Gold Leaf Paintings

View of a Port "59" French Modernist School Oil on canvas Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59" 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...

This vintage 36" x 56.5" Japanese Byobu screen painting is by an unknown artist from the Tosa School of Art depicting a 'Garaku,' a Noh dance bei...

ROJO #1 is dominated by the richness of the red in the oil paint on the canvas. The perfectly geometric gold leaf circle, a recurring visual element in Yuri's works, contrasts nicely...

'Old Fishing Boat', oil on canvas, Italian Tuscan School, (1972). Glimmering reflections on the water outline the hull of an old fishing boat in the port...

Robert Rauschenberg Abstract Composition (Robert Rauschenberg Foundation #88.D109), 1988 Solvent transfer, watercolor, and gouache on Japanese dedication board Hand-signed by artist,...

The present illuminated page was once part of a larger manuscript, as evidenced by the tears along the right edge, illustrating a story from the Islamic world. The scene presents two figures in a landscape, one on horseback and another gesturing to a fallen deer. The stylization of the landscape shows influence from the Byzantine tradition of painting, with jagged rocks jutting into a golden sky. The page contains handwritten text on both sides, and is surrounded by gold illustrations of peacocks and a running deer. 11 x 6.5 inches, artwork 18.63 x 14 inches, frame accompanied on the back with an image of the verso framed to conservation standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant genre in Persian art in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature...

The 'Sunlit' series is an exploration of the colour yellow and its positive effect on individuals impacted by grief. The pictorial language in this series pays homage to Japanese Woo...

'The Fisherman', oil on canvas, French School (circa 1950s). A delightfully colourful depiction of a young fisherman admiring his considerable catch, a l...

Memory Landscape- Magic Bells is her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. In this outstanding painting, Shizico applied layers of mat...

Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...

"Some paintings take years," Shizico Yi told the curator, revealing that this particular artwork falls into that category. It's a piece she revisited after years of living with it, a...

My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, wood, orange