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Art Subject: Modern Art
French Night Club, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas by David Rucli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Rucli, Italian (1944 - ) Title: French Night Club Year: circa 1989 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 52 in. x 78 in. (132.08 cm x 198.1...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watermelon - Figurative Painting, 21st Century, Colorful, Human, Fruit, Orange
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Watermelon, 2013 Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse) 41 3/10 H × 28 1/2 W in 105 H × 72.5 W cm The artwork "Watermelon" was part of the solo show “Epic”. This exhibition, as the a...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1a
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on Arches Exemplaire B/165 Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

1960's French Portrait Auburn Haired Sulking Women in Swimsuit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Inscribed verso stamped to the reverse Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches Superbly decorative 196...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

American Contemporary Painting Dog Pink Tree Landscape Richard Huntington Mexico
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by American artist Richard Huntington entitled "Dog on a Stump". This new work is part of the current gallery exhibition, A Sense of Place which runs through the end of June. This special exhibition is a celebration of the work of 4 extraordinary artists who used to call Western New York home. Travel lust, adventure, and livelihood have taken each of these artists to distant places, including China, Mexico, Massachusetts, and New York City, but they will always be a treasured part of Buffalo's dynamic arts community. Acknowledging that a sense of place can be an element in any work of art, shaping or transforming it depending on intentions and explorations, Resource:Art is thrilled to present this selection of new work by each of these unique artists. Richard Huntington is a writer, printmaker, and painter who lives in Buffalo, N.Y. and San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Born in Albany, N.Y., Huntington received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1959 and an MFA in 1963 from the University at Buffalo, where he studied under Seymour Drumlevitch. He taught studio and art history courses at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.; lived and worked in New York City, where he showed at the Fulton Street Gallery and other venues; was an art critic for the Buffalo Courier...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

"DISAPPEARING VISION" Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"DISAPPEARING VISION" Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Khoren Keshishyan Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Honey - Contemporary, Bee, Human, Vivid Colors, Figurative Painting, Yellow, Red
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Honey, 2012 Acrylic on canvas (Signed on front ) 59 1/10 H × 28 W in 150 H × 71 W cm The artwork "Honey" was part of the solo show “Epic”. This exhibition, as the artist confessed, ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Étude 5
Located in Porto, 13
Étude 5, 2012 Oil on canvas A lot delicacy is felt in the traits of the drawings from Philippe Pasqua, which in no way diminishes the strength of each work. Thus, a flirt between fi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American IMPRESSIONIST Connecitcut Female Woman w/ Hats & Bouquet on the Veranda
Located in New York, NY
Paul Alan Williams a famous Connecticut Impressionist Painter. Paul was color blind, his works were masterfully done with brush strokes full of different color paint, evoking a spec...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Contemporary Art by Jean Duquoc - Les Goélands Dansent Près de L'Océan
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed at the bottom right Jean Duquoc is a French artist born in 1937 who lives & works in Belz, Brittany in France. In his work, we can see the skill with which he uses color, mov...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

4710 Jineteadas-horse riding, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Confussion of horse riders and other equines. Batlle dispersion, caos and rush outs. Inspired by the dramatic artworks of the spanish master Francisco Goya :: Painting :: Surrealism ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bouquet of Roses
Located in New York, NY
A very rare composition by the artist Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, the woman holds a beautiful Bouquet of Roses by the artist, she is wearing a chapeau in front of a painting showing th...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sedes Sapientiae – Cubist Portrait with Symbolic Depth, by Gregoire Mathias
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Sedes Sapientiae 41 x 33 cm Acrylic on canvas Sedes Sapientiae by Grégoire Mathias is a striking cubist composition that deconstructs the human face into a network of angular planes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Naked Soil", Warm Ochre Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible. The reliefs are quite thin, the paint...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Misty Morning" (2025), Original Impasto Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Misty Morning" (2025) is a beautiful original impasto oil painting, created on linen panel by American artist Sandra Pratt, which depicts a quiet morning landscape. Born 1978, San...
Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Le pavillon vert tourquoise
Located in PARIS, FR
Fatima El-Hajj, born in Lebanon in 1953, graduated from the Lebanese University’s Fine Arts Institution, the completed a second degree at the Leningrad Fine Arts Academy, and finally...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

American Bittern
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1993, a window of opportunity opened as a result of several different situations that were occurring. I was participating in an Artist-in-Residence program in Yellowstone Nationa...
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Korean Contemporary Art by Yeju Kwon - A Tree of White Tiger
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas (wood framed) Yeju Kwon is a Korean artist born in 1993 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. She mainly works with acrylic and oil paints, drawing inspiratio...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Popart, 1960s painting of Laurel and Hardy by Welsh artist Jeffrey Morgan
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jeffrey Morgan (British, b.1942) Laurel and Hardy Poster paint and pencil 22.3/4 x 15.3/4 in. (57.8 x 40 cm.) An original pop art design for a tin print...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Pencil

She Who Talks to Birds. Series "Presence"
Located in Zofingen, AG
At the center of the painting stands a female figure — calm, focused, and almost translucent, as if her presence belongs to more than just the earthly realm. She touches the bird not...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"The Assistant" oil and acrylic on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
Collected by Elton John, Rod Stewart, and Alice Cooper among others. Ceravolo, one of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists, has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media. We are excited to present this original oil and acrylic painting on canvas by Ceravolo titled "The Assistant". The canvas measures 60 x 50 inches and is painted in Ceravolo's classic Urban Pop style. We have included in this listing an image of Ceravolo with some of his famous collectors. Ceravolo's paintings can be found in many influential corporate and private collections, including: Elton John, Rod Stewart, Hugh M. Hefner, Grant Cardone, Pete Davidson, David Brenner, Monique Van Vooren, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. In addition to those private collections, Ceravolo's art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create five large scale paintings for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City of Jackson Browne...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sara in the Window Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Sara in the Window Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2019 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 9" x 0.8" inch (30 x 23 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Still Water" Bright red and blue scene of swimmer on water surface on panel.
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Temptation from Adam and Eve cycle. Figurative Oil Painting, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Waldemar Marszalek. Artwork shows woman in nude holding an apple in each hand while man in a long coat and white colla...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Forest", Deciduous Trees at Sunset Landscape Naive/Primitivist Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a forest of young deciduous trees at sunset, with a red sky visible through the branchs. This artwork is framed with a nice molded frame. Unframed dimensions : 61×50 cm. Henriette Gorbitz...
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Painting Of A Gloomy Profile Portrait Of Bearded Male With Glasses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed double sided original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scu...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

20th Century French Modernist Purple and Black Portrait Of A Lady In Armchair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Rare Jewish Yemenite Woman Oil Painting Israeli Girl Judaica Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Yemenite Israeli (Born 1941) Oil on Canvas "Portrait of a Seated Woman" Hand signed lower left Dimensions: 26.25" x 17.75". Frame measures 38.25" x 30" Itamar Sian...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Fauvist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Circle of Kees van Dongen
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large Mid Century French Fauvist oil on canvas portrait by Bourgault. The painting is signed bottom left and signed, located and titled to the top back stretcher. The location is mar...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Self Portrait Of Artist "Moi"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Concert Champêtre" by Grégoire Mathias: Diachronic Cubist Acrylic Painting
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Concert Champêtre (Pastoral Concert) 54 x 73 cm Acrylic on canvas Description: "Concert Champêtre" immerses the viewer in a serene yet vibrant scene, embodying Grégoire Mathias's ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zon, Wolken en Wind Sun, Clouds and Wind Modern Trees River Nature New In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Peter Bol, born in 1947 in Eindhoven, is a Dutch painter renowned for his colorful and expressive landscapes and still lifes. As the son of the esteemed painter Kees Bol, he was imme...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Lady In Green Gown Playing Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Holding Ships III
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Catch of the Day
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1993, a window of opportunity opened as a result of several different situations that were occurring. I was participating in an Artist-in-Residence program in Yellowstone Nationa...
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2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Cheval 364" by Grégoire Mathias – Lascaux-Inspired Cubist Horse Painting
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Cheval 364 Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 50 cm Cheval 364 by Grégoire Mathias is a stunning composition from his celebrated series inspired by the Lascaux Horses, a timeless homage to the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Man Walking Against a Red Wall
Located in New York, NY
Oil on paper laid down to board Signed William Brown date 1961 below right Provenance Felix Landau Gallery LA Andre Previn Private Collection Painted in 1961 the year East German ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Woman with Large Bird”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil, acrylic and drip painting on linen canvas by the well know Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed upper right and dated 1970. Signed and dated verso as well. Condit...
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1970s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Julie's House
Located in Atlanta, GA
"I grew up as the middle of five kids. We would yearly visit my grandmother in Alabama and later in Tennessee. She was an artist and her house was full of paintings, which was format...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Another Dress Rehearsal" Oil on Canvas Fantasy Surreal celebrated London artist
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the oil on canvas paintings of acclaimed British artist George Underwood. That is great news for collectors based in the United States. They do not have to pay any import fees or international shipping costs or any international tariffs which are costly. So this is a great opportunity to purchase a work of art by this acclaimed British artist. His paintings have been described as Magical with a touch of Fantasy. When David Bowie, a life long friend of George Underwood, was asked about the paintings of George Underwood, Bowie said "George has, over the years, refined his work to the point where I would put him among the top figurative painters coming out of the UK.... There's a sublime isolation surrounding his subjects that really touches the viewer, the figures being both heroic and vulnerable simultaneously". George Underwood, a life-long friend of David Bowie, were in early bands together and Underwood was asked by Bowie to created the classic cover artwork for David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" album and also for David's "Hunky Dory" album. George felt that his friend artist Terry Pastor would better create the hand colored airbrush look for the album covers so he had Terry create the cover artwork. A fun fact is that David and George were both in the same art class taught by Peter Frampton's Dad when they were youngsters and they remained great friends throughout David's life. I have included some images of Bowie and George Underwood over the years in this listing to show the close relationship they had since they were young lads. This oil painting by George Underwood is titled "Another Dress Rehearsal...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

All That Glitters - Acrylic Fauvist Painting of Child (Yellow+Red+Brown)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"All That Glitters" is a resurged work that Indian artist Ritu Sinha created. Created in 2014, this work has come around to represent the current world condition during the pandemic,...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Visita de Dionisio
Located in Wien, 9
María Corte (*1983, Barcelona) is a Catalan-Argentine painter and illustrator who stands out on the contemporary art scene for her colorful and energetic work. She completed her stud...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Seraphim
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture of angel seraphim using expressive brush work.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Self Portrait with Green Cape" Post Modern oil painting, artist w thick paint
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait with Green Cape" is a post modern, oil on linen painting. It is a colorful self portrait of Yektai wearing a green cape. “Self Portrait with Green Cape” started as an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of an Interior Scene with Draped Fabric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of an Interior Scene with Draped Fabric by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

On the red carpet. 2022. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Fashion Lady, Oil Painting by Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Art Deco painting of a Fashionable Lady by contemporary artist Erik Freyman. Watercolor with pastel on paper, signed in pencil Size: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
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1990s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

2873 The ilussionist tamer, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Belongs to my "human behaviour series" .Inspired by the dramatics artworks of Francisco Goya. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an offi...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

White flower
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I sought to merge the surreal with the natural, portraying a woman emerging from a whimsical, flower-laden landscape that blurs into a vintage-style ambiance. The s...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Matisse with Pears, Original Painting, Contemporary, Paris
Located in Deddington, GB
This vivacious still life painting draws inspiration from Matisse's iconic 1910 masterpiece 'Dance' and the enchanting ambiance of the French 'salon'. The artist adds a contemporary ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel

The Return to the One-piece Swimsuit - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s. Hand signed. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Going Retro #2 - 9.5"x15.5", Original Art, Red, Vintage Dress, Black & White
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this painting on masonite, the enduring appeal of vintage style is vividly captured. Attention to detail embodies the chic aesthetic of times past. Layers of paint and loose brush...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Drapeaux Français/French flags
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Reference number A147 Not framed but could be with a natural oak floated frame (add 200 euros) 33 x 27 xm This work is painted with oil on a wood panel and represents French flags...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Soo Young - Queen of Silla 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on hanji paper (Korean traditional paper) Kim Soo Young is a Korean artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Through over two decades of deep imme...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Dancer in black leotard 1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dancer in black leotard 1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm Painting depicts the slim figure of a woman in a black leotard against a blue curtain with floral patterns. This choice of...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bathers
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Bathers Oil on canvas Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 20 by 24 in. W/frame 26 by 30 in. John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters. At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions. A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century. John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934). Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.) During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution. John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career. This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950s "Backside" Mid Century Figurative Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Backside c. 1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

When the world is renewed
Located in Zofingen, AG
At the heart of the painting is a female figure with her face turned upward, gazing at the sky where a bird is flying. Her gaze reaches not only outward but into the unseen realm of ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bay Area Figurative School -- "Banker's Holiday"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Bay Area School figurative of tan man with blue hat by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, 20th Century), 1980. Signed, titled and dated on ve...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gazing at the Stars
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Gazing at Stars is an original painting by Esther Oyeyemi. Esther created Gazing at the Stars with Acrylic on a primed 36W by 36H canvas Esther Oy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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