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Art Subject: People
Good Enough - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern, Black
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 Bor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Large French 20th Century Oil Nude Lady Reclining, in the Style of Picasso
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century Title: The Nude Model, in the style of Picasso Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed frame...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid Century French Portrait Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered Size: 11.5 (height) x 8 (w...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

A Magnificent Oil Painting "A Dainty Bit" A Woman With Lobster and Game
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Oil Painting "A Dainty Bit" A Young Woman With Lobster and Game, by Otto Meyer (German, 1839-1868) Oil on canvas with original gilt-wood fram...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Anyone for Croquet" Herbert Gustave Schmalz, Portrait by Pre-Raphaelite Artist
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Gustave Schmalz Anyone for Croquet, circa 1898 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 47 5/8 x 31 3/4 inches Provenance Anthony Mitchell, Nottingham Burlington Gallery Ltd., Londo...
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1890s English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

The Beat Goes On
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Beat Goes On is an oil on canvas painting, 31.5 x 23.75" canvas size, signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2023’ lower left, and signed, titled and dated verso....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Focus (Bold Face) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you are going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal. Spend your energies on moving forward t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

'Blue Pierrot', Large Figural Oil, California Modernist, Woman Artist, Los Altos
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Haefner' for Janice Haefner (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960; additionally signed, verso, and with artist address. This life-time member of the Pacific Art League lived in Los Altos...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christ in the House of His Parents The Carpenters Workshop Antique English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Carpenters Workshop British School, late 19th century based on the Pre-Raphaelite painting by Millais oil on canvas, framed framed: 27.5 x 39 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches proven...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Apartment Interior and Cityscape. Oil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid century Expressionist oil on canvas of a man, child and cat in an interior with a cityscape beyond. The work is not signed but there are various notations to the top rear stret...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Angel with Bugle" Antique Cuzco School Painting
Located in Austin, TX
23" x 16" – Oil on Canvas Framed Size: 32.5" x 26" This Peruvian antique Cuzco School painting depicts an angel in elegant clothing playing a bulge ...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Drawing of a Classical Bald Male Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Bust Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Berghers with Animals Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day Italian School, early 18th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 17 x 22.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
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18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Figures on a frozen lake with castle, fishing boats, skaters, horses and a storm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Dutch Style scene of people on a frozen lake. Oils on canvas which has been laid down onto aboard. Framed in a Vintage American gold frame. Possibly an Italian painter working ...
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1970s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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:...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism Bernard Gussow (1881-1957) 3rd Avenue El 28 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower left Fram...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman Laying On The Beach
By Claude Grosperrin
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Woman Laying On The Beach. Artist signed lower left corner. Claude Grosperrin is a French painter and lithographer born on November 26, 1936, at Charenton-le-Pont ( Val-de-Marne ) and died on July 16, 1977, in Paris. Claude Grosperrin is in 1956 the student of Maurice Brianchon at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, then attended the School of Applied Arts Duperré. The price of the Casa de Velázquez that he won in 1961 earned him a trip to Madrid from 1961 to 1962. Exhibitions: Galerie Saluden, Brest , 1962. Galerie André Weil, Paris, June 1970. Gemäldegalerie-Abels, Cologne, 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Paintings, Van der Straeten Gallery, New York, November-December 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Normandy paddocks, equestrian scenes, landscapes and seascapes, Eric Galleries, 57th Street, New York, October 1974. Updated Exhibitions: Charpentier Gallery, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Berthe Weill Gallery. Maurice Faustino-Lafetat , Jef Friboulet , Claude Grosperrin, Frederic Menguy , Théâtre du Tertre , Paris, April 1957. Biennial of Paris, 1959, 1961 ( The Dahlias, 1961, oil on canvas, 130 × 195 cm). The horse in art , Wildenstein Gallery , London , 1960. Ten years of acquisitions of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , former customs of Strasbourg , March-April 1970. Fall Salon, 1960. Undated entries: Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts, Salon des Independants (Paris), Salon Jeu de Paume ( Versailles ). Contemporary French Impressionist Painters (Claude Grosperrin, Bernardino Toppi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Afternoon Cafe Scene of Figures Engaged in Conversations French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper Size: 7 height) x 9 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Provenance: All the pa...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

The Grape Harvest Large 1920's French Signed Oil Harvest Workers Vineyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest by Louis Faille (French 1878-1964 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 32.5 x 40 inches canvas : 22 x 31 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Les petits fleurs - contemporary, figurative painting people walking with flower
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Les petits fleurs" is a 2019 unique oil on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. It depicts people walking...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

I Am Not Alone 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"I Am Not Alone" by Joshua Salami is a captivating artwork that delves into the profound bond between a woman and her cherished pet, transcending the convent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Park with lake oil painting european art seascape urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Park with lake - Oil on cardboard paid to canvas Oil measurements 50x65 cm. Frame measurements 66x81 cm. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barc...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Danish School Late 19th Century Oil Painting.
Located in Holywell, GB
Danish School 19th Century A typical Scandinavian composition showing a woman heading towards a gate. This genre of painting is designed to intrigue the viewer and ask the question,...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Raconteur
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole (American, b. 1979) The Raconteur, 2024 Oil on canvas Signed Michael Tole says of his work… This painting reimagines the moment when Cleopatra contemplates suicide a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roses and Blues. Oil on panel Still Life with red roses on blue background
Located in Segovia, ES
Roses and Blues (Rosas y azules), oil on panel, Expressionist Still Life. Dimension art: 27 x 22 cm. Dimension framed 51 x 46 x 4.5 cm. Small Expressionist still life...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Original French VINTAGE MID CENTURY Oil Painting OF A PARIS STREET SCENE
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Osmond Caine (1914-2004) English Title: "Rue De Furstenberg Paris" Medium: oil on board Size: 77cm x 90cm inc frame Condition: excellent Notes: Artist in oil, watercolour and stained glass and teacher, born Manchester, full name George Osmund Caine...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Celebration in the Square oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Data - Title: "Celebration in the Square" - Artist: Joaquin Tudela y Perales (1891-1970) - Medium: Oil on canvas - Dimensions: 15.7 x 19.6 in - Period: Early 20th...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jean Adolphe Boucé (French painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Hunt
Located in Varmo, IT
Jean Adolphe Boucé (1818 - 1875) - Deer Hunting. 33.5 x 43 cm without frame, 38.5 x 48 cm with frame. Oil on paper applied on canvas, in a contemporary 19th century frame. - Work ...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

Sweet Sounds (cat, feline, lady, flute, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Sweet Sounds," a mesmerizing painting by Rudolf Kosow, depicts a tranquil scene of harmony between a young girl and a slumbering cat. The girl, seated and playing an instrument, see...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Orientalist: "Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX) Oil on canvas Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique 20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fractured Harmony -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Adebayo Taiwo, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver & Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82" x 40" inches 2010 Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). However, while Warhol unquestionably adored these idols as transformative heralds, the suggestion that his paintings of Elvis are uncritical of a generated public image issued for mass consumption fails to appreciate the acuity of his specific re-presentation of the King. As with Marilyn, Liz and Marlon, Warhol instinctively understood the Elvis brand as an industrialized construct, designed for mass consumption like a Coca-Cola bottle or Campbell's Soup Can, and radically revealed it as a precisely composed non-reality. Of course Elvis offered Warhol the biggest brand of all, and he accentuates this by choosing a manifestly contrived version of Elvis-the-film-star, rather than the raw genius of Elvis as performing Rock n' Roll pioneer. A few months prior to the present work he had silkscreened Elvis' brooding visage in a small cycle of works based on a simple headshot, including Red Elvis, but the absence of context in these works minimizes the critical potency that is so present in Double Elvis. With Double Elvis we are confronted by a figure so familiar to us, yet playing a role relating to violence and death that is entirely at odds with the associations entrenched with the singer's renowned love songs. Although we may think this version of Elvis makes sense, it is the overwhelming power of the totemic cipher of the Elvis legend that means we might not even question why he is pointing a gun rather than a guitar. Thus Warhol interrogates the limits of the popular visual vernacular, posing vital questions of collective perception and cognition in contemporary society. The notion that this self-determinedly iconic painting shows an artificial paradigm is compounded by Warhol's enlistment of a reflective metallic surface, a treatment he reserved for his most important portraits of Elvis, Marilyn, Marlon and Liz. Here the synthetic chemical silver paint becomes allegory for the manufacture of the Elvis product, and directly anticipates the artist's 1968 statement: "Everything is sort of artificial. I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts. The artificial fascinates me, the bright and shiny..." (Artist quoted in Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and traveling, Andy Warhol, 1968, n.p.). At the same time, the shiny silver paint of Double Elvis unquestionably denotes the glamour of the silver screen and the attractive fantasies of cinema. At exactly this time in the summer of 1963 Warhol bought his first movie camera and produced his first films such as Sleep, Kiss and Tarzan and Jane Regained. Although the absence of plot or narrative convention in these movies was a purposely anti-Hollywood gesture, the unattainability of classic movie stardom still held profound allure and resonance for Warhol. He remained a celebrity and film fanatic, and it was exactly this addiction that so qualifies his sensational critique of the industry machinations behind the stars he adored. Double Elvis was executed less than eighteen months after he had created 32 Campbell's Soup Cans for his immortal show at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles in July and August 1962, and which is famously housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the intervening period he had produced the series Dollar Bills, Coca-Cola Bottles, Suicides, Disasters, and Silver Electric Chairs, all in addition to the portrait cycles of Marilyn and Liz. This explosive outpouring of astonishing artistic invention stands as definitive testament to Warhol's aptitude to seize the most potent images of his time. He recognized that not only the product itself, but also the means of consumption - in this case society's abandoned deification of Elvis - was symptomatic of a new mode of existence. As Heiner Bastian has precisely summated: "the aura of utterly affirmative idolization already stands as a stereotype of a 'consumer-goods style' expression of an American way of life and of the mass-media culture of a nation." (Exh. Cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 2001, p. 28). For Warhol, the act of image replication and multiplication anaesthetized the effect of the subject, and while he had undermined the potency of wealth in 200 One Dollar Bills, and cheated the terror of death by electric chair in Silver Disaster # 6, the proliferation of Elvis here emasculates a prefabricated version of character authenticity. Here the cinematic quality of variety within unity is apparent in the degrees to which Presley's arm and gun become less visible to the left of the canvas. The sense of movement is further enhanced by a sense of receding depth as the viewer is presented with the ghost like repetition of the figure in the left of the canvas, a 'jump effect' in the screening process that would be replicated in the multiple Elvis paintings. The seriality of the image heightens the sense of a moving image, displayed for us like the unwinding of a reel of film. Elvis was central to Warhol's legendary solo exhibition organized by Irving Blum at the Ferus Gallery in the Fall of 1963 - the show having been conceived around the Elvis paintings since at least May of that year. A well-known installation photograph shows the present work prominently presented among the constant reel of canvases, designed to fill the space as a filmic diorama. While the Elvis canvases...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man - Melancholy of a prophet -
Located in Berlin, DE
Friedrich August Seitz (1902 Staffort - 1944 Belgrade). Half-length portrait of an elderly man with a beard. Oil on canvas, 42 x 34 cm (visible seize), 58 x 50 cm (frame), signed and...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A 1940s Painting of a Seated Female Nude in Summer Landscape, Ox-Bow School
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 1940s painting of a seated female nude in a summer landscape by renowned Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the Oxbow School in Saugatuck, Michig...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edouard-Jacques Dufeu (1836-1900) - 19th Century Oil, The Ceremony
Located in Corsham, GB
A warm, dynamic scene depicting a religious ceremony taking place inside a large place of worship. Signed to the lower left. Artist name also inscribed to stretchers verso. On canvas.
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ice Coffee Bombshell 3 - Neutral Beige Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Nude Model Reclining on Green Sofa 1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Posing for artist on green throw by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

FINE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS - THE BATHING OF BATHSHEBA
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 17th century Title: The Bathing of Bathsheba Medium: oil painting, on canvas Size: frame: 23 x 19 inches, canvas: 18 x 14 inches Provenanc...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 17th Century by Guido Reni Masculine Head Oil on canvas
By Guido Reni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Guido Reni (Bologna, Italy, 1575 – 1642) Title: Masculine Head Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 44.7 × 51.2 cm – with frame 62.8 x 68.3 x 5.5 cm Expertise by Claudio...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Cosmic Dance" GAIA as Mother Earth a Visionary Figurative - Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
Emergence of Woman The Cosmic Dance A Visionary Figurative in Acrylic Flowing and stylized figurative work by Visionary artist Kimberlee Kuwica (American, b. 1967). From GAIA: "As t...
Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Illustration Board, Foam Board

LITERARY SERENITY AT CHÂTEAU D'AUGERVILLE
Located in THOMERY, FR
This captivating 30 x 40 cm gouache painting transports the viewer into the intimacy of a room within the majestic Château d'Augerville. At the heart of this artwork, a young woman e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974) Born in 1974 in Riga. Professional education: 1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School; 1995 - 200...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Feeding the Ducks' an antique oil painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
This painting is in excellent condition having been behind glass until recently. The colours are preserved and the canvas is blemish free. Artwork Size: 30 x 36" (76 x 91cm) Artwor...
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Late 19th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cocoa Line Art - Soft Neutral Purple Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Ray of Hope
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In "Ray of Hope," a captivating portrait, the audience is drawn into the arresting gaze of a black African woman, her shoulders raised with unwavering stre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Woman Seated with Oranges
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elderly Woman Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on canvas unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For mo...
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle or Follower of David Teniers, Peasant in a Tavern Inn, drinking and smoking. Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 x 47 cm. Typical Flemish Baroque Interior...
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting David with the Head of Goliath 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century. The painting recalls in pictorial style the production of Angelo Caroselli (1585-1652), a Roman Baroque artist who was a pa...
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17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Magnaminita
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Mgnaminia' Italian School, 18th century ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass) image size: 10.5 x 7 inches overall framed: 17 x 13 inches...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Large Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant Lady on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady under Parasol, the beach in the distance English School, Impressionist signed oil on board, framed framed: 32 x 27 inches board: 24 x 20 inches provenance...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soft Turbulences
Located in THOMERY, FR
In "Soft Turbulence," Linda Clerget masterfully blends the gentle chaos of nature with a symphony of colors. This captivating piece invites the viewer into a world where the serene a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950's Symbolist Portrait Young Figure in Exotic Green Cloak
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Symbolist Portrait signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original oil on artist paper, mounted in a card frame overall size: 31.5 x 20 inches painting size: 27.5 x 18 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Twin Lighthouses Standing Tall Over a Calm Blue Seascape with Boats at Anchor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbour Walk by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 11 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored in th...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

India Miniature Painting Pahari School Late 19th Century Forest Mythology Scene
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 24.5 x 18.3 cm Mount Size: 35.8 x 27.8 cm More details to follow
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pigment

Opposites Attract, 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opposites Attract is an oil on canvas painting, 28 x 27.75" canvas size, signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ lower right, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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