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An Old Man Pointing at Pocket Watch, Artist 19th Century, European School
Located in Bruges, BE
An Old Man Pointing at Pocket Watch Artist 19th Century European School Signature: Signed bottom
Category

19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Century French Forest Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
other, more modern conceptions of Art. He studied in a Parisian academic school of fine arts and spent
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

17th C Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista
By Molla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
17th century Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista painting of a
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Giltwood, Canvas

Conversation at the Old Mill
Located in London, GB
watching the river flow by. Old Mill stones can be seen resting on the walls to the left of the mill owner
Category

19th Century French School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Traditional English Painting of a Village Scene with Figures, Dog and Horses
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and
Category

Late 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Other

Traditional English Painting By the River Mole, East Molesey, Surrey England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), undated, signed to the front
Category

Late 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Other

'Cherry Blossoms in Japan', French School
Located in London, GB
called hanami. Hanami literally means 'watching blossoms' and is a tradition that is 1,000 years old
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Fine English Georgian Oil Family Welcoming Son back From School Country House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Return from School" English School, circa 1820 after the painting by William Redmore Bigg, RA
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School
Located in London, GB
'Port of Saint-Malo', oil on canvas affixed to board, French Modern School (1984). Although the
Category

1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Ascension day in Venice by Louis de Caullery (1582-1621) 17th c. Flemish school
Located in PARIS, FR
Ascension Day in Venice 17th century Antwerp School Louis de Caullery (1582-1621) Oil on oak panel
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Oak

The Old Pier, Stormy Day
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Old Pier, Stormy Day" is an oil painting depicting a ruined pier is further battered by a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Mariage Mystique Catherine Brizio Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Carraccesque school of the late sixteenth century Francesco Brizio (Bologna, 1574 - Bologna 1623
Category

17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century European School Original Oil Painting -- Soldiers at Rest
Located in Soquel, CA
Dutch School painting of soldiers resting at end of day in old ruins, signed J. Kamp (Dutch, 19th
Category

Early 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Sleep Watchers, mystery, collage, figure, night
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
previous drawings. As a natural progression of Ms.Anastasi's older work, this new iteration of charcoal and
Category

2010s Assemblage Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Tosa School ca 1700 Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 17/18c Artist Tosa Mitsunari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Tosa School, the Heian period of person (noble?) Is watching the birds fly the garden, it is drawn
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London" Detailed etching of a
Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Jim's Steaks -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the same street, and most likely knowing each other’s
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eleanor Woolley, Watching the Fireworks, Impressionist Style Art, Winter Art
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
Watching the Fireworks [November 2022] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

OIL PAINTING 19th Century By Robert E . Roe British old master Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
VERY RARE Oil PAINTING Antique 19th Century By Listed artist British old master OLD MASTER OIL
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Miniature Etching, Portrait of an Old Woman by Ralph Sweet
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Miniature Etching, Portrait of an Old Woman by Ralph Sweet Compelling early
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

It's A Case -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
which Schiff defines as a place where everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the same street
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Colorite Spice Rack -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Yiddish word which Schiff defines as a place where everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Barbizon Pastoral Landscape Painting of Horses by Jules Dupré
By Jules Dupré
Located in Shippensburg, PA
loosely watching the cattle as the graze on the opposite bank under the shade of the trees. The
Category

Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

At Grandmother’s
Located in New York, NY
Much like their seventeenth century counterparts, a group of painters known as the Hague School in the
Category

Mid-19th Century Dutch School Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Classical Landscape, Original Glazed Frame, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Grand Tour Study Italian School, 18th century monogrammed, lower right hand corner, Watercolour
Category

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Provost John Pitcairn of Dundee
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in London, GB
Christie's London: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 [Lot 00212] Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale Sold For
Category

18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ascension Day in Venice, Louis de Caullery (1582-1621), Flemish 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Ascension Day in Venice 17th century Antwerp School Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1582-1621) Oil
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Philip Gawdy of Clifford's Inn (a law school and Inn of Chancery) wrote to his brother, Bassingbourne
Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Taken Aback By My Own Beauty #21
By Adrienne Brown-David
Located in New Orleans, LA
used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taken Aback By My Own Beauty #15
By Adrienne Brown-David
Located in New Orleans, LA
used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taken Aback By My Own Beauty #26
By Adrienne Brown-David
Located in New Orleans, LA
used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taken Aback By My Own Beauty #23
By Adrienne Brown-David
Located in New Orleans, LA
used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taken Aback By My Own Beauty #2
By Adrienne Brown-David
Located in New Orleans, LA
used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Always Time, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
her worldly travels. "My defining art moment was when I was eleven years old and I got to visit Van
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Senaka Senanayake (1951-active) New York Abstract
Located in San Francisco, CA
was barely two years old, I realized he had tremendous powers of observation. He would walk around the
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portals in Time One, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
art moment was when I was eleven years old and I got to visit Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Portals In Time Two, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
eleven years old and I got to visit Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs," says Linda. "I watched
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Running Down to Cowes
By David Bareford
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1947 Born in January of 1947, David Bareford began his study of art in high school in
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"On the Way to Ram Island" Shelter Island summer scene painted en plein air
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
his grandfather, the famous artist Victor Chulovich, and watched the creation of paintings. As you may
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Windy, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surprice, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Secret, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rough sea, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rhythm, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hidden, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Present, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cloudy, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clouds, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Secret, Janssart, Oil paint/canvas, Zero Art
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
blossoming blossom trees in his parents' garden. At fourteen, he painted a portrait of his teacher at school
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Moon over the Harbor" contemporary Impressionist oil painting at night
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
often visited the studio of his grandfather, the famous artist Victor Chulovich, and watched the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Abstract Cubist Seascape Lithograph by Roger Lersy
By Roger Lersy
Located in Atlanta, GA
composition with a highly colorful design of old boats executed by the artist in France circa 1958. The
Category

1950s Cubist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fountains at Pernes Les Fountaines France Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in London, GB
serviced by the river Nesque. Gosse was a Camden Town/Sickert School artist and painted this painting
Category

1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Tina Modotti photograph of a Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s Tina Modotti photograph of a Diego Rivera mural, depicting the Agricultural School in
Category

1920s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti, of Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
of Fire", in the Agricultural School-Chapingo, Mexico by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped
Category

1920s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Daybreak, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
worldly travels. "My defining art moment was when I was eleven years old and I got to visit Van Briggle
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Agricultural School-Chapingo, Mexico by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico
Category

1920s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Clemente Orozco Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
of St. Francis in a fresco in a prep school in Mexico City by Clemente Orozco. Archivally matted
Category

1920s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Aleph Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
) European School, Budapest Gallery, Budapest 1987 • The "old" avant-garde. Exhibition of 8 artists from
Category

1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Hungarian Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
) European School, Budapest Gallery, Budapest 1987 • The "old" avant-garde. Exhibition of 8 artists from
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Shabbat Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
) European School, Budapest Gallery, Budapest 1987 • The "old" avant-garde. Exhibition of 8 artists from
Category

1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

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    The value of an old watch depends on a number of factors, including who made it and which style it is. Condition also has a major impact on how much a timepiece is worth. As a result, it's generally best to seek the opinion of an experienced jeweler or certified appraiser. On 1stDibs, find a large selection of watches.
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    To tell how old your Gruen watch is, turn it over and examine the back of its case. Most timepieces feature two numbers positioned side by side or one above the other. The first, or top, number represents the caliber number, while the second, or bottom, number is the style number. Once you have the style number, you can cross-reference it with trusted online resources to determine its age, and learn more about your timepiece. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Gruen watches.
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    Because Bulova isn't a luxury brand and they made millions of watches, the watches are frequently worth the gold's value that was used to produce them. Sometimes some of the vintage watches are worth more than their original value when resold.
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