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Medium: Gold Leaf
"The Constellation Crater" (2019) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera/Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "The Constellation Crater" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2015, this piece depicts a young woman, holding a crystal chalice and sitting upr...
Category
2010s Realist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oriental nude odalisque oil painting on canvas " Thais" by Adrien Tanoux 1920
By Adrien-Henri Tanoux
Located in Gavere, BE
Oriental nude odalisque oil painting on canvas " Thais" by Adrien Tanoux 1920
Our painting is the original preparatory painting for the large size one hanging in the collections of ...
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1920s French School Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Ink+Gold leaf Drawing-British Awarded Artist-From London with Love
Located in London, GB
From London with Love is a drawing series by Shizico Yi, composed of en plein air studies that capture quiet, private moments between the artist and the city—drawn in beloved corners...
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2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Large Oil painting-Constant Gardener, a portrait-Gold leaf-UK Artist
Located in London, GB
Primary Colour Series-Constant Gardener- A self portrait is one of Shizico Yi's latest large paintings for her new projects, inspired by Japanese woodblock Print and the a nod to cal...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Oil Large Framed-Magnolias-Feat. Scottish Tartan-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
* Free Framing service, we will work with you to choose the best materials and methods those suit your interior deco style and colour scheme; design for you, frame it for you!
-Arti...
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2010s Impressionist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,569 Sale Price
25% Off
Twilight's Gentle Shelter
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silhouettes and Shadows II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Margarite - Original Large Vibrant Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Midnight Jasmine-Original Oil with Gold Leaf-British Awarded Artist-Expression
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Love between us - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Golden Palms #2 - Modern Textural Abstract Original Painting
By Zabel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guided by her passion for life and her spirit, French Canadian painter Zabel creates vibrant artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
When You Love Someone!. From the Origin series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
They were created as an investigation into the beginnings of the current human social conditions with a focus on materiality and evolutionary information gathered from Paul Shepards ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Gold Leaf and Mesh Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning horizontal abstracted mesh and gold-leaf lithograph on heavy bond paper with artist's protocol notes (for future projects) by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Unsigne...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
You Feel Like Home - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oil On Canvas Family Portrait After Sir Anthony Van Dyck ca 1870
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Family Portrait After Sir Anthony Van Dyck"
After Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish painter, 1599-1641), Group of three young girls with a bust of Mercury Oil on canvas (doubled),
probably end 19th century, with French wax seal...
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1870s Baroque Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Shooting Star Resurrected Phoenix. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a mirror image copy of an earlier painting which was destroyed in the 2025 Malibu fires.
Trust your intuition, embrace your journey and follow the path that resonates with y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood.
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Early 1900s Byzantine Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Divine Wind
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arleen Joseph
Evoking a sense of place, a heightened sense of atmosphere and cultural influences, my paintings are an allusion to landscape, a suggestion of place based on color and...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silhouettes and Shadows I
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Glows 3
Located in London, GB
Glows 3,
Acrylic and gold leaf on paper
signed, titled and dated by the artist
20 x 20 cm - paper
31 x 31 cm - Framed with 92% UV-resistant Art Glass.
Frea Buckler is a British cont...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Brian O'Neill's 'Deep Dive 1' Original Acrylic Painting with 24K Gold Leaf"
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's "Deep Dive 1" is an extraordinary original artwork created in 2024. This piece measures 12 x 12 x 1.50 inches (30.48 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm) and showcases a masterful blen...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Fertility", oil and gold leaf painting of vibrant pomegranate red fruit tree
Located in Dallas, TX
"Fertility" is a stunning painting depicting a vibrant pomegranite tree in the center, surrounded by a rich gold background. The fruitful tree has a lively energy that spreads throug...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ecstasy - Textured Oil Painting with White Gold Leaf Inspired by St. Teresa
By Axel Getz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ecstasy"—a compelling work in oil and genuine white gold leaf—engages directly with the visceral intensity found within the mystical writings of Saint Teresa of Avila. The painting ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled 22, From the Mexican Ryōan-ji Series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sezione Aurea 2024-007 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, rock
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea 2024-007 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of black Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 61 × 31 × 6 cm...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Piccolo Giardino Numero 8 (Botanicals, Burgundy, Butterflies, Gold, ~39% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Piccolo Giardino Numero 8
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 8 x 8 x 1.75 inches
Signed: On Verso
COA provided...
Category
2010s Modern Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Memory
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Elements No. 13 -Turquoise Blue Gold Organic Abstract Geometric Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Sitting with the Shadows: framed painting w/ photos, Black African American art
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a large, framed acrylic painting with collaged photographs, gold leaf, metallic paint, and other mixed media. Is it by artist Lavett Ballard, who is the first Black woman to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
American 19th Century Coved Picture Frame. Original Gold Gilding
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique American gilt picture frame. Rabbet measures 12.5" x 10.5" Perfect for a 12" x 10" painting.
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Golden Rain by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flora, yellow tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Golden Rain is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Large French Oil painting On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
Beautiful Oil On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer French school 19th century
This is a French 19th century school with large dimensions .
Very decorative and exclusive portrait paint...
Category
1890s French School Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 3 (Botanicals, Burgundy, Butterflies 50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 3
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 10 x 8 x 1.75 inches
Signed: On Verso
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
In the Warmth of each Other - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract family painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"River 2" Abstract Composition in Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Wood Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
"River 2" Abstract Composition in Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Wood Panel
Bold abstract composition by California artist Janet Trenchard (American, b. 1947). This piece is composed of layers of rich dark green, and soft yellow. There are accents of bronze-gold leaf that shimmer under direct light. Streaks and scrapes add dynamic movement to the compostition.
Titled and signed on verso: River 2 Janet Trenchard
No frame, but the edges are painted for frame-less display.
Janet Trenchard (American, b. 1947) is an artist and poet from San Jose, California. Trenchard taught art in public high school for 12 years before retiring to pursue her own creative interests. An artist and writer, her paintings and assemblages have been exhibited in San Jose, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. Her poems and stories have been published in Porter Gulch...
Category
1990s Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Fine Austrian/Russian Oil on Board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback"
Located in LA, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" ...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese paper mounted on panels...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original-Under Scotland Sky- feat. Tartan-Brit Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf-abstract
Located in London, GB
With the patterns of her beloved family Tartans and childhood blanket, Shizico weaves Scottish expensive ever-changing skies into a visual dance of the surrealism and realism.
Throug...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,734 Sale Price
20% Off
Kyoto VII Landscape Silver Pavilion by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style painting
Located in Paris, FR
Kyoto VII Landscape – Silver Pavilion is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and gold leaves on Japanese ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Diptych-Foxgloves-British Awarded Artist-Blue Purple-Impasto-gold leaf
Located in London, GB
This stunning Original Diptych paintings by Shizico Yi on Canvas includes:
Blue Serie- Foxgloves Blue in Pink
Blue Serie- Foxgloves Blue,Gold and Red
these are a part of Shizico Yi'...
Category
2010s Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,097 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dripping Dots - Lights of Cannes" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Special 4904
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
In excellent company - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Golden Paths lead to the Sea, Abstract, landscape, Seascape
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting was inspired by the joyful light at sunset across the the South Downs, the glimmer of gold light glimmering of the white chalk paths and curves of landscape glowing in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 1 (Botanicals, Burgundy, Butterflies 50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 1
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 10 x 8 x 1.75 inches
Signed: On Verso
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
French watercolour painting on paper " l'amateur " by Bernard Louis BORIONE
Located in Gavere, BE
" The amateur " French watercolor on paper by Bernard Louis Borione
Signed to lower left
Title: L'amateur
Dimensions watercolor : 38 cm x 50 cm
Dimensions frame: 62 cm x 75 cm
Artis...
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1890s French School Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Landscape Painting on Gilt Wood Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4013 Hand painted Japanese wood panel on gold leaf panel
Category
1950s Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Dripping Dots - Emeralds" Colorful Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lilies In The Valley, Large gold painting with colorful nature, flower palette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Lilies in the Valley" is a stunning, elegant painting depicting a powerful, vibrant flowers in the surrounded by a rich golden background. Artist Anastasia Gklava is an expert at ap...
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2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Home is where the Heart is - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Glimpses No. 14 - Green and Gold Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Raven Violet - Original Vibrant Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rolling On Currents of Time
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jada - Original Vibrant Gold Leaf Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hummingbird XII
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Night at the Palais Garnier" Gold Leaf French Haute Couture Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Piccolo Giardino Numero 10 (Botanicals, Burgundy, Butterflies, Gold, ~39% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Piccolo Giardino Numero 10
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 10 x 10 x 1.75 inches (round)
Signed: On Verso
C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fields No. 21 - Turquoise Blue Gold Organic Abstract Geometric Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
VENICE - In the Manner of Canaletto -Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Venice - Mario De Angeli - Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 75x150.
Mario De Angeli's canvas is an extraordinary work of Italian landscape painting.
They are inspired by the landsc...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, rock
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of black Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 29 × 24 × 5.5 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Gold Leaf paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Gold Leaf paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, pink, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Sax Berlin, Cindy Shaoul, Mark Steven Greenfield, and Francisco Larios. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Gold Leaf paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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