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Puppets Paintings

Theater of Shadows Indo-Filipino Batik Shadow Puppets Painting Signed Ayu
Theater of Shadows Indo-Filipino Batik Shadow Puppets Painting Signed Ayu

Theater of Shadows Indo-Filipino Batik Shadow Puppets Painting Signed Ayu

Located in Lomita, CA

Theater of Shadows Signed by Ayu, this richly detailed batik painting evokes the ceremonial beauty of Southeast Asia’s Wayang Kulit shadow puppetry.

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Late 20th Century Philippine Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Textile, Bamboo

19th Century Painting  Puppet theatre
19th Century Painting  Puppet theatre

19th Century Painting Puppet theatre

By Paul Louis Martin des Amoignes

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

MARTIN DES AMOIGNES, Paul Louis (1850-1925) Puppet theatre on the village square Oil on canvas signed low right Dated 14th of July 1884 Old original frame gilded with leaves Dim ca...

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1880s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shadow Puppets
Shadow Puppets

Marna ShopoffShadow Puppets, 2025

$6,500

H 36 in W 35.75 in

Shadow Puppets

By Marna Shopoff

Located in New Orleans, LA

MARNA SHOPOFF is an Indianapolis-based visual artist with an emphasis on abstract painting and intuitive drawing. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Master of Fine Ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The String Puppet, 20th Century Oil Painting

The String Puppet, 20th Century Oil Painting

By Alice Headley Neave

Located in London, GB

Oil on canvas, signed bottom left Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76.25 x 63.5 cm) Alice Headley Neave was the daughter of Dr Arthur Henry Headley Huckle, a surgeon and 'painting dealer...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Puppet Show, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
Puppet Show, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci

Puppet Show, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci

By Lucio Ranucci

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Puppet Show Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame: 26.5 x 38.5 inches

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady with Puppet
Lady with Puppet

Lady with Puppet

By Charles Sheldon

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Center Life Sight Size 24.50" x 19.00", Framed 30.50" x 25.00" The Saturday Evening Post cover, October 31, 1925

Category

1920s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil - Child and Puppet
20th Century Oil - Child and Puppet

20th Century Oil - Child and Puppet

Located in Corsham, GB

A charmingly naïve genre scene depicting a child and her puppet. With sweeping blocks of colour and textural brushstrokes, the artist perfectly captures a sense of childlike simplici...

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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet
Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet

Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet

By Robert Jessup

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Los Tres Hermanos/ The Puppet Show
Los Tres Hermanos/ The Puppet Show

Los Tres Hermanos/ The Puppet Show

By Starsky Brines

Located in New Orleans, LA

STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist fo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic

THE PUPPET SHOW ..Roy Petley contemporary British
THE PUPPET SHOW ..Roy Petley contemporary British

Roy PetleyTHE PUPPET SHOW ..Roy Petley contemporary British, 2016

$6,804Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.75 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in

THE PUPPET SHOW ..Roy Petley contemporary British

By Roy Petley

Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares

Roy Petley ..Petley paints en plein air, which is a French expression meaning "in the open air", to create his popular works that depict the wide expanse of English beaches and the g...

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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maria Cortini Viviani  - 20th Century Oil, Beautiful Puppets
Maria Cortini Viviani  - 20th Century Oil, Beautiful Puppets

Maria Cortini Viviani - 20th Century Oil, Beautiful Puppets

Located in Corsham, GB

A delightful figurative study depicting characters in late Victorian dress. Signed to the upper left. Titled in Italian verso. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. On canvas.

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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Four women with puppets. 1947, paper, mixed media, 16.3x11 cm
Four women with puppets. 1947, paper, mixed media, 16.3x11 cm

Four women with puppets. 1947, paper, mixed media, 16.3x11 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Four women with puppets. 1947, paper, mixed media, 16.3x11 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his art...

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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Antique Pin-up Gil Baer French Surrealist Nude Woman Puppet Show
Antique Pin-up Gil Baer French Surrealist Nude Woman Puppet Show

Antique Pin-up Gil Baer French Surrealist Nude Woman Puppet Show

By Gil Baer

Located in New York, NY

Soo Funny! Gil Baer (1859-1931) is the artist of this beautiful, humorous painting. This is a surrealist illustration painting of a nude woman behind a dressing screen entertaining a...

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Early 20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Puppets - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century

Puppets - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century

By Pierre Georges Jeanniot

Located in Roma, IT

Puppets is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for being ...

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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"Puppet Show" By Dustin Panzino, Original Procreate Drawing Printed on Metal
"Puppet Show" By Dustin Panzino, Original Procreate Drawing Printed on Metal

"Puppet Show" By Dustin Panzino, Original Procreate Drawing Printed on Metal

Located in Denver, CO

"Puppet Show" (2024) By Dustin Panzino is a beautiful digital painting created in Procreate, which details a fantasy scene of an almost magical puppet show trolley, pulled along by a...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Metal

French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle
French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle

French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle

By Zvi Milshtein

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a small oil painting on on panel. A Rabbi at a Farbrengen 15.5 X 14.5 with frame. 6.5 X 5.5 painting alone Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev...

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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Nude "odalisque Aux Pantins" Belgian Modern School By Georges Brasseur 1930
Nude "odalisque Aux Pantins" Belgian Modern School By Georges Brasseur 1930

Nude "odalisque Aux Pantins" Belgian Modern School By Georges Brasseur 1930

Located in Gavere, BE

His works went up for sale at public auction 61 times, mostly in the Painting category. The oldest auction recorded is "L'Ourthe à Laroche" sold in 1985 at Sotheby's Painting very r...

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1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dominique PERY, Marianne, Oil on canvas 1987
Dominique PERY, Marianne, Oil on canvas 1987

Dominique PERY, Marianne, Oil on canvas 1987

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

- 2003-2005 Lux eternam - 2006-2008 Love is unique - 2008 Puppets in festival - 2009 Multiple shadows - 2009 Naked story - 2010-2011 Are we puppets?

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1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White and Pink Peonies in Vase, Charles Swyncop, Brussels 1895 – 1970, Signed
White and Pink Peonies in Vase, Charles Swyncop, Brussels 1895 – 1970, Signed

White and Pink Peonies in Vase, Charles Swyncop, Brussels 1895 – 1970, Signed

By Charles Swyncop

Located in Knokke, BE

Some of his works: “Child with puppets”, “Market scene” (1917). His paintings can be found in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Category

Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging
Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

By Ivana Gaifas

Located in Surfside, FL

From his hands came paintings, carpets, toys, puppets, advertisements, furniture, clothes, objects, books, posters, costumes, and even a house - his own!

Category

20th Century Futurist More Art

Materials

Wool, Felt, Thread

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging
Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

By Ivana Gaifas

Located in Surfside, FL

From his hands came paintings, carpets, toys, puppets, advertisements, furniture, clothes, objects, books, posters, costumes, and even a house - his own!

Category

20th Century Futurist More Art

Materials

Wool, Felt, Thread

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Shadow Puppets

Christopher KuhnShadow Puppets, 2014

Unavailable

H 19 in W 15 in

Shadow Puppets

By Christopher Kuhn

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Exposing beauty in humanly imperfection, Christopher Kuhn reveals traces of past decisions, revisions and additions to his compositions on canvas. His practice imprints the steps of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The puppet
The puppet

Laurent ProneurThe puppet, 2015

Unavailable

H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

The puppet

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Encino, CA

Riding the bull... but in what direction? danger. oil on canvas, expressionism, contemporary, Born in France in 1969 Laurent Proneur grew up surrounded by the colorful lifestyle of...

Category

2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Puppet"
"The Puppet"

Flavio Aguilera"The Puppet", 2017

Unavailable

H 14 in W 10 in D 1.5 in

"The Puppet"

By Flavio Aguilera

Located in New York, NY

Abstract and mid-century painting by Argentinian artist, Flavio Aguilera. Contemporary modern style. High quality indian ink and oil on cotton canvas. Canvas comes fully stretched on...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, India Ink, Oil

Antique Sicilian Italian Marionette Puppet Show Opera Stage Backdrop Painting
Antique Sicilian Italian Marionette Puppet Show Opera Stage Backdrop Painting

Antique Sicilian Italian Marionette Puppet Show Opera Stage Backdrop Painting

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A larger than life opera backdrop for puppet shows in the early 1920s. All the pieces were hand-painted, used for their respective show then folded up.

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Vintage 1920s Sicilian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Still Life with Puppet, 1991

Still Life with Puppet, 1991

By Phyllis Sloane

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Interior Still life, with orange, red and pink flowers, Doll Phyllis Sloane earned her BFA from Carnegie Institute of Technology in Industrial Design. The abstract expressionist mov...

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1990s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Draft of the first electronic puppet

Draft of the first electronic puppet

By Zaven Pare

Located in Paris, FR

Draft of the first electronic puppet Historical drawing, pencil on paper, unique piece Zaven Paré is a research artist, pioneer of robotics in the visual arts. His abounding spirit ...

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21st Century and Contemporary New Media Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil

Puppet
Puppet

Anastasiia DanilenkoPuppet, 2021

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H 39.38 in W 23.63 in

Puppet

By Anastasiia Danilenko

Located in Yerevan, AM

Puppet 100x60cm, oil\canvas

Category

2010s Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Puppet
The Puppet

Leandro CormieThe Puppet, 2019

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H 8 in W 8 in D 0.75 in

The Puppet

By Leandro Cormie

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"The Puppet" Figurative with landscape, 2019. Pink, orange

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Puppets (PAIR)
Puppets (PAIR)

Puppets (PAIR)

By Alfredo Serri

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Before devoting himself to painting, Serri was a musician: it was in fact a professor of guitar, violin and piano and, as a violinist, made the Orchestra of the Teatro della Pergola ...

Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Puppet Show
Puppet Show

Puppet Show

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H 18.5 in W 22.5 in D 1 in

Puppet Show

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

5-929 Mixed media of a puppet show in town square set in a carved wood frame

Category

Late 20th Century Paintings

Puppet Shadow Show
Puppet Shadow Show

KusbudiyantoPuppet Shadow Show, 2017

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H 35.44 in W 55.12 in D 1.58 in

Puppet Shadow Show

By Kusbudiyanto

Located in Paris, IDF

Artwork by Kusbudiyanto born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta in Indonesia Pupet shadow show. Acrilyc on canvas 140cm x 90 cm 2017. Wayang kulit is an Indonesian traditional...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Albert Palmer (1911-1985) - 1984 Oil, Puppets
Albert Palmer (1911-1985) - 1984 Oil, Puppets

Albert Palmer (1911-1985) - 1984 Oil, Puppets

Located in Corsham, GB

An unusual composition in oil, showing two puppets, lying lifeless on top of their boxes. The artist has used a muted palette and soft brush work to create a simplicity that heighten...

Category

1980s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cubist French Puppet Theater
Cubist French Puppet Theater

Cubist French Puppet Theater

By Walt Louderback

Located in Miami, FL

Masterfully designed and rendered complex Cubist figural work. Work is signed lower left and it is not framed.

Category

Early 20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Flower Witch Mineral Figurine Teschner Viennese Jugendstil 1913 Art Nouveau
Flower Witch Mineral Figurine Teschner Viennese Jugendstil 1913 Art Nouveau

Flower Witch Mineral Figurine Teschner Viennese Jugendstil 1913 Art Nouveau

By Richard Teschner

Located in Klosterneuburg, AT

His most important works include hand puppets, paintings and works of arts and crafts. Teschner started his career in Vienna as a member of the famous Wiener Werkstatte and in a shor...

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Opal, Alabaster, Gold Leaf

Chess Game Set French Israeli Surrealist Watercolor Gouache Painting
Chess Game Set French Israeli Surrealist Watercolor Gouache Painting

Chess Game Set French Israeli Surrealist Watercolor Gouache Painting

By Zvi Milshtein

Located in Surfside, FL

Figurative Abstract Expressionist painting. Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarabia) Russian, Romanian border region.

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle
French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle

French Israeli Surrealist Judaica Jewish Oil Painting Rabbi at Table, Bottle

By Zvi Milshtein

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a small oil painting on on panel. A Rabbi at a Farbrengen 15.5 X 14.5 with frame. 6.5 X 5.5 painting alone Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging
Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

By Ivana Gaifas

Located in Surfside, FL

From his hands came paintings, carpets, toys, puppets, advertisements, furniture, clothes, objects, books, posters, costumes, and even a house - his own!

Category

20th Century Futurist More Art

Materials

Wool, Felt, Thread

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging
Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

Italian Wool Felt Handmade Futurist Fortunato Depero Art Tapestry Wall Hanging

By Ivana Gaifas

Located in Surfside, FL

From his hands came paintings, carpets, toys, puppets, advertisements, furniture, clothes, objects, books, posters, costumes, and even a house - his own!

Category

20th Century Futurist More Art

Materials

Wool, Felt, Thread

Puppet Show #4

Don WunderleePuppet Show #4, 2019

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H 24 in W 19 in D 0.1 in

Puppet Show #4

By Don Wunderlee

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: puppet show is a bold and active surface symbolic of dramatic theatrical energy Words that describe this piece: movement,blue,sky,clouds,nature, blue, colors, ab...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

The Puppet Master
The Puppet Master

Felix FelmartThe Puppet Master, 1962

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H 21 in W 18 in D 0.75 in

The Puppet Master

By Felix Felmart

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower left "Felmart" for Felix Felmart (French, born, 1933). Additionally signed, verso, "Felix Felmart", inscribed "Paris" and dated 1962. A c...

Category

1960s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thai Shadow Puppet

Thai Shadow Puppet

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H 36 in W 24 in

Thai Shadow Puppet

Located in Long Island City, NY

Thai shadow puppets are used in both classical and folk theater. There are two types of shadow theater in Thailand: nang talang and nangyai. The size of puppets usually between .75 m...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Easter - Original Woodcut by Angelina Beloff - 1922

Easter - Original Woodcut by Angelina Beloff - 1922

By Angelina Beloff

Located in Roma, IT

She worked in oils, watercolors, etchings, photography, graphic arts, puppets, gouaches and drawing creating portraits, landscapes, educational and other illustrations, stages scenes...

Category

1920s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Flower Witch by Richard Teschner 1913 Alabaster and Opal Figurine
Flower Witch by Richard Teschner 1913 Alabaster and Opal Figurine

Flower Witch by Richard Teschner 1913 Alabaster and Opal Figurine

By Richard Teschner

Located in Vienna, AT

His most important works include hand puppets, paintings and his works of arts and crafts.

Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Opal, Gold Leaf

Sick Toy

Max Horst SokolowskiSick Toy, 2018

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H 29.53 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in

Sick Toy

Located in Melbourne, AU

Acrylics on canvas, painting from my Puppets series. Ready to hang on the wall.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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The Boat in Martigues, France

The Boat in Martigues, France

By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort

Located in London, GB

'The Boat in Martigues', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Martigues is a small port town just northwest of Marseille in the South of France. Its nickn...

Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th century Modern British Impressionist portrait of a mother and child
Early 20th century Modern British Impressionist portrait of a mother and child

Early 20th century Modern British Impressionist portrait of a mother and child

By Dorothea Sharp

Located in Woodbury, CT

This exquisite early 20th-century oil on panel by Dorothea Sharp captures the timeless and universal bond between mother and child in a tender Impressionist style. Painted circa 1900...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Puppets Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of puppets paintings available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Contemporary, Surrealist or Modern versions of these works for sale today — there are 4 Contemporary, 3 Surrealist and 2 Modern examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a puppets paintings that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, black, beige, gray and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Gil Baer, Paul Louis Martin des Amoignes, Adam Dix, Felix Felmart and Kusbudiyanto are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Puppets Paintings?

The average selling price for puppets paintings we offer is $6,700, while they’re typically $380 on the low end and $79,000 for the highest priced.