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Medium: Metal
Love Letter
Located in West Hollywood, CA
"Love Letter" by RETNA is a powerful example of graffiti-inspired calligraphy transformed into contemporary fine art. Painted in rich crimson enamel, this 2025 work features RETNA’s ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Metal Paintings

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Enamel

"PaperLandscape", OriginaL Fine Art Canvas, Large size, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: PaperLandscape Artist: Marilina Marchica Year: 2024 Dimensions: 50x70 cm Technique: Mixed media (handmade paper collage and paint) Description: An original artwork representin...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Enamel

20th Century by Mario Schifano Untitled Enamel and acrylic on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mario Schifano (Khoms, Libya, 1934 – Rome, Italy, 1998) Title: Untitled (perhaps “The House”) Medium: Enamel and acrylic on canvas Year: 1990 Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 4 cm Signed “Sch...
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1990s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Enamel

Painting Oil On Canvas, a Reclining Nude by Legendre French school
Located in Gavere, BE
Painting Oil On Canvas, a Reclining Nude by Legendre French school of the 20th century Beautiful and large oil on canvas, French school from the 1920's representing a naked young rec...
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1920s French School Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

“Money Lenders” after Flemish Painter Quentin Matsys (1466-1530)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Well-fed, well-dressed, and well satisfied, counting and accounting for the money. The unknown painter--although the name Quentin Matsys was scratched into the verso of this work pro...
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19th Century Northern Renaissance Metal Paintings

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Copper

Lisa visiting Gaultier...
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artwork is done in mixed media. Italian fine-grained cotton tm Unico and Dutch acrylic paints Amsterdam were used in the work. Finish - satin varnish. The sides are painted in t...
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2010s Art Deco Metal Paintings

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Brass

Heartfelt Meeting
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...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Gold Rush" by Hessler - Mixed Media Heavy Textured Impasto with White and Gold
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973) "Gold Rush" 2024 Oil Paint, Glue, Gold Leaf, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Gold Rush" by Sveta ...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

The Haveli-2, Gouache & Gold Leaf on Handmade Paper by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Yugal Kishor Sharma - The Haveli-1 15 x 15 inches (unframed size) Gouache & Gold Leaf on Handmade Paper. (Unframed & Delivered) Yugal Kishore Sharma The Haveli-1 Gouache & Go...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Shooting Star Resurrected Phoenix. Contemporary Figurative Painting
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...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Untitled, by Eddie Martinez
Located in Dubai, Dubai
By Eddie Martinez Untitled, 2015 Crayon, coloured pencil, sharpie and enamel 15 x 21 cm
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Enamel

Mine-original realism wildlife sculpture-oil painting-Artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Metal Paintings

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Bronze

After Caravaggio KPM Porcelain Plaque
Located in Astoria, NY
After Caravaggio "Die Falschspieler" [The Cardsharps] KPM Porcelain Plaque, impressed "K.P.M. / F" marks to reverse, giltwood frame. Image: 11.75" H x 16" W; frame: 20.5" H x 24.5" W...
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19th Century Baroque Metal Paintings

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Enamel

"Night at The Palais Garnier" Gold Leaf French Haute Couture Painting on Canvas
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...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

The Underground -Andrea Stella-Figurative Abstract Painting -Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Andrea Stella (1950-2019). The child of Greek immigrants raised in Italy, Andrea was destined to create. His first concentration in the art world was antique woodworking, which lead...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Mirage en Mer
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique work by Patrick Rubinstein, one of the most famous French contemporary artists in the world. This work of art is in perfect condition, never owned before. It is part of his 'M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Lucky Cat and Pink Dolphin
Located in Kansas City, MO
Keith Young Lucky Cat and Pink Dolphin Collage on Canvas; Rubber, Glue, Wood, Cotton Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 11.25x9.25x3in Signed by hand COA provided Ready...
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2010s Pop Art Metal Paintings

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Wire

oil on canvas Historical Scene " The Surrender of Breda "after Diego Velasquez
Located in Gavere, BE
The Surrender of Breda, June 5, 1625, known as the Lances is an oil on canvas painted by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez (1599, Seville - 1660, Madrid) during the years 1634-1635...
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1890s Baroque Metal Paintings

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Caelestinus, " Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract contemporary painting by Roger Mudre features a cool-toned palette with subtle gold accents and an iridescent quality. Concentric circles of varying sizes overlap one a...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Sphinx (Sphynx) - depicts pyramid, gold sand, cat head of epyptian god Bastet
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with acrylic, gold leafing pen 18 kt in gold and black color on canvas size 48x36". This is the "Many thoughts, one head" series. Th...
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2010s Minimalist Metal Paintings

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Gold

Summer Glitch - Vibrant Mixed Media Surreal Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant, large-scale multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's recent work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and glitter. The natural beauty of her subjects is juxtaposed against the "engine of technology" inspiring personal and innovative compositions. Surreal and vibrant, Tova's work thematically and stylistically layers her life experiences. This unique 48 inch square artwork...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Ospedale II (Abstract Mid Century Modern, Building Facade in Black & Yellow)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary Abstract Architectural painting in black and yellow "Ospedale II" painted by Hudson Valley, NY based painter, Anthony Finta, in 2019 36 x 24 inches oil, enamel and pap...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Metal Paintings

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Enamel

18th Century Italian oil on copper, Raphael School
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Italian oil on copper portrait in the style of Raphael. Excellent condition.
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18th Century Metal Paintings

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Copper

Golden Palms #4 - Tall Skinny Modern Textural Abstract Original Trees Painting
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 Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Sunset Allegory
Located in Zofingen, AG
"What inspired the creation of this landscape abstraction: The wonderful golden light of sunset in combination with the blue sea. Dimensions in inches: 26 x 33 Details: - Materials u...
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Bronze

"Dripping Dots - Emeralds" Colorful Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
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...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

The Gold Experience 835
Located in Montreal, Quebec
From an early stage in his art career, Marco studied the painting techniques of many of the old masters. Over time, he modified and reinterpreted them in new ways to create his uniqu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Holy Family, by the bolgonese master.
By Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Lo Spagnuolo
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite painting, resembling a precious jewel, serves as an exceptional illustration of the devotional cabinet paintings created by Giuseppe Maria Crespi, a highly original Bolognese artist during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Crespi's distinctiveness extended beyond his unique style and technique to the subjects he chose to portray. While his portraits and genre paintings often displayed a light-hearted and even irreverent tone, his treatment of religious themes resonated with deep emotion, even in its most inventive forms. This recently uncovered work by Crespi is a typical representation, invoking the tender connection between mother and child, and the Child's destiny, all within a compact and intimate format. Executed on a small scale, the painting showcases Crespi's remarkable sensitivity and mastery of paint, especially evident in the expressive brushwork of the drapery. The restrained and focused composition of the Holy Family allows for contemplation of the figures. Mary cradles the Christ child gently, seemingly presenting him to the viewer, her gaze knowing as the infant holds a diminutive cross, symbolizing his future crucifixion. Joseph appears in the background, emerging from the left side of the frame, gazing upward with folded hands in prayer. Individual motifs from this painting reappear in other works by Crespi, suggesting a synthesis of familiar elements into a vibrant composition. The artist's revisitation of designs throughout his career is evident, and this painting on copper likely belongs to a later period, reflecting stylistic ties to other works and Crespi's increased production of smaller devotional pieces. Distinguished by its cool palette, bold coloration, and the expressive force of the artist's hand, this Holy Family painting...
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Early 1700s Baroque Metal Paintings

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Copper

Bronze Table II
Located in Dallas, TX
Bronze & Steel Table
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Bronze, Steel

Windows With Flowers Still Life Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Windows With Flowers Still Life Painting Artist signed lower left, 16" x 18" with frame 26"h x 28"w Calman Shemi was born in Argentina in 1939. He studied sculpture and ceramics at t...
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1980s Metal Paintings

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Gold

My Joyful Heart - Lively Colorful Abstract 3-D Painted Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Wire

"Brother and Sister in the Field" Impressionist American Painting on Copper
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting scene depicting a brother and sister in the field on a sunny day. She watches over her brother while he flies a colorful kite in the distance; an endearing si...
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20th Century American Impressionist Metal Paintings

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Copper, Enamel

Bronze Table III
Located in Dallas, TX
Bronze & Steel Table
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Bronze, Steel

Mixed Media Abstract Geometric: 2-Sided Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and layered collotype on both sides of heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). The background of this piece is a collotype. Gold leaf, treated in a varie...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Oil Painting of Seated Female Nude Figure by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Seated Female Nude Figure by British Contemporary Artist Art measures 13 x 20 inches Frame measures 18 x 25 inches Mark Clark is a British Artist, born in 1959. Cla...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Copper

The Farm
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminium comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomise...
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2010s Conceptual Metal Paintings

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Metal

Ex Voto Retablo – Early 20th C. Holy Tribute for Healing & Return to Good Health
Located in Denver, CO
Ex Voto; Holy Tribute for the Return to Good Health. Oil on tin with ink, May 31, 1922 with a contemporary custom frame hand-carved by artisan Michael Blatnik. Ex-Voto is 7 ½ x 11 i...
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1920s Folk Art Metal Paintings

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Metal

Untitled 2. From 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...
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Ecstatic Clematis" 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer Ecstatic Clematis, 2025 pressed petals, Durabrite prints, sequins, 24K gold leaf, acrylic on Ampersand panel 16 x 12 in. (pal250) Marilla Palmer lives and works in Br...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Marc - graphic, portrait, pop-art style, cultural, acrylic painting on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Taking caricature portraiture to a new level, Viktor Mitic has portrayed 'Marc' in the guise of a zombified 1950s radio announcer. The bright blocks of co...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Inextricable V
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mixed media: oil, fiberglass, metallic pigments on panel, and framed in artist fabricated silver aluminum. Inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area, French Am...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Aluminum, Metal

"Sienese Icon (Tropical Trinity)" (2025), Egg Tempera Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Sienese Icon (Tropical Trinity)" is an egg tempera painting with gold leaf, cultured pearls and tiger eye gems on a panel. This piece measures 28 x 28 inches and is re...
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2010s Realist Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Girl & Rooster Enamel Glazed Ceramic Plaque Israeli Artist Awret Naive Folk Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a rare ceramic plaque painted with enamel glaze by famed Israeli German artist Irene Awret is signed Awret Safed on the verso. the actual glazed ceramic is 10X15 inches. Irèn...
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1950s Expressionist Metal Paintings

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Enamel

"Angel Trumpets, Morning Dew" (2025) Egg Tempera Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Angel Trumpets, Morning Dew" measures 22.5 x 21.25 inches in its elegant frame and is ready to hang. About the artist: A two week trip that I took to Italy in 1984,...
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2010s Realist Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Quiet
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...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

CHERUBS - In the Manner of Rubens - Italian Oil on copper painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Cherubs - Ettore Frattini Italia 2006 - Oil on copper cm.30x50. This delightful oil on copper in Baroque style depicts dancing cherubs, most likely inspired by the allegories with c...
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Early 2000s Flemish School Metal Paintings

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Copper

Lapin, by Sandoz, Animal, sculpture, rabbit, bronze, 1940's, brown patina
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin, modèle 6, circa 1944-1949 Edition Leblanc-Barbedienne Bronze with a brown patina 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et Animalier 1881-1971, Catalogue Raisonné de l...
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1940s Modern Metal Paintings

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Bronze

Christ with the Angry Gaze - After a Russian Icon, 17th C.
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ with the Angry Gaze (The Savior of the Burning Gaze), after a Russian icon from the mid-17th century Artist: Oliver Samsinger Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with 24...
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2010s Byzantine Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Palm Springs Vibe - Large Black White Piano Entertainment Figurative Painting
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 feeling, she creates magic and captures the moment by infusing her art with strong emotive qualities. Zabel communicates each scene with precision. Her work evokes the Impressionists, but depicts modern love and adventure. Couples stand at bar top tables...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"The Unicorn's Garden, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "The Unicorn's Garden" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grey unicorn in a lush garden of cat faced flowers and rollin...
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2010s Surrealist Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Orange Cake Stacked on White
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Enamel

Untitled 15, 16 and Untitled 17. 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...
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Dripping Dots - The Maldives" Jewel Toned Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
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 flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"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 Metal Paintings

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Enamel

"I Can Experience Joy and Happiness" Abstract Butterfly Painting Acrylic Canvas
Located in New York, NY
The Butterfly series for Ash began as a sentiment to her late Father. Butterflies began to appear in unexplainable ways after his passing, the artist later discovered that Butterflies represent spiritual rebirth, transformation, change, hope, and life - she goes on to say: "The butterfly series draws inspiration from Rivera's quote 'Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can.'" After coming to the fruition that Butterflies pose as not only a symbol for beauty and rebirth, Almonte felt a feeling of deep comfort. Her passion for sharing this message of hope and renewal through her colorfully diverse canvases is achieved with resilience leaving her audience glimmering much like the inner voice and the spark of Joie de vivre that fuels her purpose in life to create. This piece is painted on thick gallery wrap canvas and is signed lower right and on verso, it comes with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 48 x 48 inches Inspired by vibrance and an optimistic outlook on life, Ash Almonte is recognized for her distinct abstract expressionistic style. She is best known for her series of Chandeliers, Butterflies, and Fashion from the Seventh Avenue Design District. Almonte's award-winning works can be found in private and permanent collections around the world. She is motivated by change, compassion for others, and miraculous phenomena that can impact others for good. Her flair and admiration for fashion and art have been a staple of her life since childhood. As a young girl, she would experiment using anything she could find to make art; from tearing apart bushel baskets at her father’s fruit stand, to tearing out old magazine clippings from her mother's magazine collection; anything and everything around her could potentially be used to create. She would continue to seek out opportunities throughout her young adult years, as her love for fashion grew, allowing her to collaborate with celebrity stylists creating looks for top billboard artists, as well as apparel worn at New York Fashion Week for designers Sherri Hill...
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2010s Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

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 Metal Paintings

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Copper

Waterfall
By Hiroshi Senju
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Waterfall" is an abstract landscape natural pigments and platinum on Japanese mulberry paper mounted on board painting by Hiroshi Senju in 2021. The artwork is 36 x 46 inches and 36...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Paintings

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Platinum

"Evenings in Paris" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
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...
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2010s Abstract Metal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

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