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ITALIAN LANDSCAPES A Pair EARLY 20TH CENTURY Antique Oil Paintings SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Early 20th Century Italian School
TITLE: "Anticoli" & "Arsoli"
MEDIUM: oil on panel (both)
SIGNED: both lower left
SIZE: 30cm x 25cm inc frame (a matched pair)
CONDITION: ve...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Highlands Sunset over the River Glen Valley Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed (with pseudonym)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 36 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallström’s Masterful Vision of a Northern Evening
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sunset Over Northern Waters is an oil on canvas painting by Swedish artist Carl Hallström (1850–1929). It depicts a serene Nordic sunset in which a glowing red sun hovers low over st...
Category
Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Impressionist Landscape Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed J Moreau, probably Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) ⏪
Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) was a French painter renowned for his evocative landscape...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$525 Sale Price
76% Off
Antique French Equestrian Oil Painting on wood Titled The Sentinel 1908
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3882
Antique equestrian with seated rider oil painting on wood panel
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Fishermen in their Boats at Dusk and a Quiet Sea
Located in Stockholm, SE
Italian fishermen in their boats at dusk and a quiet sea.
Oil on canvas, Mounted in a gilttwood frame. 74 × 131 cm
Signed and dated P. Gabrini Roma 1905
This evocative painting by ...
Category
Italian School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude in the Studio – A Modernist Study from the 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative oil painting, titled Studio Muse, depicts a seated nude in a quiet moment of contemplation. The model is shown in profile, resting on a simple wooden stool against a n...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'The Bather' by Louis Latapie (1924)
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on fine art paper, by Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (1924). A captivating example from the long tradition of depicting the bather, this early work by celebrated Frenc...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
$2,349 Sale Price
20% Off
Twilight at Öland Heath – Swedish Pastoral by Nils Kreuger
Located in Stockholm, SE
This tranquil view shows Öland’s rolling green heath at dusk, with grazing sheep and a lone windmill on the far horizon. The broad sky streaked with soft gold and blue underscores Kr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mountain Landscape (Pyrenees) 1928
Located in Stockholm, SE
Fritz Lindström (1874–1962)
Mountain Landscape (Pyrenees), 1928
oil on panel
unframed 15.5 × 24 cm (6.1 × 9.4 in)
framed: 26 × 34 cm (10.2 × 13.4 in)
signed on the reverse
Frame by...
Category
Realist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique English Dog Oil Painting Head Portrait of Whippet/ Greyhound, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait of a Dog (Whippet? Greyhound?)
English artist, early 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 20 x 15 inches
board: 15 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collecti...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Northern Valley View – Light, Stillness and Depth in the Swedish North
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this luminous landscape, Oscar Lycke invites us to experience the serene vastness of Sweden’s northern interior. Likely painted in the region surrounding Liden along the Indalsälv...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Impressionist English landscape with cows, trees during the Summertime
By George Léon Little
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Leon Little (1862–1941)
English Impressionist Landscape with Cattle
Oil on canvas, circa 1910
Presented in an ornate gilt composition frame
This tranquil pastoral scene, pai...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Impressionist Landscape LARGE Format Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed J Moreau, probably Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994)
That's certainly one of the last painting of his life.⏪
This painting presents a vivid lands...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Oil, Gesso
Landscape Watercolour, Lake and View to the Mountains
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour landscape of a lake and surrounding mountains by Nano. The painting is signed bottom left and presented in a fine period gilt frame under glass.
This painting portrays a...
Category
Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Antique Scottish Highlands Sunset over the Loch Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 36 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
De Boottrekker - Paint by Jef De Pauw - 1925
By Jef de Pauw
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Jef De Pauw (1888-1930) in 1925.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 83x103.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,300 Sale Price
25% Off
Georges Moisaut French Impressionist oil painting, river landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
An idyllic summer scene of a river glimpsed from a leafy river bank - more than likely the Seine as the artist lived and worked in Paris.
Georges Moisaut (exhibiting early 20th Cent...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's French Painting Interior Scene Lady Seated by Window, Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in Interior
by Etienne Auguste Krier (French, 1875-1953)
titled verso
signed initials oil painting on board, framed
framed: 15 x 10 inches
board: 13 x 9 inches
condition: very g...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Signed 1924 Sicilian Palm Tree Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist sicilian landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, r...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Plaisirs de l'été" Lakeside Landscape Oil Painting Canvas of Figures w Flowers
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century charming oil painting depicting two women and child near a lake picking flowers. Demarest was known for her charming intimate figurative scenes portraying life ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Fontaine" Countryside Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas w Fountain & Figures
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century charming oil painting depicting figures by the fountain on a lush spring day. An abundance of nature if felt along with the activities of the day; a beautiful w...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toledo Spain Nicely Framed Impressionist Antique Cityscape Street Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Spanish impressionist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf wood molding. Excellent co...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1900's French Impressionist Watercolor Portrait Lady Overlooking Balcony Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden View
French School, early 20th century
signed with initials lower corner
watercolour painting on artist paper, framed
Glass covering
framed: 13 x 10.5 inches
board: 10 x 8...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin Scottsdale Bulldog Canyon
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
In the Canyon
oil/canvas laid to panel
image 8 x 10
Purchased from the artist in 2003. This is a beautiful plein air painting done in Scottsdale at Bulldog Canyon. This is one of two...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
“Olive Trees and Farm: Cannes.” Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Olive Trees and Farm: Cannes. (Ferme dans le Oliviers: Cannes”
Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Oil on canvas, circa 1920s
Signed ;lower right
19 1/2 x 24 1/2 (26 1/2 x 31 1/2 ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$27,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist oil painting landscape original gold frame framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unknown Artist (Signed Illegibly)
Untitled (Twin Trees at Dusk), early 20th century
Oil on canvas
Framed dimensions: 20.5 in. H × 25.5 in. W
Presented in an antique gilded frame
Thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonlit Tranquility: Hugo Carlberg’s Atmospheric Nocturne, c. 1910–1913
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and poetic nocturne by Swedish artist Hugo Carlberg, Moonlight evokes the hushed stillness of a moonlit landscape. Silvery reflections shimmer across the water as tall trees c...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$4,683 Sale Price
20% Off
Max Rossbach (1871-1947) - 1934 Oil, View from the Cliffs
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 20th century oil depicting an idyllic coastline in the evening light, with areas of impasto. Signed to the lower left. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unusual Interesting EARLY 20TH CENTURY French ? ABSTRACT oil paintings - A PAIR
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned Early 20th Century Continental School
TITLE: "Abstract Compositions" (a pair)
SIZE: 32cm x 23cm incl frame
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: very good
NOTES: Thes...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sacré-Cœur & Montmatre Paris" French Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Charles Blondin was known for his impressionistic street scenes depicting popular locations in Europe. This painting is a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Located in Buffalo, NY
nknown Artist (Signed “Kaufman”)
Untitled (Pastoral Horizon), mid-20th century
Oil on board
Framed dimensions: 25 in. H × 21 in. W
Original cream-toned carved wood frame
This expres...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Paul Strisik Marine Painting American Impressionist National Academy Rockport
By Paul Strisik
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morgan's Wharf Maine
8 x 12 oil/masonite panel
Paul Strisik (April 22, 1918 – July 22, 1998) was an American plein air painter.
The painting and frame are in excellent condition but ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing the Norfolk Broads, Early 20th Century British Seascape w/ Sailboats
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Mayes Wigg (British, 1889-1969)
Sailing the Norfolk Broads
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left, signed and inscribed verso
12 x 16 inches
16 x 20.5 inches, framed
Charles Mayes ...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925"
Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)
Oil on cardboard
Provenance: Private Collection Marseille, France
Signed and dated 1925 lower right. Titled, dated...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Circle of Duncan Grant, Bloomsbury set, Rye Windmill by the river
By Duncan Grant
Located in Harkstead, GB
This idyllic scene with the reflections in the water is of Rye Windmill in East Sussex, an area which was frequented by Duncan Grant and his Bloomsbury friends and associates.
Circl...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$867 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Renaissance Lady Classical Medici Style Garden Italian Ornate Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Renaissance Lady
Roman School, circa 1890-1900 period
oil on board, framed in original Italian ornate frame
framed: 17.5 x 16.5 inches
board: 11 x...
Category
Italian School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,308 Sale Price
30% Off
"Deauville" Impressionist French Beach Scene Oil Painting on Canvas with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting of a busy beach scene by François Gall. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career, depicting a lively beach sce...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life - FRENCH SCHOOL - Lemon Starwars Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Lemon Starwars ⭐
This painting is a vibrant and textured representation of lemons, blending realism with expressive abstract elements.
⏩Subject & Composition⏪
The painting promin...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$238 Sale Price
75% Off
The Barrister Fine Antique English Huge Oil Painting Portrait of Lawyer Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Barrister (the sitter is James Guy Baker, the artists brother).
by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959)
signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 146cm x 101cm
canva...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apples and Lemons by Edith LUTZ - Oil on Canvas - 64x96 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Edith Lutz-Romani (1894-1983) was an Austrian painter active during the 20th century. Although detailed information about her life is limited, she was born in 1894 and developed her ...
Category
Academic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school Medieval scene Landscape Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Medieval scene from anonymous painter
⭐Structural Analysis :⭐
The artwork showcases a picturesque countryside setting with a central large tree dominating the composition.
Medieva...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars
$513 Sale Price
83% Off
Circle of A J Munnings c1910 “Hunt Servant” Fox Hunting Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Circle of A J Munnings c1910 “Hunt Servant” Oil Painting
A stylish depiction of a hunt servant astride his hunter painted with confidence and spontaneity....
Category
English School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
1920's British Signed Oil Painting Portrait Lady by Piano Interior Light Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the Artists Mother *see below
by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959)
signed, titled verso
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 17 inches
canvas: 24 x 12 inches
Pr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Rocky Coast"oil painting Milton James Burns, Founding Salmagundi Club Member
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rocky Coast, oil on panel Milton James Burns 1853-1933, Founding Salmagundi Artist member in ready to hang condition. The image measures 10 x 14 signed lower left.
Minor craquelure in white impasto areas of the surf. Frame abrasion in upper and lower edges of canvas. A few pinpoints of in-paint show up under UV.
This scene looks to me to be Black Head on Monhegan perhaps as Burns visited the island to draw, etc. as listed below.
The following is from "The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust"
Milton Burns...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Roger GRILLON (1881-1938), France, 1914. "Bathers". With frame: 114x94 cm - 44.9x37 inches ; without frame: 92x73cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. 30F format. Signed lower lef...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1902 M. Wierth Large original antique oil painting on canvas, Landscape, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an original large antique oil painting on canvas, depicting a picturesque European landscape, featuring a grand countryside house with red-tiled roofs and stone walls,...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)”
(Sommertag auf der Weide (Bäuerin mit Kuh))
Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958)
Oil on Canvas
Signed verso
36 ¼ x 28 inches (43 ¾ x 35...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Mushroom Still Life Oil painting original impressionist painting early 1900's
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique Belgium oil painting on canvas of impressionist mushrooms. This delightful oil painting on canvas is simple in construction but big on effect. Here, the artist has given us...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Naked Woman French oil painting post impressionist female nude interior
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique naked woman, nude oil painting, post impressionist female nude signed and dated oil painting by French artist Fernand Labat, Nude in ...
Category
French School Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Picnic Scene" Paulette Van Roekens, Impressionist Scene, Leisure, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Paulette Van Roekens
Picnic Scene
Signed lower center
Oil on canvas
12 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches
Painter Paulette van Roekens was born in France and attended the Philadelphia School of D...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scottish Landscape Oil Painting Dramatic Highland Loch & Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Bridge
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed with the artists pseudonym 'Graham Williams'
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 33 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
prov...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,639 Sale Price
30% Off
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Mural Study
Oil on board
Signed and inscribed verso
9.5 x 18 inches
15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunlit Forest and Distant Blue Mountains – A Northern Swedish Landscape by Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French school Medieval scene Landscape Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Medieval scene from anonymous painter
⭐Structural Analysis :⭐
Medieval composition due to the tunic worn by the character (at the bottom of the painting) walking their dog. The cen...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars
$513 Sale Price
81% Off
Cattle in Farm Landscape - American Impressionist art landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Impressionist farm landscape oil painting is by one of the leading American Impressionist artists, William Samuel Horton. Horton moved to England in1918 and travelled e...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Road Line III New York City Impressionist Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
☀️⭐Road Line III ⭐☀️
Landscape - Sky scrappers, office- NYC Building avenue Painting with mirror effect
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden strecher frame ...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Stuart Somerville oil painting, Portrait study of a nude black woman
By Stuart Somerville
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really striking and stylish portrait of a young black woman, painted with great panache and intimacy. Very attractively presented in a matt and silver frame: ready to hang.
Stuart...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
$1,230 Sale Price
68% Off
Very Fine 1900's French Signed Oil Full Length Portrait Lady Reading in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady, reading in an interior
circa 1900-1920 period
by Louis Faille (French 1878-1964)
signed lower right corner
oil painting on canvas,
framed in original gilt, mould...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original 19th century Antique Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original signed antique oil painting on canvas depicting a moody seascape with turbulent waves crashing against a rugged shoreline beneath an overcast sky. The distant ho...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
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