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In the Lounge- 21st Century Contemporary impressionistic interior painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Flip Gaasendam In the Lounge 65 x 65 cm Oil on Canvas This painting is framed (included in price) 70 x 70 cm This painting is made by Flip Gaasendam. A...
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2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wild rainbow red blue orange yellow pop art contemporary figurative framed
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand painted acrylic and spray paint on canvas piece framed by Pez Barcelona - signed on reverse Pez creates his own unique characters and is a worldwide sensation in the ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Ugo de Cesare (b.1950) - 20th Century Oil, Lighting the Advent Calendar
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil by Italian artist Ugo de Cesare (b.1950) depicting a lady and a young boy lighting a traditional Italian advent calendar table. Signed to the lower right. On canvas on str...
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20th Century Interior Paintings

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Oil

Music 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
"(Sold with white frame! But if the frame is not needed, I will send it without a frame!) In this vibrant fusion of acrylic and oil, I've unleashed a symphony on canvas, where bold e...
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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Chapel of Grace Church Nursery
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for an article entitled "While the Mother Works: A Look at the Day Nurseries of New York" by Lillie Hamilton French, published in The Century Magazine...
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Early 1900s Interior Paintings

Materials

Board, Paper, Pencil

Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Kitchen Table with Soft Pastel Palette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary Impressionist Still Life by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) signed initials oil painting on board, framed framed: 25 x 31 inches board: 24 x 30 inches condition:...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mary Chugg (1935-2024) - Framed Contemporary Oil, Ladies' Luncheon with Tulips
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on canvas. Signed to the lower left. Well presented in a painted wooden frame.
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21st Century and Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sunny Days" painting in 1 instance is an abstraction by Lilia Volskaya.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunny Days" painting in 1 instance is an abstraction by Lilia Volskaya. Summer, Sun, gentle caressing warm wind. What could be more beautiful? The painting is in a single copy Withou...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Raventos Vertical Musics original expressionist acrylic little
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).. original expressionist acrylic painting Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. ...
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2010s Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Colourful Still Life with Fruit and Flowers, 'Nature Mort, Fruits et Fleurs'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century oil on board still life of fruit and flowers in an interior by Bill Brown. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and titled and re...
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Fine French Still Life Oil Painting Bouquet of Roses in Vase signed original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bouquet de Roses by Leon Garraud (French 1877-1967) signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 16 inches board: 15.5 x 12 inches inscribed verso to label provenance: private collection...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fig and Marmalade Orange, Original painting, Still life art, Fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board Kate Verrion [2024] Original painting Oil Paint on paper on b...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

DEEP BLUE EMOTION-Modern- Massimo Caiafa Italian Abstract Mixed media on Canvas
Located in Napoli, IT
DEEP BLUE EMOTION - Mixed media on canvas cm.40x40 by Massimo Caiafa, Italy 2016. White laquered wooden frame cm. 70x70
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Concert of the monks
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 87 x 115.6 x 3 cm
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Early 20th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th Century Genre Painting -- The Pipe Smoker
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful genre painting from 18th Century of pipe smoker. Signed lower right edge with monogram "I I E". Oil paint on copper. Condition: good: minor wear/rubbing from frame's rabbet...
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Mid-17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

Modern British, Interior with an old record player, port decanter and glass
Located in Woodbury, CT
Colin Ruffell is an English painter of interiors, cityscapes, and many other unique subjects. His styles have varied and include iconic cityscapes of London, New York, Venice, Hong ...
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1970s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Double Focus II Mid-Century OpArt Abstract Geometric painting, Cleveland school
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928-2017) Double Focus II, 1963 acrylic on canvas signed and dated verso 33 x 40 inches Julian Stanczak (American, b. November 5, 1928) was an American ...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Summer- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Summer 100 x 122 cm framed: 110-132 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

20th Century French Signed Oil - Red Green & Yellow Peppers Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 20th century, signed lower corner Title: Still Life of Red, Green and Yellow Peppers Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: frame: 18 x 21...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abundant Harvest - Summer Fruit Still Life
By Alzora Zaremba
Located in Soquel, CA
Abundant Harvest - Summer Fruit Still Life Vibrant still life of juicy, ripe fruit on a ceramic tile by Alzora Zaremba (American, b. 1943). Signed by the artist "Alzora 1991" in the...
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze, Oil

Champagne Bottle with Grapes Still Life Oil Painting by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Champagne Bottle with Grapes & Pot Still Life Interior Original Oil Painting by 20th Century Artist Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995). Framed in a high quality off-white shabby chic...
Category

20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Mid-Century Abstract Geometric Composition Bold Color Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Geometric Composition by René GUINAND (French, 1892-1983), signed oil on canvas, in a wooden frame - left side missing Framed: 26 x 32 inches Canvas : 25.5 x 31.5 inches Inscribed ve...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1900's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Female Artist Still Life Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Les Blanches Roses by Louise Derival, French early 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed in a beautiful period frame. framed: 31 x 31 inches canvas: 26 x 26 inches provenance: p...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

FIND N.6 - Italian abstract oil on canvas panting, Massimo D'Orta
Located in Napoli, IT
Find n.6 - Massimo D'Orta Italia - Oil on canvas mis. cm. 80x100 Massimo D'Orta born in Naples in 1950 where he currently lives and works. Atypical character in contemporary art: man...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"ULANDA - Painting in Studio Class" Bay Area Figurative Movement Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"ULANDA - Painting in Studio Class" Figurative Study Oil on Canvas A dark-haired woman is standing at an easel, by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The subject is ca...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss academic painter 19th VAUTIER Interior Oil on canvas The spinner woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Benjamin VAUTIER (Attributed to) Morges (Switzerland), 1829 – Dusseldörf, 1898 Oil on canvas 43 x 37 cm (58 x 52 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame in carved and gilded ...
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Mid-19th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Study for 'After the Drop Off'" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's "Study for 'After the Drop Off'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a balcony draped with colorful flowers basking in warm light. About the Artist...
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Emilio Grau Sala (1911 - 1975) - Óleo sobre tabla - Interior con figura
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior Se presenta enmarcada la pintura El estado de la obra es bueno Medidas obra: 47 x 56 cm. Medidas del marco: 71 x 80 cm. Emilio Grau Sala Nace en Barcelona en 1911. Maestro catalán de la Escuela de París, recordado por sus magníficas escenas realistas. Se forma en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. Tras varias exposiciones en su ciudad natal y ya siendo un pintor de éxito, contrae matrimonio con la pintora Ángeles Santos Torroella. De ambos nacerá en 1937 el futuro pintor Julián Grau Santos. En 1936 expuso en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Madrid y, coincidiendo con el inicio de la Guerra Civil Española, se traslada a París. Conoció de cerca las vanguardias inclinándose por una figuración colorista, derivada del impresionismo y el fauvismo. Allí entrará rápidamente en contacto con el núcleo de artistas españoles. Realiza una pintura próxima al postimpresionismo francés, con un marcado acento lírico. En París alcanzó un gran éxito realizando multitud de exposiciones. En 1936 recibe el Premio Carnegie. Grau Sala destaca, además, como creador de escenarios teatrales y como excelente ilustrador. Fallece en Barcelona en 1975. Celebró diversas muestras individuales, sobre todo en Barcelona y París, pero también en ciudades como Nueva York, Toulouse, Londres o los Ángeles. En el 2015, su hijo Julián Grau Santos cede la obra familiar de su padre para la venta a Beatriz Bálgoma como marchante. A partir de este momento la galerista expondrá obras del artista en diversas ferias de prestigio nacionales e internacionales como Feriarte, Lisbon Art...
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1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

''Everyday'' Contemporary Oil Painting of a Girl on a Green Bike
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Spanish artist Mònica Castanys is inspired by everyday scenes. Moments, femininity and light are the basis of her paintings. Her color palette is r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Arthur Boyd Houghton - Victorian Oil Painting of Figures in an Interior
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON (1836-1875) Sunday Afternoon Signed l.l.: Houghton Oil on canvas Framed 20.5 by 25.5 cm., 8 by 10 in. (frame size 30.5 by 34.5 cm., 12 by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: William Drummond; Private collection. Probably painted in 1864, the present work evokes the peaceful contentment of everyday family life, with its small scale further reinforcing the intimacy of the scene. It is one of a series of small intimate family scenes produced during this happy period of his life. A male figure, possibly the artist’s himself, slumbers in a chair, a handkerchief draped over his face whilst Susan, the artist’s young wife reads by the window. Their child, either Arthur or Georgina, plays on the floor with a discarded newspaper. The room is at 4 Adelaide Villas, St Mary’s Grove, Richmond, the house Arthur and Susan moved to shortly after their marriage in 1861. The chaise and window, with its pots of geraniums, also feature in the 1864 painting Coach and Horses (private collection) which depicts Susan, with her hair down, playing with Arthur and Georgina. A pot of daffodils placed beside the same geraniums in the present work suggest it may have been painted in the spring of that year. Such domestic bliss would shortly come to a tragic end when Susan died of pyaemia following the birth of their third child in June 1864. Houghton was born in India, the son of a captain in the East India Company’s marine service. Both is father and older brother were accomplished military draughtsmen and he probably received early training from them. His family returned to England in the early 1850s and he began studies at Leigh’s and the Langham...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

WINTER SALE! Snowy chalet 50X70 oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
As I caressed the canvas with my brush, oil paints gave life to this tranquil scene, a symphony of blues, and whites composing the serene wintry melody. My strokes carried the whisper of crisp mountain...
Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Promenade" Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Promenade" Landscape in Oil on Masonite Spring landscape by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A woman with a parasol is walking her dog on the other side of a hedge with b...
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Early 2000s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

''Tea in Stockholm'' Contemporary Oil Painting of a Three Women in a Café
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Spanish artist Mònica Castanys is inspired by everyday scenes. Moments, femininity and light are the basis of her paintings. Her color palette is reminiscent of the Impressionist...
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2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

FOR YOU - Italian abstract oil on canvas painting, Massimo D'Orta
Located in Napoli, IT
For You - Massimo D'Orta Italia - Oil on canvas mis. cm. 90x80. Massimo D'Orta born in Naples in 1950 where he currently lives and works. Atypical character in contemporary art: manu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of The Merry Wives of Windsor attributed to John Calcott Horsley
By John Callcott Horsley
Located in London, GB
Painting of The Merry Wives of Windsor attributed to John Calcott Horsley English, 19th Century Frame: Height 97.5cm, width 74cm, depth 7cm Panel: Height 78cm, width 54cm, depth 0.5c...
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19th Century Victorian Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid century Swedish Impressionist still life of flowers in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
Born in Stockholm the son of a sea captain, Boëthius studied at the Celeb Althins Art Academy from 1920 to 1921 followed by the National Art Academy in Stockholm from 1921 to 1923. H...
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1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert Phillipp "Corner of My Studio" Original Painting c.1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Phillipp "Corner of My Studio" Original Painting c.1968 Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 12" x 16". The frame measures 16" x 20". Signed low...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Nine Lives VII" Black Kitten Playing with Green Background
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Nine Lives VII" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 23.5" x 27.5" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Porch Patterns" colorful oil painting, inviting interior w paned windows framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Blue and Green
Located in Lexington, MA
Carole Rabe’s Blue and Green is a striking 24 x 36 inch oil on canvas that reveals the quiet poetry of interior space. Known for her masterful treatment of light, Rabe composes a ser...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LAVAGNA - Italian abstract oil on canvas painting, Massimo D'Orta
Located in Napoli, IT
Lavagna - Massimo D'Orta Italia - Oil on canvas mis. cm. 100x80. Massimo D'Orta born in Naples in 1950 where he currently lives and works. Atypical character in contemporary art: man...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peach Tart - Photorealistic Dessert Fruit Tart Framed Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His paintings show that everyday objects can be fasc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Realist Painting Interior Servant Girl with a feather duster Abbot 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Armand LELEUX Paris, 1818 – Dardagny (Switzerland), 1885 The Abbot's Servant Oil on canvas signed lower right "Armand Leleux" 73.5 x 61 cm (87 x 70.5 cm with the frame) Painting exhi...
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1870s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Abstract 5"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a small colourful abstract painting. The painting is framed in a black wooden frame, ready to hang. (size framed: 23,5x23.5x3 cm) Please feel free to ask any questions if ne...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

William Adam (1846-1931) Beautiful Courtyard / Patio Painting
By William Adam
Located in San Francisco, CA
William Adam (1846-1931) Beautiful Courtyard / Patio Painting Oil on Artist Board Housed in Original Art Deco Frame 33.75 x 23.5" unframed 32.5" x 44.5" framed
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20th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Early Naturalistic Still Life Oil Painting of Strawberries and Grapes
Located in Houston, TX
The work features a beautifully rendered still life of a group of strawberries arranged next to a bunch of grapes in the style of William Henry Hunt. Currently hung in a carved, gold...
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20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Foggy View" still life oil painting of flowers placed in front of a window
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a vase of flowers atop a windowsill. An antique radiator takes space beneath the windowsil. The window is flanked by pink patterned drapes. The paned window gives ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

IN PARLOR - Angelo Granati Italian figurative oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
In Parlor - Angelo Granati Italia 2013 - Oil on canvas cm.80 x 60. This is his reinterpretation of a greatest old master painting "Ladies of the First Empire 1875"by Giovanni Boldin...
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2010s Italian School Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Meditation
By Leon Lhermitte
Located in Paris, IDF
Circle of Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925) Meditation Oil on canvas 32 x 24 cm This painting depicts an old man seated on a chair, his hands clasped in his lap, his gaze lowered, pensiv...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Peony (Still Life Painting of a Pink Flower in an Interior Setting, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Still Life painting of a pink peony in a domestic setting Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, Carl Grauer, in 2022 oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches, 19.5 x 15.5 inches with an artist-...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Victorian British Oil Painting Elegant Figures in Sumptuous Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887) British Title: Elegant Figures in an Interior Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed. Indistinctly Ins...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

''I'm on my Way'' Contemporary Oil Painting of a Girl on a Pink Bike
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Spanish artist Mònica Castanys is inspired by everyday scenes. Moments, femininity and light are the basis of her paintings. Her color palette is r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Yesterday Evening. Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Yesterday Evening  " To me only our dishwasher seems to lend its self to painting. Its something to do with the angle of the light from the widow and it being tucked in a corner. Th...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

The kitchen stove, Original Still-life Painting by Igor Sventitski
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original gouache painting on paper, still life painting made under natural light. Signed on the front and back of artwork. Al...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Still Life with Architectural Columns and Pear" by Leon Olmo 31 x 52 inches
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. With frame dimensions are approximately 44" x 64" Leon Olmo was born in Moron de la Frontera at the end of the 1940's beginning at a young age to study drawing and wax technique. From heightened stimulation incredible still-lifes are produced from the nearby aromas of lemons, jasmine, pomegranates, and medlars, fruits which often appear throughout his paintings. Olmo is a self-taught painter, reaching the status as one of Seville’s most talented artists through strict perseverance in drawing and painting. Working until complete exhaustion, Olmo attempts to capture all of himself with every image he creates. For Olmo, neatness and cleanliness go hand in hand when creating a work of art. Though he denies traditional academicism, Olmo does utilize a methodical approach in each painting that begins with strict preparation of the fibrapan board upon which he paints. Beginning with a primer composed of calcium sulfate and glue, he sands the board’s surface until smooth. This regimented routine is in accord with Olmo’s insistence of maintaining neatness and cleanliness for he has rejected the use of canvas where any imperfection is not up to standard. He then picks juicy fresh fruits from their trees and retrieves wooden boards from a collection that he has acquired over the years during walks with his father. Arranging the objects for the desired effect, the outcome will be a play of shadows between the background and brilliant center of the composition. With the brush he draws simple motifs and leaves layers of paint until he achieves a magic luminosity, where the observer can actually see through space, a transparent quality distinctly from the hand of Olmo. The recreation of natural elements in his paintings is to remind the observer of humanity’s material nature. The symbolic use of jasmine is special to the artist, in order to represent the grandeur of small things, six petals with an incredible scent which contain within them the magic of the artist and of his Andalusian land. Olmo’s dreamlike masterpieces contain human warmth that has an unsurpassable way of working their way into the hearts and minds of his collectors. Leon Olmo and his son Leon Reina make up a father and son painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Blue Wall, mid-century abstract expressionist, geometric blue, black & pink work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Blue Wall, c. 1959 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 42 x 60 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Large Signed Oil Still Life Fruit - Opulent display grapes peaches cherries
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 20th century, signed Title: Extravagant Still Life of Fruit Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed. Size: painting is 18 x 24 inches, frame: 2...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"First Meal in Paris" Parisian Impressionistic Oil Painting of Wine and Cheese
Located in New York, NY
An interior scene depicting a bottle of wine and cheese plate atop a long dining room table in Paris. The breeze is being felt through the window, as t...
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2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large French Modernist Signed Oil Red Apples Green Background Kettle Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Christof Gracieuse, signed and dated 1979 Title: 'Modernist Still life with teapot' Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 23 x 38 inches Painting: 16 x 31 inches ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Storm I", Richly Textured, Neutral Palette, Black, White, Gold, Minimalist
Located in Woodstock, GA
"Storm I" – Large Neutral Abstract Textured Painting with Black Accents by Michelle Thomas. “Storm I” is a bold, highly textured original abstract painting by contemporary artist Mi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Wire

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