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Mid 20th Century French Still Life Oil Painting Pile of Books
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid 20th century
Still life of books
oil on board unframed
board: 10.5 x 13.75
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pilings
By David H. Gibson
Located in Dallas, TX
tumultuous, and our contact with it makes life happen.” - David H. Gibson
This photograph, "Pilings," is
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pier Pilings in Still Water
By Brian Kosoff
Located in Westwood, NJ
rangefinder, GPS, satellite image and topography software, astronomical software, even equipment and books to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cilento, Italy (Dog and Pile of Tires)
By Pentti Sammallahti
Located in Sante Fe, NM
published thirteen books and portfolios and has received awards such as the Samuli Paulaharju Prize of the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big Dig, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Craig Moran
Located in Yardley, PA
photograph of a pile of raw shrimp I saw in the newspaper! Some of the creatures were based on photos from
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Yellow Chair
By Ginny Williams
Located in Wenham, MA
books piled on it and canvases leaning against it.
Williams has a degree in art history which gave her
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
for parsing : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Collage by Torea Frey created using waste papers and scraps from books, magazines, and sewing
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Glue, Mixed Media
it begins : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Collage by Torea Frey created using waste papers and scraps from books, magazines, and sewing
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Paper
Lice
Located in Fairlawn, OH
tenure at the factory, with an inviting pile of copper plates at hand, and his natural yen and flair for
Category
1920s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Garbage Hill, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Art, Print
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Before the Hot Day Brightens to Blue (Mevagissey Harbor, Cornwall). Original Oil
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
and sketched the cable ship Mackay Bennett returning to her Halifax Station, her decks piled high with
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ness Harbor, Butt of Lewis, Scotland. Hebrides. Western Isles Landscape
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Mackay Bennett returning to her Halifax Station, her decks piled high with coffins containing bodies
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 21.07 in W 29.14 in
"Pebbles, " Pastel Drawing
By Irene Georgopoulou
Located in Denver, CO
, white, yellow and black stones in a pile.
Irene Georgopoulou has won several awards and her work has
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Espai Interior - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Boldest Native" original lithograph signed pop art abstract hyperrealistic bold
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boldest Native" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. This piece features a pile of
Category
1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Zinnia
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Tributary 3
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Tributary 5
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Narcissus 1
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Philodendron
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Self Portrait 1
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Magnolia 3
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Magnolia 1
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Swale 1
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Untitled
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Echinaceae
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor
Peppervine
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Desert Rose
Located in Nashville, TN
practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing edible and native
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Somnis - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Espai Literari XIII - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Paint, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rastres II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waste Paper
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Tallinn, EE
three books on the visual and verbal rhetoric of the paradox and oxymoron. He has made a hundred
Category
1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Good Morning
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Tallinn, EE
artistic representation. He has written and collated three books on the visual and verbal rhetoric of the
Category
1990s Op Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
10 Degrees
By Jeremy Thomas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
moving out of his dormitory, with boxes and bags piled around, the wooden box which held all of his
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cotton, Resin, Polyester, Vinyl
Pop Art Modernist Collage Painting GENESIS Patrick Archer
By Patrick Archer
Located in Surfside, FL
elements taken from magazines, catalogs, books, brochures, old billboard scrapings, and whatever other
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Board
Students of Emmanuel and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge 1815 engraving by John Agar
Located in London, GB
Public Buildings'. The three figures dwell over a pile of books and papers, clad in the appropriate
Category
1810s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Garbage Hill, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Art, Print
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dominique Mahlknecht (1793-1876) The french philosopher René Descartes
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
quite close, there is a pile of books at the feet of the philosopher and mathematician, but with a
Category
1840s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
pile on
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
14" x 14.5" Platinum/Palladium Print
Edition Nº 2
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Platinum
Villa Cetinale, Siena Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Villa Cetinale, Italy, May 2012
A moment at a storied property where centuries of history pile on
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pop Art Modernist Mixed Media Vibrant Day Glo Collage Painting Patrick Archer
By Patrick Archer
Located in Surfside, FL
new expression. These collages utilize disparate elements taken from magazines, catalogs, books
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Huge Scandinavian Abstract Wool Tapestry Art Rug Asger Jorn Cobra Artist Denmark
By Asger Jorn
Located in Surfside, FL
, grey, blue and black.
Signed Jorn in the weave, bears maker's label verso
This is a tufted pile wool
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist More Art
Materials
Wool
Original Vintage Book Publisher Advertising Poster Success Books Owl Reading Art
Located in London, GB
a pile of books with colourful winged books flying around on the black background, the text in Dutch
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Red and blue photorealist library painting, "Vanishing Species", gouache on board
By Daniel K. Tennant.
Located in Binghamton, NY
the composition, where eyeglasses sit atop a pile of horizontal books. The shadows throughout the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
Spot for Contemplation
By Dorothy Simpson Krause
Located in Stowe, VT
snow piled branches create a delicate, decorative patterning over the silver leaf. The viewer is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Silver Leaf
Hands & Feet: Hands & Fish
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
pile, and I’m a scavenger. Images are like random words that one might cull from a dictionary, and I’m
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands & Feet: Hands, Tiger & Teeth
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
pile, and I’m a scavenger. Images are like random words that one might cull from a dictionary, and I’m
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands & Feet: Knees
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
“For me there is an image junk pile, and I’m a scavenger. Images are like random words that one might
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands & Feet: Hands, Baseball & Glove
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
pile, and I’m a scavenger. Images are like random words that one might cull from a dictionary, and I’m
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands & Feet: Hands, Gloves & Person
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
pile, and I’m a scavenger. Images are like random words that one might cull from a dictionary, and I’m
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands & Feet: Hands, Dinner Table & Person
By John Baldessari
Located in West Hollywood, CA
together meaning for his work, the artist says “For me there is an image junk pile, and I’m a scavenger
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Portrait of a Canon Oil on Canvas Center-Italian School 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
priority of spiritual moments in his life; down on his left thare is a clock on a pile of books: it is a
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 47.25 in W 36.62 in D 3.15 in
"Back in Time, " Pastel Drawing
By Irene Georgopoulou
Located in Denver, CO
quarters, pennies, and nickels in a pile together.
Irene Georgopoulou has won several awards and her work
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Whizzer & Chip by Roo Waterhouse, Still life, Contemporary art, Original art
Located in Deddington, GB
bright and nostalgic pile of vintage comic and TV annuals. Roo Waterhouse brings together her reverence
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24.81 in W 16.93 in D 1.58 in
Espai Literari II - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Espai modernista I - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grans records - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting, Modernism
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gran Central Station II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting
By Noemi Martín
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
through, while on other occasions we may contemplate a pile of books which seems about to catch fire on a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sphinx Inkwell
By Sarah Bernhardt
Located in Chicago, IL
; the inkwell is cleverly concealed by a removable pile of books while a small opening in Bernhardt’s
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pop Art Modernist Collage Painting GENESIS Patrick Archer
By Patrick Archer
Located in Surfside, FL
elements taken from magazines, catalogs, books, brochures, old billboard scrapings, and whatever other
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Board
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