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Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

Located in Gent, VOV

Jansens also adopted the use of the camera obscura, an optical device that has been used by artists for centuries to project an image onto a surface, which she then meticulously trac...

Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s
William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s

William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s

Located in Studio City, CA

A whimsical original oil painting by American artist William Webber titled "Camera Obscura", circa 1950s. The painting depicts five well-dressed gentlemen standing under a huge camer...

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case
French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

Wollaston in 1806-07, although there is some speculation that it is a reinvention of a device described by Kepler some 200 years earlier. The term camera lucida means 'light room' an...

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Antique 1880s French Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Untitled (Soldiers No. 5)

Untitled (Soldiers No. 5)

By Kobi Israel

Located in New York, NY

He then returned to Tel-Aviv for a four year program in Cinematography & Still Photography at Camera Obscura, the school of visual arts in Tel-Aviv, graduating in 2001.

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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Yellow Roses
Yellow Roses

Yellow Roses

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time …. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers etc. ​

Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dance Erotica

Dance Erotica

By Eliaz Slonim

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial and critical studies at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv and the Teffen Museum. In 2003 he had a major exhibition Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn in Germany.

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1980s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Parade, Metropolitan Opera
Parade, Metropolitan Opera

Parade, Metropolitan Opera

By David Hockney

Located in Missouri, MO

His theory is that the mirror, the "camera obscura"*, and the "camera lucida"* were widely used by artists as early as the 1400s and that the introduction of photography in the 19th ...

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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad
I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad

I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad

By Ron Arad

Located in Vienna, AT

I.P.C.O. (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) by Ron Arad, Studio Ron Arad 2001 for The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht works like a inverted pinhole camera - tiny holes act like lenses ...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Chandeliers and Pendants

#138
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#138

By David De Biasio

Located in San Francisco, CA

It has become almost an evolved form of what Jan van Eyck, Leonardo, and Caravaggio did with the camera obscura. De Biasio’s experienced a visual revolution in the United States, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Stunning Group of Twenty-Four Light-Box Framed Japanese Lantern Slides
Stunning Group of Twenty-Four Light-Box Framed Japanese Lantern Slides

Stunning Group of Twenty-Four Light-Box Framed Japanese Lantern Slides

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The magic lantern is the forerunner of the slide projector, and it is one of the most popular inventions of the marvellous world of optical illusion, alongside the Camera Obscura, th...

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Antique 1890s English High Victorian Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood, Opaline Glass

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting
"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Chinese porcelain stacking of bowls and plates on dark" Still-Life Painting
"Chinese porcelain stacking of bowls and plates on dark" Still-Life Painting

"Chinese porcelain stacking of bowls and plates on dark" Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting
"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Chinese porcelain stacking of orange and blue in the dark" Still-Life Painting
"Chinese porcelain stacking of orange and blue in the dark" Still-Life Painting

"Chinese porcelain stacking of orange and blue in the dark" Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Pink Blossom on blue Chinese Porcelain Plate'' Dutch Still-Life Painting
"Pink Blossom on blue Chinese Porcelain Plate'' Dutch Still-Life Painting

"Pink Blossom on blue Chinese Porcelain Plate'' Dutch Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Malcolm Morley: Untitled
Malcolm Morley: Untitled

Malcolm Morley: Untitled

Located in London, GB

Morley was now painting from models observed through a camera obscura system. By the mid-1990s, however, he again reverted to more exact rendering, now using model planes from sets...

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Late 20th Century Prints

Jacob Returns to Canaan, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Charles Amedée Van Loo
Jacob Returns to Canaan, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Charles Amedée Van Loo

Jacob Returns to Canaan, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Charles Amedée Van Loo

By Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo

Located in Paris, FR

This interest is evident in other paintings dating to Amédée's second period in Berlin (lasting until 1769), such as The Camera Obscura (1945.10.1) in the National Gallery of Art's c...

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Antique Mid-18th Century French Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Camera Obscura For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the camera obscura you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect camera obscura among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right camera obscura is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, blue and brown. A camera obscura from Abelardo Morell — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in archival pigment print, pigment print and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Camera Obscura?

A camera obscura can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $14,625, while the lowest priced sells for $499 and the highest can go for as much as $30,000.