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Frame Included
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Vote " Oil Painting 20th Century White Frame
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Vote" Oil Painting 20th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Detail one of the b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cardinal Virginia" Red Cardinals on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Macaws. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Cardinals on a white background with thick use of paint. Inspired by nature and a genuine lov...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Constructivist abstraction, blue and yellow color, painted musical opera
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Bibliothèque Intime, Abstract, Library, Monochrom, oil on canvas, contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a renowned painter whose works are a perfect blend of figuration and abstraction. Working primarily with oil on canvas, she creates emotional and dynamic composition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Flowers - Contemporary Abstract Botanical Red Flowers Green Leaves, 2014
Located in Kent, CT
Dark burgundy red flowers with lush, leaves in verdant shades of green are loosely depicted in oil and graphite on white paper.
Signed on recto, lower right corner. Framed in a sol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Graphite
Enormous Religious German Oil Painting Adoration of Madonna & Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Adoration of the Madonna & Christ Child
German Baroque artist, late 19th century
oil painting on canvas
framed within highly ornate gilt frame
overall size: 68 x 50 inches in total
c...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young woman in folk costume
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
68 x 50 x 4 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
St. Andrews Golf Course, Scotland Large Original Painting Golfers Playing Golf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland
English School, indistinctly signed
late 20th century period
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 34 inches
Canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Provenan...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Evening Breeze" Large Panoramic Sunset Beach Scene Rare Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and important antique oil painting by George Wright (1850 - 1916). A panoramic beach scene, complete with a sunset and crashing waves. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period gilt...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Oil Classical Figures in a Romantic Woodland Landscape & Swans
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Gathering
French Rococo School, 19th century
signed indistinctly lower front corner
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 26 x 34 inches
Canvas: 24 x 32 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
19th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ascension Weds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 36.83 x 31.75 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Mocha Latte - Abstract, Contemporary, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Sometimes just a colour will inspire a painting and the colour mocha did just that with this one. Its a warm muted brown with undertones of chocolate, soft pinks and creamy orange - ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
British School, early 1900's
Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British.
Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm)
plus gilt swept f...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Flower Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
Texture from the Masonite board and loose brushwork capture this vibrant cottage garden full of flowers in bloom. Colourful perennials fill the foreground, framing a glimpse of rural buildings beyond the garden gate. The oil bears the signature 'C. Ginner' to the lower left. However, we do not believe the oil has been painted by Charles Ginner...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wonderful Mid-20th Century Still life, Colorful Flowers, MUST SEE, Unknown
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Now available, and ready to be hung and enjoyed!
Unknown Artist
Signed: Clayton ? (Lower, Right)
" Still Life ", circa mid 20th Century?
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24"
Housed in a 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist Woodstock Artist John F Carlson Oil Painting Snow
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Wintry Pool
oil on canvas
12 x 16 image size
Signed LR when viewing the painting and again verso, on back. Image measures 12 x 16
The painting is in good condition in a period gilded Impressionist frame showing Carlson's mastery of light and technique. Carlson uses subtle cool snow tones juxtaposed with soft warm sunlit areas of snow help to create form and depth in this winter stream scene. The warm brown tones of the earth showing through the snow and darker trees in the backgroaund add a nice contrast.
John Fabian Carlson (May 5, 1875 – May 19, 1947) was a Swedish-born American Impressionist painter.
from Wikipedia
Background
John Fabian Carlson was born in Kolsebo in Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, in Småland, Sweden. The Carlson family immigrated to the United States in 1884, making their home in Buffalo, New York. Carlson attended evening art classes at the Art Students League of Buffalo, New York. There Carlson received instruction from Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock, a former pupil at the Académie Colarossi in Paris and the Art Students League of New York.
Carlson won a scholarship in 1903 or 1904 to study with Lovell Birge Harrison...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior.
This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted early 1900s American impressionist beach scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Great colors and very well painted. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Boats”
Located in Warren, NJ
Renee Theobald original oil painting on canvas measuring 26x21. In good condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Victorian Oil Painting Cavalry Men Resting Village Tavern Roadside Inn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Refreshments
by John Sanderson Wells (British 1872-1955) *see notes below
signed
oil on board, framed
Framed: 13.5 x 18 inches
Canvas : 10...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Still Life
By Adrian Dornbush
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Oil on canvas, 24 ½ x 19 ½ inches unframed, 32 x 27 inches framed, signed and inscribed “Adrian Dornbush/ Flower Still Life” verso, a remnant of exhibition label verso, stamped “1454” verso, original frame
Exhibited:
i) Midwestern Artist’s Exhibition Representative Work from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska & Colorado, Kansas City Art Institute, February 1 to March 2, 1931, no. 34 (see catalog with a listing of work with this title); and ii) Special Display and Sale of Late Oil Paintings Produced by Cedar Rapids Own Artists from the Little Gallery, at Newman’s Department Store, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 1932 (see [Advertisement], The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), March 15, 1932 – listing a work with this title, together with paintings by fourteen other artists, including Grant Wood, Marvin Cone...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"View of Venice Canal" Orientalist & Impressionist Marine Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a Venice Canal by Grace Paterson. As an Impressionist and orientalist painter, she was known for her detailed works depicting scenes from...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Attributed to Evert Collier (1642-1708)
A vanitas still life
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 30 x 25 in
Framed Size 29 x 34 in
Evert Collier (a...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Tulips - 3"x5" - Small Artwork On Paper, Framed, Pastel Flower Landscape
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Pink Tulips - Small and intimate, this original artwork on watercolour paper captures a glimpse of pink tulips dancing in an open field. Layering of acrylic and oil pastel with intui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Dreaming of Jackson Pollock" Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils, whisking brush strokes, and thrown paint, Shaoul captures a love story through her paint pallet and abstract expression. The artist explores something new...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Fine Original 1830's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Derby Winner Racehorse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Dangerous"
Portrait of the 1833 Derby racehorse winner
by John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865) British
signed lower left, titled lower right
oil painting on canvas: 10 x 14 inches...
Category
1830s English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Over Looking the Delaware" Upper Bucks County PA Pastoral Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist summer pastoral scene of a colorful quaint home and barn in a green pastoral landscape. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic wa...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 35x27 cm.
Frame 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spani...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Small Dog Painting of a Serious and Intent Greyhound Focused on What?
Located in Charleston, US
Discover the captivating elegance of Valarie Wolf’s small yet powerful dog painting, "Focused." This 4" x 6" original artwork portrays a refined Greyhound, its intense gaze piercing ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Cubist Abstract Portrait of Woman Colorful Clothing signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
Andre Dalloz ( French School, circa 1960's)
signed oil on canvas, in a wooden frame
framed : 24 x 15.5 inches
canvas: 23.5 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lakeside
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lakeside
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th-Century Italian Painting Boat Expedition Grotto Coastal Cave
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boat Expedition
Italian School, early 1800's period
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 19 x 23 inches
Canvas : 18.5 x 22.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: the fr...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th century French Impressionist scene, A Busy Street in Paris
Located in Woodbury, CT
This vibrant 20th-century French Impressionist painting by Charles Ducant captures the timeless allure of a bustling Parisian street scene, immersing the viewer in the charm and ener...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1830's English Oil Painting on panel Countryside Rural Lane with Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane
English School, circa 1830's period
oil on panel, framed in period antique gilt frame
framed: 19 x 17 inches
board: 14 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, En...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with House in the Cote d'Or
By André Maire
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with House in the Cote d'Or', oil on board, by André Maire (1960). Semur-en-Auxois was the town in which Maire lived in the 1960s in the Cote d'...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Small Old Painting Called Rocky Path With Figures
By Thomas Barker of Bath
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, titled "Rocky Path With Figures" is a captivating example of Thomas Barker of Bath's talent. Despite its small size, measuring only 13 x 11 cm, this piece sh...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Owen Waters, Impressionist landscape, circle of Edward Seago
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the artist's work depicting an idyllic scene in the Norfolk countryside.
Owen Waters (1916-2004)
Farm near Repps
Signed, inscribed with title verso
Oil on boa...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Couple Landscape Man Woman Boucher Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francois Boucher (Paris, 1703 - 1770) - workshop/circle -
Pair of paintings The Surprised Lovers (Les amants surpris)/The Pleasant Lesson ('LAgréable Leçon)
18th century Oil o...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Letting Go
Located in Santa Fe, NM
marsh, water, calm, green, blue, teal, aqua, dusk, lake, trees, reflection
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
"Still Life of Fish" William Merritt Chase, American Impressionist Bravura
Located in New York, NY
William Merritt Chase
Still Life of Fish
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 39 1/2 inches
Provenance
Francis E. Myers, III, Ashland, Ohio
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngs...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fusion of Elements, Abstract, Landscape, Contemporary, Oil, French, textured
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the color of the frame: black or wood
With "Fusion of Elements", Sophie Dumont presents a composition where colors and textures intertwine to capture the essence of an abstrac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"I Care Not For Heaven And I Fear Not Hell" (2022) By Alexandra Manukyan
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan presents "A Heart Asunder" an exquisite oil on linen on wooden panel from 2022. This piece captures a fusion of traditional Armenian aesthetics with contemporary p...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
White Lilies - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Flowers Teal Blue, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on linen of flowers arranged in a vase, the ivory petals and green leaves in the bouquet of white lilies are beautifully complemented ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Monhegan Maine Crashing Surf Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Housed in a period frame. Packed with action and detail. Excellent ready to hang condition. ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Aspen Stand" (2014) By Robert Moore, Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Robert Moore
Located in Denver, CO
"Aspen Stand" (2014) by Robert Moore is an original handmade oil on panel painting that depicts an aspen forest in dim sunlight.
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Costa Brava oil painting spanish seascape mediterranean european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title of the Artwork: Costa Brava
Artist: Rafael Durán Benet (1931-2015)
Technique: Oil on mounted panel
Style: Mediterranean Post-Impressionism
Dimensions (unframed): 13 x 16.1 inch...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Pointillist View of Olive Trees in a Provencale Landscape, Circle of Paul Signac
By Paul Signac
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century Pointillist painting of Provençal countryside, possible around St Tropez. The painting is unsigned but clearly influenced by the works of Paul Seurat and his conte...
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"For Ingrid" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Board, Oil
" The Doors are Open lV" Acrylic on Raw Canvas, Framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ali Enache is an American abstract painter based in Los Angeles, California. A Washington D.C. native and a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ali Enache worked as a design...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Scottish Mountainous Landscape Tranquil Loch Antique Scottish Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Scottish Mountain Landscape
By Alex Fraser, Scottish School, late 19th century
Oil on canvas, unsigned, framed
Framed: 13 x 20 inches
Canvas: 10 x 18 inches
Provenance: Private colle...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Question Mark & Comma" Butterflies on Silver and Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate multicolor butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden silver land...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Located in Manchester, GB
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in)
Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap)
E...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fly Away With Me" Multicolor Paper Butterflies Painting on Canvas w Shadow Box
Located in New York, NY
This piece is executed with hand cut butterflies, and comes displayed in an acrylic shadow box. These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from paper, cutting out colorful ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Cherries Dark Pocket Painting 2c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Cherries 2c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque sti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Evening at the Grand Army Plaza" Impressionist 5th Ave NYC Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a nocturne scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza on Fifth Avenue loo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Jacob Van Der Does II, Wooded River Landscape With Hunting Party & Village
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This extensive late 17th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Jacob van der Does II (1661-1699) depicts a river landscape with a hunting party, riverside buildings, various craft, a ...
Category
1680s Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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