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Oil Painting of Seated Female Nude Figure by British Contemporary Artist
By Mark Clark
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Seated Female Nude Figure by British Contemporary Artist
Art measures 13 x 20 inches
Frame measures 18 x 25 inches
Mark Clark is a British Artist, born in 1959. Cla...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Copper
$4,097 Sale Price
25% Off
Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British.
18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso,
canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm).
frame: 30 x 25 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist German painter - 19th century figure painting - Children Trained dog
Located in Varmo, IT
German realist painter (19th century) - Two children playing with a trained dog.
56.5 x 46.5 cm without frame, 69 x 59 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wo...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,787 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of Young Boy
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy' by Luigi Corbellini (circa 1930s). The artist painted this endearing young boy whose name remains unknown. Perhaps the slightly timid expre...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908-1994)
Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left and verso
30.125 x 24 inches
The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beauty in Her Space
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Beauty in her space was created by Tunde Bakare. Tunde created the painting with Oil paint on Ankara Wax Fabrics of 32W by 33H.
Beauty in Her Space depic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas, applied to wooden plate.
The saint is depicted in the foreground, half-length: the naked torso of the body is partially covered by a fur falling from the shoulders, ov...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Snow by Flatiron" Impressionist Oil Painting Snow Scene Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of the Flatiron building in New York City with figures in the snow. A cozy impressionistic street scene with colors of cobalts, whites, and burnt sienna's. An ic...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self-portrait after Van Gogh, by Henrico (Richio) Galvez
Located in San Francisco, CA
Given Vincent Van Gogh’s mental state when he painted his September 1889 self-portrait, possibly his last, it would be risky business by another artist to produce his own self-portra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
$119 Sale Price
50% Off
Officer in costume
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Wooden frame
44 x 37.5 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Society Portrait , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board society portrait by French artist Rose Teitgen-Obeurer. Signed top left.
A charming and characterful portrait of a fine lady...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Contemporary abstract floral expressive oil painting canvas "Flowering fields"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary, expressive oil painting titled "Flowering Fields" was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and is part of her series inspired by the scenes of the summer seas...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Addo
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique painting by french street-artist SEATY.
This striking artwork juxtaposes a realistic elephant in shades of gray with a dynamic collection of colorful balloons.
...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,777
"Cymbidium Orchids" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Narelle Zeller's "Cymbidium Orchids" is an oil painting that depicts four blush colored orchid flowers blossoming in contrast with the vivid orange back...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$574 Sale Price
30% Off
Les Baigneuses - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Pierre Montezin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in riverscape circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Pierre Eugene Montezin. The work depicts bathers in a river on a sunny summer's day...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ballerina Silhoutte Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6029 Ballerina silhouette oil painting in white on a black backround
Signed verso Robert Yarmola
Framed
Image 13.5x10.5"
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
" White peonies in the garden" Oil cm. 79 x 75 2006
Located in Torino, IT
Peonies, white,green
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dnepr...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Taxco, Mexico - 1930's Figurative Village Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage watercolor capturing a daily scene in the Spanish colonial town of Taxco, Mexico by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Titled, dated and signed lower ma...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$552 Sale Price
35% Off
Vigneron: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's Wine Drinkers series painted whilst he stayed at the famous Chateau Lescours in St Emillion, France. This Neo-Expressionist work is vibrant and relatable; a real to...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
''Bull'' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Bull
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Colonel Charles-Louis-Prosper Marquis de Chérisey (1786-1837)
Located in Paris, IDF
After Louis-Stanislas MARIN-LAVIGNE (Paris, 1797 – Paris, 1860)
Portrait of Colonel Charles-Louis-Prosper Marquis de Chérisey (1786-1837)
in the uniform of commander of the 38th lin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressionist African American Woman Portrait German Brazilian Harry Elsas
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 20.5 x 18 image 14.5 x 12
Heinz Hugo Erich Elsas, (German-Brazilian 1925-1994) later known as Harry Elsas. Muralist, writer, designer best known as a painter.
Born in 1925 in Stuttgart, Germany, 1n 1936 At the age of 14 he moved with his family to Sao Paulo, Brazil fleeing from World War II and of the persecution of the Jews. A self taught artist he was influenced by the Flemish artists, his work reveals remarkable influence of Brueghel and Hieronymus Bosch. He worked in the workshop of Portinari, participating in the Tiradentes mural. His work went through a post-Expressionist phase, culminating in the adoption of cubism and is characterized by the habit of creating a three-dimensional structure before painting a picture. In 1945, he was working with Lasar Segall...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Large Standing Nude" - Cordelia Brooks, Harvard Class of 1889, Paris Salon
Located in New Orleans, LA
This large and arresting oil on canvas is what I believe must have been one of a pair, with a male nude of exactly the same size and style by the artist that sold at Coletti Gallery ...
Category
1930s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amedee de La PATELLIERE, Eclipse with 4 Characters, 1928
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Amedee de La PATELLIERE, France, 1928. Eclipse with four characters. With frame: 63x54 cm - 24.8x21.25 inches ; without frame: 41x33 cm - 16.15x13 inches. Format 6F....
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Pre-Raphaelite Oil Portrait of a Young Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School Circa 1900
Title: Portrait of a young woman, head and shoulders
Medium: oil on board, framed within an antique 'Florentine' gilt frame.
actual pain...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in White Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
inscribed and dated verso (1978)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 14 inches
inscribed verso
condition: ov...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fruit Market in Haiti oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Fruit Market in Haiti
Artist: JM Gary Delly
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (unframed): 9.8 x 7.9 in
Dimensions (framed): 15 x 13 in
Period: Approx. 1990-1999
Origin: Haiti
Condition: Good, with frame included
Description of the Artwork
This painting captures a lively Haitian market scene, embodying the essence of Haitian primitivist art with its vibrant colors and thick impasto brushstrokes. The scene depicts a bustling marketplace where vendors and buyers interact, surrounded by piles of tropical fruits arranged in baskets. The figures are dressed in bright, contrasting tones, enhancing the painting’s dynamic and energetic atmosphere.
The artist’s expressive, thick strokes and saturated colors create a sense of movement and liveliness. The composition is carefully balanced, with figures arranged in different planes, providing depth and perspective in an intuitive manner. The lush vegetation in the background and the bright blue sky add further context to the scene, situating it in the Caribbean setting.
Haitian art, influenced by its African and Caribbean heritage, is known for its naïve style and depictions of everyday life. JM Gary Delly follows this tradition, celebrating the vibrancy of Haitian culture in his work.
Comparable Artists
This artwork shares stylistic similarities with renowned Haitian artists, including:
Wilson Bigaud (1931-2010): A master of Haitian art, famous for his detailed depictions of everyday life and folklore.
André Normil (1934-2015): Known for his naïve style and colorful representations of Haitian life.
Laurent Casimir...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$429 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of baron de Roisin - Gendarmerie general
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Flemish school of the 19th century
Armorial portrait of Baron Henri de ROISIN (1787-1846)
in the uniform of a general of the gendarmerie (1835)
Oil on canvas
H. 108 cm; W. 90 cm
Bar...
Category
1830s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Create Yourself
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is a striking fusion of vintage and modern elements, featuring a confident, poised woman dominating the foreground. Dressed in a chic leather ensemble with a cap and kn...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Canvas, Oil
$1,310 Sale Price
31% Off
The City Gal
By Andre Kohn
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$35,000 Sale Price
29% Off
"In giardino" Olio cm. 31 x 48 1978
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso quadro con fiori azzurri in un prato primaverile 1978
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – San Pietroburgo, 2000)
Le opere di Gleb Savinov si trovano in varie collezioni private ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Armando Villagran Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Armando Villagran (Mexican, 1945-1995)
Untitled (Figure with Animal), 1991
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right
Canvas: 55"h x 43.5"w, overall (with frame): 56"h x 44"w
Born ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
People, 2000 - Oil Painting on Board of Colourful Figures on White
By Fred Yates
Located in Kingsclere, GB
"It is the man in the street that I'm after, whom I feel closest to, with whom I want to make friends and enter into confidence and connivance, and he is the one I want to please and...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Swimmer Study 2" Original Oil painting
By Jon Doran
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Doran's "Swimmer Study 2," painted in 2023, is an evocative oil painting that resonates with mystery and emotion. Set on a panel measuring 22 x 18.50 cm, the scene unfolds within...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Children at Low Tide, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero shares a tender moment of children swimming by the sea. Part of a series of summer paintings that explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
"Black Curtains" Contemporary Nude Figure Bathing Framed Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Black Curtains” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Alina Maksimenko, depicting an abstracted nude bathing against a curtained backdrop. The artist’s expressive use of color adds ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Floating Bloom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Rose
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
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Where Do I Go From Here - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Earth Tone
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Not Alone - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Flora
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
Oluw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Self-Portrait of the Artist
By Lilian E. Whitteker
Located in London, GB
'Self-Portrait of the Artist', oil on canvas, by Lilian E. Whitteker (1952). This may be the only self-portrait (or portrait) of Lilian Whitteker as her favourite subjects to paint w...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
For a Moment
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice
By Pam Masco
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice.
Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,465 Sale Price
30% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Montmartre with Sacré-Cœur Basilica
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Montmartre with Sacré-Cœur Basilica
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10.5 x 8.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman
French artist, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, frames
Framed: 29 x 23 inches
Board : 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant French Gouache Painting of Navajo Jewelry Makers in Albuquerque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Vibrant French Gouache Painting of Navajo Jewelry Makers in Albuquerque
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Lichtenstein style Kusama pop art interior contemporary red
By Joe Suzuki
Located in New York, NY
Hand Painted on panel
I consider my work to be artifacts of my own particular culture, which is not the generalized Japanese American culture, but that which formed as a direct res...
Category
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Panel
"Beaches 9, " Beach Scene with Umbrellas by Jim Beckner
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Beaches 9" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a beach scene with colorful orange umbrellas shading lounging beach goers.
About the Artist:
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Academic Drawing Portrait of Male Nude Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Young Male Nude
French, late 19th century
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
with further sketches verso
artist paper: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenanc...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Russian Olive Tree", Oil Painting
By Jill Soukup
Located in Denver, CO
Jill Soukup's "Russian Olive Tree" is an oil painting created on location in 2021` that depicts a tree highlighted with sky.
About the artist:
Jill Soukup was born in Buffalo, New...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A ballerina in pink III
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil on canvas, I strived to capture the essence of grace and poise inherent in ballet. The soft pink hues of the ballerina's tutu contrast elegantly against the muted backdro...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Magnificent Oil Painting "A Dainty Bit" A Woman With Lobster and Game
Located in Queens, NY
A Magnificent Oil Painting "A Dainty Bit" A Young Woman With Lobster and Game, by Otto Meyer (German, 1839-1868)
Oil on canvas with original gilt-wood fram...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Study of Fashionable Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
"The Marriage Proposal (Family Gathering), " Leo Schutzman, Jewish Folk Art
Located in New York, NY
Leo Schutzman (1878 - 1962)
The Marriage Proposal, circa 1958
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Signed lower left
Leo (Kyle) Schutzman (1878-1962) developed ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Italian Surrealism Painting Colorful Scarecrow Clown, Surrealist Landscape
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 40 X 28 sight 32 X 20.5 inches.
Bears his address verso Via Innocenzo n.57 Roma. (Rome, Italy
Titled: L'Ultimo "Clown"
Hand signed lower left and bears artists name verso.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Son of the Soil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Son of a soil which also means a "peasant" is a personality that leaves by the soil, on the soil, and around the soil…
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,500 Sale Price
20% Off
Silhouettes and Shadows II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'The Blue Kimono' , An antique painting, oil on canvas by Laura E. Brumm
Located in St. Albans, GB
Laura E. Brumm
The painting is beautifully signed and titled on the reverse with the artist's handwriting and address written on the original label.
Picture Size: 34 x 16" (86 x 40...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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