Head Paintings

Oil on wooden panel realized by Alessio Paternesi (1937-2023). Hand signed. Very good condition.

Vintage French street scene oil painting by Pierre Grisot (1911 - 1995). Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring: 29.5 by 25.5 inches overal...

This artwork "Little Girl with Flowers Basket" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist, Franco Rispoli, 1921-1989. It is signed a...

Mary Beale Portrait of Nell Gwyn 1633 - 1699 Oil on canvas, unsigned Image size: 14 ¾ x 16 ½ inches Gilt frame Beale’s portrait depicts a woman seated, head tilted to one side, eyes...

This artwork "Mother and Child" c 1940 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Victor Thall, 1902-1983. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The board size is 23.5 x 15.5 inches, framed size is 37 x 28.5 inches. Framed in original gold wash frame, with fabric liner. The painting is in excellent condition, the frame has some minor restorations. About the artist: Victor Thall belongs to that unique American brand of rugged individualist. Working closely for a time with such painters as Gorky and de Kooning, Thall wasn't content to join the burgeoning American clique of Abstract Expressionism. Instead, on the eve of its international recognition, he abandoned New York, making a worldwide tour of indigenous cultures attempting to find a solution to the crisis of abstraction. Thall felt that painting needed to communicate in a way that Abstract Expressionism could not. Using parts of its vocabulary, Thall created work that was modern in spirit but based on fundamental traditions that he believed connected the whole history of art. In this way he resembled his contemporary Max Beckman, and it is fitting that Thall was chosen with Beckman by The New Yorker art critic Robert Coates as the best painter of the 1949 Whitney Annual. Fiercely uncompromising in his opinions, Thall sadly fell into obscurity in his later years. Yet it was a willful obscurity. But America does eventually honor her difficult individualists, even if sometimes years after their deaths. Victor Thall was born in New York in 1902. He studied at the Art Students League under Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Luks, and John Sloan. Further studies were at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He left for Paris in 1924 continuing his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julien. Returning to the United States in the early 1930's, he became friendly with Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky. He participated in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939. He taught at the Art Students League in the late forties and was represented in the Whitney Annual of 1949 and 1950. His paintings are in numerous private collections in the United States and Europe. He died in 1983. Education: 1914 -1927 Art Student's League - Studied with:Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Bridgman, George Luks, Von Schlegel, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Frank Vincent du Mond. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947 -1949 Art Students League Selected Bibliography: Falk, Peter Hastings , ed. The Annual and Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art 1918-1989. (New York): Sound View Press, 1991. Levick, L.E., "A Guide to the Art Galleries," New York Journal American, May 23, 1964. Review of one-man show at Southampton Gallery. 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Paul Klee, The Whitney Annual, and John Marin, The New Yorker, December 31, 1949, pp. 42-43. 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1949. Lansford, Alonzo, "Thall at Binet," The Art Digest, December 15, 1947, ill. Upton, Melville, "George Binet Gallery," Sun, December 13, 1947. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall at the Binet Gallery," New York Times, December 10, 1947. "Victor Thall at Binet Gallery," Art News, December 1947, p. 59. Oil Paintings by Victor Thall, New York: George Binet Gallery, 1947. Burrows, Carlyle, "Art of the Week," Herald Tribune, 1946. Review of group show at the Chinese Gallery. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Past and Present," The New Yorker, May 27, 1944, pp. 68-69 Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Art News, November 1-14, 1943, p. 22. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall," New York Times, October 24, 1943. Burrows, Carlyle, "Victor Thall at the Puma Gallery," Herald-Tribune, October 24, 1943 Upton, Melville, "Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Sun, October 23, 1943. Lansford, Alonzo, "Varied Shows of the Week," The Art Digest, October 1943. Review of Puma Exhibition. Victor Thall Oil Paintings, New York: Puma Gallery, 1943. Art News, "Our Own Exhibition Gallery," June-july 1943, ill. MacLeod, Norman. Thanksgiving Before November. New York, 1936. Book ill. Selected Public and Private Collections: Brooklyn Museum Desmond Child, Los Angeles Robert Crewe, Los Angeles Sidney Lumet, New York Newark Museum Billy Steinberg, Los Angeles 1968 DePoliolo Gallery, Palm Springs 1965 Studio Gallery, Naples, Florida 1964 L’lnstitute Francais d’Haiti 1964 Summit Gallery, New York City 1964 Southampton Gallery, New York City 1963 Guildhall Gallery, Chicago 1961 Leicester Gallery, London 1950 Whitney Museum , New York City 1949 Whitney Museum, New York City 1947 Binet Gallery, New York City 1946 Chinese...

Alpha Appeman Bancroft (1898-1984) was a female American Impressionist painter and wife of Albert Stokes Bancroft. Both were active in Denver, Colorado, and known for their Impressio...

"Saint Lawrence Looking at the Treasures" is a captivating painting attributed to the Bolognese School, a prominent art movement from Bologna, Italy, flourishing primarily in the 16t...

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Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's faces. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among o...

Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Plastic Figure 8" is an oil painting that depicts a lone yellow plastic cowboy figure firing his gun into the darkness. Gr...

A close look at one of Alfredo`s paintings leads to interesting discoveries. The surface is full of rasps and scrapes, stains, impastos, graffiti and lines. This treatment creates an...

Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. Masterfully evoking a poetic tenderness and melancholic solitude, Three Men with Trays exemplifies Salman Toor...

Still life - Francesca Strino Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm.60x70. Francesca Strino, a Neapolitan painter, realises this still life with great pictorial realism. The painter has her...

La Rue (The Street) Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 37.5 x 32.5 inches

British School Self Portrait at the Easel 20th Century Oil on canvas, signed with monogram 'AF' and dated 1929 Image size: 21 x 17 inches (53.5 x 43.5 cm) Hand-made contemporary-styl...

Oil on Canvas. The work echoes, in counterpart, the well-known painting by Francesco Trevisani now housed in the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Palazzo Barberini. In this variant...

Lady with blue scarf - Ciro De Rosa Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas cm. 50x40 The painter Ciro De Rosa in this picture has painted a young woman caught in all her carelessness, to notice every detail, from the shawl resting on her shoulders, to the bracelets, earrings, make-up and hairstyle, emphasizing naturalness and sensuality. The De rosa is inspired by the painting of the master Vincenzo Irolli...

Francesco is a superb original oil on canvas realized in 2015 by Anastasia Kurakina . Signed and dated on the lower right margin. In excellent conditions. This Contemporary artw...

Child with Doll is original artwork realized in the early 20th century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed on the lower right. Unread...

A particularly fine 19th century oil portrait of a young girl fetching water from a nearby river. Well presented in a gilt frame and slip, under glazing. Unsigned. On canvas on stret...

Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s. Hand signed. Very good condition.

Pietro Della Vecchia (Venice, Italy, 1603 - Vicenza, Italy, 1678) Title: The Alchemists Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 73 x 97 cm – with frame 90.4 x 114.3 x 6 cm N...

Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Floral Background, Realism Resin Frame Growing up in Cuba, I was surrounded by silence where music should have been. Western ban...

Signature bottom right Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, then later moved to Boston and New York. Before long, he had enlisted a group of Brooklyn businessme...

Beautiful figurative portrait by American Impressionist Frank Hector Tompkins. One of the most talented and yet underrated artists of the Boston/Munich School. Oil on board, signed l...

This intimate portrait depicts a bearded monk in profile, rendered with masterful attention to naturalistic detail including weathered skin, expressive eyes, and dishevelled curly ha...

Attributed To French Master Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808). Magnificent rococo pair paintings depicting scenes from the life of Europe of the 18th century. Two scenes tell us about the lives of travelers and fishermen of the time. Two frames of the same century perfectly complement these paintings. Paintings made in the technique: Pastel, Bodycolor, chalks, and perhaps gouache on paper or paperboard supported by wooden boards. Gold leaf neoclassical frames of early 1800s (not examined under frames). On the reverse side of the wooden substrate, there is a stamp, "Bundesdenkmalamt Wien", Perhaps Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 –1808). Antique old paintings...

hand signed on back Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents ...

Oil on Canvas Canvas size: 10 x 12 inches Framed size: 16 x 18 inches Signed lower right

A striking portrait depicting a woman in a headscarf. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame with patterned carvings. On panel.

An Introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait "Head of a Young Girl" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 15 x 12 1/2 inches (Framed size: ...

An evocative portrait by the artist Peter Samuelson (1912-1996) rendered in soft pastel hues. Unsigned. On board.

"The Woven Beauty" explores the cultural and emotional essence of Aso-Oke, a fabric that transcends fashion to become a symbol of Yoruba identity and pride. Through this portrait, I ...

"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...

Story illustration for “A Lady in Distress” by George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester for Hearst’s magazine, published August 1917, page 121. The full caption reads: “As Linn...

Beautiful Antique Portrait – Circle of Alexis Grimou -unsigned – Elegance and Refinement of the 18th Century Magnificent 18th-century female portrait, presented as a work from the c...

Attila Szűcs (Hungarian, b. 1967) Figure with Mockup, 2010 Oil on canvas 39 3/4 x 55 x 1 in. Signed and inscribed verso: Attila Szűcs, "Figure with Mockup...

A charming study of a determined looking woman seated on a bench surrounded by woven baskets. One hand propped on her him and another through the handle of her basket, she looks to the right with an intense stare. The artist depicts her on a street lined with tall continental buildings on a summer's day. Painted in a style influenced by 18th century artist...

Man In Gray Expressionist Oil on Board Signed illegibly lower right corner, painting size 8.75x6in. about 1930's Dewitt McClellan Lockman, N.A. (July 30, 1870-July 1, 1957). A nativ...

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.25 x 20 Frame Size: 17 x 28 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "The First Time on Telephone" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk...

Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Lady in Red Year: circa 1962 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 33 x 44 inches

Circle of Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925) Meditation Oil on canvas 32 x 24 cm This painting depicts an old man seated on a chair, his hands clasped in his lap, his gaze lowered, pensiv...

Madonna and Child Workshop of Andrea del Sarto, pseudonym of Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco (Florence 1486 - 1530) Attributable to Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, known as Jacone (...

Reuben Mednikoff Untitled, 1946 Watercolor on paper Artwork: 9 x 11 7/8 in. l 23 x 30 cm Framed: 12 5/8 x 15 1/3 in. l 32 x 39 cm Signed lower left and dated on the back Born in Lo...

This superb Portrait oil painting is by noted Italian born artist Pilade Bertieri. Painted circa 1910, Bertieri had a London address in 1908 and exhibited five pictures at the Royal ...

Alphons Leopold Mielich (1863–1929) – Orientalist Scene Artist: Alphons Leopold Mielich Period: Late 19th – Early 20th Century Medium: Oil on P...

François Désiré Antoine Gailliard. Belgian ( b.1861 – d.1932 ). Le Petit Jardinier, 1887. Oil On Canvas. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 36.6 inches x 28.5 inches ( 93cm x 72.5cm ). Frame size 41.7 inches x 33.5 inches ( 106cm x 85cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by the Belgian luminist artist François Gailliard and is dated 1887. The canvas and the painted surface have benefitted from cleaning, restoration and conservation, which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval. The painting is presented and supplied in its original frame. The frame has been restored and reinforced with supporting brackets along with new replacement hanging fittings. This antique painting is now in very good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed and dated lower right. The renowned Belgian luminist painter, François Désiré Antoine Gailliard (also known as Frans or Franz Gailliard) was born in November 1861, in Brussels, Belgium. He was the son of Désiré Gailliard, a baker, and Anne Hubert. He grew up during a period when the country’s artistic landscape was flourishing. Raised in an atmosphere that encouraged artistic expression, Gailliard showed an early talent for drawing and painting. He pursued formal training at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, one of Belgium’s most prestigious art institutions. There, he studied under influential artists and developed the foundational skills that would shape his career. Gailliard initially joined the studio of Jean-François Portaels, then went on to study with Jules Hoeterickx, François Bossuet, and James Ensor. He also worked alongside Fernand Khnopt and became friends with James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the American artist, who he met in 1887 during stays in Berlin and Paris. He became part of the artistic and intellectual circles of Belgium, and other close friends included artists such as Alfred Stevens, Jean-Louis Forain and Félicien Rops. Finally, he joined the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. The academic environment in Brussels exposed Gailliard to various artistic traditions, but his work reflected an interest in pushing beyond academic conventions. Gailliard was particularly drawn to the evolving styles of the time, especially Realism and early explorations of Impressionism and Luminism, which would later define his signature style. Gailliard’s early work showed influences from the Barbizon School and other European Realists, focusing on meticulous, lifelike representations of nature, figures, and everyday scenes. Like many artists of his generation, he was deeply impacted by the works of French artists such as Jean-François Millet and Camille Corot, who emphasized the beauty in the ordinary and the rural. This focus on realism, combined with a sensitivity to light and atmosphere, became a defining feature of Gailliard’s work. However, Gailliard also admired Impressionism and its experimental use of colour and light. By the late 19th century, the work of French Impressionists like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir had gained international attention, and Belgian artists, including Gailliard, were beginning to incorporate these new approaches into their own work. His art became a fusion of detailed realism and a growing interest in capturing fleeting moments, light, and atmosphere—characteristics that placed him in alignment with Belgium’s Luminism movement. Gailliard’s paintings from this period are characterized by their use of light and their focus on everyday scenes, especially those connected to nature and the rural life of Belgium. While he was not a strict follower of Impressionist techniques, his work often employed similar methods, particularly the soft, diffused use of colour to create atmosphere. “Le Petit Jardinier” (1887), is one of his most notable works and exemplifies his ability to render both figures and nature with careful attention to light. Gailliard’s paintings were usually large canvases presenting genre scenes, portraits, nudes and landscapes. His works often highlighted the beauty in the ordinary and displayed a sense of quiet dignity and respect for his subjects. He also produced news cartoons, presented in French, Belgian and English weekly newspapers such as Le patriote illustré, Le petit bleu, and the London Illustrated News. Gailliard’s work was regularly exhibited both in Belgium and abroad. He presented his first painting at the 1881 Brussels Salon, then from 1882 to 1891 exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français de Paris. He also exhibited in Berlin, and participated in major exhibitions, including those organized by influential art societies in Belgium such as Les XX and La Libre Esthétique, both known for promoting avant-garde art. Although Gailliard was not a founding member of these groups, his participation in their exhibitions placed him alongside other significant artists of his time, and he gained a reputation for his refined style and technical mastery. In 1897 he painted a portrait of King Chulalongkorn of Siam during his official visit to Belgium. Gailliard married Julie Constantine Maus in Brussels in 1898. They had a son, Jean-Jacques Gailliard, who also became an artist, designer and engraver. As Gailliard matured as an artist, his style remained rooted in realism and Luminism, though he also incorporated elements of Symbolism and Romanticism. His later works showed a deepening appreciation for mood and emotion, with a focus on portraits, landscapes, and scenes that often carried a sense of introspection. His paintings evoke a sense of calm and reflection, with light used not just to illuminate but to convey a deeper emotional or symbolic meaning. Gailliard went on to become the director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Gilles, where, through the later efforts of his son, his reputation lives on. François Gailliard died in 1932 in Saint-Gilles, Brussels, where a street was named after him. He left behind a body of work that, while perhaps overshadowed by more radical movements of the time, remained respected for its craftsmanship and its commitment to realism and light. In the decades following his death, his work has been rediscovered and appreciated for its role in bridging the gap between Realism and the evolving movements of Impressionism and Luminism in Belgium. In 1957 he was given a retrospective tribute exhibition in the City Hall of Saint Gilles, organised by the Group d’Art Saint Gillois. Today, Gailliard’s paintings are celebrated for their quiet elegance, their masterful treatment of light, and their sensitive portrayal of everyday life. His work continues to be exhibited in Belgian art institutions, and he is regarded as one of the key figures of late 19th and early 20th century Belgian art. © Big Sky Fine Art “Le Petit Jardinier” (1887) by François Gailliard (also known as Franz or Frans Gailliard) is a captivating and significant oil on canvas painting, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. In this evocative piece, a young boy, dressed in a blue apron over a striped shirt, stands confidently against a textured background of warm, earthy tones. His gaze is calm and proud. He holds a red geranium plant in a terracotta plant pot...

Antique Oil Painting (pair) Jovial Monk with a Drink Attributed to Eduard VON GRÜTZNER (XIX - XX) Medium: Oil on Panel Dimensions: Framed: 37 x 30 cm Artwork: 27 x 21 cm Framed 38 x 31 cm Flat 27 x 22 cm Style: Traditional European Genre Painting This charming oil paintings, attributed to Eduard VON GRÜTZNER, depicts a jovial, cheerful monk raising a glass in a toast. The composition reflects the long-standing European tradition of genre painting, capturing moments of everyday life with warmth and humor. The subject, dressed in a flowing brown robe and wearing a Renaissance-style beret, exudes an air of contentment and mirth, making this work a delightful representation of the age-old connection between monastic life and brewing culture. Executed in oil on panel, the painting exhibits fine attention to detail, particularly in the expressive facial features and rich textures of the monk’s clothing. The deep blue background contrasts beautifully with the warm tones of the figure, creating a striking visual impact. This type of subject matter was popular in 19th and early 20th-century European art, often appearing in German, Flemish, and Dutch tavern scenes...

Framed size: 33" x 38" La Seine, Bougival is a luminous and leisurely riverside scene, capturing the charm and quiet vitality of life along the Seine. The composition draws the viewe...

Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1793-1872, was an English portrait painter. She was one of the foremost portrait painters in the 19th Century, she ex...

Title: cupid Style: baroque Medium: oil on canvas Signature: unsigned Provenance: private collection Canvas dimensions: 51 cm x 61 cm Frame dimensions : 77 cm x 88 cm Artist : A...

From the 'Petite Portrait' series by Kerry Louise Bennett, this piece, inspired by Frida Khalo, celebrates pattern and colour in interiors and fashion. Painted in acrylics on a canva...

A charming late 19th-century genre painting depicting a young girl, seated on a wooden stool, selling fruit in the street. Unsigned. Well presented in a decorative wooden frame with ...

Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1975 En la parte trasera va nuevamente firmado Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un fino listón de m...

A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Sweater by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8 x 6 inches, oil on Masonite (Framed siz...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Newman (1890 - 1979) Joseph Newman was born in New York City in 1890. He attended the Pratt Institute and the Adelphi College Art School, and served in the U.S. Army during WWW1. After the war, he married and traveled to Europe. He returned to New York in the mid 1920's, and with a group of contemporaries formed The Fifteen Gallery in Manhattan. Newman painted a broad variety of subjects including genre scenes, landscapes, figurative works, and equestrian subjects. He worked in various styles ranging from academic realism to a looser, post-impressionist approach, and is best known for colorful, animated genre scenes painted in and around Rockport Harbor and as far west as Taos, New Mexico. He exhibited frequently at the Brooklyn Museum, The National Academy, The Carnegie Institute, The Whitney and The Society of Independent Artists. He was a member of the L.C. Tiffany Foundation, The Salmagundi Club, Rockport Art Association, and the American Watercolor Society. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Newark Museum, the Boston Library...

This intimate portrait captures a young child seated at a table, engrossed in examining a small handheld mirror whilst holding a powder puff. The warm, soft lighting and muted colour...

The primitive Reformers is an interesting, rare and original oil painting on canvas, realized by an anonymous artist of the English School around XVII-XVIII century. Original Title: The Primitive Reformers (Portrait of Martin Luther with the main figures of the Protestant Reformation with a cardinal, a devil, a pope and a monk at the bottom trying to extinguish the candle of Protestantism). This original painting remembers an original etching (specular in the composition), titled "The Primitive Reformers", published between 1768-69, in a literary volume called England's Bloody tribunal or popish cruelty display by Matthew Taylor. Our painted specimen is really precious because this is the unique important testimony known today. The scene, horizontally built and closed at the sides by two curtains, represents a group of twenty-three characters arranged on two foils around a long table. The figures represented are the most important personalities of the Reformation...

Wonderful figurative study in abstract expressionist style titled "Ralph" by California artist Evan D. Thomas (American, b. 1957), circa 1990. Signed ...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by...

Double-sided oil painting on panel Price includes $200 additional cost of framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.