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Glacier

Glacier

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Badlands

Badlands

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Thunder Basin

Thunder Basin

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Fort Randall

Fort Randall

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Devils Tower

Devils Tower

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

South Dakota 3

South Dakota 3

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Cottonwood

Cottonwood

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

South Dakota 4

South Dakota 4

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

The Edge

The Edge

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

White Fish

White Fish

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil Pastel

The Missouri River

The Missouri River

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Yellowstone Canyon

Yellowstone Canyon

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Yosemite

Yosemite

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel

Little Bighorn River

Little Bighorn River

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil Pastel, Oil

Fort Randall

Fort Randall

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

The Edge 3

The Edge 3

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Cottonwood 2

Cottonwood 2

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Rosebud 2

Rosebud 2

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Big Horn

Big Horn

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Thunder Basin

Thunder Basin

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

The Continental Divide

The Continental Divide

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Yellowstone Canyon

Yellowstone Canyon

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

Whitefish

Whitefish

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil Crayon

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil Crayon

Tom

Tom

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Oil

Jim

Jim

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Oil

Untitled

Untitled

By Joe Bradley

Located in London, GB

Throughout his practice—which also spans drawing, sculpture, and mixed-media work—the artist has taken inspiration from the aesthetics of Philip Guston, Roger Brown, comic books, and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Newsprint, Inkjet

The Descent into the Cave - Pencil and Pastel Drawing - 20th century

The Descent into the Cave - Pencil and Pastel Drawing - 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

The Descent into the Cave is an original pencil and pastel drawing realized by an artist of the early 20th Century. The drawing is in good conditions on a grey paper. There is a il...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Pencil

In Toquima Cave, Oil Painting
In Toquima Cave, Oil Painting

In Toquima Cave, Oil Painting

By Jan Fontecchio Perley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: bobcat, cat, wildcat, lynx, wildlife, cave, impressionism, animals, oil painting, blackIn Toquima CaveJan Fontecchio PerleyOil painting on canvas b...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave people, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

This is one of a number of drawings that was accompanied by a signed letter from Augustus Edwin John which read as follows `Alderney Manor/ Nr Parkstone, Dorset / Dear Hodge, I send ...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Guns and Unicorns, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Guns and Unicorns, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Guns and Unicorns, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Amy Bernays

Located in Yardley, PA

Perhaps he makes cardboard guns as an object of power. Like the cave people painting the pray they wanted to capture, he makes something that would give him power.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Looking Out to Sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Looking Out to Sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Anthony Dunphy

Located in Yardley, PA

The quintessential seascape painting of the lighthouse. The seafarer in your family would love to hang this piece in their man cave.

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Horse No 2

Horse No 2

By Joe Bradley

Located in London, GB

Throughout his practice—which also spans drawing, sculpture, and mixed-media work—the artist has taken inspiration from the aesthetics of Philip Guston, Roger Brown, comic books, and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas, Screen

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British
Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave people, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

This drawing is accompanied by a signed letter from Augustus Edwin John which read as follows `Alderney Manor/ Nr Parkstone, Dorset / Dear Hodge, I send a few rough sketches hoping t...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Petroglyph Table
Petroglyph Table

Petroglyph Table

By Nucleo

Located in Roma, IT

The layers of the material evoke the wooden tablets used to make scribbles in the preliminary phase of cave painting, becoming a media to support an even more relevant piece of art.

Category

2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Scrap Wood

Petroglyph Armchair
Petroglyph Armchair

Petroglyph Armchair

By Nucleo

Located in Roma, IT

The layers of the material evoke the wooden tablets used to make scribbles in the preliminary phase of cave painting, becoming a media to support an even more relevant piece of art.

Category

2010s Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Scrap Wood

The Earth Spirit
The Earth Spirit

The Earth Spirit

By Joseph Karwacki

Located in Los Angeles, CA

They have always served this purpose, as is evident from the earliest cave paintings to the latest popular media. Their conception and individuality, from the Yokai of Japan to the m...

Category

2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Circle of Peter Le Cave (fl.1769-1816) - Watercolour, A Farmer & his Livestock
Circle of Peter Le Cave (fl.1769-1816) - Watercolour, A Farmer & his Livestock

Circle of Peter Le Cave (fl.1769-1816) - Watercolour, A Farmer & his Livestock

Located in Corsham, GB

Inspired by Peter Le Cave (fl.1769-1816), this early 19th century watercolour depicts a farmer and his livestock resting in the shade of a large oak tree. The large watercolour has b...

Category

Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

2 brutalist steel side bedside tables with etced glass animal hunting scen, 70s
2 brutalist steel side bedside tables with etced glass animal hunting scen, 70s

2 brutalist steel side bedside tables with etced glass animal hunting scen, 70s

Located in Zevenaar, NL

Inspired by prehistoric cave paintings and ancient storytelling. Light, texture, and shadow reveal the carved primitive forms with the raw steel frame as intruiging contrast.

Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Brutalist Side Tables

Materials

Steel, Lead

Abstract Expressionist Chalk Drawing of Imaginary Bird, CoBrA Style
Abstract Expressionist Chalk Drawing of Imaginary Bird, CoBrA Style

Abstract Expressionist Chalk Drawing of Imaginary Bird, CoBrA Style

By A Nuchy

Located in Cotignac, FR

The freely expressive primitive cave paintings were inspirational, offering a childlike naiivety and total freedom of expression which the CoBrA members fully embraced.

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Picasso original 1963 exhibition poster - Les potiers Vallauris
Picasso original 1963 exhibition poster - Les potiers Vallauris

Picasso original 1963 exhibition poster - Les potiers Vallauris

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

This primitive script, etched in ochre against a deep earthen red, evokes both cave painting and pottery markings — a nod to the ancient craft traditions that inspired Picasso’s cera...

Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Vintage Zindhek Berber Moroccan Rug Depicting a Village Scene
Vintage Zindhek Berber Moroccan Rug Depicting a Village Scene

Vintage Zindhek Berber Moroccan Rug Depicting a Village Scene

Located in Milan, IT

The graphical arrangement of the story is strongly reminiscent of Paleolithic and Neolithic cave painting. This rug is part of our current online exhibition entitled 'Mixed Media - ...

Category

Early 2000s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

Materials

Cotton

Cao Yong Summer Breeze Giclee on Canvas
Cao Yong Summer Breeze Giclee on Canvas

Cao Yong Summer Breeze Giclee on Canvas

Located in Baltimore, MD

To study the prehistoric cave paintings of Tibet, Cao Yong–accompanied only by a horse, a dog, and a gun for hunting–lived alone in deserted mountain caves for nearly a year.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

18th Century George I Domed Topped Japanned Chinoiserie Falconry Box, circa 1710
18th Century George I Domed Topped Japanned Chinoiserie Falconry Box, circa 1710

18th Century George I Domed Topped Japanned Chinoiserie Falconry Box, circa 1710

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Stelae depicting falconry that were created by the Hittites date to the 13th century BCE, and cave paintings from prehistoric sites may represent even earlier references to falconry.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century English Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak

Cao Yong “Winds of Love” Giclee On Canvas
Cao Yong “Winds of Love” Giclee On Canvas

Cao Yong “Winds of Love” Giclee On Canvas

Located in Baltimore, MD

To study the prehistoric cave paintings of Tibet, Cao Yong–accompanied only by a horse, a dog, and a gun for hunting–lived alone in deserted mountain caves for nearly a year.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Nazmiyal Vintage Art Deco Ecuadorian Rug by Olga Fisch. 5 ft x 6 ft 4 in
Nazmiyal Vintage Art Deco Ecuadorian Rug by Olga Fisch. 5 ft x 6 ft 4 in

Nazmiyal Vintage Art Deco Ecuadorian Rug by Olga Fisch. 5 ft x 6 ft 4 in

By Olga Fisch

Located in New York, NY

An evocatively beautiful rug, this vintage Art Deco carpet depicts a series of crude animal drawings that are immediately reminiscent of the cave paintings that mark mankind's first ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Ecuadorean Mid-Century Modern North and South American ...

Materials

Wool

Fossil Ice Age Woolly Mammoth Jaw on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene
Fossil Ice Age Woolly Mammoth Jaw on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene

Fossil Ice Age Woolly Mammoth Jaw on Custom Walnut Base, Pleistocene

Located in Tucson, AZ

Early man hunted these large creatures, and they have been depicted in cave paintings. The beauty of this piece on a custom walnut base is matched by its scientific value.

Category

2010s Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Ethnographic Still Life, " Edith Kramer, African Mask and Shofar, Art Therapy
"Ethnographic Still Life, " Edith Kramer, African Mask and Shofar, Art Therapy

"Ethnographic Still Life, " Edith Kramer, African Mask and Shofar, Art Therapy

By Edith Kramer

Located in New York, NY

In 1947 Kramer visited some of the earliest known artwork, in the caves at Lascaux. Kramer spoke of these cave paintings as an example of the universal language of art.

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Print with Hand Coloring of a Wild Ox
Antique Print with Hand Coloring of a Wild Ox

Antique Print with Hand Coloring of a Wild Ox

Located in Langweer, NL

They were large wild bovines and played a significant role in human history, being depicted in ancient cave paintings and mentioned in various historical texts.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Scandinavian Studio Table Lamp in Carved Bone with Symbolic Decoration, c. 1950s
Scandinavian Studio Table Lamp in Carved Bone with Symbolic Decoration, c. 1950s

Scandinavian Studio Table Lamp in Carved Bone with Symbolic Decoration, c. 1950s

Located in PUTTEN, NL

Down one face of the bone, a series of small symbolic motifs have been burned or incised — primitive, almost runic in character, evoking cave paintings or ancient script. Their meani...

Category

Vintage 1950s Scandinavian Folk Art Floor Lamps

Materials

Bone, Wood

Counter Stool with Upholstered Seat, Designer Furniture in Dedar Fabric, Balance
Counter Stool with Upholstered Seat, Designer Furniture in Dedar Fabric, Balance

Counter Stool with Upholstered Seat, Designer Furniture in Dedar Fabric, Balance

By Dmitriy Kozinenko

Located in Kyiv, UA

It is traced by a pigment of chalk-like consistency — a thin yet three-dimensional patina — to spark a new exploration of the heavenly fantasy, cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphics...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

RoseBud

RoseBud

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

White Fish

White Fish

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Self Portrait with Car

Self Portrait with Car

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Yellowstone River

Yellowstone River

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

The Missouri River

The Missouri River

By James Vaulkhard

Located in London, GB

In 2019, Vaulkhard returned to his roots in oil painting, creating a large-scale series of dystopian landscape paintings entitled Echo Chambers–a collection of algorithm-inspired ‘ca...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

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