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Art Subject: Face
Queen of Sheba
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking reproduction titled Queen of Sheba by Erté captures the regal beauty and mystique of the legendary queen, featuring a headshot with piercing eyes that exude strength an...
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20th Century Art Deco Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue - Original etching (Field #67-4 F)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue, 1967 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Rives vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper Signed, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. His works ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

St. George Dragon Raphael Sanzio Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
St. George Defeats the Dragon Follower of Raphael Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), 17th-18th century Oil on oval canvas 124 x 95 cm./ in frame 148 x 118 cm. The painting evocati...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

FIGURE OF A CHILD - Sculpture ligneous
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant 15th-century wooden sculpture of a finely executed infant missing his arms. The work, of central Italian provenance, recalls the Donatello manner in the delicacy of the featu...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian School Nude Sculptures

Materials

Wood

The Betrayal (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Betrayal - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Artist Inventory #723. ...
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"The Left and the Right" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "The Left and the Right" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a woman sitting at a small table with her gloves dancing in the background. ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Candlestick of Zachary - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, no signature. Héliogravure  on bot sheets, recto and verso. Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade on the A...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Jon Wassom - Soul Searching - Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s Soul Searching (2024) is a striking mixed-media painting on canvas, measuring 24 x 20 inches with a 1.5-inch depth. This original artwork captivates with its expressive ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Painting The Preaching of St. John the Baptist, 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. North Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries. The large scene is filled with figures in ancient Eastern garb, set in a northern, richly vegetated landscape with mou...
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Late 17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pause -Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Pause - 2020 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-949. Not mounted. K...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Woman and guitar oil on board painting fauvism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman - Oil on board. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frame size 64x56 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He ...
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1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Diego Rivera 'Indigenous Woman with Corn Stalks' 1999- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Published and distributed by New York Graphic Society Paper Size: 36 x 19.5 inches ( 91.44 x 49.53 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 15.5 inches ( 78.74 x 39.37 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: V...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely framed.
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saint Gabriel Archangel - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 65/99
Located in Milano, MI
Original lithograph by the master Salvador Aulestia executed in 99 copies H.C. (out of commerce) numbered and signed by the Author, and in 10 copies P.A.H.C. (author's proof out of c...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

19th Century genre portrait oil painting of a girl with a writing slate
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Sillem Lidderdale British, (1831-1895) The Scholar Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)94 Image size: 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches Size including frame: 33.5 inche...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931 1931 Black and white somber headshot photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979). Greta Garbo gazes at the camera, her curled hair sits in front of her face. The background is black. A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection. Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926. Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
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1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Paper

Copy of "The Little Fruit-Seller", After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1880-1890
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Soquel, CA
An impressive 19th-century copy of "The Little Fruit-Seller", after Bartolome Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617 - 1682), by an unknown artist (1...
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19th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Portrait of a Gentleman, thought to be Moses Diego Lopez Pereira
Located in London, GB
Austrian School, 18th Century A Portrait of a Gentleman, thought to be Moses Diego Lopez Pereira, 1st Baron d’Aguilar, in an elaborate coat and a powdered wig Oil on canvas Provena...
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18th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nerve endings - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nerve endings - 2021 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1040. Not...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A woman is sitting in a chair, with a mandolin in her lap. She is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. Next to the chair is an end table with a vase of flowers. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W Katherine Kallick...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

New York City, Harlem, Documentary Photography, Fire Hydrant by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" limited edition photograph. The portrait is signed verso (back of photo) by the estate and Brig...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...

'Young Man in Repose' by Podlach - Large Male Intimate Figurative Nude Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964) "Young Man in Repose" 2009 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Young Man in Repose" is a captivating p...
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2010s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Basquiat La Jolla Museum of art 1985 (Basquiat Parameters)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985: Rare vintage original 1980s exhibition program published on the occasion of: ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat Parameters’ La ...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

This Can't Be! - Woman in a Blue Dress Expressing Shock, Original Oil, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is part of a series of portraits by Richard Gibbons in which the subject displays shock, dismay, anger or ambivalence in response to an unknown outside event. The portr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Marc Chagall “Le Nu” The Nude - Color Lithograph 1978 - Framed - Signed - Angel
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Marc Chagall "Le Nu" Lithograph in colors on Arches paper 21.25 x 14 in. (image size) 25.5 x 18.38 in (sheet size) ​​​​​​​Edition of 50 + Épreuve d'artiste Signed in pencil lower rig...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

In Fancy Dress - Color Lithograph - Bernard Buffet
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
These works were printed in November 1967 by Fernand Mourlot, master lithographer in Paris.
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1960s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Four Alphonse Mucha Lithographs The Times Of The Day
Located in Dallas, TX
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Four lithographs on wove paper For serious collectors and museum collections. A full set of Mucha’s iconic period lithographs representing The Times Of Th...
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1890s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Ada in Blue Hat by Alex Katz
Located in London, GB
Ada in Blue Hat By Alex Katz 2004 Etching and aquatint in colors on paper. 85.1 × 170.2 cm Edition of 75 (edition number 56) Signed, dated and numbered
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Three Singing Italian Beauties on The Road"
Located in LA, CA
Pietro Gabrini (Italian, 1856-1926) A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Three Singing Italian Beauties on The Road" depicting three young maidens walking through a road path while e...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Compassion" (2022) by Louis Recchia, Acrylic & Collage, Pop Art
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's "Wild Child" is an original, hand made mixed media painting that depicts a girl with a young boy with a fox tail and paws. Louis Recchia has been producing contempo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

British School Mid 20th Century Oil - Seated Male Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine mid-century still life of a seated male nude in an artist's studio. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Unfolding Horizons - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Colourful
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork conveys a journey of discovery, growth, and transformation. The figure stands amidst diverse landscapes, symbolizing the various stages and experiences in life. The suns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Torero
Located in Miami, FL
Fernando Botero Torero, 1989 Colored markers on paper 12 x 8 1/2 in Provenance: Allegrini Piero, Brescia. Galleria Panantu Casa de'Aste. Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. August 5 - Sep...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Permanent Marker

"Profil de Lumière" by Odilon Redon. Framed lithograph with matting.
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Profil de Lumière" by French symbolist artist, Odilon Redon. Framed and matted, piece measures 23 in x 18.5 in x 2 in. Wired and ready to hang!
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Agnus dei - Puerta de sagrario - Siglo XVII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Muy interesante puerta de sagrario de madera tallada y policromada del siglo xvii. Es de comienzos del barroco, hay la representación del agnus dei con...
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood Panel

Man and the Machines #4 Paula Craioveanu oil/canvas Neo Mythology FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Man and the Machines #4”, 70x50cm, 31.5x19.5in, acrylic on canvas from the same series of Neo-Mythology paintings. Young male deity placed in an industrial modern space. It reflect...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Washington" George Washington American Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of George Washington. The thick brush strokes and fun marks create an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists from...
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Male Nude. Charcoal Drawing
Located in Brecon, Powys
Really well executed male study Charcoal on paper. Matted Drawing in good order Image 25" x 18". matted 33" x 25"
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Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Napoli
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Napoli' Italian School, 18th century ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass) image size: 10.5 x 7 inches overall framed: 17 x 13 inches co...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Portrait d'Olga Picasso (Bloch 37; Baer 57)
Located in New York, NY
Drypoint etching, 1919-1920 on laid paper, printed later, 1961 #3 From the edition of 50 Signature Stamp Picasso, lower right and numbered, lower left plate: 6 by 3 7/8 in (151 by...
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Portrait Of Lucas Cranach The Elder (1472-1553), 16th Century German Renaissance
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lucas Cranach The Elder (1472-1553), 16th Century German Renaissance School Large 16th Century German School portrait identified as Lucas Cranach The Elder, oil on canv...
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16th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning stretches
Located in Zofingen, AG
A quick live sketch is always a little imperfect - too little time and too much adrenaline in the blood at this moment, but it perfectly conveys the delight of beauty and, as the Fre...
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2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker

Joan Miro -- La Mélodie Acide, Complete portfolio of 14
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Joan Miro La Mélodie Acide, 1980 The complete portfolio of 14 Lithographs In Original Slip Case Hand Numbered. 184 / 1500 Plate signed Published by Ediciones Poligrafa Reference: M. 1212-1225 Acquire a unique and valuable piece of surrealist art with Joan Miró’s Melodie Acide...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Emile Guillemin "The Falconer" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) "The Falconer" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the figure of a young man holding a falcon whilst standing on a d...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Spellbound - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spellbound 2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2019-751...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Excuela española (XVIII) - Virgen Dolorosa - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta algunos signos de uso) El estado de la obra se puede ver, presenta...
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Almighty Fiend" Macy's O'Farrell Street Gallery.
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"The Almighty Fiend" is a Gallery Poster featuring the artwork of CHARLES BRAGG (American, b. 1931). It measures approximately 28 x 20.63 inches and is unframed. The piece is Plate-S...
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Late 20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Woman and flowers oil on board painting Ramón Pichot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Pichot Soler (1924-1987) - Woman and flowers - Oil on panel Oil measures 33x41 cm. Frameless. Ramon Pichot i Soler (Figueres, 1924 - Barcelona, May 24, 1996) was a Catalan pai...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rococò Venetian painter - 18th century figure painting - Virgin child - Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Madonna with Child. 37.5 x 45.5 cm without frame, 55 x 63 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden frame. Condition repo...
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Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aced It, Original Painting, Contemporary Portrait, Food art, Coffee and cards
Located in Deddington, GB
An unapologetic woman plays her ace card with the assured confidence of someone who takes her coffee strong and knows exactly what to do when life gives her lemons. ADDITIONAL INFOR...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Canvas, Acrylic

Salvador Dali - John Kennedy - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - John Kennedy - Original Handsigned Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm 1968 Signed in pencil EA in Sanguine Jean Schneider, Basel References : ...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Hello Sailor, original painting, portrait, abstract, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
From the 'Petite Portraits' series,' Hello Sailor' is a contemporary portrait with a dose of vintage charm. A small work with a big presence painted in acrylic paint and complemented...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Die Hexe" Art Nouveau Lithograph by Gustav Klimt for Ver Sacrum
Located in Chicago, IL
Ver Sacrum (meaning "Sacred Spring" in Latin) was conceived by Gustav Klimt, Max Kurzweil and Ludwig Hevesi. During its six years of activity, 471 original drawings were made specifi...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gold - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century, Joshua Tree
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gold, 2019 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2019 - 742. ...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Eva With Violin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. This painting was procured direct from the artist's studio. Cornelis le Mair is truly a renaissance man, encompassing all disciplines of the arts. He enjoys painting, drawing, writing, architecture, sculpture, and interior design. Le Mair was born in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1944. He began drawing and painting at the young age of five and while in kindergarten, he was often made to show his paintings in other classes even though he was shy about doing so. “When I could not play outside because of bad weather, I would sit in my bedroom and would draw.” His early art studies were widely influenced by the Rembrandt exhibit in the Rijksmuseum (1956) that he attended with his father. There le Mair was inspired by the Old Masters and “the desire to unravel all the mysteries hidden under the cracked varnish” began. Already having painted a lifesize copy of “The Nightwatch” on the wall of his bedroom, le Mair was continually driven by the Rembrandt exhibit. He began to experiment with resins, pigments and oils in order to hone and perfect the technique of the old masters. He studied drawings and paintings and early on developed the feeling of color and composition. After completing high school, he worked for a short period as a designer of woven fabrics. Although his heart desired to paint, he enjoyed having a pencil and brush in hand and a case full of art books and says, “This treasure of inspiring information took me further on track to the traditional trade.” At this same time, le Mair’s artistic endeavors led him to learn the art of music. First learning to play the guitar from friends, he began performing at youth centers. This love of music expanded into him learning to play the mandolin, turning lye, banjo, and bagpipes. Just after his eighteenth birthday, le Mair was accepted into military service where his lack of conforming led him to a maximum solitary confinement sentence. After a month in training, the army physician and le Mair agreed that he was born to be an artist and released le Mair from military services. Once he returned home, with the encouragement from his parents, le Mair began his art schooling at the Art Academy (Kustacademie) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. There he found that the school was geared for modernism and after painting a portrait of a fellow classmate, his teachers advised le Mair to look for a school where the traditional ideas were still taught. Longing to study the classical arts, he applied and was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Kunstacademie) in Antwerp, Belgium in 1965. After studying under Professor Victor Dolphijn, le Mair graduated cum laude in portrait and figure paintings in 1968. He was then promoted to study as a student of the Higher Institute, a structure at a higher university level where he studied under Rik Slabbinck...
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1990s Northern Renaissance Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nude Viewed from the Back
Located in London, GB
'Nude Viewed from the Back', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1937). The world of art has for centuries depicted nudes in one form or another. Kvapil's wonderfully alluring versions may likely be inspired by Courbet and Cézanne. This nude appears on a chair with her back to the artist and viewer. There are plush reds, sensuous pinks and darker, patterned curtains...
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1930s Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Mountain Climber' — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rockwell Kent, 'Mountain Climber', wood engraving, 1933, edition 250, Burne Jones 93. Signed in pencil. A brilliant, black impression, on cream, wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 9/16 to 3 5/8 inches); slight skinning at the top sheet edge verso, where previously hinged; otherwise, in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (200 x 149 mm); sheet size 14 x 11 1/8 inches (356 x 283 mm). Printed by Pynson Printers, New York. Distributed by The Print Club of Cleveland, Publication No. 11, 1933. Literature: 'Rockwellkentiana,' Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1933. '101 of The World’s Greatest Books', edited by Spencer Armstrong, 1950. Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Akron Art Institute, Burne Jones Collection, IL; Cincinnati Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Davis Museum at Wellesley College; Fine Art Museums of San Francisco; H. M. de Young Museum; Hermitage Museum; Kent Collection, NY; Library of Congress; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester; Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Public Library; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Princeton University Library; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Spector Collection, NY; SUNY, Plattsburg. ABOUT THE ARTIST Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), though best known as a painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, pursued many careers throughout his life, including architect, carpenter, explorer, writer, dairy farmer, and political activist. Born in Tarrytown, New York, Kent was interested in art from a young age. These ambitions were encouraged by his aunt Jo Holgate, an accomplished ceramicist. Jo came to live with the family after Kent’s father passed away in 1887 and took him to Europe as a teenager, undoubtedly kindling his interest in exploring the world. Kent attended the Horace Mann School in New York City, where he excelled at mechanical drawing. His family’s financial circumstances prevented him from pursuing a career in the fine arts; however, after graduating from Horace Mann in 1900, Kent decided to study architecture at Columbia University. Before matriculating at Columbia, Kent spent the first of three consecutive summers studying painting at William Merritt Chase’s art school in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. There he found a community of mentors and fellow students who encouraged him to pursue his interest in art. At the end of Kent’s third summer at Shinnecock, Chase offered him a full scholarship to the New York School of Art, where he was a teacher. Kent began taking night classes at the art school in addition to his architecture studies but soon left Columbia to study painting full-time. In addition to Chase, Kent took classes with Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, where his classmates included the artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper. Kent spent the summer of 1903 assisting the eccentric painter Abbott Handerson Thayer at his studio in Dublin, New Hampshire—a position he secured through the recommendation of his Aunt Jo. Thayer’s naturalist lifestyle and almost mystical appreciation for natural phenomena greatly influenced Kent; he returned to Dublin for many years to visit Thayer and his family. Thayer gave the young artist time to pursue his work, and that summer Kent painted several views of the New Hampshire landscape, including Mount Monadnock. In 1905 Kent moved from New York to Monhegan Island in Maine, home to a summer art colony, where he continued to find inspiration in nature. Kent soon found success exhibiting and selling his paintings in New York, and in 1907, he was given his first solo show at Claussen Galleries. The following year he married his first wife, Kathleen Whiting (Thayer’s niece), with whom he had five children. The couple divorced in 1924, and Kent married Frances Lee the following year. They divorced after 15 years of marriage, and the artist married Sally Johnstone. For the next several decades, Kent lived a peripatetic lifestyle, settling in several locations in Connecticut, Maine, and New York. During this time he took several extended voyages to remote, often ice-filled, corners of the globe, including Newfoundland, Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland, to which he made three separate trips. For Kent, exploration and artistic production were twinned endeavors, and his travels to these rugged, elemental locations inspired his visual art and his writings. He developed a stark, realist landscape style in his paintings and drawings that revealed both nature’s harshness and its sublimity. Kent’s human figures, which appear sparingly in his work, often allude to the mythic themes of isolation, individualism, heroism, and the quest for self-connection. Important exhibitions of works from these travels include the Knoedler Gallery’s shows in 1919 and 1920, featuring Kent’s Alaska drawings...
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

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Woodcut

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