$2,300Sale Price|50% Off
God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
Lester Joseph Ambrose (American, 1879 - 1949) was born in Gardendale, Erie County, New York, to Joseph W.
Canvas, Oil
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H 35 in W 47 in D 2 in
Lester Ambrose, Bar Au Lapin Agile 1934, Genre Illustration and Bar Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
The canvas is signed and dated in the lower right, framed in a black wood frame. Lester Joseph Ambrose (American, 1879 - 1949) was born in Gardendale, Erie County, New York, to Jos...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in
Beautiful Practice, Social Realist Scene, Figurative of Female Piano Player
Located in Doylestown, PA
Lester Joseph Ambrose (American, 1879 - 1949) was born in Gardendale, Erie County, New York, to Joseph W.
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in
On the Road to the Cocktail Lounge, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana
Located in Doylestown, PA
The 20 x 24 inches oil on canvas is signed and dated in the lower right and was created in 1939. Lester Joseph Ambrose (American, 1879 - 1949) was born in Gardendale, Erie County, ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in
Who's There, Social Realist Scene, Interior with Nude Figure
Located in Doylestown, PA
The 20 x 24 inches oil on canvas is signed in the lower left and framed in a black wood frame. Lester Joseph Ambrose (American, 1879 - 1949) was born in Gardendale, Erie County, Ne...
Canvas, Oil
"Interior scenes"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Lorenzo Gramiccia (1702–1795) – 18th-Century Interior Scene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Framed: 56 x 68 cm Flat: 50 x 59 cm Signature: Present Backside: Inscription with 2 s...
Canvas, Oil
$5,649
H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Interior with secretary Deck- 21st Century Contemporary Interior Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Serge de Vries, Dutch artist Interior with secretary Desk 90 x 70 cm Oil on canvas A jug, a sugar bowl, a tea bag – these are objects that we hold carelessly every day, but Dutch f...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,039
H 22.05 in W 18.51 in D 0.79 in
Interior, Modernist Interior Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1931
Located in Edinburgh, GB
JULIETTE JUVIN (1891–1978) INTERIOR (UNTITLED), 1931 Original Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Unframed THE POETRY OF A PRIVATE WORLD Certain paintings offer more than beauty: they...
Oil
Interior Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
An oil painting on canvas of a 19th century French interior. The artist's attention to detail, use of jewel-tone colors and the capturing of natural light streaming in through the wi...
Canvas
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 38 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 38 in D 2 in
Mid Century Modern Sumptuous Interior Scene Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist interior scene with a kitchen still life by Johannes Gecelli (1925 - 2011) . Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso. 24 3/8 x 32 1/8. Nicely framed.
Canvas, Oil
$790Sale Price|41% Off
H 10.63 in W 16.15 in
Interior with woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Luis Giner Bueno - Interior with woman - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 27x41 cm. Frame measurements 50x64 cm. Giner Bueno (1935-2000) Painter from Alicante, son of the painter L...
Canvas, Oil
$3,043
H 19.3 in W 11.82 in
Interior View - 20th Century Modern British Domestic Interior Oil Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Philip Matthews Interior View oil on board 49 x 30 cm 19 1/4 x 11 3/4 in unsigned Philip Matthews was a painter of portraits, landscapes and still-life in oils. He studied at Maiden...
Oil, Board
$820Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in
Prologue - Figurative Oil Realistic painting, Interior, Polish young artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
AGNIESZKA STAAK-JANCZARSKA (born in 1994) A graduate of the State Secondary School of Art of Józef Kluza in Krakow. In 2020, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in ...
Oil, Canvas
Parlor Scene
By Griswold Tyng
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1911 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
$2,033
H 11.23 in W 14.38 in D 0.08 in
Interior of a House - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a House is an original oil painting realized during the 19th Century by anonymous italian artist. Includes frame: cm 39 x 0.1 x 47.5 Good conditions. Unreadible sign...
Oil
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
Albert Pels (1910-1998) Painting of a group of figures, c. 20th century. 12 x 16 in. Framed dimensions: 19 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. Albert Pels was an art educator and painter of figures, ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,100
H 10 in W 13.25 in D 1.25 in
A Unique, Enigmatic Modern Surrealist City Interior Scene with Figure Profile
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Unique, Unusual Surrealist Interior Scene with Abstracted Figure by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting an abstract city apartment interior wit...
Oil, Board
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Vintage Large Signed American Modernist Interior Scene Portrait Oil Painting
By Sidney Gross
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed portrait oil painting by Sidney Gross (1921 - 1969). Oil on canvas. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 20 in W 36 in
Interiors I: Family Reunion — A penetrating scene with a hidden homage to Eadwea
By Peter Milton
Located in Middletown, NY
Interiors I: Family Reunion 1984 Resist ground etching and engraving on BFK Rives wove paper, 20 x 36 inches (501 x 913 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 49/175 ...
Engraving, Etching
$101,693
H 95 in W 81 in
19th-century Italian realist genre scene figurative painting
Located in Florence, IT
Oil on canvas, 57 x 43.5 cm; framed dimensions: 95 x 81 cm. Signed “LBusi” in red with a brush in the lower left corner. Many of the characteristic features of his art are present he...
Canvas, Oil
$450,000
H 30 in W 25 in
Duke of Wellington's Niece, Portrait of Lady Bagot, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 25 inche
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in Miami, FL
In historical British portraiture, it's who the sitter is that drives the price. In the present work, the sitter is Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4...
Oil, Canvas
$240,000
H 48 in W 32 in
The Young Shepherdess: Late 19th Century Academic Oil Painting
By Charles Amable Lenoir
Located in New York, NY
The Young Shepherdess by Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926) Oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches unframed (121.92 x 81.28 cm.) 58 ½ x 42 ¾ inches framed (148.59 x 108.585 cm) Signed on botto...
Oil
$450,000
H 28 in W 24 in
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
$65,700
H 38 in W 52 in D 3 in
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885. Masterfully painted, this artwork dep...
Oil
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
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