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Style: Symbolist
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen

Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Queen by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 42 x 30 inches framed: 45 x 33 inches condition: overall v...

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Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Garden guardian
Garden guardian

Dasha PogodinaGarden guardian, 2023

$1,241Sale Price|20% Off

Garden guardian

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "The 'Garden Guardian' serves as the keeper of our...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Buste de jeune femme avec un chat - Symbolist Portrait Oil by Guirand de Scevola
Buste de jeune femme avec un chat - Symbolist Portrait Oil by Guirand de Scevola

Buste de jeune femme avec un chat - Symbolist Portrait Oil by Guirand de Scevola

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by French symbolist painter Lucien Victor Guirand De Scevola. The work depicts a brunette woman in an embellished off the shoulder white dress hand holding a sleepy ginger cat in one arm. Signature: Signed and dated 1905 lower right Dimensions: Framed: 35"x31" Unframed: 26"x22" Provenance: The collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford O.B.E. Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola Biography View full artist profile Guirand de Scévola was a student of Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris. He then became a committee member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he also exhibited. He became an officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1914. Making rigorous accuracy his main concern, he had a brilliant career as a society portrait artist. As such, his works became widely known. He painted portraits of a variety of subjects, including the Duke of Massa, Henri Farman, the Duchess of Uzès and the Duchess of Brissac. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Mulhouse: Woman with a Veil...

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Early 1900s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Very Large French Surrealist Oil Floating Figures in Sky, Colorful Oil Painting
Very Large French Surrealist Oil Floating Figures in Sky, Colorful Oil Painting

Very Large French Surrealist Oil Floating Figures in Sky, Colorful Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Josnye Gallet (French signed and dated 1972) Title: Surrealist floating figures in a space like atmosphere. Medium: signed verso, oil painting on canvas, unframed....

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20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna

Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna

Located in Holywell, GB

Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting Luna An intriguing painting displaying imaginative symbolism and referencing the Pre-Raphaelite movement. T...

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Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

Framed Bretagne Breton Symbolist Oil Painting Circa 1910 Liturgical Costume
Framed Bretagne Breton Symbolist Oil Painting Circa 1910 Liturgical Costume

Framed Bretagne Breton Symbolist Oil Painting Circa 1910 Liturgical Costume

By Edgard Maxence

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Follower of Edgard Maxence. French ( b.1871 - d.1954 ). Meditation, Circa 1910. Oil On Canvas. Image size 34.4 inches x 22.2 inches ( 87.5cm x 56.5cm ). Frame size 44.1 inches x 31.9...

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Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Evening Street Scene with Carriage and Gas Lamps, 1912
Evening Street Scene with Carriage and Gas Lamps, 1912

Evening Street Scene with Carriage and Gas Lamps, 1912

Located in Stockholm, SE

This atmospheric painting by Anders Loman captures a quiet city street bathed in the subtle glow of gaslight on a winter evening.A horse-drawn carriage disappears into the distance, ...

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1910s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Denise Jones Adler, Gaia, 2018, Mixed media, Mythical

Denise Jones Adler, Gaia, 2018, Mixed media, Mythical

Located in Darien, CT

Denise Jones Adler's work is both personal and archetypical and seeks to memorialize a moment in time, the fragile nature of life, and the emotional impact of the past on the present...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera
Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera

Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera

Located in Soquel, CA

Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera Olive Harvesters are bundled up against the cold and dust on a harvest morning, somewhere on the southern It...

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1980s Symbolist Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mother’s Melody
Mother’s Melody

Mother’s Melody

By Puzant Godjamanian

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

This is a painting by Puzant Godjamanian (1909-1993), a deeply meaningful composition depicting a mother singing her baby to sleep. The piece convey...

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1980s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

The Holy Hour Symbolist Landscape Figures Sunrise German School Oil Painting
The Holy Hour Symbolist Landscape Figures Sunrise German School Oil Painting

The Holy Hour Symbolist Landscape Figures Sunrise German School Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title The Holy Hour Symbolist Landscape Figures Sunrise German School Oil Painting Key Details Artist: German School, circa 1930s Medium: Oil on canvas Size (canvas): 51 x 81 cm Sig...

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Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bruges (Brügge), 1894 by Symbolist Painter Olof Sager-Nelson.
Bruges (Brügge), 1894 by Symbolist Painter Olof Sager-Nelson.

Bruges (Brügge), 1894 by Symbolist Painter Olof Sager-Nelson.

Located in Stockholm, SE

Provenance: Ina Colliander, relative of the artist; A private collection, Sweden; Bukowskis, Stockholm, Important Winter Sale, 2025, lot 711. Exhibited: Thielska Gallery, Stockholm,...

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1890s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

THE STAIR in the TOWER - original large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in
THE STAIR in the TOWER - original large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in

THE STAIR in the TOWER - original large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

"The Stair in the Tower" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 31.5x23.6in / 80x60cm. Shipped rolled in a tube. Check 1stDibs code FREESHIP This painting, a study of an elaborate spiral staircase, demonstrates the artist’s skill in merging architectural elegance with a dynamic sense of movement and mystery. The subject itself—a wrought iron spiral staircase—becomes more than a functional object; it transforms into a metaphor for transcendence, curiosity, and the infinite. The staircase is richly ornate, with swirling ironwork patterns and intricate details that capture the eye. The artist emphasizes the craftsmanship, elevating the staircase into a work of art itself. The ornamental designs echo Baroque or Rococo influences, known for their flamboyance and decorative excess. The spiral is inherently dynamic, drawing the viewer’s gaze upward in a continuous loop. This quality imbues the staircase with motion and energy, almost as if it is alive, spiraling into another dimension. The artist employs a dramatic perspective, positioning the viewer at the base of the staircase, looking upward. This composition evokes a sense of aspiration or awe, as if the staircase ascends to an unknown destination. The light filtering through the structure accentuates the curvature and creates a contrast between the solid metal of the staircase and the soft, ephemeral glow of the environment. This interplay of light and shadow enhances the mood, making the staircase seem both tangible and ethereal. The cool metallic grays and silvers of the staircase reflect its materiality, suggesting durability and permanence. At the same time, the reflective surfaces give it a shimmering, almost celestial quality. The background is suffused with warm, earthy tones—yellows, browns, and muted greens—that contrast with the cold metal of the staircase. This contrast creates a sense of tension between the man-made structure and the organic or natural environment surrounding it. Symbolism. Spiral staircases are often symbolic of a journey, both physical and spiritual. They represent the process of ascent, growth, and transformation. This staircase seems to lead into a vortex of light, suggesting a path to enlightenment or transcendence. The spiral is a recurring motif in art and nature, often representing infinity, cycles, and continuity. The staircase's design hints at a journey without end, encouraging reflection on the passage of time and the eternal nature of life. The destination of the staircase is deliberately obscured, leaving the viewer to wonder where it leads. This creates a sense of mystery, drawing the viewer into an imaginative exploration of the unknown. The swirling patterns in the ironwork mirror the overall spiral shape of the staircase, creating a sense of harmony and cohesion. These designs also add a decorative richness to the piece, tying it to the tradition of Romanticism or Gothic Revival, where even utilitarian objects were imbued with beauty and meaning. The background is loosely rendered, with soft, swirling brushstrokes that echo the spiral of the staircase. This abstraction contrasts with the detailed depiction of the staircase, making the environment feel less defined and more dreamlike. The staircase appears to float in a liminal space, further emphasizing its symbolic and otherworldly qualities. The viewer’s vantage point and the sheer scale of the staircase evoke a feeling of awe. It could symbolize humanity’s ambitions to reach higher realms—intellectually, spiritually, or artistically. The absence of people in the painting draws attention to the object itself, suggesting introspection or solitude. The staircase might represent a solitary journey, one that each individual must take alone. The intricate design and upward motion of the staircase, combined with the lack of a specific time or place, imbue the piece with a sense of timelessness. It could exist in any era, representing universal human themes. In comparison to the artist’s other works, this painting shifts focus from mythological and figurative themes to an architectural subject. Yet, it retains the artist’s characteristic use of ornamentation, bold perspectives, and symbolic depth. Like the Minotaur or Zeus paintings...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue Bottle by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 50x61 cm
Blue Bottle by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 50x61 cm

Blue Bottle by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 50x61 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...

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Mid-20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1925 Viennese Oil Painting Interior Still Life with Porcelain Vase, Tapestry Rug
1925 Viennese Oil Painting Interior Still Life with Porcelain Vase, Tapestry Rug

1925 Viennese Oil Painting Interior Still Life with Porcelain Vase, Tapestry Rug

Located in Surfside, FL

Framed 21.2 X 25.5 Unframed 17 X 21 Signed and dated 1920. Nina Karasek (Joële) born 1883 Kuttenberg, Czech Lands, Austro-Hungarian Empire, died in 1952 (I have also seen the date recorded as 1933) Vienna, Austria. Nina Karasek was an Austrian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1883. Her work was featured in exhibitions at the Es Baluard, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art and the Bildraum Bodensee. Little is known of Nina Karasek's life. She was born in 1883 in Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) in Bohemia, studied art at the Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen (Art School for Women and Girls) in Vienna, Austria, under Adalbert Seligmann and Tina Blau. She studied at the Frauenakademie in Vienna and Munich. In the 1920's she worked first as a landscape painter and an illustrator, later turning toward symbolism, painting mystical subjects after her interest in spiritualism. Her conventional works were shown at various exhibitions. At the age of 44, while she was copying a work by Rembrandt in an Italian museum, she fell into an altered state of consciousness. Rembrandt appeared to her, took possession of her arm, and immediately her hand started to draw something quite different from what she had intended. From then on, for the rest of her life Nina Karasek was in “supernatural” contact with a series of great masters like Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer, Goya, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Gustav Klimt and others. Under their guidance and inspiration, she drew and painted works "in the style" of the masters. But very soon her works became stylistically more and more unrestricted and Symbolist, showing an enormous range of creative expression, ranging from symbolic and allegorical motifs to bewildering images with a fantastic arsenal of figures and private characters, signs, and symbols, and to frantic, gestural sketches and abstract compositions. From then on, she often signed her works with her esoteric “primordial name” Joële. (Nina Karasik-Joel) Almost everything we know about her life was from what she noted on the reverse of her drawings: sometimes diary-like notes of her horrible living conditions during World War II, but often strangely impenetrable explanations of the depicted motifs – often as fascinating and mysterious as the drawings themselves. In her works and notes, an exciting private cosmology and mythology unfolds, a drama of hidden powers and principles that flow through macrocosm as well as microcosm. Shortly after their discovery, Nina Karasek's Spiritualist, mediumistic works have found their way into galleries and major international collections. SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2019 The Medium’s Medium: Spiritualist Art Practices From the Turn of the Century and Beyond. The Gallery of Everything, London, (she showed with Madge Gill, Augustin Lesage, Fleury-Joseph Crépin...

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1920s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

German Symbolist Nude Figures Landscape Oil Painting Mid Century
German Symbolist Nude Figures Landscape Oil Painting Mid Century

German Symbolist Nude Figures Landscape Oil Painting Mid Century

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: German School, second half 20th century Medium: Oil on board Size: 33 x 41 inches (framed) Frame: Framed Signature: Indistinctly signed lower right Condition: Overall very go...

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Late 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

"The Tides", Blue and Gold Symbolist Original Oil Painting

"The Tides", Blue and Gold Symbolist Original Oil Painting

By Andrée Bars

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

"The Tides", is a symbolist oil painting on canvas by Andrée Bars. In this composition at once cosmic and contemplative, the artist explores the invisible motion that connects time...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

Living Caryatids - Oil Painting by Marco Rossati - 1985 ca.
Living Caryatids - Oil Painting by Marco Rossati - 1985 ca.

Living Caryatids - Oil Painting by Marco Rossati - 1985 ca.

By Marco Rossati

Located in Roma, IT

Beautiful and impressive painting by Marco Rossati, showing his interest for Classicism as well as for esotericism. Through a fine painting technique Rossati retrieves the values of ...

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1980s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

“Narcisse”,  Contemplative Figure Red Beige Velvet Fabric Symbolist Oil Painting

“Narcisse”, Contemplative Figure Red Beige Velvet Fabric Symbolist Oil Painting

By Andrée Bars

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Titled "Narcissus" and by Andrée Bars, this oil on linen canvas painting captivates with its introspective tranquility and intricate detail. The artwork features a young person draped in a richly textured golden coat with deep red accents, lying beside a reflective surface on a wooden floor. The thoughtful pose and downward gaze suggest a moment of deep reflection, reminiscent of the mythological Narcissus who was mesmerized by his own reflection. The background is adorned with a sheer, flowing curtain that adds a layer of softness to the composition, contrasting with the solid and tactile textures of the wooden floor. A lone white flower placed near a strategically positioned pocket watch further enriches the scene, introducing themes of beauty, fragility, and the relentless march of time. The use of muted, earthy tones alongside dramatic lighting not only highlights the figure and elements within the painting but also evokes a mood of contemplation and solitude. This painting, through its symbolic elements and masterful execution, invites viewers to ponder themes of self-reflection, identity, and the ephemeral nature of time. Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs, who himself inherited 19th century masters’ skills from his own professor, Andrée Bars learned the profession of painting in its purest tradition. She still applies these ancient masters...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

"Shattered Atlas: The Modern Burden" - Symbolic Cubism Figurative Artwork
"Shattered Atlas: The Modern Burden" - Symbolic Cubism Figurative Artwork

"Shattered Atlas: The Modern Burden" - Symbolic Cubism Figurative Artwork

By Masri Hayssam

Located in Carmel, CA

Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Shattered Atlas: The Modern Burden" 2004 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and the...

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Early 2000s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Casiopee - Painting Green Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black Sand
Casiopee - Painting Green Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black Sand

Casiopee - Painting Green Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black Sand

Located in Sofia, BG

"Casiopee" is a painting by Maestro Edele Bessy - MABILLOT GRANDJEAN GENEVIEVE The painting is unframed. Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represented by the vast creative power of her talent.” Dear art lovers, if you like the art of maestro Bessy, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks. Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work. Maestro Edele Bessy was born on August 7, 1946. Self-taught painter since 1982. At first she mainly worked in miniature on ivory, which she then abandoned in favor of oil painting. New beings appear unconsciously on his canvases taking on the dimension of a wandering crowd, mostly women whose eyes arise and challenge us with ever so much acuity. Maestro Bessy paints in a very personal, constantly evolving style. Maestro MABILLOT GRANDJEAN GENEVIEVE - ADELE BESSY Awards : Prix de Peinture du Salon de Beauchamp 2023 Médaille du Conseil Départemental de Bourg la Reine 2023 Prix de peinture Salon des Amis des Arts de Chaville 2022 Prix de peinture Salon des beaux-arts de Boulogne-Billancourt 2022 2ème Prix de Peinture Salon de Chablis 2022 Prix de la ville Salon du SPAM Pontoise 2021 Grand Prix de Peinture de SEMEAC 2021 Prix du Jury indépendant Etampes 2021 Prix du conseiller Départemental Salon de Croissy sur seine 2019 Médaille de la ville de St Maurice 2019 Prix du Jury Gagny 2019 1er Prix de peinture Salon des Artistes indépendants Normands 2018 Prix du Jury Salon de Champagne sur Oise 2018 2ème Prix de Peinture Salon de Bois Colombe 2018 Diplôme d'Honneur et Médaille de la ville de Livry-Gargan2017 Prix Univers des Arts Salon de Thionville 2017 Prix de peinture Salon du Plessis Bouchard 2017 Médaille d'Or Salon de Taverny 2017 Prix de Peinture Salon de Sannois 2016 Médaille d’Or Salon de Bondy 2016 Prix de la peinture à l’Huile Ste Maure de Touraine 2016 2ème Prix de Peinture Pont des Arts Vire Normandie 2016 Médaille d’Argent Salon de Cormeilles en Parisis 2016 Prix de Peinture Salon de Guyancourt 2015 Prix du Public Coye la Forêt 2015 Grand Prix du Salon de Roissy en France 2015 L’école de la Loire Prix de Composition Fantastique 2015 L’école de la Loire Grand Prix du Conseil Général 2015 Prix du Public Salon de Plaisir 2014 Prix du Jury Salon de Coye la Forêt 2014 Prix du Bateau Atelier Salon de Bennecourt 2014 Prix du Jury Salon d’Etampes 2014 1er Prix de Peinture de la Municipalité de Taverny 2014 1er Médaille d’Or Salon de Vittel 2014 Prix de la Municipalité de Viarmes 2013 Prix du Public Salon de Gouvieux 2013 Prix de Peinture Salon de Magny en Vexin...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Water Guardian - Surrealist Fantasy Portrait in Acrylic on Canvas
The Water Guardian - Surrealist Fantasy Portrait in Acrylic on Canvas

The Water Guardian - Surrealist Fantasy Portrait in Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

The Water Guardian - Surrealist Fantasy Portrait in Acrylic on Canvas Bold surrealist scene by California artist Joff Jones (American, b. 1992). A towering figure with a spigot for ...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Art Déco Painting, ca. 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest
Art Déco Painting, ca. 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest

Art Déco Painting, ca. 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest

By Gaston Bussiere

Located in Berlin, DE

Painting, around 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest. Signed, Gaston Bussiere. With beautiful (original) Art Deco frame. Frame has minimal damage in places. Dimensions with frame 67cm x 86cm This painting is offered here for the first time exclusively on 1stdibs! From private, German estate. Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862 in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929 in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator. Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff...

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1910s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Cardboard

Head of Medusa

Head of Medusa

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: David Davis, Los Angeles, California. Toni Lynn Russo, Los Angeles, California; her estate until 2024. Exhibited: Münchener Glaspalast Jahres Ausstellung, 1902, no. 1071...

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19th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

KK Kozik, Sunny, oil on linen, 22 x 31 inches

KK Kozik, Sunny, oil on linen, 22 x 31 inches

By KK Kozik

Located in Darien, CT

KK Kozik is an artist living and working in Sharon, CT and Brooklyn, NY. Her paintings have ben exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and have been reviewed in publications such as The New York Times, Artforum, The New Yorker and Art in America, among others. Images of her commission for the New York MTA, stained glass windows at the Rockaway Beach...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Crayon, Rag Paper, Linen, Oil

Fete Champetre - Symbolist Figurative Oil Painting by Ker Xavier Roussel
Fete Champetre - Symbolist Figurative Oil Painting by Ker Xavier Roussel

Fete Champetre - Symbolist Figurative Oil Painting by Ker Xavier Roussel

By Ker Xavier Roussel

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed symbolist oil on panel circa 1910 by French Les Nabis painter Ker-Xavier Roussel. This beautiful painting depicts nudes and figures dressed in robes in a wooded landscape. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 31"x40" Unframed: 23"x32" Provenance: JPL Fine Arts - London c. 1985 Ker-Xavier Roussel met Édouard Vuillard at the Lycée Condorcet, which they both attended. Together they visited Eugène Ulysse Napoléon Maillard's studio, where Roussel became acquainted with Charles Cottet, going on to study at the Académie Julian under Bouguereau and Jules Lefebvre. There, he became interested in the Synthetism promoted by Sérusier, following Sérusier's heeding of the line Gauguin had adopted in Pont-Aven. He joined the Nabis group. He and his friends form a link between the Impressionists - he knew Cézanne, Degas, Renoir and Monet - and the Fauves and Cubists. In his earliest paintings, Roussel adopted a dark palette for Realist still-lifes. Later, his work bore the influence of Gauguin, Sérusier, the Nabis and Cézanne, in Intimist scenes painted in flat tints not yet clearly delineated. Their dull, saturated tones are reminiscent of Cézanne. In about 1900 he started painting mythological scenes full of nymphs and fauns and set in his home region of Île-de-France. After a bicycle trip in Provence with Maurice Denis, during which he met Cézanne, he lightened his palette, much taken by the cloudless skies below which he would now set the mythological and idyllic compositions which link him to Poussin and Corot. This wondrous, unreal world found its way into large-scale works, including the stage curtain of the Champs-Élysées theatre in 1913, a large Pax Nutrix for the Palais des Nations in Geneva and Dance for the Palais de Chaillot in 1937. He is best remembered for: Silenius' Triumph, Polyphemus, Diana, The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus. The nymphs and fauns of a mythology quite his own appear in clearings and woods from the outskirts of Paris, but the sun they rejoice in is Mediterranean. To capture the vibration of bright colours under a permanent sun, he later turned to pastels. He was more a Symbolist than a Nabi and signed himself K.-X. Roussel. He also produced lithographs. He took part in exhibitions from 1891 with the Groupe des Vingt at le Barc de Bouteville's gallery in Brussels. Then he exhibited in Revue Blanche Painters ( Les Peintres de la revue blanche) in Paris; with the Nabis at Café Volponi in Paris; before World War I with Free Aesthetics in Brussels; from 1901 at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne; in the 1930s in Revue Blanche Painters ( Les Peintres de la Revue blanche) hosted in Paris by designer Bolette Natanson, the daughter of the Revue Blanche's owner. He took part in The Masters of Contemporary Art ( Les Maîtres de l'art contemporain) at the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris, and at the 1938 Venice Biennale and 1939 New York World Fair. He featured posthumously in Toulouse-Lautrec and the Nabis ( Toulouse-Lautrec et les Nabis) at Bern Kunsthalle; From the Revue Blanche ( Autour de la revue blanche) in the Galerie Maeght, Paris, and in Tokyo and Brussels. He had one-man shows in Paris before his death in 1944. Retrospectives were mounted in the 1960s in London and Bremen. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Geneva (Petit Palais): Haystacks on the Seaside Paris (BNF): Training the Dog; Landscapes (engraving); Nymph and Faun (c. 1895, etching) Paris (Louvre): Poject for a Screen (drawing) Paris (MNAM-CCI): The Road (c. 1905); The Cyclops (1908); Venus and Cupid on the Seafront (1908); The Abduction of Leucippus' Daughters (1911); Pastorale (1920); Diana at Rest (1923); Portrait of Vuillard (1934) Paris (Mus. d'Orsay): The Gate (pastel); Woman in Profile with Green Hat; In Bed; Félix Valloton...

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Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Spoke 1, nude, blue tones, suggests sky water

Spoke 1, nude, blue tones, suggests sky water

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil painting of semi-abstracted female nude against a moody, ambiguous cloudy sky. The figure appears both an ethereal part of and emerging from another world.

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Alchemic Tango Boardgame Painting, Acrylic on Panel, Symbolist, 2010+
Alchemic Tango Boardgame Painting, Acrylic on Panel, Symbolist, 2010+

Alchemic Tango Boardgame Painting, Acrylic on Panel, Symbolist, 2010+

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tango Boardgame Series: Alchemic Tango with acrylic paint, cold wax and rust paint and decorative paper on panel. Alchemy is an ancient proto-scientific and philosophical tradition o...

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2010s Symbolist Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Contemporary Composition , Untitled, Emil Kazaz.
Contemporary Composition , Untitled, Emil Kazaz.

Contemporary Composition , Untitled, Emil Kazaz.

By Emil Kazaz

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Emil Kazaz — Oil on Paper, 22 × 30 inches Signed lower right This dynamic oil on paper exemplifies Kazaz’s signature figurative style, featuring a lively composition of stylized hum...

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1990s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil

Dramatic Storm over Sandhamn, Sweden, 1943
Dramatic Storm over Sandhamn, Sweden, 1943

Dramatic Storm over Sandhamn, Sweden, 1943

Located in Stockholm, SE

This striking seascape, painted in 1943 by Jacob Löfgren, most likely depicts a view from Sandhamn, a location he frequently captured in his works. Four years earlier, he created ano...

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1940s Symbolist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Man with a Cigar
Man with a Cigar

Man with a Cigar

Located in London, GB

Symbolist School 19th century Man Smoking a Cigar Pencil on paper Image Size: 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (59.8 x 44.4 cm) Contemporary-style hand carved frame This drawing depicts an o...

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Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Huge French 1930's Signed Oil Classical Roman Fountain Statue Floral Scene 1933
Huge French 1930's Signed Oil Classical Roman Fountain Statue Floral Scene 1933

Huge French 1930's Signed Oil Classical Roman Fountain Statue Floral Scene 1933

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Roman Statue by Gabriel Jules-Charles Girodon (French, 1884–1941) *see notes below signed and dated oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 38 x 47 inches canvas: 36 x 44 inches...

Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Printemps, Dancers, Women, Classical, Allegorical Scene
Printemps, Dancers, Women, Classical, Allegorical Scene

Printemps, Dancers, Women, Classical, Allegorical Scene

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Aurel Vasilescu was a Romanian artist and educator. He taught drawing at the Bucharest Technical School of Architecture. Vasilescu's work can be found in the collections of the Roman...

Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26  1940 ca
" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26  1940 ca

" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26 1940 ca

Located in Torino, IT

Opera onirica ,luna piena sul mare L'opera non è firmata ma è stata esposta al Museo d'arte Contemporanea di Rovereto il MART per una mostra monografica -Thayaht Futurista irregolar...

Category

1940s Symbolist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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