House Art

An original mid-century oil painting by celebrated California artist Jon Blanchette (1908–1987), East Santa Cruz, California captures the quiet beauty and dramatic atmosphere of the Northern California landscape during the 1950s. A sunlit yellow farmhouse emerges against rolling green hills beneath an expansive sky filled with deep gray storm clouds, creating a striking balance of warmth, light, and approaching weather. Blanchette's confident brushwork and sophisticated handling of color evoke the timeless character of the Santa Cruz countryside while reflecting the lyrical qualities of American Impressionism. Painted circa 1955 on canvas board and signed by the artist in the lower right corner, this original work exemplifies Blanchette's signature Romantic Realist style, combining careful observation with expressive color and atmosphere. The vibrant yellow architecture serves as a focal point within the sweeping rural landscape, making the composition equally compelling as fine art and as a sophisticated design statement for modern, coastal, ranch, or contemporary interiors. Professionally presented in a custom archival frame, the painting is ready to display. Born in England and educated at the Pittsburgh Art...

This charming rural winter scene of ice skaters fully displays Norman Rockwell's America, but it was painted by female artist Charlotte Joan Sternberg. She combines the mid-century A...

Charming Riverside Cottages French School, circa 1970 oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 24 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Descriptio...

Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...

Daddy Bear by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Daddy Bear" is a Limit...

The Old Provencal House French Impressionist artist, late 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 13.75 x 17.5 in...

Riverside Village by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 10.75 x 13.75 inches condition: This painting is in excellent condition...

A magnificent "vue d'optique" engraving depicting the Huis ten Bosch Palace in the Netherlands. Published by Robert Sayer (1745-1794). Smartly presented in a black frame with a blue ...

Picturesque Village by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on board, unframed board : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists ...

Artist: Jacob George Strutt (English, 1784-1867) Title: "Cottage in the Forest of Arden" Portfolio: Deliciae Sylvarum or Grand and Romantic Forest Scenery in England and Scotland Year: 1829 Medium: Original Etching on chine appliqué on heavy wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Jacob George Strutt, London, UK Sheet size: 14.07" x 21.13" Image size: 9.63" x 13.82" Condition: Minor soiling and discoloration in margins. Light areas of waterstaining about sheet mainly in margins. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Very rare Notes: There is an example of this work within the permanent collection of the British Museum, London, UK and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Biography: Jacob George Strutt (4 August 1784 – 1867) was a British portrait and landscape painter and engraver in the manner of John Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archaeologist Arthur John Strutt...

Spanish Village Street with Blossoming Tree Mediterranean Oil Painting Landscape Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) Title: Spanish Village Street with Blossoming Tree Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 53 × 64 cm / 20.9 × 25.2 in Signature: Signed lower right Date: c.1980 Framing: Unframed Condition: Good overall condition with minor signs of age consistent with time. Surface stable and well preserved. Style: Post-Impressionism, Mediterranean Landscape Description Beautiful original oil on panel by celebrated Catalan painter Rafael Duran Benet depicting a peaceful Mediterranean village bathed in soft natural light. Whitewashed houses, terracotta roofs and a flowering tree create an intimate architectural composition that perfectly captures the timeless charm of rural Spain. Executed with energetic yet controlled brushwork, the painting displays Duran Benet's remarkable sensitivity to colour, atmosphere and perspective. The cool blue mountains on the horizon contrast beautifully with the warm façades and earthy tones of the village, while the blossoming branches frame the scene with freshness and movement. Rafael Duran Benet is admired for his evocative landscapes inspired by Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast. His paintings combine strong chromatic harmony with expressive post-impressionist handling, making them highly decorative while retaining genuine artistic quality. Works depicting traditional Spanish villages remain among the artist's most sought-after subjects, appealing to collectors of Mediterranean, Spanish and European twentieth-century painting. This piece would complement both classic and contemporary interiors and represents an excellent example of modern Catalan landscape painting. Biography Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931-Barcelona, 2015) was a distinguished Catalan painter and nephew of the renowned artist and critic Rafael Benet. He trained under the sculptor Manolo Hugué and developed a highly personal artistic language rooted in the Mediterranean tradition. Throughout his career he became known for his luminous landscapes, coastal scenes, village views, gardens and still lifes. His vibrant palette, expressive brushwork and ability to capture Mediterranean light earned him recognition among collectors of modern Spanish art. His works are represented in numerous private collections in Spain and abroad. Artistic Inspiration This composition recalls the poetic Mediterranean landscapes of Joaquim Mir, Josep Amat and Ramon de Capmany while maintaining Rafael Duran Benet's unmistakable personality. The quiet village street, flowering tree and subtle mountain backdrop celebrate the beauty of everyday Mediterranean life through a refined post-impressionist vision rich in colour, light and atmosphere. Rafael Duran Benet, Spanish landscape, Mediterranean village, Spanish village painting...

Rustic Village Scene by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original oil on card size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed Description: This oil pa...

Title: Miniature Watercolor of Elegant Regency Architecture in Clifton in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurement...

La obra va firmada en la parte inferior (Sanjuan) En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado, fechado del año 1974 y titulado También va con una etiqueta con el registro de la obra...

Charming Cottage Garden by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) watercolor painting on artist paper painting: 13 x 14 inches condition: This painting is in excellent condit...

Artist: Shapoval Ivan Leontyevich Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Style: Impressionism Year: 2008 Title: Church in Sumy Size: 1...

Classic mid-century architecture in this artwork from the Salton Sea California. Rich blues, palm trees with pops of orange create the perfect palette with the Agfa Ultra film rebate...

Charming winter landscape in cool colors of a snowy farm scene in the mountains by an unknown artist. Signed "Fiiak" or "Fijak" "Kirk" and dated '81 lower right. Unframed. Image size...

"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 6.25 x 9.75 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French I...

This artwork titled "Princeton, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Clifford Holmes, noted California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art League. Among the founders of the Oakland Art...

By the time Maxfield Parrish painted his Italian Villa series in 1903, he was already acknowledged as one of America’s most successful artists. Edith Wharton was commissioned to writ...

Mary Bradish Titcomb Village Green Signed lower left Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches A native of Windham, New Hampshire, upon graduation from high school, Titcomb studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, before accepting a position as a drawing teacher in the public schools of Brockton, Massachusetts, where she remained for fourteen years before resigning, in 1889, to study painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her instructors there included Edmund Charles Tarbell, Philip Leslie Hale, and Frank Weston Benson. In the 1890s she went to Paris to study with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and to travel. She then returned to Boston, taking studio space at the Harcourt Studios, where all three of her teachers kept space. In 1895 she became a member of the Copley Society and began exhibiting locally; from 1904 to 1927 she showed work in 29 exhibits at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She began signing her name as "M. Bradish Titcomb" in 1905 to avoid prejudice against her gender. The same year saw her making a sketching trip to the artists' colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut, a center for the American Impressionists; this trip seems to have cemented her interest in the style. In 1915, Titcomb's Portrait of Geraldine J. – the mother of actress Jane Russell – was shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and purchased by President Woodrow Wilson; another portrait, of Frank P. Sibley, was reproduced in the Boston Globe. During this period her work was shown in a traveling exhibition with that of Cecilia Beaux, Lydia Field Emmet, Jean MacLane...

This coastal seascape limited edition print captures a scene from the porch of a beachfront property along the coast. A setting sun casts sharp light and cool blue-grey shadows across the porch, where two sets of shoes and two boat paddles...

JERRY BERNECHE Small Town No. 20 Watercolor on Arches 21.5 x 29.25 inches

Beautiful mid century landscape of a historic California mission, highlighting its iconic architectural details such as a columned arches, white was...

Signed to the lower right. On board.

Doesn't this scene just make you want to be there, in this cottage in the country? I liked this painting enough that I actually put some money into it with a restorer to get it into ...

French Landscape signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 12 inches high by 16.5 inches wide condition: overall ver...

Stairs (Ghost Town) - 2020 Sketches of a downtown disappearing. 40x40cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist proofs. Digital silver gelatin print based on a Polaroid. Signed on back with...

Robert Emmett Owen, best known for his New England landscapes featuring old farmhouses, winding roads, and covered bridges, began his career contributing pen-and-ink drawings to Life...

Landscape is an original etching artwork by an anonymous artist. Hand-signed on the lower right (illegible) Numbered, edition 36/99. The state of preservation is very good. Sheet...

Oil on canvas without frame One point of restoration Swiss artist of the 20th century

"Ward Ranch", a detailed watercolor landscape by Leonard Frank Starks (American, 1891-1986). Unframed. Signed "L F Starks" lower left. Titled "Ward Ranch-Carlotta" and dated "9-69" o...

Work on wood Golden molding frame 62,5 x 54,5 x 4 cm

Mediterranean Church Landscape with Vineyard, Catalan Village Oil Painting, Sitges Artist: Jordi Pagans Montsalvatje (1932-2017) Title: Ermita del Vinyet, Sitges Date: 1972 Medium: ...

Decorative Motifs - Chinese Styles is a print on ivory-colored paper realized by Andrea Alessio in the early 20th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower. Vintage Chromolithograph...

Bij het klimmen van de zon Sunset Oil Painting on Canvas Architecture In Stock MICHIEL SCHRIJVER His paintings are like voyages of discovery. The buildings and landscapes on Schrijv...

Dukeries District - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) A German Opel racer leaving Welbeck Abbey, the seat of the dukes of Portland in Nottinghamshire, during the Prince Henry...

This lovely mid 20th century English oil on board by Tom White depicts a view over the rooftops of period houses in Spring. A quintessentially English view in the modern/impressioni...

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Waterside Town II. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Silkscreen on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 20.5 x 25 ...

Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. Good condition except for some minor losses on edges.

"Haga Tingshul Stockhom" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. The Haga Tingshul was built as a court house in 1907 and is now holds the Hagströmer Library, a medical history research library. It is located in Solna which is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. This composition shows the Swedish...

Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed Title: Provencal Landscape Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: painting: 25 x 36.25 inches, frame: ...

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Chipped stucco exposes the history of an abandoned mountain home under gray skies. The ghosts of simple times linger in the yard, scattered with rusted childr...

"Cottage Life" (2020) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a handmade still life oil painting that depicts a quaint suburban American home under the shade of a large tree. S...

"Cabin on Lake Michigan Shore" is an original oil painting on board by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts a small cabin on the lakeshore surrounded by bright vegetation. 14" x 20" art 22 3/4" x 29" frame Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...

Parliament By Night (1973) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Peter King/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament by night, 31st ...

An exceptional work by George Waller Parker (1888-1957) of a home in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Perhaps the best example of Parker’s work to be offered in recent decades, this w...

Carl Wuermer (1900 - 1981) Late Summer, 1924 Oil on canvas 26 x 28 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: McColl Fine Art, North Carolina Known for serene, realistic lands...

Beautiful landscape of a village in Tuscany, with visual texture from use of color and impasto, by B. Ignacio, c.1950. Signed "B. Ignacio" lower right. Presented in a wood frame. Ima...

A beautiful watercolour of English country cottages. Presented in a cream double mount. Signed to the lower-right edge. On wove.

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A white farmhouse sits quietly beneath a gray sky, its brick chimneys contrasting against the muted backdrop. A red tractor rests in the golden field. Artist ...

Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Untold" is an oil painting that depicts an angel like figure in an interior space Linda Adair is a contemporary figurative ...

A charming 19th century watercolour study depicting a gentleman and his dog enquiring with the innkeeper about available rooms. Signed 'Theys J.' lower right. Well presented in a dec...

Dimensions with frame: 46,3 x 54,5 x 3 cm. Signed "Megevand" in the lower left corner. This expressive mid-20th-century landscape depicts a hillside village composed of clustered houses with warm terracotta roofs, surrounded by lush vegetation and gently rolling fields. The artist has approached the landscape with a distinctly Modernist sensibility, reducing the architecture and surrounding countryside to broad, simplified forms. The houses are constructed through planes of soft pink, cream, ochre and muted blue, while the foreground is dominated by rich shades of green applied with vigorous, textured brushwork. Rather than seeking a precise topographical representation, the painter focuses on the interplay of color, volume and rhythm, giving the composition a strong and spontaneous character. The contrast between the geometric forms of the village and the dense, almost sculptural vegetation is particularly effective. A softly painted, luminous sky completes the composition and enhances the warm, peaceful atmosphere of the scene. With its expressive handling of paint, harmonious palette and simplified treatment of perspective, the work reflects the influence of Post-Impressionism and the development of European Modernist landscape painting during the first half of the 20th century. mid century landscape painting, modernist village painting, European modernist painting, signed oil painting, village landscape painting, hillside village painting, French village painting...

Lemuel Wiles The Cedars, 1869 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 12 1/8 x 20 1/4 inches Lemuel Maynard Wiles (1826–1905) was an American landscape painter associated with t...

A charming oil on canvas of a brightly coloured garden consisting of daisies, poppies and foxgloves with a cottage hidden amongst it. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.

Neoclassic Garden is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor on paper applied on a Passepartout paper, realized by Jules Arsene Garnier (French, 1847-1889), in the late 19th ...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "023 - Plein Air-Englewood, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a house surrounded by large trees. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary landsc...

This is a signed reproduction titled Park Presidio in San Francisco by artist Alan Balustein, published and distributed by Image Conscious. Hand-signed and titled in black pen, the i...