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Medium: Board
"Musical Interlude" 19th century antique realism Large oil painting on Board
By Francesco Beda
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Private Collection Atlanta, GA Estate sale Everard Gallery, Savannah, GA, Private Collection Callen Estate, Savannah GA 2018 Description: The painting is signed on the lower right side. Francesco Beda (1840-1900) was an Italian painter celebrated for his exquisite genre scenes and historical subjects. Born in Italy, Beda displayed a natural talent for art from a young age and received formal training in painting. He developed a distinctive style characterized by meticulous attention to detail, vibrant colors, and a keen eye for capturing the essence of his subjects. One of Beda’s notable oil paintings on canvas is titled “Musical Interlude.” This masterpiece measures 24×36″ and bears the artist’s signature. The painting showcases Beda’s exceptional skill in depicting textures, colors, and architectural details with stunning realism. In “Musical Interlude,” Beda transports the viewer to a scene of musical entertainment in the 19th century. The bold and vibrant colors of the dresses and period-style clothing evoke the richness and elegance of the time. Beda’s attention to fabric texture allows the viewer to almost feel the weight and flow of the garments through their eyes. The interior architecture depicted in the painting reveals Beda’s mastery in capturing delicate details. The beautifully painted marble column and intricately carved wood chair...
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19th Century Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

You are my sweet strawberry berry.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Charming, delicious still life with ripe fruits of strawberries. I just want to reach out and take a red fragrant berry. I specially applied the technique of painting, putting a deli...
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2010s American Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard

"In the Spotlight" (2024) By Dianne L Massey Dunbar, Original Oil Still-Life
Located in Denver, CO
"In the Spotlight" (2024) by Dianne L Massey Dunbar is a playful oil painting that depicts two empty Coca-Cola bottles. This piece measures 12 x 9 inches and ...
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2010s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of Elegant Couple
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970's portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on masonite panel measures 10 x 12 inches. Signed and dated lower right. A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rhythm of Hope -21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Expressionism, Mixed Media Music
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard

French 20th century Impressionist harbor, with fishing boats at sea, landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
French 20th-century Impressionist harbor, with fishing boats at sea, with landscape beyond. 20th-century French impressionist harbor scene. The...
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1930s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Warrington Circus PA" Bucks County Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
Post-Impressionist summer pastoral scene of a circus with tent, balloons, figures and Elephant in Warrington, PA. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feeling into this miniature work. It is almost as if we are there in the afternoon, bringing a beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Christopher is known for capturing the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time of the 20th Century; old New York, families working together, villages and farms, and friends taking walks together. Many are depicted in recognizable historical settings and this piece is an excellent example of this as he captures a historic setting of Bucks County with the charm of an eventful afternoon. Christopher engages his audience with the quick use of brushwork and great attention to picking up the energy passionately of his subjects. This piece is signed lower right and it comes housed in a silver tone wood frame ready to be displayed with hanging hardware on verso. Art measures 5 x 7 inches Frame measures 6.5 x 8.5 inches Christopher Willett...
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20th Century American Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled 4 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art, Framed
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard

"Woman with Pearls" Impressionistic Oil Painting of Figure Seated
Located in New York, NY
A depiction of a young woman wearing long pearls and a loose dress. A romantic air is felt throughout this piece with a dreamy atmosphere and lush colors. She has dark black hair, we...
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2010s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Spanish fishermen on the beach Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) - Fishermen - Oil on panel Oil size 22x27 cm. Frameless. Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) The Toledo artist trained in Fine Arts in Madrid, at th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

English 20th century landscape with a pussy cat, buttercups, daisy's and flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alison Bolton studied fine art at Salisbury School of Art and Hornsey College of Art with Maurice de Sausmarez. After leaving college, Alison resumed painting once her children were ...
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1990s Modern Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

White and Glass by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Enhance your space with White and Glass, a stunning original oil painting by renowned artist Millie Gosch. This 8x8 inch piece, beautifully framed to 11x11 inches, showcases Gosch’s ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear...
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Early 2000s American Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Impressionist Painting of a Riverscape, The Bridge at Argenteuil. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Impressionist view of a river landscape, oil on canvas board. A charming Impressionist scene of people enjoying the delights of the riverbank. Some strolling, others enjoying a picn...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"La Corrida", "The Bull Run", French Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century abstract Expressionist oil on board by French artist Emmanuelle Bardet. Signed bottom right and dated 95 and titled "La Corrida" to the reverse along with a dedicat...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan Medium: Mixed Media on Board Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

"Tungsten" (2025) by Patrick Nevins, Oil on Board from Elements Series
Located in Denver, CO
Created in 2025, “Tungsten” is part of Patrick Nevins’s ongoing Elements Series, in which he explores the beauty, significance, and material properties of chemical elements. Measurin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame m...
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20th Century Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

A Visionary White Castle in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small yet striking painting by Primus Mortimer Pettersson (18.5 x 21.5 cm) encapsulates the essence of his artistic vision—an imagined world where reality and dream blur into on...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Joan Gillchrest oil painting 'Titus and Moet', British, female artist
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Joan Gillchrest (British, 1918 – 2008) Titus and Moet Oil on board Signed with initials ‘JG’ (lower left) 32 x 44.1/4 in. (81.5 x 112.5 cm.)
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20th Century Modern Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Baby's House Kitchen Interior - Woman Illustrator Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
Famed Disney artist Mary Blair was also an illustrator for assignments outside Disney. The present work appears to be for a Gelolo Mchugh children's book called Baby's House. There i...
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1950s Feminist Board Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

"My Hot Pink Heart" Colorful Pink Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glass, Oil, Board

Nocturnal Melody 2 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary animal painting, horse, night
Located in Paris, FR
Nocturnal Melody 2 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian Ink, pastel and acrylic; etching on cardboard mounted on stretcher; dime...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Pastel, India Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard

"Above Plain" (2024) By Todd Carpenter, Original Oil Painting of Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Above Plain" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white mountainous landscape. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artis...
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2010s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

“Gypsy Girl”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on mahogany wooden panel of a young gypsy woman in a colorful headdress and costume. Signed middle right and dated 1885, Brussels. Original inscription paper label vers...
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1880s Academic Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

“Gypsy Girl”
“Gypsy Girl”
$5,200 Sale Price
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Les Collines du Dauphine - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Beautiful signed oil on board landscape circa 1920 by sought after post impressionist painter Victor Charreton. The piece depicts a figure walking through green rolling fields with h...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"My Aston Martin Heart" Green Pop Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist ...
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Early 2000s American Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Saint Minecraft XXXVI (Gestural Abstract, Portrait, Persian Artist, 20% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani Saint Minecraft XXVI Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm) Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Framing O...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil

"My Bright Star Heart" Colorful Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Mixed Media

David Bates, Behind The Village, Capel Curig
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist David Bates (1840-1921) depicts a rural view in Capel Curig, North Wales. Bates was an accomplished landscape painter who often...
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Early 1900s Victorian Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Contemporary abstract expressive floral art oil artwork lemons on cardboard
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern impressionist painting of lemons, "The Yellow of the Lemons" is an expressive, semi-abstract work created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Inspired by the vibrant lands...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

" Studio per maternità "
Located in Torino, IT
Colorato piccolo studio di mamma e bambina Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ucraina 1915 – San Pietroburgo 2000) Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov, unanimamente considerato uno dei principali ...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"Double Trouble" Original Red Cat Pop Art by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Board Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Harvest Time in a farm on East Coast of England by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Harvest Time in a farm on East Coast of England by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 8.75 x 6.25 inches Frame measures 11.5 x 9 inches Don Micklethwaite is a British Post...
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1970s English School Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tengiz Cholokava - Roosters
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on cardboard Tengiz Cholokava is a Georgian artist born in 1985 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is graduated from Fine Arts School of Iakob Nikoladze in Tbilisi,...
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2010s Board Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Acrylic

"Cobalt" (2025) by Patrick Nevins, Oil on Board Trompe-l'œil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevins’ Cobalt is a masterfully executed trompe-l'œil oil painting on board, measuring 6 x 6 inches (15.24 x 15.24 cm) and presented in a complementary 8.25 x 8.25-inch frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"My Love at First Sight Heart" Colorful Pop Art Oil Painting White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Board

"Hauling the Nets" Antique American Impressionist Framed Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A vibrant early 20th-century American oil painting by Simon Blaisdell, depicting a fisherman pulling nets from a rowboat in a coastal inlet. Executed in a rich impasto technique, the...
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1940s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled 5 - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness, Lively Colors
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is framed behind glass. About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

"Snow at Washington Square Park" Impressionist Painting Style Johann Berthelsen
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of Snow in New York City by Washington Square Park on a cold snowy evening with city lights and buildings captured in the distanc...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Shady Stream - Late 19th Century Bucolic Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous late 19th Century Russian landscape with stream in the shade by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sergeev (Nikolai Alexandrovich Sergeyev ...
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1890s Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Cardboard

Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 28 x 20 inches Frame measures 33 x 25 inches Reframed in the highest quality black wooden moulding John Haskins...
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20th Century Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Mid Century Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Picnic Under the Pines
Located in Bristol, GB
PICNIC UNDER THE PINES Size: 54 x 66.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A mid-century figurative painting that captures a lively outdoor gathering beneath two abstracted pine trees...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
By A. Mathieu
Located in Soquel, CA
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942 In the Hudson River School style by A (K) Mathieu (American, 19th-20th C). Harvest time at the Homestead with a hay wago...
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1940s Hudson River School Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board, Stretcher Bars

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautifully expressive portrait painted by the artist using vibrant colour...
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1960s Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Sunset Seascape Giltwood Framed New England Harbor Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American sunset seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 24 inches overall, and 12.25 by 18 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Ha...
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1850s Hudson River School Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Surfing Girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant expression of freedom and skill, I have captured a surfer girl navigating the powerful surge of an ocean wave. My brushstrokes in oil blend elements of expressionism ...
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2010s Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Surfing Girl
Surfing Girl
$623 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Salamander Pond" (2024) by Deb Komitor, Original Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Salamander Pond" (2024) by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resides in C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Board

African tribal dance acrylic on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
George Lilanga (1934-2005) - Tribal dance - Acrylic on board Painting size 61x61 cm. Frameless. George Lilanga was born in 1934 in the city of Kikwetu, in the southeast of Tanzania ...
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1990s Tribal Board Figurative Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

"Sunday Service", Mid-Cent Figurative Village Scene with Church, Frank Serratoni
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sunday Service, a lovely mid-century figurative village street scene by Frank Serratoni (American, 1908-1970), c. 1940s. A family is shown strolling through the tree-lined street of a quaint village towards a red church...
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1950s American Impressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard, Screen

'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading', Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (British, 1809 – 1896) and painted circa 1845. Displayed in a period, carved and giltwood frame. (Framed dimensions: 22.75 x 21.5 x 1.0) This English painter and portraitist was a founding member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake. Later in life, he established himself as a successful society portrait painter of the British gentry, nobility and royalty. George Richmond was the son of Thomas Richmond the miniature-painter and, also, the father of the painter William Blake Richmond. For a short time, he attended a day school in Soho, before became a student at London's Royal Academy. Here he was much impressed by Henry Fuseli, his professor of painting, and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer, and had as fellow-students and companions Edward Calvert...
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1840s Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

"Beach Tree Roots" (2023) By Judith Peck, Original Oil Painting of Forest
Located in Denver, CO
"Beach Tree Roots" (2023) by Judith Peck is an original, handmade oil painting on cradled board that depicts a a foggy and grey forest, focused on the larg...
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2010s Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Bibi & Babu, Tempera on Board, (Set of 2) Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw Untitled (Bibi) Untitled (Babu on the Hookah) 28 x 22 Inches Tempera on Board, 2016 ( Set of 2 works ) ( Framed & Delivered in a teak frame ) Style : Known widely f...
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2010s Modern Board Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Tempera, Board

Grand Prix Racer
Located in London, GB
'Grand Prix Racer', French School, oil on board (circa 1960s). The 'good ole' days' of Formula One racing are depicted in this thrilling mid-century...
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1960s Modern Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Grand Prix Racer
Grand Prix Racer
$667 Sale Price
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Family Seated on a Bench at the Port
Located in London, GB
'Family Seated on a Bench at the Port', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). A painting with a very wholesome, homespun theme harks back to a more innocent time. A family i...
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1970s Expressionist Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Church in Palma de Mallorca/Spain" by Heiko Mattausch, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Church in Palma de Mallorca/Spain" by Heiko Mattausch (Germany based) is an original oil painting that depicts a church with blue sky behind it. I am a painter and graphic artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th Century Oil, Study for a Portrait of Emile Baron
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 19th century oil sketch of a society figure. Though not signed the work is by repute and very much in the style of Charles Auguste Émile Durand. Presented in modern gilt and p...
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Late 19th Century Realist Board Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Wind & Dust - 21st Contemporary Art, Landscape, Figurative Painting, Gray
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Wind & Dust, 2023 acrylic on cardboard 119 H x 79 W cm 46 27/32 H x 31 7/64 W cm The series of painted cardboards by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the mi...
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2010s Contemporary Board Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Board Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Board figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Board figurative paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Cindy Shaoul, Gregory Block, Gary John, and Magdalena Spasowicz. Frequently made by artists working in the Impressionist, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Board figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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