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Brown Bess

Abstract Figurative Primary Color Circus Acrobat Clown Painting
By Forrest Bess
Located in Houston, TX
Forrest Bess's laboriously textured multi-colored painting resembles a scene of two circus acrobats
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jose & Pierrette Botero
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Mimi Rouge
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

 Mimi Rouge
H 24.02 in W 33.07 in
Mark Twain
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

 Mark Twain
H 64 in W 16 in
La Femme Magenta
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Three Perspectives
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Ladies Night
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Ladies Night
Ladies Night
H 60 in W 49 in
Listed San Diego Artist Bess Gilbert Watercolor Painting 1935 Exposition CPIE
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful watercolor painting by listed San Diego impressionist artist Bess Gilbert. Dates from the
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

Listed San Diego Artist Bess Gilbert Impressionist Plein Air Oil Painting, 1930s
By Maurice Braun 1
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful plein air painting by listed San Diego impressionist artist Bess Gilbert. Dates from the
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

1943 French Post Impressionist oil painting of a steam barge on the Seine, Paris
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bess (French, 1943) A steam barge on the Seine, Notre Dame beyond 24 x 15.1/2 in. Oil on board
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chatsworth, The Attic Sale, Auction at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, 5-7 October 2010
Located in valatie, NY
constructed by Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick in 1555. Chatsworth's garden attracts around 300,000
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2010s English Books

Materials

Paper

Silent Running
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Vancouver,British Columbia, canada Bess Cutler Gallery, NewYork,NewYork 1992 Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Battle For Yellowstone, Original Oil Painting of Oversized Fictional Bookcover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois 1993 Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver,British Columbia, canada Bess Cutler Gallery, NewYork,NewYork
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Antique Carved Stone Bear Head Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Whiting,” “Harry Hunks” and “Blind Bess.” King James I (1603-1625) was such a fan of the sport that he
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Antique Mid-19th Century Animal Sculptures

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Sandstone

An Antique Carved Stone Bear Head Sculpture
An Antique Carved Stone Bear Head Sculpture
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 8.67 in
Florida Fantasy (Beach Landscape)
By Oliver Smith
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, The Band Wagon, Oklahoma!, Porgy and Bess), and operas (La Traviata). His association with the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Dracula
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Vancouver,British Columbia, canada Bess Cutler Gallery, NewYork,NewYork 1992 Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Victorian Ashford Marble Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
only two sites in Derbyshire and has been used as a decorative building material since Bess of Hardwick
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Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Tables

Materials

Marble

Early Victorian Ashford Marble Table
Early Victorian Ashford Marble Table
H 33 in W 60 in D 36.5 in
Large scale 19th Century historical genre oil painting of a group of musicians
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
proportions correct. Hardwick Hall itself was built around 1590 by Bess of Hardwick and was designed by the
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
By Larry Horowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hills, CA 2002 Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH 2000 Galerie Françoise et ses frères, Baltimore
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1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

“Rainy Marsh”
By Larry Horowitz
Located in Southampton, NY
Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY 2002 Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH 2002 Pilar
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Festival Mondail du Theatre, Huge Poster on Panel by Botero 1977
By Fernando Botero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fernando Botero, Colombian (1932 - ) Title: Festival Mondial du Theatre Year: 1977 Medium: Poster on Masonite Size: 61 in. x 46 in. (154.94 cm x 116.84 cm)
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By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
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H 11.38 in W 9 in D 10 in
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Bess and Jack, 1886
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Located in New York, NY
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Porgy and Bess, Unframed Poster, 1959
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Located in Antwerp, BE
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20th Century American Prints

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"Soft Skin and Fragile Light" still life painting peaches nectarines fruit
Located in Phoenix, AZ
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Portrait, possibly Queen Elizabeth the 1st in the guise of Diana the Huntress
Located in London, GB
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"Dolly - Flower Woman" ELDERLY BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN FLOWER VENDOR SMOKING PIPE
By Elizabeth Verner
Located in San Antonio, TX
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Located in Palm Springs, CA
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William Ker Reid Two Handled Silver Trophy Cup
By William Ker Reid
Located in London, GB
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Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Tableware

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Listed San Diego California Artist Bess Gilbert Oil Painting Balboa Park
Located in San Diego, CA
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

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Located in valatie, NY
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2010s Great Britain (UK) Books

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Paper

19th Century Carved Walnut Centre Table
By George Strachan & Son
Located in Brighton, Sussex
-dogs' table acquired by Bess of Hardwick by 1601 and still at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.
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19th Century Carved Walnut Centre Table
19th Century Carved Walnut Centre Table
H 31.11 in W 59.45 in D 40.95 in
18th Century American Brass Steeple Top Andirons - a Pair
Located in Sheridan, CO
: The owner of the Colonial style home was a childhood friend of President Harry Truman. Harry and Bess
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Crossing the Divide
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
, Illinois 1993 Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver,British Columbia, canada Bess Cutler Gallery, NewYork,NewYork
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Grand Central Station NYC Modernism WPA Industrial Transportation Depression Era
By George Biddle
Located in New York, NY
their opera, Porgy and Bess. Biddle produced a prodigious compilation of images—many in watercolor and
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1930s American Modern Mixed Media

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Mountains and Sea, 1920
By Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
years of marriage Queen went by Bess or Bessie. Sammons was a quiet, soft spoken and gentle man who
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Lambert's Cove # 5
By Albert Winslow Barker
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied charcoal drawings, as well as met his future wife Bess
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1940s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tenth Month Second
By Albert Winslow Barker
Located in New Orleans, LA
drawings, as well as met his future wife Bess Morot. From 1903 to 1913 he taught at the School of
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Upper Barn, Winter (a look at the rural landscape of an earlier American era)
By Albert Winslow Barker
Located in New Orleans, LA
future wife Bess Morot. From 1903 to 1913 he taught at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

The Barn (a romantic look at the rural landscape of an earlier American era)
By Albert Winslow Barker
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied charcoal drawings, as well as met his future wife Bess
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4 Pairs of 18th Century Style Flint Lock Pistols
Located in Great Barrington, MA
issue of 1761 by Willits who produced the famous Brown Bess the British Military relied on. No one
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1930s Posters "Character, Culture and Citizenship Guides"
Located in Hudson, NY
and educational messages Little is know about the artists who Created this Images ( Bess Eleanor
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Brown Bess For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the brown bess you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Modern, Abstract and Contemporary versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a brown bess may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right brown bess is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown. There have been many interesting brown bess examples over the years, but those made by Forrest Bess are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in mixed media, oil paint and paint.

How Much is a Brown Bess?

The average selling price for a brown bess we offer is $3,400, while they’re typically $1,200 on the low end and $13,000 for the highest priced.