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Medium: Oil
Late 19th Century Landscape at Dusk by American Impressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942)
Landscape at Dusk, 1888
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
18 x 22 inches
24.5 x 28.75 inches, framed
Charles Courtney Curran was born in ...
Category
1880s American Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Socialite 1950's female portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of a Socialite.
Oil on canvas glued down to masonite panel.
Panel measuring 25 x 30 inches.
Unsigned and unattributed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
Sunrise above the sea port - Scandinavian pointillism painting - Early 1900s
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Stunning Scandinavian Impressionist painting depicting a glorious sunrise above the port of Goteborg in Sweden
The artist marvellously captured the way in which the light of the ris...
Category
20th Century Pointillist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Scottish Oil Painting Bothy Cottage Wester Ross Windswept Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ernest Dunsmore (British, 20th century)
Challick Hills, Wester Ross
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 26 x 30 inches
board : 22 x 27 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique man nude oil painting 1920's portrait of a man in a thong impressionist
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Captivating antique man in a thong signed and dated impressionist oil painting on canvas. Atmospheric vintage almost nude portrait oil painting of a man standing. A man stands in a ...
Category
1920s French School Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
"PaperLandscape" Abstract Paint , Original Art on Canvas made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: PaperLandscape – 40x50 cm – Mixed Media on Canvas
Year: 2019
Support: Stretched canvas on wooden frame, depth 3.5 cm, ready to hang, no frame required.
Technique: Hand-painted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
«Sea on Fire» - Hyperrealistic Oil Seascape Painting with Sunset Ocean Waves
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Sea on Fire” is a moment when the sky bursts into flame above the horizon, and the sea catches its light as if holding a secret. The waves whisper in the language of sunset, rolling...
Category
2010s Realist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Cats at play, portrait of a cat and a Kitten playing with a glove in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabriella Rainer-Istvanffy (Austrian, 1886–1963)
Cats at Play
Oil on canvas, circa 1950
26 x 30 inches (framed)
This charming composition by Gabriella Rainer-Istvanffy depicts a ten...
Category
1950s Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Guoqiang Nin Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Hidden Scenes"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Hidden Scenes
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 35 x 27.25 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2000 Circa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline)
Located in Hudson, NY
Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline) by David Konigsberg
2025, oil on panel, 23.5 x 24 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sea Within - Gifts of the Silent Tide
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Sea Within — Journey Between Light and Silence.
A visual meditation on strength and serenity, this work is part of the Sea Within series — where the ocean becomes a metaphor ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 19th century Fox hunter with hounds, hunter and rider in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed John Nost Sartorius (1759–1828)
Fox Hunter and Hounds
Oil on canvas, circa 1810
Provenance: Ackermann & Johnson, London
A fine and spirited example of early 19th-century ...
Category
1810s Victorian Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dreamy Rabbit", Surreal, Contemporary, Dreamlike, Blue, Purple, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Dreamy Rabbit” is a 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch oil painting on canvas that blends luminous contrasts, soft lines, and flowing forms. This surreal, contemporary work depicts ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fall Landscape, Indiana', AIC, Laguna Beach, Chicago Art Association
By Derk Smit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Derk Smit" (American, 1889-1985) and painted circa 1950.
An Impressionist oil landscape showing riverside, autumnal trees with scarlet, rust and ochre foliage ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Abstract - Oil On Canvas. "Paths of being"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This oil painting on canvas unfolds in an abstract language, rich in chromatic energy and movement. The composition is dominated by warm tones such as reds, oranges, and yellows, in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Entrelacement 2, Abstract Lanscape, oil on canvas, Expressionism, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Size unframed: 50 x 50 cm (15.75 x 15.75 in)
Size framed 57 x 57 cm or 22.44 x 22.44 in.
Choose the color of frame black or wood.
A certificate comes the painting
the painting is re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pomegranate Pinky Red Pocket Painting, oil paint, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate (canvas size 7.5x7.5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Between earth and time, Oil on canvas, Abstract Landscape, Expressionism art
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
About the artist:
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter known for her rich, layered oil paintings that blend abstraction and symbolism. Born in Paris in 1964, she has lived ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract 4, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Layers of blue and cream with touches of orange and black create an energetic composition. The blending of colors evokes a strong sense of movement, while the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Figurative Oil On Canvas. "Polychromy Study Red"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas featuring a mosaic of red, orange, and yellow tones, interspersed with abstract and representational elements and rich texture that imparts depth. It is create...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BE WATER
Located in Zofingen, AG
She floats where silence begins — just beneath the skin of the water.
Her form is neither here nor gone, dissolving into rhythm and light.
There is no past, no edge, no name — only t...
Category
2010s Realist Oil Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Australia" Black Outline Bunny on Soft Pink Background Oil Painting Gold Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a soft Pink background with thick use of paint. It ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th Century Portrait of Reverend and Reformer John Calvin
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare 17th-Century Portrait of John Calvin
This small interesting portrait, of John Calvin (1509–1564) offers a rare glimpse into the enduring legacy of the French-Swiss reformer. P...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pair of Docked Fishing Boats in Empty Beach Bay French Landscape Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paired Boats at Bay
by Fanch Lel
Size: 16 x 13 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board , unframed
Condition: Good condition overall with minor surface handling marks and light ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shall I Compare You To Summer Days - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Sunny Night, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A surreal scene offers two possibilities. First, it is a realistic rendering of a man in a Big Bird costume, slouched at a dimly lit bar among solitary drinkers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forget Me, No
Located in Zofingen, AG
A stubborn, vulnerable plea — to refuse, yet still hold on.
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Roy Henry Brown NA American Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting 1879-1956
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A landscape mountain hillside oil painting on panel by artist Roy Henry Brown possible western scene. Painting is under glass signed lower right. The image measures sight size 10 x 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shade of Red" Black Outline Bunny on Cerise Red Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a cerise red background with thick use of paint. In...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th century Flemish seascape - Stormy Sea with Merchant Vessels and dolphins
By Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (1614–1652) attr., Stormy Coastal Scene with Merchant Vessels, Galliot, and Dolphins
Framed by rugged cliffs and illuminated under a dark, swirling sk...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Winged Kaleidoscope" Butterflies on Silver & Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful colorful, gold and silver ton...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
La Maison Pres de l'Etang - Mid 20th Century French Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French naif oil on canvas winter landscape by Charles Pincon-Maricourt. The artist is featured in Anatole Jakovsky's ''Peintres Naifs'', which is known a...
Category
1960s Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th-Century European Oil Painting Woman and Dog Rooftop France Nouveau
Located in Buffalo, NY
An evocative and atmospheric early 20th-century European oil painting depicting a tranquil village scene at dusk. A solitary woman, seated with her loyal dog, gazes toward a cluster ...
Category
Early 1900s French School Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful English signed oil painting c.1950 River Mole Devon England
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Morris Meredith Williams (1881-1973) Welsh
TITLE: “River Mole, Devon"
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 50cm x 43cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Painter, stained glass artist and illustrator, born in Cowbridge, Glamorgan. Was married in 1906 to the artist Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams, who died in 1934. He studied at Slade School of Fine Art and in Italy and France. During World War I he served in the Army in France and completed work based on his Somme front experiences. Work by Williams and his wife is at the Scottish National War Museum in Edinburgh. He painted widely in France and showed in Liverpool and elsewhere, sometimes signing as M M Williams.
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hudson River School 19th Century American Landscape Mountains Haystack Horses
Located in Buffalo, NY
This finely executed 19th century oil painting exemplifies the pastoral grandeur and romantic vision associated with the Hudson River School. While the painting is unsigned, it was c...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Earth Tones Black Lines Composition 5 Paintings Artist Alicia Gimeno
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Ben-Zion (Ukraine, 1897-1987) circa 1930's "Floral Still with White Vase"
By Ben-Zion
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Floral Still Life
Ben-Zion (Ukraine, 1897-1987)
Circa 1930's
Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
17 3/4 x 12 5/8
One of the founding artists of Abstract Expressionism, hailing from Ukraine,...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Big Ben, Oil Painting
By Karen Barton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A bison peeks in from the side, its massive presence softened by a neutral beige backdrop. The thick, rugged texture of its coat contrasts beautifully with the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Yellow Roses in Cold Water"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Yellow Roses in Cold Water" by Volskaya Liliуа. The painting is made with ceramic paints on 350-gram cardboard. It is an original technique. The painting features charming yellow ga...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Oil, Board
"Parisian Street Scene" French Impressionist Oil Painting of Paris with Figures
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in a whimsical and impressionistic way, capturing the Cafés of the busy streets from the 20th Century with much life. In the distance we...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Montecito View Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Title: Montecito View
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Dimensions: 34" x 34" x 1" inch (87 x 87 x 3cm)
Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrap...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seashore
Located in Zofingen, AG
The ocean is a mystery, full of secrets and deep emotions. Its power can be frightening, yet it beckons and offers freedom. In every wave lies a story of fear and love, intertwined i...
Category
2010s Realist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Earth Tones Black Lines Froms Diptych Artwork Artist Alicia Gimeno
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Waves of Freedom
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Waves of Freedom" captures the moment when water washes away all constraints and expectations, allowing the soul to breathe freely. Each brushstroke symbolizes the journey toward in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Second Story - Orange Olive Green Yellow Ochre Blue White Abstract, 2017
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are bright an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet in Yellow Vase
Located in London, GB
'Bouquet in Yellow Vase', oil on board. A vibrant and joyful still life by Anna Costa (circa 1960s), a rare and sought-after voice in the Provençal Colourist movement. This compositi...
Category
1960s Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$109 Sale Price
20% Off
Colourful Large Female Nude, Femme Nue Allongée
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, large oil on canvas female nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist.
Isabell Pardoe trained at the Slade scho...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
William Miller Frazer RSA (1864-1961) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Pulborough
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral landscape painting depicts a serene countryside scene featuring prominent oak trees lining a serene lake in Pulborough, Sussex. Signed and inscribed on stretchers verso...
Category
20th Century Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Oil - Cubist Sunflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant painting depicts an abstracted floral composition featuring stylised sunflowers rendered in bold, overlapping planes of colour. The artist employs an impasto cubist appr...
Category
20th Century Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dawn's Exhale, Psalm 25:5" (2025) Original Oil Painting, River Scene
Located in Denver, CO
"Dawn's Exhale, Psalm 25:5" (2025) by Thomas Kegler is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a meandering river softly lit by a brilliant sunrise.
About the artist:
Thoma...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Impressionist River and Park Landscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist oil on canvas view of a river in parkland by the noted French artist Albert Uriet. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and is presented in a fine car...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,678 Sale Price
50% Off
French School Early 19th Century Oil - Le Chatelaine
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts a woman from the early 19th century, rendered with careful attention to period dress, including her dark hair styled in a fashionable updo and a brown dr...
Category
Early 19th Century Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Gentleman's Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Mor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vessel 7 (Green, Blue, & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vessel 7
Green, Yellow, Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting
Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025
oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches, unframed
The sides are cleanly painted light grey so framin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Train to Sunset, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Set on a winter evening at the 4th Avenue/9th Street station in Brooklyn, this painting captures a vivid sunset framed by the converging diagonals of the train ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American School Western Seascape Fauvist Modern Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school fauvist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
1940s Fauvist Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
William Shayer Senior (1787-1879) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, A Good Ale
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine example of the work of William Shayer Senior (1787-1879). A Good Ale, oil on panel. Signed to the lower left. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with floral an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Oil Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fish from China Garden. Landscape, fish, water, autumn, leaves, carp
Located in Oslo, NO
"Fish from the Chinese Garden"
60 x 80 cm, acrylic, oil, oil pastel on canvas
The painting "Fish from the Chinese Garden" was painted based on the artist's impressions of visiting t...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label.
A substantial figural oil showing V...
Category
1950s Oil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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