French mid century Impressionist landscape of Olive trees in the Côte d'Azur
Located in Woodbury, CT
ean-Luc Gérard Olive Trees, Côte d’Azur Circa 1930 Oil on Canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Presented in an ornate French-style frame This vibrant and richly textured lands...
Canvas, Oil
$2,757Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,031Sale Price|37% Off
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh, Expressive Impasto Oil on canvas Post-Impressionist style Contemporary European school Dimensions: 120...
Oil
$1,595Sale Price|20% Off
Mamluk Horseman Drawn Sword on Horseback Orientalist Oil Painting Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mamluk Horseman With Drawn Sword On Horseback" English School, late 19th century, after an earlier work by Carle Vernet oil on canvas, framed Framed: 26 x 22.5 inches Canvas: 22 x 1...
Oil
Nuit Blanche, Signed and Numbered Caricature Lithograph by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare early lithograph by Jean‑Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962), titled Nuit blanche (Sleepless Night) and dated 21 March 1915. This atmospheric nighttime scene shows two elegant figure...
Charcoal, Paper
"Summer is always with you."4
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is executed with incredible exuberance and enthusiasm. Abstract painting radiates positivity. It is not only extraordinarily popular; it also offers scope for imaginatio...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Felt Pen
BIRCH 1 - Contemporary Atmospheric and Modern Nature Painting
Located in Hallein, AT
The signature is on the back of the canvas A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of vertica...
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
$800
Girls and Ponies: naive surrealist outsider Alice in Wonderland style painting
Located in Norwich, GB
Step into a dreamlike pastoral paradise with this enchanting mid-century oil on canvas by French artist Denise Collet. Titled "Girls and Ponies," this wo...
Canvas, Oil
$600
"Merlina, in Her Gramma's House" - Whimsical Rabbit Portrait Oil Painting, 2026
Located in Denver, CO
Gina Matarazzo (American, b. 1972) Merlina, in Her Gramma's House, 2026 Oil on cradled gessoboard 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed with the artist's initials, lower right. Unframed, ...
Oil, Board
$3,324
Hyperrealistic Acrylic Painting 'The Missing Move', 90x120 cm, Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
Certain works of art do not describe an event—they preserve its emotional residue. They remind us that the most profound transformations rarely occur in moments of visible drama, but in the quiet intervals that divide life into what existed before and everything that follows. This painting inhabits precisely that elusive territory. The composition presents an interior of remarkable stillness. A young woman, dressed in white and seen only from behind, stands before expansive panoramic windows. Beside her, a black cat quietly shares the moment. In the foreground, an antique billiard table...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Field of Color, Cubist Composition in Primary Tones, Abstract Human Body, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Field of Color Medium: Acrylic Painting on Watercolor Paper Size: 100x 70 cm (40x 28 inches). Year: 2026 Artist: Alberto de Blobs Artist's signature: Right corner *...
Paper, Acrylic
The Long Summer Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two figures sit quietly by the water, suspended in a moment that feels both ordinary and timeless. Facing the glowing landscape, they share a silence that needs no words. Across the ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$535Sale Price|20% Off
Tanned Woman Reading by the Sea French Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman Reading by the Sea French Modernist 20th Century Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 9 x 10.75 inches Medium: Oil on canvas, unframed...
Oil
"The Hill Pasture" 1901 by Ida Josephine Burgess, Michigan Hills Impressionist
Located in Yardley, PA
A large, sweeping Michigan summer vista by the accomplished American painter, Ida Josephine Burgess (1855-1934). Burgess gives us a high vantage point over a lush hill pasture descen...
Canvas, Oil
Weightless - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Weightless captures a suspended moment between control and release. His posture suggests not defeat, but acceptance, a letting go of tension, burden, and the unseen trials that pres...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"On the Outskirts" - Contemporary Acrylic Barn Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley was born and raised in Clinton, Utah. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Utah State University with an emphasis in drawing and painting, and a Masters of Arts fro...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tuckamony Farm Solebury PA " Bucks County Impressionist Pastoral Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming impressionist pastoral scene depicting Spring in Tuckamony Farm Solebury PA Pleasant, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher...
Oil, Board
$357Sale Price|20% Off
French school Landscape Rural path, signed, school of Barbizon
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape Forest Path with Figures Anonym school of Barbizon⬅️ ⏩It is signed Colet⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐2...
Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
"Wild White Horses" Contemporary Outsider Urban Expressionism Painting Framed
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep reds, off-whites, and subtle ac...
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
$2,298Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Cubist French Oil Painting Mid 20th Century Interior Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 36 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
Oil
$802Sale Price|39% Off
Modern Café Interior with Figures, Atmospheric Blue Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
European Café Interior Scene, Blue Tonal Figurative Oil Painting, Contemporary Spanish Urban Painting Artist: Julio García Iglesias Title: Café Interior Date: 1986 Medium: Oil on c...
Oil
The Silent Sanctuary
Located in Zofingen, AG
The world does not always come at you loudly. Sometimes it is quiet and persistent — a thousand small moments of pressure, expectation, judgment. A look that says you are too much. A...
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint
Anton Genberg Swedish Landscape with Figure Oil Painting 1888
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate landscape from 1888 belongs to Anton Genberg’s early mature period and reveals the qualities that would later establish him as one of Sweden’s foremost painters of atmo...
Oil, Wood Panel
$12,666
Melody of Silence- 21st century Contemporary Interior painting with Young Woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Melody of Silence' 105 x 70 cm Oil on linen Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings look amazin...
Linen, Oil
$4,758Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 19th Century English Sporting Portrait of Racehorse with Jockey and Groom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Early 19th Century English Sporting Portrait of Racehorse with Jockey and Groom English School (early 19th century), unsigned Oil on canvas, framed Framed: 33 x 37.5 inches Canvas: 2...
Oil
Sunlit
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman rests in golden light, her yellow dress blooming against a wild garden of color. Bold and radiant, it captures a moment of pure, sunlit calm. Ready on a stretcher bar, size 7...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,043Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Antique English Oil 1830's Figures Country Watermill Country Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Watermill English School, circa 1830's oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 29 inches canvas: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England Condition: v...
Oil
$715Sale Price|20% Off
" Between Silence and Choice"
Located in Zofingen, AG
" Between Silence and Choice" Series “Light Between Days” " Between Silence and Choice" explores the quiet inner moments that shape a human life. In this work, Ukrainian figurative ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 17th-Century Flemish School A Garden Of Love: Extended Fan Leaf
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 17th-century Flemish painting was once a fan before being laid on canvas, extended and cherished. It's filled with tiny episodes of courtship, leisure and fashiona...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Spring Ferry Rd Point Pleasant " Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist pastoral scene depicting Spring in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher is known for capturi...
Oil, Board
"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
$1,200
Stasis 1 -21st Century Contemporary Abstract Expressionism, People, Art Deco
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This work explores the tension between help and choice. It reflects a state of stillness, where staying becomes a choice rather than a limitation. The piece questions why we sometime...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$2,974Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 17th Century Flemish Baroque Old Master Oil Painting Figures in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in an Italianate Landscape Flemish, late 17th century oil on canvas, 11.5 x 18 inches condition: the painting, for its age is in very good and decorative condition. Obvious a...
Canvas, Oil
Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics
By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
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
"Framed" Man Taking Photo of Statue in Miniature Painting
By Tom Haugomat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Framed" is an original painting by Tom Haugomat, made as part of his traveling artist residency with The Jaunt. Traveling from France to Philadelphia, Haugomat was inspired by his n...
Paper, Acrylic
$297Sale Price|20% Off
Midnight Street Scene with Terraced Houses British Modernist Oil Painting
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Midnight Street signed initials by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist card, unframed size: 6.5 x 5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ver...
Oil
$10,316
Spring Breeze by Chen Yi Ching, Contemporary Nihonga Painting, Flowering Tree
Located in Paris, FR
Spring breeze is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Chen Yi Ching. This contemporary painting evokes a delicate blossom, in which a multitude of cherry flowers unfurl in a s...
Wood Panel, Pigment, Japan Paper
Girl with Pink Rabbit – Contemporary Modern Figurative Acrylic Painting
Located in Oslo, NO
A contemporary modern figurative painting combining expressive realism with geometric abstraction. The artwork brings together elements of Contemporary Art and Modern Art through its...
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
$3,350
Self Held 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Art Deco
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 Sam...
Canvas, Acrylic
“Where We Gather”
Located in Zofingen, AG
Where We Gather From the series “Where We Belong” Medium: Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas; Size: 96 × 89 × 2 cm; Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. The...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Cat Awaits the Apocalypse, Realist Acrylic Painting on Cotton Canvas
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
Between Stillness
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work captures a moment suspended in time, where nothing is rushed and nothing is required. Set within the quiet presence of nature, the scene speaks of shared stillness and unsp...
Acrylic, Canvas
Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917
By Dick Beer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer was born in London in 1893 as Richard Beer, the youngest of five sons of the Swedish painter John Beer. After the death of both parents in 1906 and 1907, he came to Sweden ...
Canvas, Oil
$107Sale Price|20% Off
Nun Waking Through Tight Street Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
"Eiffel Tower, Paris" Parisian Street Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts the eiffel tower and his subjects in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. T...
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Landscape Diptych Painting with Pine Trees by Carol Moreno
By Carol Moreno
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The total size of the two works is 90x180 cm. At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork i...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Fairies cavorting, Very rare turn of the 19th Century Fairy picture
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of fairy painting which became such a popular subject for Victorians and was most notably explored by John Anster Fitzgerald and Richard Dadd. The picture is a ra...
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
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
$427Sale Price|20% Off
Fine English School Study of a Mounted Cavalry Officer on Galloping Horse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fine English School Study of a Mounted Cavalry Officer on Galloping Horse Late 18th / Early 19th Century English School circa 1780–1800 Ink drawing with watercolour wash on artist pa...
Ink, Watercolor
"J.F.K." Portrait of President Kennedy Ultramarine Blue Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of John F. Kennedy. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint, d...
Oil, Wood Panel
$7,353Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Pair 1700's Portraits of Moorish Prince and Princess in Carved Wood Frames
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Jean Baptiste Vanmour (French, 1671–1737) Portraits of a Moorish Prince and Princess c. 1700 Pair of oil paintings on canvas, unsigned framed in carved gilt wood frames D...
Canvas, Oil
"Bring Me a Turkish Delight" (2021) Expressionist Animal Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Bring Me a Turkish Delight draws on the legacy of the mosaics in the Palace of the Normans in Palermo, Sicily where animals were depicted with symbolic weight and decorative beauty. ...
Cotton, Oil
17th Century Italian Religious Painting Credited to Luciano Borzone
Located in Roma, IT
This important oil painting on canvas, although it is not signed as is almost always the case with this artist's paintings, is attributed to the great Genoese painter Luciano Borzone...
Canvas, Oil
Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Hallein, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil
$1,400
A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, Post-War Modern Southwestern Landscape Painting of an Adobe House in New Mexico by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A subtle tonal, archi...
Canvas, Oil
$3,990Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Antique Classical Roman Landscape Figures Boats Merchant Port Ancient City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheeba British School, early 19th century, apparently unsigned though the previous owner insisted it was. after the earlier painting by Claude Lorrai...
Oil
Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXVII', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
$2,649Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Frock Coat 18th.C English School Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Frock English School, 18th Century Oil on canvas, framed Frame: 34 × 28 inches Canvas: 27 × 21 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: T...
Oil
$733Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary abstract expressionist floral painting on paper "Golden Sunflowers"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Contemporary Fauvist-inspired floral still life, expressive acrylic painting on heavyweight professional acid-free paper (50 × 65 cm / 19.7 × 25.6 inches), radiant bouquet compositio...
Paper, Acrylic
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