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Art Subject: Plant
“Winter sun” Horizontal landscape oil painting.Impressionism. Snow.Forest.
Located in Oslo, NO
This captivating artwork captures a serene winter landscape, where a dense forest of towering evergreens stands cloaked in glistening snow. The artist masterfully conveys the chill o...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clifton Hampden Bridge, early 20th Century by EVELYN FOTHERGILL ROBINSON
Located in Blackwater, GB
Clifton Hampden Bridge, early 20th Century
by EVELYN FOTHERGILL ROBINSON (1872-1939)
Large Early 20th Century view of Clifton Hampden Bridge in summer seen through a glade of trees...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Marquis Fell Asleep. Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is one of the best artworks of the artist. The painting took part in many professional exhibitions and was highly appreciated.
The artwork is author's and original. It'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rulin Xian Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Mini Flower Arrangement - Cactus"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Mini Flower Arrangement - Cactus
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shooting Party - Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Shooting Party
by A.Carlson, late 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Framed size: 30 x 40.5 inches
Majestic oil painting of a two people enjoying a days shoot along with their gun dogs...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). In 1959, when the artist visited French Guadeloupe, he painted several colo...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,753 Sale Price
20% Off
Staro. 2019. acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 50x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
This abstract work represents artist's perception of the starry night, where the sky is an absorbing darkness with no limits. Expressive lines coming from the center radiate the ener...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,289 Sale Price
20% Off
Bowl of Pink Roses Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition; ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Summer Breeze, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Impressionism
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Impressionism
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Meadow ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Orange Blossom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rulin Xian Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Mini Flower Arrangement Seriees IV
Located in New York, NY
Title: Mini Flower Arrangement Seriees IV
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent conditi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mingjun Wang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Wander In The Forest"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Wander In The Forest
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2010.3
Artist: Mingjun Wang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Anmin Han Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Peach"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Peach
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BaoChun Tao Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Yunnan Scenery Series VI"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Yunnan Scenery Series VI
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 31 x 25 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Yea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rulin Xian Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Blue Glaze Porcelain Seriees IV"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Blue Glaze Porcelain Seriees III
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breath of the Peonies - Impressionist Floral Still-Life Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sabrina Zhou’s Breath of the Peonies, a 24-inch square oil painting on canvas, radiates elegance and grace through its harmonious depiction of a vibrant floral arrangement. Known for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dawn of Spring - Italian Painting Colors Blue Yellow White Green Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Down of springs" "Alba di primavera" is a painting by the famous Italian artist Maestro Gene Pompa.
Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Colorado Falls", A.D. Greer, Original Oil on Canvas, 45x62, Mountain Landscape
By A.D. Greer
Located in Dallas, TX
"Colorado Falls" by A. D. Greer measures 45x62 in. and is one of the largest and premiere paintings Greer painted in his life. You can feel the rushing water crashing into rocks surrounded by large pine and oak trees as they stand before a snowy mountain peak. This painting was purchased by Southwest...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunrise Madrone Diptych (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
Each 20 x 20 inch canvas is framed in a separate 2 inch deep solid wood floater frame, increasing the dimensions to 21. 5 x 21.5 inches.
Total span together is 44 x 22".
Hung with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life of Peonies, Roses, Honeysuckle, Poppies, and other Flowers
Located in New York, NY
This painting demonstrates the source of Arnoldus Bloemers’ enduring popularity. A profusion of peonies, honeysuckle, and poppies share the confines of a terracotta urn sitting on a ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers on the window
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I poured my soul into capturing the transient beauty of blossoms basking in sunlight by a window. Each stroke embodies the dance between shadow and light, the d...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid 20th Century Oil Figure Sat On Green Hill Admiring The Blue Cloudy Sky
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 artist paper stuck on board, unframed
measures: 6 high ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jingjing Wang Landscape Original Oil Painting "The Path Of Hometown"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Path Of Hometown
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.5 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Radiant Blossoms" - colorful impressionistic painting with flowers on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Immerse yourself in the vibrant energy of "Radiant Blossoms" – a dynamic and colorful abstract painting that celebrates the joy, vitality, and beauty of life. Bursting with a harmoni...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
May - Contemporary Acrylic Birch Tree Landscape Painting
By Tamara Gonda
Located in Boston, MA
May
24.0 x 36.0 x 1.5, 8.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by the artist
Artist's Commentary:
"An impressionistic landscape explodes with layers of rich blue hues. The vibrant c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Bouquet of roses
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
Dimensions with frame : 55 x 45.5 x 4.2 cm
This work of art features a magnificent floral arrangement where white and red roses bloom. The flowers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jingjing Wang Landscape Original Acrylic On Canvas "Summer Dream"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Summer Dream
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Love in the golden Lights by K.Husslein Impasto Botany Plant Painting
Located in DE
In Katharina Husslein's floral-themed paintings, her profound connection to nature and deep inspiration drawn from flowers are unmistakable. Through her textural and abstract approac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peonies in The Blue Vase. Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A bouquet of light peonies in the blue vase will never leave you indifferent, this artwork will give you a sense of harmony and lyrical mood, the picture will become a wonderful gift...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Not my shadow - 21st century Contemporary landscape Painting of a landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marein Konijn
Not my shadow
10 x 10 cm (Framed, included in price 15 x 15 cm)
Large monumental landscapes without color, small landscapes with countless shades of green, figurative ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Branches Of Lilacs
Located in Zofingen, AG
A bright impressionist painting with lilacs blossom trees is a beautiful wall decor, the painting is full of different purple colours, combinations of warm and cold shades are profes...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cornflowers and Sashiko Cloth - Flower Still Life Oil Painting, Grey and Yellow
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Stephanie Richards b. 1978
Cornflowers and Sashiko Cloth
oil on board
30 x 30.3 cm
11 3/4 x 11 7/8 in
signed with initials
"My works are composed o...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
11/02/2023, 18.03h by Calo Carratalá - Small waterscape painting, Senegal, palms
Located in Paris, FR
11/02/2023, 18.03h is a unique oil on wooden board painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 22 × 37 cm (8.7 × 14.6 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Beautiful park
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I poured my soul into capturing the serene yet vibrant essence of a park that whispers tales of tranquility and renewal. I employed expressive brushstrokes to...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Lake near Taran, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Boris Serdyuk
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Impressionism
Year: 2020
Title: Lake ne...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring. 2006. acrylic on canvas, 76x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The artist captured the refreshing beauty of spring flowers after cold grey winter. By applying big and bright strokes, she makes a viewer feel the light radiating from the canvas, a...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,670 Sale Price
20% Off
Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple, Original Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, "Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple" by the Swedish artist Carl Johansson, is a vibrant illustration of life at the turn of the 20th century. Dating bac...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
TIMEWELL
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Oil on canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso, unframed (gallery wrapped).
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maples by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style landscape painting, black and gold
Located in Paris, FR
Maples is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panel mounted on Japanese paper, diameter is 22.7 cm (8....
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vibrant Bouquet of Roses and Carnations in a Glass Vase Still Life Mid Century
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Bouquet of Roses
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
size: 10.75 x 9 inches
oil painting on board, unframed
condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previou...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French still life 19th roses vase BRUYAS
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc BRUYAS
Lyon, 1821 - 1896
Oil on canvas
32 x 23 cm (42 x 33 cm with frame)
Signed and dated lower left “Bruyas / December 1863”
Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame from the...
Category
1860s Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosehip-21st Century Still-life Painting of a Glass Bowl with Pink Rosehips
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
Rosehip
20 x 20 cm
(Framed 32 x 32 cm)
Oil on cardboard
This Still-life painting by Russian artist Ksenya Istomina is made in 2020 during the Lockdown in Russia. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Always in my Dream-original abstract landscape oil painting- modern Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into the enchanting world of "Always in my Dream" by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pink Peony Oil on Panel Floral Still-life in a vase Light and Shadow 14" x 10"
Located in Houston, TX
Pink Peony is a 14" x 10" oil on panel painting by European /Croatian artist Tina Orsolic Dalessio who is classically trained. This is part of her new 2024 series of still-life pai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-Century Black Eyed Susan Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale mid-century floral still-life of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia) by listed El Paso, Texas artist Lois Coleman Denton (American, 1897-1980). Signed "Lois Denton...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Lemon Trees in Montisi Italy Colourful Watercolor Painting Landscape
By Minty Ramsey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lemon Trees in Montisi
Signed by Minty Ramsey
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 15.25 inches
Condition: Excellent, vivid colors, no damage
"Lemon Trees in Montisi" is a vibrant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Spring Trees, Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Spring Trees,
Size: 12" x 16" x 0....
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figures Seated Sunny Parisian Park 1980's Signed French Impressionist Oil
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Paris Park
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed and dated 88
oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed
board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, Franc...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Autumn at the Riverbank', Large Scale French Rural Landscape. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French oil on canvas landscape of a autumn riverscape by G Lorique. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a wood frame with gilt filet.
Lorique has captured all the...
Category
Late 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"White Hibiscus" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh, Original Oil Painting of Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
"White Hibiscus" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a beautiful handmade still life oil painting that depicts a branch with blooming white hibiscus flowers on a black...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cornflower Blue by Rachael Dalzell, acrylic on canvas
Located in Coltishall, GB
Along the North Norfolk costal paths during the summer months Rachael takes inspiration from the big skies and countryside. Using a number of photographs she creates one painting focusing on the colours and shapes of the beautiful wild grasses and flowers. Her use of bright colour and lively technique gives a fresh and cheerful sentiment to the work.
Rachael Dalzell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Still life flemish school by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 47x69 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood with frame
Total size with frame: 60x82x7 cm
Roberto Gherardi is a Geneva Artist born in 1933
Category
1980s Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Texas Fall Landscape Oil on Canvas Western Painting by Don Warren
By Don Warren
Located in Austin, TX
By Don Warren
24" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
Framed Size: 34" x 44"
Autumn Landscape in the Texas Hill Country
About the Artist:
Don Warren (1935 - 2006) was a prominent figure in the Tex...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fallen Leaf Trail in Snow
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
American Realist nature scene - Pathway to Enchantment - celebrating the color yellow through sunlit fall leaves and trees by celebrated American artist Peter Loftus who is known for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Herbs 1 - impressionist landscape, painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Autumn is a period of beautiful flowers. Nikolay never misses the opportunity to go plein air, when the day is sunny. We always have different warm feelings looking at floral meadow....
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Lovers in the forest oil painting european art landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Lovers - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ne...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$596 Sale Price
37% Off
Waiting For The Wind (No. 2)
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This painting reflects the artist's classical training. His painterly technique borders on photorealism, while the painting itself evokes a romantic and nostalgic sense of memory wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MY SUNFLOWERS
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this vibrant piece, I imbued each stroke with the warmth and energy of the sun. The rich textures formed by oil pastel and colored pencil blur the lines between pop art's...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Satin Paper
Nature Landscape Painting by Gloucester Painter Charles Movalli
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli paints a peaceful forest scene filled with sunlight shining through the leaves. Movalli was a well-known American painter from Cape Ann, Massachusetts. He followed th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Stillness of Morning
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on linen canvas. It features a beautiful bouquet of summer flowers: carnations, chrysanthemums, geraniums, foxglove, all arranged in a blue and white vase. The early morning lights gently washes over the arrangement from the left, casting lyrical shadows on the wall behind. A peaceful portrait of a beautiful, ephemeral moment.
GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the historical events and ideologies that fostered various aesthetics, movements, and styles.
She has studied at several classical ateliers, including three years at Boston's Academy of Realist Art. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the US and is included in public and private collections. She maintains a studio on the north shore of Massachusetts.
"My work is about the little moments of beauty that comprise our existence: the greening of the landscape in early spring, the glint of light on an object; growing things and made objects. I enjoy creating interesting interactions, and making up narratives. I love the way light animates objects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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