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Art Subject: Modern Art
Barely There (Figurative Painting of Guard in Art Gallery with Reclining Nude)
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic figurative painting of figures in a fine art museum Barely There (figurative painting of guard in art gallery standing beside reclining nude) by Judith Wyer 2020 oil on li...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Male Figure, Flora, Classical, Adam In Blue and White by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Adam In Blue and White" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 120 x42 inches 120.5 x 42.5 inches framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pansies, 1930s art deco design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Pansies Gouache 30 x 47 cm c.1930 Label to reverse 'Baynard Press', Signed lower right, further signed in pencil and dated 1929. Provenance: Family of the...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Abstracted Figure, Homage to Cezzanne's Card Player by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Homage to Cezzanne's Card Players Men with Words Hats and Cards" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 70 Inches 61.5 x 71.5 In Framed Signed painting by America Martin. Ex...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Indian Summer - 21st Century, Pop Art, Pink, Female, Figurative, Manga, Clouds
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Indian Summer, 2003 - 2004 Acrylic on canvas (Signed front right corner) 31.49 H x 39.37 W in 80 H x 100 W cm The artist Anca Benera was fascinated at th...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Family Potrait II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Wis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bit of a Ghost, muted color female figure historic dress thick & transparent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Began this canvas over ten years ago. Inspired by some of the themes in "Hamilton" along with the aesthetics of Romanticism and Symbolism.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint

Immersive Existence, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman emerges from abstract strokes of colors in this modern contemporary portrait by artist Gary Leonard. Light falls on her delicate figure as she poses w...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Autumn Ceremony
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Artist Koko sighed lower right on the painting. Oil on canvas. Artist certificate is included.
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Evening Light" (2021), Original Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Evening Light" is an original, handmade oil painting on linen, depicting a bridge across a small creek in a dense French forest, the sunlight highlighti...
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) Mural Study, untitled 11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight) Tempera on board Provenance:...
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Contemporary impressionist floral art oil painting canvas inspired by Van Gogh
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"My Love for Vincent Van Gogh" is a contemporary post-impressionist painting infused with touches of expressionism and Art Brut, created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Inspired b...
Category

2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Beach Hat, Oil, Impressionist, Contemporary Figurative Original Andre Kohn
Located in Maricopa, AZ
"The Beach Hat, series #9" by renowned artist Andre Kohn, comprised of a vibrant blue, yellow and orange palette. This original oil painting is on museum wrap canvas and measures 30"...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rabbis
Located in New York, NY
MANE-KATZ RABBIS, c. 1935 Oil on canvas 18 H. x 14 W. 1/2 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.) Signed PROVENANCE Dominion Gallery, Montreal Christies, New York, November 04, 1982. Lot 177: $11,000 Private Collection, New Jersey, 1982-2021 Estate of the above, 2021. Raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Russia, Mane-Katz was born in the Ukraine and became an early 20th-century artist, known especially for portraits and paintings with Jewish themes. From childhood, he had been influenced by stories of Jewish mysticism, which was reflected in his paintings. He had a peripatetic life between Russia, France, Israel, and America. He first studied art in Kiev at the Beaux Arts Academy, and in 1913, went to Paris where he associated with Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall and continued his art studies there at the Beaux Arts Academy. During World War I, he tried to join the Foreign Legion but was rejected because he was too short. He went back in Russia again, this time joining the Soviet Revolution but rejected the cause because he was so horrified by Josef Stalin. He worked briefly for the Russian ballets, and in 1921, he returned to Paris where in 1927 he took French citizenship. For the next twelve years, he traveled widely, showing his art work and doing many paintings. In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there until 1945, exhibiting his paintings at Katia Granoff Gallery and Wildenstein Gallery. After the war, he returned to Paris where he had exhibited in the Salons. In Paris to the end of his career, he worked happily, painting hundreds of portraits of rabbis...
Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Beach Party' by British 20th Century artist Fred Yates, acrylic on board
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Fred Yates (British, 1922 – 2008) Beach Party Acrylic on board Signed and dates ‘YATES 70’ (lower left) 18 x 36 in. (45.7 x 91.5 cm.) Provenance: Deceased estate of Fred Yates Fred...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Better World
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Peter Max Title: Better World Size: 48 x 24 Inches (Framed: 57.25 x 33.25 Inches) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edition: Original Year: 2010 Notes: Max Studio Catalog Nu...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

TROPIC 1 by Ramon Enrich - Landscape painting, earth tones, architecture, city
Located in Paris, FR
TROPIC 1 is a unique acrylic on paper mounted on wood painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 94.5 × 134 cm (37.2 × 52.8 in). The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Wood

Bull XV by Christophe Dupety - Animal painting, abstract, red, vivid colours
Located in Paris, FR
Bull XV is a unique acrylic on paper painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Abstracted Female Figure, Pastel_Take The Sheets Off The Line by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Take The Sheets Off The Line" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 48 Inches 49.5 x 49.5 Inches, Framed Signed painting by America Martin. Exploring the identity of both h...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Evening Magic" - Colorful Fall Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michelle Condrat's (US based) oil painting "Evening Magic" depicts some trees showing the fall colors of yellow and oranges. This painting is unframed, but ready to hang. "The most...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Go Hard (Pool Party)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Go Hard (Pool Party), 2025 Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel. Depicted are three young men at a Wilton Manors pool party. Each is managing his ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

L'Etang - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Max Agostini
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist figures in landscape oil circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work depicts park-goers on a path beside a lake on a sunny spring day. There ...
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Peripheral Dream" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Peripheral Dream" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male nude. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang. Jon Was...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Beach Snack Shack Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
John Hanlen (1922-2003). Beach Snack Shack, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 31 inches. The piece is unframed. There is ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 25 x 18 inches condition: overall very good,...
Category

1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

La salle de répétition de l'opéra de Paris, 1968, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) La salle de répétition de l’Opéra de Paris, 1968 Huile sur toile Signée en bas à gauche 130 x 195 cm Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries, New York Bibliographie: Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem. Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem Historique: 1964: c’est l’inauguration du nouveau plafond du Palais Garnier par Marc Chagall commandé par André Malraux alors ministre chargé des affaires culturelles. Commande qui fera couler beaucoup d’encre entre les partisans du modernisme et les tenants du conservatisme. Malraux tiendra bon, si ce n’est une légère concession: pour éviter de détruire l'ancien plafond et son décor, il sera masqué par une toile amovible de quelques 240m2 réalisée par Chagall dans les ateliers des Gobelins puis tendue par-dessus. Cette commande, autant acte politique que intellectuel, intervient à une époque où Malraux, convaincu que l’art contribue au rayonnement international de la France, soutiendra notamment les commandes du Mobilier national dont Pierre Paulin sera l’une des grandes figures, et où la CGT (Compagnie générale transatlantique) lancera un de ses plus gros chantiers avec le mythique paquebot France...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THE THREE GRACES
Located in Portland, ME
Barrer, Gertrude (American, 1921-19920. THE THREE GRACES. Oil on panel. Signed "Barrer," lower left. Not dated. 27 1/2 X 20 1/2 inches, framed to 29 x...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The City Gal
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

The City Gal
The City Gal
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"Let Them Eat Cake" (2014) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Let Them Eat Cake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude with a crown set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud cake...
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

William Tolliver Louisiana Artist Acrylic on Paper, Ca. 1990's - Reclining Woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Acrylic on Arches Paper by the incredibly talented mostly self-taught African American William Tolliver (American/Louisiana 1951-2000). Reclining Woman. Image: 18 3/4 x 26 3/8. Full ...
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1990s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large Original Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Horse
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large scale abstract expressionist horse's head/eye, circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. Size: 60"H x 60"W x 1.5.
Category

1990s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Marilyn Warhol (El Jardin de Hollywood)
Located in Malmo, SE
Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Painted on the sides. No frame needed. The work of Antonio de Felipe is a constant source of fascination and surprises. ...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Blooming pink almond branch "( pink flowers in a vase oil painting on canvas)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This floral artwork makes my of my new small collection called 🪻"Primavera"🪻 dedicated to a springtime. For me spring means rebirth, life, energy, new possibilities. Springtime ma...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

MAN AND THE MACHINES #1 Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas Neo Mythology FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Man and the Machine #1", oil on canvas, 31.5x23.5in / 80x60cm Part of New Mythology series. Shipped as it is, stretched, framed. "Man and the Machine #1" is a striking fusion of cl...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Towards the sun and my desire
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Towards the Sun and My Desire" from the Perichoresis series is a portrayal of movement towards the self, towards one’s own passion, towards an inner sun that is bo...
Category

2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Wild Horses, " Oil Painting by Zoa Ace, Horses and Shells
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Wild Horses" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting seven horses with a coyote in the distance. The piece is on gallery wrapped stretched canvas and is...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

untitled impressionist lanscape Paris
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting framed is part of my private collection. Lucien Durand was a French painter. I have several of his pieces. HI art work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Taos
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Taos Oil on canvas laid to aluminum, 8 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (20.6 x 25.7 cm) Framed dimensions: 11 x 13 inches Signed and titled lower left: LaVerne Nelson Black / Taos Laverne Nelso...
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.5 ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard Standing nude woman from behind by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

5 Abstracted Figures, Acrylic on Canvas, Heatwave by Rebecca Jack
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack "Heatwave" Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 80 in. __________________________ Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the beauty of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Yanna
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kiara Aileen Machado is a contemporary artist born in Lynwood, California who depicts and explores the construction of identity, familial lineage,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A ca. 1935 Painting of a Boxing Match in Mexico City by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 painting of a boxing match in Mexico by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 12" x 28". Framed size: 15 1/2" x 31 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Russian Symbolist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady with Headpiece
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Natalya Sultanov (Russian, contemporary) signed oil on linen canvas, framed framed: 27.5 x 23 inches canvas: 22.5 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, UK...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Voluptuous Panic - Original Figurative Nude Book Art on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Mid-Century Modern X2 #1
Located in Kansas City, MO
John Ferry Mid-Century Modern X2 #1 Medium: Oil on Panel Year: 2020 Size: 4.75x15.25 in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided Re.: JF-20-10 “Fer...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Dancing With Datura. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Born of his love of the Indian subcontinent Paul Wadsworth created this series of paintings. The canvasses are lavishly painted and imbued with the myriad of colours one associates w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huge 1940's Circle of Fernand Leger Figurative Portraits Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Portraits French School, illegibly signed and dated 47' circle of Fernand Leger (French 1881-1955) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 38 x 58.5 inches Provenance: private col...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lush and Bold - Large Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Flower Original Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vibrant Green Portrait with Red Monocle and Intense Gaze - Ancestor Clones #17
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This vibrant acrylic painting by Natasha Lelenco, part of her on process Ancestor Clones series, features a striking symbolic face depicted in intense shades of green. The portrait's...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

A Walk in Fantasy, Abstract Figures and Plants, Surreal Painting in Vivid Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Oil Crayon

View of Rome - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Hours of Light
Located in Chicago, IL
"Soey Milk crafts beautiful portraits of women that contain elements of calm alongside calamity. She does this by implementing visual push and pull in all of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

"The Secret Behind Fragile Petals"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is ready to hang, the painting has no decorative frame. The Secret Behind Fragile Petals is a multilayered composition where behind the visible fragility lies powerful ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Une Jardin Hollandaise - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Max Agostini
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled post impressionist figures in landscape oil circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work depicts park-goers on a path beside a lake on a sunny spring ...
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BLUE PULSATING
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on cardboard Original art by Grigori Ivanov. Founder of art style "Svetizm" healing paintings with light and color. Ready to hang. Sh...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Charles Cobelle City Center Painting, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Charles Cobelle (French/American, 1902-1998) Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Signed lower right: Cobelle Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, and becoming a U.S. citiz...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

I choose my inner freedom
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "I Choose My Inner Freedom" conveys a moment of deep awareness and personal choice. The woman is depicted in a calm, contemplative pose — as if she is immersed in a mome...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled - Equestrian
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled - Equestrian Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 44 x 56 inches Signature: Signed...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Expressionist Oil on Panel, La Tauromaquia
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist oil on wood panel view of a bull in an arena by Jean Arène. The painting is signed bottom left, is painted on an antique wood, chamfered cornered, table top that the artist has reused and is in the original Arène frame crafted by the artist. Jean Arène was a student of August Chabaud, a highly sought after French artist in Provence who in turn took his inspiration from Cezanne. A strong and engaging view of a traditional Camargue, South of France scene where a bull is in an arena and is being trained for 'Free Running'. The audience watch on in awe as the 'subalternos' in the ring avoid being caught by the bull, one of them is seen jumping over the protective wooden wall surrounding the ring. Arène has captured the scene from his own experience of visiting such events which have been such an inspiration to artist such as Goya and Picasso. He has used a limited colour palette to great effect, highlighting the audience figures and central area in greys and whites. The handling of the figures around the outside of the scene is very reminiscent of the works of Raoul Dufy. Bullfighting (from the Greek tauros, "bull" and makheia, "fight") is the way of confronting the bull, either during fights, or during sports or burlesque games such as bull training. The reality of bullfighting shows vary according to practice and country. Bullfighting practices have acquired a stable form, codified rules and real institutionalization. These include the course landaise, the Camargue race in France, the toros coleados in Venezuela and Colombia, the jaripeo in Mexico, the rodeo chileno in Chile, the race de recortadores in Portugal or El rodeo...
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Late 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

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