as a vibrant constellation. Balancing abstraction and marine...
Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$1,321
Landscape 07 - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Landscape 07 15 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 20 x 25 cm) oil on Panel About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Shadows Along the Purgatory" (2025) Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lani is a native of Colorado now living on a few acres in the south part of the state. Her work is known for simple shapes, values, and brushstrokes, expressing a myriad of subject ...
Oil
All You Need is a Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
All You Need Is a Cat plays with a familiar cultural phrase, transforming it into a quiet emotional statement. In this painting, the cat is not just a character, but a metaphor for ...
Canvas, Acrylic
With You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Tos...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Activity on the River, at Sunset Twilight near Barbizon landscape painting
By Alessandro Altamura
Located in Norwich, GB
An atmospheric twilight scene by Alessandro Altamura, depicting a tranquil river teeming with activity, likely set near the forest landscape of Fontainebleau in France. The compositi...
Oil, Board
$1,700
"Observatory Overhaul" - Impressionist Cityscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jennifer McChristian's "Observatory Overhaul" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cityscape with cars driving down the road next ...
Oil
$227Sale Price|81% Off
French school rural Mediterranean landscape Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Rural Mediterranean landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed Man⏪ Possibly Man Collot ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐19.5x24cm / 7.7...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
18th Century Italian Oil Madonna & Child with St. John the Baptist after Raphael
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist Italian artist, 18th century, after the earlier painting by Raphael, unsigned oil on wood panel, framed in an Empire, gilt moulded frame F...
Oil
$634Sale Price|82% Off
French school SENSATIONAL Alpine landscape, oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Alpine landscape with church⬅️ ⏩It is signed Pierre Dubreuil⏪ 1891-1970 ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on wood / isorel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐29.7x4...
Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars, Gesso
Gaze of Ambition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Beach Scene with Figures & Sailing Boats" Impressionist Oil Painting Landscape
Located in New York, NY
This captivating summer day beach scene is a remarkable display of Van der Plas's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. A wonderfully rich beach scene executed in the 21st Centur...
Oil, Wood Panel
"So It Goes" (2018) Expressionist Elephant Portrait, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
So It Goes reflects on the joy and gravity of life through the enduring presence of the elephant. In my work animals act as symbols we carry with us and remind us of our shared histo...
Oil, Canvas
$1,321
Landscape 20 - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Landscape 20 15 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 20 x 25 cm) oil on Panel About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know...
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Victorian Signed Oil Harvest Wheat Sheaves Rural Scene & Figures framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Corn Field" by Alfred Bennet (British, 1861-1916) This beautifully executed oil on canvas painting titled "The Corn Field", signed and dated 1886 by British artist Alfred Benne...
Oil
Regnier after Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860) - 1879 Oil, The Palace Guard
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine copy after French painter Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860), whose orientalist subjects were popular and widely copied in the nineteenth century. Here a solitary guard sta...
Oil
$1,932
Huge 1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Oil Painting Christ after the Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Deposition of Christ French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 28.5 x 42 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For more any...
Oil
Scottish Baronial Mansion with Figures Playing Golf Highland Green Golf Course
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Golf Green Scottish School, second half 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very good c...
Oil
Muriel Chazalon, "End of day" Oil on canvas, Contemporary Landscape
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Muriel Chazalon (b. 1957) – Fin de journée (End of Day) Oil on canvas, 2023, 31½ × 47¼ in. (80 × 120 cm) signed on the back Fin de journée is a large-scale landscape painting by Mur...
Canvas, Oil
$31,702
Umbrella - Silent Rain No.5 , Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acryl and Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
A unique large-scale work from the ongoing Umbrella series. The figure appears suspended between presence and dissolution, as dripping layers evoke the quiet persistence of rain. T...
Clay, Acrylic
Head Over Heals In Love Acrylic Painting, Surreal Style, 1980s, Framed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3772 Acrylic surreal figural painting on artist board by Brunelli
Acrylic
Felony Money - Original Monopoly Man Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Antique Italian Oversized Futurist Black and White Dancers Oil Painting 1960
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3901a Oversized Italian Futurist black and white dancers oil painting on framed canvas
Oil
Hummingbird (260307)
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...
Gold Leaf
19th century Scottish Highland Loch landscape, with Sunlight shinning
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Stuart (Scottish, 19th century) Highland Loch Landscape with Mountain Beyond Signed lower left, circa 1880 Oil on wooden panel Presented in its original giltwood frame A fin...
Oil, Wood Panel
Blush of Spring II - Impressionistic Painting on Linen Canvas, floral art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Blush of Spring II captures a quiet moment of early bloom. Delicate pink buds and soft white petals emerge along slender branches, floating gently across a pale green background. The...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
La Famille au Bord de la Rivière - Mid 20th Century French Naïf Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French naïf oil on panel depicting a family by the river, by Fernand Boilauges. The work is very well painted in the naïf style which was prevalent at t...
Oil
Severin Nilson Children in Meadow Oil Painting Swedish Impressionism
Located in Stockholm, SE
Severin Nilson (1846–1918) Sweden Children in a Flower Meadow signed lower right Severin Nilson oil on board laid on panel unframed 25 × 18 cm (9.8 × 7.1 in) framed 32.5 × 26.5 cm ...
Oil, Wood Panel, Board
French Blue Cosmic Summer Abstract Mixed Media Framed 1980s 12.5x18
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3735 French Mixed media abstract set in a wood frame
Mixed Media
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