Insect Art

This 1925 original poster by Miramar, titled “Transformez vos bons de la défense en titres de rente 4%”, is an evocative piece of financial propaganda from post-World War I France. C...

From the transformative to the ephemeral, the birth and death of a butterfly is reimagined in a photo series on butterflies by Roberta Fineberg inspired by a poem by the 13th Century Persian poet Rumi who writes: ‘Whatever you know, or don’t - only love is real’. For Union RF explores the natural and man-made world in which two caterpillars break free of their skin for a metamorphosis. Hatching into exquisite creatures...

Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.

Collotype from frottage on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Max Ernst, Histoire Naturelle, 1972. Published and printed by Verla...

249 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Classic Art Title: Kingfisher Size: 12 x 16 inc...

Jill Opelka Green Koi Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 18 inches Framed: 30 x 24 x 1.5 inches Signed COA provided Tags: Koi, Pond, Lush, Green, Red, Movement, Fish *Framed in a gold wooden frame - ready to hang ----------------- Upon entering Jill Opelka's home, her creative essence is unmistakable. Adorned with New Yorker Magazine covers, her dining room exudes a vibrant charm, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality, evident in her central studio nestled within the bright breakfast nook. Embraced by natural light and captivating outdoor vistas, it's where her artistry thrives, even evident in intricate details like a practical denim quilt on her sofa, crafted from old jeans – a testament to her work and creativity. Descending to her lower-level gallery, her larger original pieces, each with personal anecdotes, take center stage. From a nostalgic converse painting symbolizing childhood choices to a rescued roadside goat immortalized on canvas, her stories are as captivating as her art. Jill Opelka's creations, drawing inspiration from her life's moments, offer a personal touch that adds warmth to any home. From customized shoe and teacup paintings perfect for gifts to commissioned portraits...

From the transformative to the ephemeral, the birth and death of a butterfly is reimagined in a photo series by Roberta Fineberg inspired by the poetry of the 13th Century Persian poet Rumi who wrote: ‘Whatever you know, or don’t - only love is real’. Hello, Goodbye, 2017 by Roberta Fineberg is a 16” x 13” archival pigment print on baryta paper in an edition of 5. The photograph is signed, titled, and dated on recto (front of photo) by the photographer. Ed. 3/5 is available. For thé contemporary color photograph of a butterfly RF explores the natural and man-made world in which a caterpillar breaks free of its skin for a metamorphosis. Hatching into an exquisite...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Thane Gorek's (US based) "Anaheim" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green Anaheim pepper halved, so that it's seeds and core are exposed, with an indigo blue back...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Lithograph. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable plants o...

Lithograph. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable plants o...

Lithograph. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable plants o...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

This striking circa 1950 advertising poster by Rouffé showcases the dynamic power of La Bougie Colin, a renowned French brand of spark plugs. Designed to capture the speed, reliabili...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Gregory Block's "Orchid 2" is an oil on board created in 2020 depicting white orchids floating above a city. About the artist: Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 ...

Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Daylight Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lamb in a peaceful trance surrounded by flowers, a butterfly and a bee. This pain...

SAGE AT WINDOW is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max, printed in 1980 in an edition of 165, using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. SAGE AT WINDOW is a dreamy, abstract black line drawing of a Pop Art interior scene depicting a monk dressed in a rose colored robe peering out a window. His body leans toward the left as he bends to view the reflected mountain landscape visible through the window frame. Freely drawn multi color cattail flowers gracefully arch over a colorful floral sofa...

Please note: Artwork will be on display through February 25, 2024 and will be shipped to collectors within two weeks following the closing of the exhibition. This wall-hanging artwork titled "A Thing of Beauty #5 (Inachus)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas...

ASHLEE SELBURG Umbrella Stand Ink and pencil on paper 30 x 26 inches

Lindsey Kustusch's "The Monarch on Shades of Olive & Stone" is an original handmade oil on wood panel artwork, measuring 12 x 12 x 1.50 inches. This 2023 piece is a primary market it...

From the series “Please do not kill butterfliesâ€

Contemporary still-life mixed-media, oil and acrylic on board by Dutch artist Menno Modderman, signed and dated 2022 to the bottom left. Working for several years now as an artist ...

Flamingo . A beautiful CYMK silk screen print by Gavin Dobson. Based on an original watercolour painting of this iconic bird, this popular piece of art is individually hand printed...

Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova, 100x40 cm., realized in 2020. Excellent condition.

In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a green moth with white spots is dramatic against a solid white background. Edition of 12. Signed, dated and numb...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Butterfly Blue, 2016 by Roberta Fineberg is a 12.5” x 11,5” archival pigment print on Japanese paper mounted on clear plexiglass. Titled, dated, signed...

'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)

Wildflower Meadow and Insect Visitors, 2024 oil on board 20.5 x 20.5 cm 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in signed, titled and dated Jo Aylward is a British ruralist whose paintings are embedded in th...

Eleusine Moths and Butterflies, 2024 oil on board 40.7 x 30.5 cm 16 x 12 in signed, titled and dated Jo Aylward is a British ruralist whose paintings are embedded in the everyday ex...

Jessica Pisano, "Letter To Our Younger Selves" – Large Contemporary Oil Painting, 48x48 inches Reflective and deeply emotive, "Letter To Our Younger Selves" by celebrated artist Jes...

Please note: Artwork will be on display through February 25, 2024 and will be shipped to collectors within two weeks following the closing of the exhibition. This wall-hanging artwork titled "A Thing of Beauty #8 (Excelsa)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas...

The very first of the migratory birds that flies to us and notifies us of the coming of spring.

July in the Garden, 2024 oil on board 20.5 x 20.5 cm 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in signed, titled and dated Jo Aylward is a British ruralist whose paintings are embedded in the everyday experie...

[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. Group of 12 flowers and insects. Mid to late nineteenth century. A fine group of Chinese export...

English hawk moth chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...

Stars 2 is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this size from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Proofs. Ellie has been working in the forests of...

'Untitled' (Chinese Classical) - 2003 - 26 cm x 32cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Short Bio: Xulong Zhang has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves Polaroid photography. In 2000, he began to develop Polaroid photography and traveled to 34 countries for his photography. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography. 2000 Named the World Chinese Artist, known as “The Prince of Album” 2001 September, CCTV special report on “Zhang Xulong’s Body Art Photography” gained strong feedback from the community. 2002 January, published “Strategies for Commercial Portrait Photograph” by Zhejiang Photography Publishing. 2002 February, launched the concept of “Tang Yun” and greatly accepted by the market. His idea has spread across whole China’s photography industry. 2002 July, launched the concept of “Picasso’s scene backdrop” for kids photography and shocking the whole industry. 2002 August, published “Ms.Tang’s Body Art Portrait Album”, the first female body photography in China, by People’s Arts Publishing 2002 September, a personal exhibition entitled “seeing memory” in the ancient city of Shanxi Province, the 2nd session of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In December of 2002, he was invited to give lectures in Malaysia and auction off the “Fruitful Achievements” exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, donating all money to the Kuala Lumpur Charitable aid for nursing homes and orphanages, won the "goodwill ambassador" title of honor in Kuala Lumpur. 2003 February-March, held the exhibition of “White Valentines” at Beijing International Trade and Exhibition Centre. December 2003, pioneered the new concept of "Royal Wedding", and completed the album of “Invasion 2004” wedding photography books published by Jilin art press. In December 2003 was awarded the 2003 annual contribution of the Chinese human body photography. 2003 Published “China Portrait Culture”. 2004 January, published Body Art & Portrait album “Chun Hua Qiu Shi”. 2004 March, held the exhibition of “Body Art & Portrait photography” in Chengdu. 2004 May, featured on a special report of “Match En China” in Paris. 2004 September, Pingyao international photography festival held entitled "the ambiguity of ancient legacy" xu-long Zhang body art exhibition 2005 August. 2005 August, accept the German star weekly "Der Stern" special report of “China nude” photography...

Although James Audubon is hailed as the premier American bird illustrator and ornithologist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes is in many ways his superior. Fuertes studied with Audubon, but the...

Flying ladybug Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans'...

Fisherman Fly Box Hampshire England 1985 by Homer Sykes oversize 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size signed limited edition print edition of 8 only this size printed 2022 Certificate of authenticity provided Note Other sizes available Chelsea, London, England circa May 1985. The Chelsea Flower Show. Visitors sheltering, its raining, its summer in Britain. People sitting under their umbrellas. Homer Sykes Sykes's father, Homer Warwick Sykes, was a Canadian-born American of English extraction who worked for the China National Aviation Corporation in Shanghai; his mother, Helen Grimmitt, was Canadian-born and raised in Hong Kong. The couple were married in August 1947, but in June 1948, in an early stage of his wife's pregnancy, Homer was killed in an accident at Lunghua airfield. Helen returned to her family home in Vancouver, and the son was born three weeks later, in 1949.[1][2] When the boy's mother remarried in 1954, the family moved to England.[3] Homer was a keen photographer as a teenager, with a darkroom both at home and at boarding school. In 1968 he started a three-year course at the London College of Printing (LCP),[1][3] while sharing a house in St John's Wood.[4] In the summer vacation during his first year, he went to New York, and was impressed by the work of current photographers – Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Friedlander, Frank, Uzzle and Winogrand – that he saw at the Museum of Modern Art.[3] Solo exhibitions "Traditional British Calendar Customs", Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol), 1977;[14] Side Gallery (Newcastle), 31 August – 25 September 1977.[15] "Shanghai Odyssey", Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), 24 May – 20 June 2003.[14][16] Festival of Photography and Contemporary Art (Biella), 2005.[14] "On the Road Again", Hereford Town Hall (Hereford Photography Festival), 2002.[17] "Green Man and Friends, photographs from the 1970s", WPS (Hastings), 2009.[18] "England 1970–1980", Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (Gentilly, Paris), 27 June – 12 October 2014.[10][11][19][20] "My Britain 1970–1980", Les Douches la Galerie, Paris. 5 September – 31 October 2015.[21][22][23] "Once a Year – Homer Sykes", Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, May–June 2021[24] Other exhibitions "Personal Views 1850–1970", British Council touring exhibition, 1970.[3] "Traditional Country Customs" (with work by Benjamin Stone), ICA (London), 1971.[3][14] "Young British Photographers", Museum of Modern Art (Oxford), 1971.[14] Exhibition of photographs by Stone and Sykes of festivals, customs and pageants, Southampton and Birmingham, 1973.[7] "Reportage Fotografen", Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Vienna), 1978.[14] "Il Regno Unito si diverte". British Council, Milan, 1981. With Chris Steele-Perkins and Patrick Ward.[25] "The Other Britain", National Theatre (London), and touring in Britain, 1982.[26] "A British Eye on the World", Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro), 1986.[14] "Viva, une agence photographique", Jeu de Paume (Paris), 2007.[27][28] "How We Are: Photographing Britain." Tate Britain (London), 2007.[29][30] "No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1968–1987", Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Tullie House (Carlisle); Ujazdów Castle (Warsaw).[31] "Unpopular culture." De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), 2008.[32] "The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society", Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010.[26] "Goodbye London: Radical art and politics in the seventies", Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (Berlin), 26 June – 15 August 2010. With Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, David Hall, Margaret Harrison, Derek Jarman...

English moth chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there is an ...

In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a brown moth with a luminous, golden shade of olive green markings on its upper wings is dramatic against a solid w...

'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)

'Untitled' (Chinese Classical), 2003, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer, 26 cm x 32cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artis...

Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...

Contemporary small scale oil on canvas figurative painting by Polish artist Magdalena Nalecz.Artwork depicts bird on an abstract background. Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduat...

This limited edition print by the renowned artist Arman is a profound exploration of his philosophy on the nature of objects and destruction. Arman, a pivotal figure in the Nouveau R...

Archival Pigment Print on Linen Year: 2022 Size: 25.5 x 33.4 inches Signed and titled by hand COA provided The style reflects the need for constant self-perfection and development, ...

Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer heatwave. Hartman’s tightly c...

English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...

Leonard Braund was a bowler for Somerset and England. Tayler was an English artist who was a member of the Royal Academy of Painters. He was a cricketer himself, and in 1905 he made...

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. 'Rice Paper' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer T...