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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Old Masters
“Lettura” olio cm.70 x62
Located in Torino, IT
Interno con figura di bambino che legge.
Colori delicati
Luminoso
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Along the Seine" Parisian Street Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas
By Roger Henry
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts "Along the Seine" in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionist 20th Century painters. This piece, is a bold display o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionistic Swedish Landscape View, Nordingrå, 1915
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a beautiful landscape by Carl Johansson (1863-1944), a piece that showcasing the breathtaking landscape of Nordingrå, part of the High Coast in Sweden. Th...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century By Antonio Balestra Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols Oil on Canvas
By Antonio Balestra
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Biblical scene.
Without frame.
Born in Verona in 1666, Antonio Balestra began his training in Rome where he became a pupil of Carlo Maratta (1625 – 1713), an Italian painter active...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Guidotti aka Cavalier Borghese Salomé and the Baptist Oil/canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original canvas.
Frame in sculpted, carved, gilded wood
Publications:
- M. Pulini, in La croce, la testa, il piatto. Storie di San Giovanni Battista, Cesena, Galleria Comunale d...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BEATRICE HUNTINGTON (1889-1988) Scottish impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Beatrice Huntington (1889-1988) Scottish
TITLE: "Portrait Of A Red Haired Lady"
SIGNED: lower left and with provenance from The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh and James Bourlet exhibition label also
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 68cm x 60cm inc frame
CONDITION: very good
DETAIL: The Scottish artist Beatrice M. L. Huntington (1889–1988) enjoyed a long and varied career as a painter and is best known for her insightful portraits, characterised by a strong sense of design and an intuitive use of colour.
Her approach to painting was ever-evolving: throughout her long and fascinating life, which spanned a century and bore witness to the advent of the modern era, she remained indefatigably committed to her development as an artist and to 'containing and realising the big-ness of it all', as she herself described it in a letter to a friend in 1977, when at the age of 88 she was still refining her approach to form and colour.
The daughter of an eminent St Andrews doctor, Beatrice grew up in affluent surroundings – an imposing townhouse on St Andrews South Street both her father's surgery and the family home. A precocious talent for both music and art led her, perhaps unusually for a girl at that time, to pursue her studies abroad. In 1906, the year she turned 17, she went to Paris to study drawing and painting and in 1911, after an evidently successful formative period in Paris, she continued her studies in Munich, attending a private art school where she apparently flourished.
By the 1920s, Beatrice's own identity and path as an artist were clearly defined. Her marriage to the painter William Macdonald in 1925 created a unique artistic partnership and cemented her place within the Scottish art scene of the 1920s and 1930s, particularly in Edinburgh where Macdonald was already well established and a close friend of Scottish Colourists F. C. B. Cadell and Samuel Peploe. This is illustrated by surviving correspondence and in particular by a characterful portrait of a debonair William Macdonald by Cadell, dating from the mid-1920s.
Macdonald's particular affinity for the arid landscapes of southern Spain had earned him the nickname William 'Spanish' Macdonald. Beatrice shared his love of travel and together they explored the Continent, returning frequently to the French Riviera and to southern Spain, taking as their base, for a time at least, the picturesque Mediterranean fishing village of Cassis in the South of France, a favoured haunt of the Colourists.
The couple moved in artistic milieux both at home and abroad, also spending time in Kirkcudbright in Galloway. Their time painting together in Spain culminated with a joint exhibition in 1928 at Messrs Watt and Sons, Dundee, entitled 'Pictures of Spain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Parisian Street Scene Place Du Tertre" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts "Place Du Tertre" in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionsit 20th Century painters. This piece, is a bold display o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Assumption of the Virgin Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Expertise by Prof. Micaela Lipparini.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Tavern Interior Drinkers Sloped over Tables
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Flemish School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13.5 x 18
canvas: 11 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman on the balcony oil on canvas painting spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Woman - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of th...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pink & Peach Kisses - Original Framed Floral Still Life Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Children's game in a garden by the sea, original oil on canvas, Pointillist
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
This original, oil on canvas of a women and her children on a quay in Venice is a beautiful picture of motherhood and femininity that was painted about 50 years ago by the French Artist Eugene Begarat...
Category
Late 20th Century Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Travelling Comic Theatre - Italian 18thC art figurative landscape oil painting
By Marco Marcola
Located in London, GB
This interesting Italian 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist Marco Marcola, also known as Marco Marcuola. It was painted circa 1770 and has excellent provenance. ...
Category
1770s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arc de Triomphe Paris - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil by James B. Woods
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
James B. Woods
Arc de Triomphe Paris - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil by James B. Woods
Created with oil and in a modern black wooden frame.
Keywords - Paris, France, post, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Johann Carl Loth Saint Mark Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Dario Succi;
- M. Pulini, in Lo studiolo di Baratti, catalogue of the exhibition curated by M. Pulini, Cesena, Galleri...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" classical religious
By (After) Giampietrino
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" is an original oil painting on wood panel, likely painted by Italian artist Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli). The painti...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Stuart Denyer NEAC - large English original STUDIO NUDE Oil Painting R.A. LONDON
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Stuart Denyer NEAC (1953-) British
TITLE: "The Studio At The Royal Academy London"
SIGNED: lower right and dated 1981
MEASURES: 120cm x 89cm inclusive of frame
CONDITION...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vieux Montmartre
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Lyne SEYBEL (1919-2009)
Vieux Montmartre
Oil on canvas
Size: 61 x 50 cm
Signed lower left
In perfect state of conservation.
Without frame
Provenance: Family of the artist
Painting...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century By Paulus Bor Heraclitus and Democritus Oil on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Cassetta" frame in ebonized wood.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Gianni Papi;
- G. Papi, Un misto di grano e di pula. Scritti su Caravaggio e l’ambiente caravaggesco, Roma 2...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th Century By Hendrick Van Somer Saint Jerome Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ancient frame.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Seated Nude with Flowers' Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Additional painting, verso, with old inscription by the artist's wife, Jan...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
17th Century By Gian Giacomo Barbelli Paradise and Purgatory Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Already been in Koelliker collection (no. inv. LK0431)
Publications:
- C. Alpini, Ritratto di Gian Giacomo Barbelli nel IV centenario della nascita, in “Insula Fulcheria”, XXXIV, ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Hendrick Govaerts Genre Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Oral Expertise by Lisa Greaves.
Hendrick Govaerts' work takes place between two centuries: between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Flemish by origin, his ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Agostino Beltrano The Procession to Calvary Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Beautiful original frame in walnuts wood with decorations in gold.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Nicola Spinosa;
- N. Spinosa, in Barocco spaziale: dialoghi di luce, forma, ...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The crossing of the Red Sea, 17th century Antwerp, studio Frans Francken
By Frans Francken II
Located in PARIS, FR
Crossing of the Red Sea
Workshop of Frans Francken II (1581-1642)
17th century Antwerp School
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: h. 49.5 cm, w. 64.5 cm (19.49 in x 25.39 in)
Moulded and blackened wooden frame with wide mouldings, with inverted profile from the later period.
Framed dimensions: h. 82 cm, w. 97 cm (32.28 x 38.19 in)
Our panel illustrates one of the episodes of the Old Testament, recounted in the book of Exodus. After crossing the Red Sea...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A 17th Century Mythological Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small yet captivating painting, crafted on a copper plate, dates back to the mid-1600s and was created by a Flemish artist.
Subject Matter: The central figure in the artwork is Mercury, easily identified by his symbolic attributes like winged sandals, petasus, and caduceus. Beside him is a likely female figure, characterized by her attire and absence of weaponry.
The depicted scene could represent two mythological tales:
Mercury and Calypso: This interpretation suggests the artwork shows the moment Zeus sends Mercury to Calypso's island, Ogygia. Mercury is there to order Calypso to release Ulysses, whom she saved from a shipwreck but kept captive. The lush, wooded background and the three distant figures could hint at Ulysses' farewell to Calypso.
Mercury and Herses: Another interpretation could be a scene from the love story of Mercury and Herses. The background figures might symbolize the sisters returning from a procession, while the forefront could be the initial meeting between Mercury and the most beautiful sister, Erse.
Artistic Inspiration: The painting's landscape and setting are heavily influenced by the early 17th century Northern European art trends, especially the works of Jan Brueghel the Elder. However, the artwork stands apart with its unique luminescence in detailing and a distinctive approach to depicting figures.
While the exact origin and artist remain somewhat mysterious, the style and treatment of light hint towards works close to Josse de Momper...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Antique Italian painter - 19th century large figure painting - Virgin child
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Madonna and Child.
100 x 100 cm without frame, 121.5 x 121.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
C...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Market day crayons drawing Spanish
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Market - Crayons.
Work measurements 65x50 cm.
Frame size 83x68 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He trai...
Category
1970s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Cadaques oil on canvas painting Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 73x92 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child in Tender Moment - Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Female Illustrator of the Golden Age, Ruth Mary Hallock, paints a sensitive, heartwarming portrait of Mother and Child in a post-impressionist style. Richly saturated hues and gestur...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barcelona Spain spanish urbanscape acrylic painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Florit - View of Barcelona - Acrylic paper glued to canvas
Canvas measurements 73x92 cm.
Frameless.
José Luis Florit Rodero (Madrid,...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Canvas
17th Century By Gramatica Cryptoportrait of a lady as The Veronica Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ancient "cassetta" frame in sculpted, carved, gilded wood.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas
By Louis Cretey
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le champ de coquelicots - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting - Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts workers picking flowers in a poppy field in St Paul de Vence,...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th century Old Master Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza
By Jacob Huysmans
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very fine old master Portrait painting of Queen Catherine of Braganza as Saint Catherine attributed to Jacob Huysmans and studio
Catherine of Braganza...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a gentleman in red military uniform
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (1705-1770)
Portrait of a gentleman in red military uniform
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 32 x 24 in
Framed Size - 39 1/2 x 31 in
Provenance: Sale, Christie's London, 21s...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1600's Dutch/ Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Head Portrait of Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait of a Man with Beard
Flemish/ Dutch School, circa 1580-1620 period
circle of Adriaen Thomasz. Key (Dutch, 1544, Antwerp – after 1589)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x ...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adoration of the Shepherds, attributed to Louis de Caullery, early 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the Shepherds
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1580-1622)
17th century Antwerp School, circa 1620
Oil on copper: h. 54 cm (21.26 in.), w. 72 cm (28.35 in)
A 17th century...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Grand Palais, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1965.
A bold, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman, shown seated on a bench wi...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Women Dancing at a Cafe
By Isaac Israëls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage oil on canvas, in the manner of Isaac Israels.
Beautifully painted, probably done c1930s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th-17th Century By Giacomo Cavedone Susanna and the Elders Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Publications:
- E. Negro, N. Roio, Giacomo Cavedone 1577-1660, Modena 1996, pp. 164, 165.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Giuseppe Caletti The Buffoon From Dosso Dossi Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Beautiful original frame in carved and gilded wood.
Oral expertise by Prof. Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spanish fishermen on the beach Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) - Fishermen - Oil on panel
Oil size 27x22 cm.
Frameless.
Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953)
The Toledo artist trained in Fine Arts in Madrid, at th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull"
Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928)
Circa 1910
Oil on canvas on ...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
"Family at the Fairground" by Painter Edgar Kiechle
Located in Pasadena, CA
The oil painting features a family at the fairground stopping by the ice cream stand. An elegant mother hands a treat to one of her three children, while another holds his ice cream, and the last one a red balloon. A couple with a child stands on the left part of the painting, while in the background, men sitting on stools face a cook at a counter. The latter looks down and focuses on preparing food for his clients. The overall impression is joyful and lively, though it looks more like the end of the day because of the dark warm colors used by the artist to depict the scene.
Edgar O. Kiechle was born in 1911. He was a movie illustrator and a painter.
Edgar studied landscape painting with Jean Mannheim, and architecture, and became an excellent watercolorist. After studying at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, he interned with leading architects and designers in the area. He worked at most major studios but his career as an illustrator saw him primarily at the Universal Studio Art department.
In 1933, Edgar joined Lwerks as a background artist and worked on many films produced by Animated Picture Corporation through 1935.
In the summer of 1941, Edgar Kiechle...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cadaques oil on board painting Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on board
Oil measurements 50x73 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The flutist and the pianist oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Music - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 60x73 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Ireland Countryside by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Ireland Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist, Ray Cochrane.
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Fr...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Figural Study, Rust & Jade', Paris, Grønningen, Danish National Museum
By Helge Jensen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Helge' for Helge Jensen (Danish, 1899 - 1986) and painted circa 1925.
This Danish Post-Impressionist first studied with Harald Giersing (1915-1916) before initi...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spanish fishermen on the beach Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean sea
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) - Fishermen - Oil on canvas
Oil size 60x73 cm.
Frameless.
Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953)
The Toledo artist trained in Fine Arts in Madrid, at t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of the Artist, Victor Isbrand', Paris, Copenhagen, Morocco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Oda Lauritsen' for Oda Lauritsen Isbrand (Danish, 1904-1987) and dated, upper left, '1928'.
A powerful oil portrait of the artist's husband-to-be, the notable D...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Canvas, Oil
Maria Vich 6 Maternity Baby Mother Fauvist original pastel. vertical
By María Vich
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
MATERNIDAD. original pastel painting. Framed
Maria Vich is an artist from the Balearic Islands. Influenced by her teacher Tito mCittadini, she focuses her work on reflecting the coun...
Category
Early 2000s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Fine 17th Century French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Lady Doves & Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Figures in Classical Sunset Landscape
French School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 23.5
painting: 13.5 x 17 inches
provenance: private collection, Engl...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barcelona Spain acrylic on canvas painting fauvist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Emilio Bosch Roger - Barcelona - Acrylic on canvas
Canvas measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1970s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape Near Felday, Surrey
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Dutch/English artist Abraham Hulk the Younger (1851-1922) is most known for landscapes of the British countryside. This work is one of a pair (the second work is also available by s...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Women from ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting spanish seascape mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid ...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spanish dancers pastel drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pierre Carro (1952) - Spanish Dancers - Pastel
Drawing measurements 45x34 cm.
Frame measurements 93x79 cm.
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Chez Maxim's - Post Impressionist Oil Figures in Interior by Pierre de Belay
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figures in interior oil on canvas by French post impressionist painter Pierre De Belay. The work depicts a gentleman in a black morning suit ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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