Part-Time Wife, paperback cover
By Lou Marchetti
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Wife by Gerald Foster (1953).
1950s Paintings
Oil
Part-Time Wife, paperback cover
By Lou Marchetti
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Wife by Gerald Foster (1953).
Oil
Vintage Carved Marble Fountain or Planter
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Fantastic one of a kind carved marble architectural piece, can be used in deferent functions as fountain, planter or table top with the right bas, beautifully carve in India in whi...
Marble
Great 18 Palmette Shallow Flush Ceiling Mount, Murano
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Here the larger version of the successful 12 leaves compact palmette ceiling fixture. This group of shallow ceiling mount Murano chandelier was first designed for a luxury yacht low...
Metal
Mid Century Klismos Dining Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern Dining Armchair, for a fresh interpretation on a low, modern klismos chair, this silhouette takes on dramatic style when you view the wide, Whisper of Gold panel that shines o...
Metal
Amazing Desk Art Deco 1930 France Wood Zebrano
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk Year 1930 French Wood is Zebrano Finish: polyurethanic lacquer It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface. The quality of the furniture and the e...
Wood, Ebony, Zebra Wood
$75,000
H 82 in W 40 in D 1 in
"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver & Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the An...
Enamel
Cusco Sculpted Marquetry Cabinet, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cusco sculpted Marquetry cabinet, signed by Stefan Leo CUSCO cabinet Straw Marquetry, brass Measures: 143 x 45 x 140 cm Atelier Stefan Leo has a remarkable reputation thanks to...
Brass
"Nude Woman with 2 Men"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 25.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Fawcett book cover. Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover il...
Canvas, Oil
$125,000
H 23.2 in W 33.5 in
“A Date for the Baby Sitter” Magazine story illustration for Good Housekeeping
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “A Date for the Baby Sitter” by Eileen Herbert Jordan for Good Housekeeping, published December 1958, illustrated pages 58-59 The full caption reads: “Thus P...
Oil, Board
$13,500
H 34.5 in W 28 in
Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 34.50" x 28.00;" Framed 39.50" x 32.50" Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921
Oil, Board
$199,000
H 30 in W 25 in
Tricking Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original Halloween cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November, 3, 1951. A ...
Canvas, Oil
Wedding
By Walter Granville-Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist
Oil
Victoria Holt Romance, Paperback Cover
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 11.50" x 33.50" Cover of "Victoria Holt Romance," Doubleday Book Club
Oil, Board
"Invitation to Murder, " Preliminary Studies
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache, Charcoal and Ink Signature: Unsigned Invitation to Murder, preliminary studies. Finished piece featured in The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1954
Charcoal, Ink, Gouache
Passionate Performance
By Robert Maguire
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist
Oil
Roommates, Girls of Canby Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a g...
Oil, Board
Here Come the Boys, The Girls of Canby Hall Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a ...
Oil, Board
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
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