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Animated Farm and Windmill Scenery
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
51 x 73 x 5 cm
Category
18th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cottages in Tuscany - Paint by Massimo Sonnino - 1999
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic on plywood realized by Massimo Sonnini in 1999.
Hand signed, titled and dated on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
"Holiday Party"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Argentine Tango, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting captures an intimate moment between two dancers. Artist Duane Brown uses a restrained yet intentional palette. The pale dress of the woman contras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Weight They Cannot See 5 (Shadows of Memory) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Truth never dies …Like a seed buried deep, it will sprout again
Through fire and darkness, her eyes do not look away.
Lies can burn, time can hide, but truth lives on, waiting to be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Still life , 65x50cm, paper/ pastel/ gouache
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
$750 Sale Price
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Sailboats in the Swedish Archipelago Painting by Justus Lundegård, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Lundegård grew up in the Swedish village Hörby.
He started his art studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts 1880–84 and later in Munich and Paris where he switched to an Impressionist style.
In this painting, we can see his later talent for painting white light...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Victorian 1890's Signed Scottish Oil Painting Farmers Daughter in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Farmers Daughter"
by Charles Martin Hardie RSA (1858-1916) *see notes below
signed with initials and dated '84,
oil on canvas: 20 x 16 inches
framd: 26 x 22 inches
Provenance: ...
Category
1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece i...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Highland Loch Cottage Majestic Antique Scottish Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Lochside with Highland Peaks
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed with the artists pseudonym
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,385 Sale Price
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17th Century Flemish Old Master Dancing Figures Musicians Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Figures
Flemish School, 17th century
oil on on canvas, framed
framed: 21.5 x 28.5 inches
canvas : 16.5 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,443 Sale Price
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"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1903 Oil - Gun Horse of the Boer War
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with initials H. H. Dated 12th December 1903. On canvas.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$338 Sale Price
20% Off
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"View of The Harbor" British American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Frame
By John Clymer
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a harbor scene by British American artist John Clymer, with a view of a sailboat, and a large masted ship on the water and the village in the dista...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Basket Weaver Traditional English Rural Crafts Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Weaver
by John Edwards (English, 1940 - 2020)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 23.5 inches
canvas : 23 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$892 Sale Price
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Morning Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
white, yellow, purple, blue, green, red, orange butterflies on a scored gold background, framed.
2025
Painting is framed, as ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portrait of Adefunke
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Portrait of Adefunke" is an original painting created by Eyitayo Alagbe. Eyitayo created "Portrait of Adefunke" with Mixed Media on a Primed canvas of 20Wby 26H Inches
The Portrait...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic
$2,160 Sale Price
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18th century French Garden or Féte a Bride and musicians playing music
Located in Woodbury, CT
This enchanting 18th-century French fête galante captures the elegance and joy of aristocratic leisure, set amidst a lush garden adorned with flowers. A scene of refined celebration,...
Category
1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century
Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar.
Medium: oil on canvas...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Fantasy Charcoal Drawing Lithograph Print by Adolf Uzarski
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning charcoal drawing lithograph print on paper depicting a fanciful lion kidnapping a young woman was designed by Adolf Uzarski (1885-1970), a German artist. This drawing i...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Male Portrait, Signed Gennaro Befanio (Naples, 1866 - Paris, 1937), Dated 1936
Located in Firenze, IT
Male Portrait, Signed Gennaro Befanio (Naples, 1866 - Paris, 1937), Dated 1936
Male portrait in oil on canvas, signed in the upper left corner "G. Befanio" and dated 1936.
Likely on...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Marina in the French Riviera" Post-Impressionist Sea Shore Boats Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This work by Lucien Adrion is a wonderful representation of his Post-Impressionist works at the seashore by the French Riviera. Using a bright palette of colors, Adrion executes this piece with much attention to detail with many boats situated along the marina. There are palm trees and buildings placed in the distance, as we can feel the warmth of the sun contrasted with the cool breeze of the water. The boats are wonderfully executed by the artist in a very whimsical way that leaves us with an essence of enjoyment from that sunny day at the marina. As this tourist destination was a favorite of the artist to find inspiration and highly attractive subjects and compositions to represent, we can find several of his works like this subject and others. The piece is signed by the artist lower left and it comes housed in a French giltwood frame with linen liner and hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 19 x 23.5 inches
Frame measures 27 x 32 inches
Lucien Adrion was born May 25, 1889 in Strasbourg, France. He was a French Post-Impressionist painter, draftsman, and printmaker known for his depictions of the French countryside and beaches, as well as Parisian life including landscape, still life, figure, and landmarks paintings. He began his initial studies in Strasbourg as a technical draughtsman. In 1907, at the age of 18, he left his hometown Strasbourg and traveled to Paris, where he found employment in a large drafting company to work as a fashion illustrator. Adrion changed his mind upon arrival and rather than working for a large company, he decided to peruse his artistic career by traveling to London, Munich, and Frankfurt. As the World War broke out he had to go to Berlin, where he studied as an engraver with Hermann Struck, who was also the teacher of Marc Chagall. He remained in Berlin until the war ended and after the demobilization, Lucien would study engraving under Franz Ritter von Struck...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
c...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
ORIGINAL ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - Still Life Interior Composition
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Jacqueline Williams NEAC (1962-) British
TITLE: "Still Life Interior Composition"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 55cm x 70cm
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$622 Sale Price
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1970's French Mediterranean Harbor Scene Vibrant Coastal Village Boats Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mediterranean Harbor Scene
French School, signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 20 x 24 inches
Inscribed verso, dated 1974
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Female Nude Figure in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Female Nude Figure in Oil on Canvas
Beautiful modern impressionist figure painting of a seated nude woman by George Wishon (American, 1937-2005). The two-toned light blue and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1830's English Oil Storm Clouds Norfolk Landscape Norwich Cathedral River Yare
By (Circle of) John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Storm Clouds over the River Yare *see notes below
English School, circa 1830's
circle of John Constable (English 1776-187)
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 18 x 25 inches
condition: relined canvas, overall very good and presentable condition
provenance: private European Collection
A very beautiful, period depiction of the Norfolk landscape, with far reaching views over Norwich Cathedral...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On the Edge" - Oil on Canvas Contemporary Desert Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "On the Edge" is a masterfully painted oil on canvas work that captures the striking vastness and quiet solitude of the desert landscape. Created in 2024, this origin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary semi-abstract portrait of women acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Bound by Strength, We Stand Together is a captivating piece by Natalya Mougenot, created as part of her Women Series, where she delves into themes of femininity, strength, and the pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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
$1,174 Sale Price
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Expressionist Gouache and Watercolour Study for 'Alexander and His Army'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French late 20th century watercolour and gouache study for the series 'Alexander and His Army' by Stephane Lovighi-Bourgogne. Presented in plain wood frame.
A strong and forceful de...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Studio Portrait of a Nude Lady Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Model
French Impressionist artist, circa 1890's
oil on canvas: 27.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Set of Four English 19th century Horse Racing scenes in extensive landscapes.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century set of four oils on card, two horse racing scenes, and two-point to point scenes all in extensive landscapes.
Edward Algernon Stuart Douglas...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Surrealist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Surrealist Landscape
Oil on canvas
'R. Lee Glenn' verso
30 x 24.25 inches
31.75 x 26.75 inches, framed
Surrealism aims to revolutionize human experience. It balances a rational visi...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Stylish Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in a Pink Dress
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, colorful Mid-Century Modern portrait of a seated young woman in a pink dress by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A fashionably dressed, young model is seated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gerard Thomas-Balthazar van den Bossche School of Antwerp The Practice of the Physician
Located in Pistoia, IT
Antwerp school
Attributed to Gerard Thomas (Antwerp 1663-1720) with the collaboration of Balthazar van den Bossche (Antwerp 1681-1715)
The doctor's office
Gerard Thomas was a late ...
Category
Late 17th Century Flemish School Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985)
Title: Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas board
board size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
"Water Story" (Study for The History of Water)
Tempera and o...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera, Oil
A Portrait of Lord Leighton. Antique oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Richard Waller
1811 - 1882
Canvas Size: 24 x 20" (60 x 50cm)
Frame Size: 31" x 27" (77.5 x 67.5cm)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1872
London painter of portraits and suggestive sub...
Category
1870s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Atmospheric River Landscape, Modern Nature Painting
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
At the Beach - Tempera and Watercolor by Aldo Riso - 1970s
By Aldo Riso
Located in Roma, IT
At the beach is an artwork realized by Aldo Riso.
Mixed colored tempera and watercolor painting.
Titled on lower left.
Frame included: 70.5 x 91.5 cm
This beautiful mixed media...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Very Fine 19th Century French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of Lady in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Lady in Interior
French School, circa 1890's period, unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 27 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good co...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist French River town landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
C. Andronis
French River Landscape, signed and dated 1959
Oil on board Original carved French frame
This luminous and expressive painting by C. Andronis captures the vibrant spirit...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Reclining young woman, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
A Reclining young woman
Signed upper right
Oil on canvas.
60 x 82 cm
In good condition
Framed : 76.5 97 cm
Maurice Asselin has made femininity one of...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Signed Oil Painting Hunting Party on Horseback with Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: M.J Ruisdael 20th Century, British, signed
Title: A Hunting Scene
Medium: signed oil on canvas , framed
Size: 20 x 30 inches plus the frame.
Provenance: private ...
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,122 Sale Price
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The African dentist acrylic on board painting Africa
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
George Lilanga (1934-2005) - The African dentist - Acrylic on board
Painting size 61x61 cm.
Frameless.
George Lilanga was born in 1934 in the city of Kikwetu, in the southeast of Ta...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$711 Sale Price
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$14,400 Sale Price
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Giambattista Piazzetta workshop (Venetian) - Set of six 18th century paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
Giambattista Piazzetta (Venice 1683 - Venice 1754) circle of - Six Half-Length Apostles.
62.5 x 52.5 cm unframed, 72.5 x 62.5 cm with frames.
Group of six oil paintings on canvas, ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Last Light" - Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape with Sunset Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s Last Light (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that captures the fleeting beauty of twilight as it falls over a snow-covered plain and the rugged p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 19th Century Portrait of a French Man with Moustache, Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century
Title: Portrait of a smartly dressed gentlema from the 19th century, sporting a moustache.
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed and inscribe...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,221 Sale Price
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Whimsical Day in the Park by Harry Bilson
Located in New York, NY
Harry Bilson (Icelandic, b. 1948)
Untitled (Day in the Park), c. 21st Century
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 23 in.
Framed: 19 1/2 x 25 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed lower left: Bilson
Bilson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. At the age of five he moved to London, England, speaking Icelandic rather more fluently than English. He realised that nobody was listening and started to paint. His unique talent was first noticed a year later, when, at the age of six, he won an international Exhibition of Children’s Art competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At the age of nineteen he became a full-time professional: self-taught, self-propelled and completely self-supported. He has painted ever since.
Bilson has lived in various countries including Australia, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, Ireland and now resides happily in Iceland. There continues to be a great deal of travelling and painting on the move, as well as continuing to exhibit worldwide.
Many of Bilson’s paintings are owned by well-known people and corporations, such as Bob Hawke – former Prime Minister of Australia, Jonathon Sachs – The Chief Rabbi, Clint Eastwood, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Anne Robinson, The Von Thyssen Collection, The Romanov Collection, Westinghouse, Ashland Oil and Arrowfield Horse Stud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Still Life Thick Impasto Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Still Life
by Harry Bloomfield (British, 1883-1940) *see notes below
signed verso oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 24 inches
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: private co...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Captain
Located in Columbia, MO
F. CLEVEROT
Captain
1898
Oil on panel
18 x 14 inches
Framed: 28 x 24 inches
Hand signed lower right recto
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,640
Boat Dock, Dark Night Seascape, 20th Century Italian-American Artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Boat Dock
Oil on board
Signed lower left, gallery label verso
15.5 x 19.5 inches
21.25 x 25.25 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Female Figurative Beach Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3061 Impressionistic Seascape,a figurative Impressionistic style , oil on board displayed in a gilt wood frame, signed by Millian lower left.Image size 13.5 H x 13.25 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English riverside landscape with, cows, river and people at Sunset
By Edwin Buttery
Located in Woodbury, CT
Late 19th century English landscape by Edwin Buttery.
This exquisite late Victorian English landscape by Edwin Buttery is a masterful example of the period’s romanticized appreciatio...
Category
1880s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sheep Shearer Shepherd with Border Collie Dog Traditional Rural Portrait Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sheep Shearer
by John Edwards (England, 1940 - 2020)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 23.5 inches
canvas : 23 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, c. 1950 - "Sleeping Woman, Nude". This captivating oil painting, titled "Sleeping Woman, Nude", was created by Fort...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bullfighting Scene oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on board
Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Frameless
Period: Second half of the 20th century
Art Movement: Figurative Expressionism with Impressionist influences
Condition: Good, with visible signs of aging on the surface
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
This painting captures a crucial moment in a bullfight, where the matador, dressed in a dazzling traje de luces (suit of lights), elegantly holds the red cape (muleta) while facing a wounded bull. The scene conveys tension and drama through energetic and loose brushwork, with strong contrasts of light and color that enhance its expressiveness.
The abstract background, built with gestural brushstrokes in warm, earthy tones, reinforces the dynamism and immediacy of the moment. The thick texture of the paint and the vibrant colors in the matador's attire and cape are characteristic of Figurative Expressionism, giving the work a strong emotional impact.
Tuser masterfully captures the essence of movement and the intensity of the bullfight through a painterly approach reminiscent of Impressionism, but with a greater emphasis on gesture and expressive color, making his work stand out for its raw energy and dramatic depth.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specialized in bullfighting themes, gaining recognition in the 20th-century art scene for his expressive depictions of the corrida (bullfight). He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong mastery of color and composition.
From 1947 onwards, his work focused almost entirely on bullfighting, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that capture the emotion and spectacle of the arena. He was a frequent collaborator with El Ruedo magazine, where his illustrations and covers solidified his reputation. Additionally, in the 1940s, he designed series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for the Artigas Publishing House.
His work has been auctioned in several art houses and is highly valued among collectors of bullfighting paintings. His influence and legacy in tauromaquia (bullfighting art...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$829 Sale Price
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