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Period: 20th Century
"Evening at the Grand Army Plaza" Impressionist 5th Ave NYC Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a nocturne scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza on Fifth Avenue loo...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century French Stylish Woman Posed at the Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Jamaica Island Party Goers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3188a Oil on artist board
Set in a vintage wood frame
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seoul, Korea
By Dong Kingman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Seoul, Korea, 1954 - 56, watercolor on paper, signed lower right 21 x 28 inches (sight), Midtown Galleries label with artist’s name and title verso, likely exhibited at Kingman’s solo exhibition, Midtown Galleries, 1956, literature: Gruskin, Alan D., Saroyan, William (introduction), The Watercolors of Dong Kingman and How The Artist Works, The Studio Publications, Inc. in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York and London (1958), p. 54 (illustrated) (“In Seoul on April 27th and 28th Kingman did some mountain sketching [see reproduction, on page 54, of handsome Kingman painting, “Seoul,” owned by Robert Clary...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x64 cm.
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$321 Sale Price
46% Off
Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 100x97 cm.
Frame measurements 107x104 cm.
Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
Category
Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
$2,279 Sale Price
36% Off
Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Oil Portrait of Elegant Lady Gazing Out Of Interior Window Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 11 high by 8 inches wide
cond...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Size: 1...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Expressionist African American Woman Portrait German Brazilian Harry Elsas
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 20.5 x 18 image 14.5 x 12
Heinz Hugo Erich Elsas, (German-Brazilian 1925-1994) later known as Harry Elsas. Muralist, writer, designer best known as a painter.
Born in 1925 in Stuttgart, Germany, 1n 1936 At the age of 14 he moved with his family to Sao Paulo, Brazil fleeing from World War II and of the persecution of the Jews. A self taught artist he was influenced by the Flemish artists, his work reveals remarkable influence of Brueghel and Hieronymus Bosch. He worked in the workshop of Portinari, participating in the Tiradentes mural. His work went through a post-Expressionist phase, culminating in the adoption of cubism and is characterized by the habit of creating a three-dimensional structure before painting a picture. In 1945, he was working with Lasar Segall...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Mid Century French Expressionist Landscape, Les Rochers
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large French Expressionist oil on canvas painting of a rocky landscape by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left. Presented in original white painted wood frame made by the artist....
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Oil Painting Night Time Moonlit Landscape Coastal Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Heading to Church
E. Oldham, British 1913
signed & dated
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 17.5 x 24 inches
canvas : 13 x 19 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very goo...
Category
English School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Coastal Beach Scene with Sand Dunes 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woodland Lake Landscape Scene entitled “Golden Serenity” by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Woodland Lake Landscape Scene entitled “Golden Serenity” by 20th Century Artist, Irene Cafieri. Original Vintage Oil Painting.
Art measures 24 x 20 inc...
Category
Land 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Poppy Field in Provence
French Impressionist, late 20th century
signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 29 inches
canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
Cond...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modernist White Tulips Flower Still Life by P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3333 A white tulips still life ,oil on canvas applied on board, set in a vintage curved white painted wood frame
.Signed lower left by P.Russo Neapolitan artist
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Parisian Flower Market" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Parisian Flower Market scene in Paris, France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist Cagliani most of his works were produced in t...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large British Sporting Oil Painting Jockey on Racehorse in Landscape Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jockey on Horseback
British School, 20th century
painted after an earlier style
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
English School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lament of Icarus Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Mythological Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The Lament of Icarus'
Continental School, late 20th century, signed
after the original painting by Herbert James Draper
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique English Portrait Oil Painting of an English Writer
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3423 English writer portrait, oil on board displayed in a gilt -wood frame, signed by Welsh.Image size 10 H x 8 W
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American School Cubist Abstract Framed Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist abstract painting. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Cubist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of West Highland Terrier White Dog Vintage English Oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Snowy"
English School, 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
English School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Glass Ornament In Yellow Box Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glass Ornament
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Le Soleil Blanc, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Le Soleil Blanc, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 20 x 28.75 in. (50.8 x 73.03 ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Dog Painting Portrait of Border Terrier framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Border Terrier
by Leonard Richard Finn (British, b. 1891)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 20 inches
canvas: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Provencal Hilltop Village in Landscape Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Landscape
French School, mid 20th century
oil on board, unframed
board: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
'City View', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco, California Woman Artist, Tokyo
By Jean Kalisch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Cityscape', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco, California Woman Artist, Tokyo, Large Mid-century Abstract Oil
Signed lower left, "Jean Kalisch" (American, 1912-1995) and painted...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rowboat Beneath the Trees, 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Axel Edvard Peter captures the serene beauty of nature with remarkable skill. Painted in 1918, the scene depicts a wooden rowboat resting in still waters beneath the sheltering branches of a lush tree. The dappled sunlight filtering through the foliage creates a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow, while the artist’s use of short, expressive brushstrokes imbues the composition with a vibrant, almost impressionistic quality. The rich greens and golden hues of the landscape reflect Peter’s mastery of color and atmosphere.
Axel Peter was a Swedish painter known for his distinctive artistic voice, shaped by his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and further training in Paris and Germany. He was part of the influential Opponents’ Movement (Opponentrörelsen) of 1885, alongside artists such as Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger, and Eugène Jansson...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, Summer Landscape with Country Villa
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, "Summer Landscape with Country Villa" by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely depicts a picturesque country estate near ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude Woman Resting with Flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Artwork Details:
- Title: Nude Woman Resting with Flowers
- Artist: Josep Munné Graupera (Barcelona, 1933-2016)
- Year: 1978
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 25.6 x 31.9 inches (65 x 81 cm)
- Signed: Yes, "J. Munné Jordi 78" in the lower right corner
- Condition: Good, minor wear consistent with age
- Framed: No
- Art Movement: Catalan Costumbrist Realism
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**Description:**
This painting delicately and sensitively portrays a female figure in a relaxed pose, resting on a bed draped...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,192 Sale Price
33% Off
"Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris" Impressionist Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jean Salabet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His wor...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cadaques Spain oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Cadaqués
Artist: Ramon Pichot Soler (1924–1996)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm (approx. 21.3 x 25.6 inches)
Signature: Signed in the lower right corner
Condit...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,907 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage portrait oil painting of a woman in a garden landscape original French
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage French landscape oil painting/figurative oil painting of a woman sewing in the garden by French artist, Armand Fouquet. A very charming, calmin...
Category
French School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roses et Fuschias - Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas still life painting circa 1909 by French impressionist painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts pink roses and fuchsias in a garden.
Signature:
Signed lower l...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers Still Life Large French antique pink, yellow and red roses on canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large French antique oil painting of pink, yellow and red roses in a vase. This signed oil on stretched canvas hails from the early 1900's. Large rose heads with light green foliag...
Category
French School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet and appels by Charles Felix Appenzeller - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 57x66 cm
Charles Felix APPENZELLER is an artist born in Switzerland in 1892 and died in 1964. His works have been sold at public...
Category
Academic 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Carriages at Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian City Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Landscape of Riverside Cottages at Dusk
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Landscape of Riverside Cottages at Dusk
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7 x 9.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframe...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paris, De Grands Augustins" 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depiction of a lively scene in Paris "De Grands Augustins". There is a boat situated on the water near the busy street as figures are scene throughout. The tree lined stre...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
North African Town - Mid 20th Century French Orientalist Figures Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's French oil on board by Rosette Chicotot depicting figures in a North African town, possibly Marrakech.
The work is signed lower left and presented in a silvered f...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Impressionist Landscape"Working in the Fields" by Di Martino 1945
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3910B Antique oil landscape people working in a beau colic field .
Set in a 19th C gilt frame
Image size 16x20"
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Beach Scene Oil Impasto "Cabanas on the French Riviera
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Vintage impasto oil painting beach scene on the French Riviera
Signed on verso Nikki 1955
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Temple of Evening Reds, 1983 Acrylic OpArt by Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020)
Temple of Evening Reds, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
Signed verso
36 x 36 inches
36.75 x 36.75 inches, framed
Richard Anuszkiewicz was born in E...
Category
Op Art 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Original Oil Painting on canvas contemporary Art cityscape with many faces
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an amazing, very impressive original large modern painting on canvas, depicting an urban cityscape with many faces in the foreground.
The painting is in excellent condition....
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
F...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'.
Oil on canvas. +/- 1922
Signed lower right
Measurements : 60 x 73 cm.
This painting will be recorded in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonn...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Champion Thoroughbred Racehorse "Sysonby" (1902-1906) Edward Herbert Miner
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Sysonby"
Edward Herbert Miner (American, 1882-1941)
Depicting the champion thoroughbred horse Sysonby (1902-1906)
Oil on canvas, signed "E H Miner 1905"
24 x 32 inches (31 1/4 x 39...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunset Across the Scottish Highlands Traditional Loch Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed with the artists pseudonym 'Graham Williams'.
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 19 x 17 inches
canvas: 16 x 24...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Sailing Ships in Calm Harbour Signed Antique English Marine Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch Vessels Morning Light
by C.W. Smith (British, early 20th century)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15.5 x 21.5 inches
canvas: 12 x 18 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: pr...
Category
English School 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vase of Flowers (Still Life)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Louise Delorme (b. 1928). Vase of Flowers, 1969. 26 x 36 inches; 27 x 37 inches framed. Signed lower left. Titled and dated on verso. Excellent condition.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Modern Fantasy Figural Musician Sax Player signed Morgan
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4048 Modern fantasy figural musician sax player
Set in a metal frame
Signed Morgan for Brenda Polsky Morgan Childs (1942-2008)
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
1920's French Portrait of Man with Moustache Signed & Dated Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
French School
signed and dated 1923
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound conditi...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
JULES RENE HERVE (1887-1981) Childen Feeding Ducks Woodland River signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding the Ducks
by Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French, signed front and back
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 9 x 11 inches
framed: 15 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman
Mixed technique on canvas cardboard.
Work measurements 35x27 cm.
Frame 40x32 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spani...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$262 Sale Price
44% Off
"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A man and his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x66 cm.
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$321 Sale Price
46% Off
Roy Lichtenstein Landscape with Philosopher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original and authentic poster, titled "Landscape with Philosopher" by Roy Lichtenstein, was published by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, reflect...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Screen
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Oil - Daffodils and Poppies
Located in Corsham, GB
This impressionistic still life features a vibrant bouquet of yellow daffodils and deep red poppies arranged in a dark, rustic jug. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame with a mater...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
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