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Attributed to Joza Uprka (Czech) "Slovakian Woman" A Rare Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Joza Uprka (Czech 1861-1940) "Slovakian Woman" A Rare Oil on Canvas Painting
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

French school Provence Village - Rare Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
battles, Farre created finished, larger oil paintings based on these dogfight sketches. He was given the
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Naturescape Rare Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SMALL RARE OIL PAINTING ANTIQUE BIRD STUDY 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
SMALL RARE OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Oil Painting Arab Man Bezalel School Jerusalem 1913, Judaica
By Isaac Lichtenstein 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Extremely rare work of art from the early Bezalel School of Boris Schatz in Ottoman Palestine. it
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Vintage Signed Contemporary Surreal Apple Strength Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H x 30L. Signed verso.
Category

1990s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Monumental Signed Modernist Landscape Colorful Chairs Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed.
Category

1970s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Signed Abstract Expressionist Museum Size Rare Oil Painting
By Arnold Friedman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Arnold Aaron Friedman (1874 - 1946). Oil on
Category

1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Venice Italy Signed Original Rare Oil Painting
By Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting of Venice, Italy by Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn (1870
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Arthur Best Impressionist Signed Flower Garden Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape painting by Arthur William Best (1859 - 1935). Oil
Category

1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Young Woman Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed with a
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Mid Century Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a great period
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Female Artist Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life oil painting by Elizabeth L. Rothwell (c.1877 - 1946
Category

1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Villon Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist painting of Paris signed "Villon". Great color and composition. Framed.
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Historic Ashcan Panama Canal Diggers Signed Original Rare Oil Painting
By Lee Roland Warthen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original historical modernist landscape oil painting by Lee Roland Warthen (1893 - 1949
Category

1910s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Surreal Landscape Dog & Horse Animal Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist surreal landscape dog and horse portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa
Category

1960s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Buffalo New York Regionalist Modern Landscape Signed Exhibited Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting signed "Welch '42". Oil on board, circa 1942
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Oil Painting Woman with Fruit Bezalel School Jerusalem Israeli Judaica
By Isaac Lichtenstein 1
Located in Surfside, FL
YITSKHOK LIKHTENSHTEYN (ISAAC LICHTENSTEIN) (1888-1981) (Icchok, Izrael) was born in Lodz, Poland. Initially he was studying at Yehuda Pen school in Witebsk. In the same school ...
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Jute, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Hamptons New York Sandy Path Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L.
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting and Pine Frame by Bertil Berntsson, Sweden 1960s
By Bertil Berntsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful and rare oil on canvas painting with a pine frame by Bertil Berntsson from the 1962. In
Category

Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Pine

Margit
By Otto Tetjus Tugel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare oil on panel by German artist Otto Tugel. Otto Tugel worked in Germany before
Category

1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Figurine Pair of Ceramic Oil & Vinegar Bottles by Höganäs 1950s, Sweden
By Höganäs Keramik
Located in Stockholm, SE
These handmade and rare oil and vinegar bottles are made as people in glazed stoneware by Höganäs
Category

Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

The Happy Couple
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "The Happy Couple", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was
Category

1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Waiting
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "Waiting", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was only
Category

1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Waiting
H 10.75 in W 8.5 in
Charlie
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "Charlie", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was only
Category

1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Bernie
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "Bernie", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was only
Category

1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Waiting
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "Waiting", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was only
Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Waiting
H 10.75 in W 8.5 in
The Conductor
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "The Violinist", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was
Category

1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Analytic Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
League. "Analytic Session", is a rare oil pastel from the artists, "Psychological Series", which was
Category

1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Shoe
By Anton Solomoukha
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a rare oil painting by Anton Solomoukha from 1990s executed in realistic style. Yet
Category

1990s Post-Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shoe
Shoe
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in
French Officer Portrait Oil-On-Copper c. 1830
Located in 263-0031, JP
A very rare oil-on-copper portrait of a French officer from Louis Philippe period of 1830-48
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Louis Philippe Paintings

Materials

Copper

French Officer Portrait Oil-On-Copper c. 1830
French Officer Portrait Oil-On-Copper c. 1830
H 14.57 in W 12.01 in D 5.91 in
L'ingenue
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early, rare oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg. Blumberg was classically trained
Category

1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Crossing
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early,rare oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg. Blumberg was classically trained at
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Palm Springs Road
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.) American
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

English early 20th century landscape with fox hunters, hounds on horse back
By Arthur Willett
Located in Woodbury, CT
horseback with their hounds out fox hunting. Willett often painted in watercolor but this is a rare oil on
Category

1920s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Three B's of Music" Beethoven, Bach, & Brahms, An Extremely Rare Painting
Located in New York, NY
"The Three B's of Music" Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms, An Extremely Rare Oil Painting, C. 1880 "A
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Underpass
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.) American
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Baghdad on Beverly Drive
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.) American
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1951 Felipe Orlando Cuban Oil Painting "Bodegon", Signed and Dated
By Felipe Orlando
Located in Miami, FL
1951 Felipe Orlando Cuban Oil Painting "Bodegon", Signed and Dated Offered for sale is a rare oil
Category

Mid-20th Century Cuban Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite

"Westwood Village: The Red Horse"
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg. American artist Ron
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Judaica Jewish Rabbi Oil Painting
By Samuel Heller
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Board Dimensions: 14 1/2" x 19" Dimensions w
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting
By Emod Aurel
Located in Surfside, FL
EMŐD, AURÉL (Budapest 1897-1958) A pupil of János Vaszary at the Academy of Fine Arts, he then went to Italy, Germany and France on study trips. Not only his master but also the Ital...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Portrait of a Boy' by Arthur Bésengez, 1867 - 1947, Belgian Painter
Located in Bruges, BE
and rare oil on canvas masterpiece. This captivating piece, dated 1913, showcases a young boy in a
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Hungarian Jewish Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Portrait
By Lajos Polczer
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi Studying Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
a moody atmospheric Judaica painting of a Rabbi studying Jewish texts.
Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

OIL PAINTING 18th Century By Thomas B Hardy British old master Gold Gilt Frame
By Thomas Bush Hardy RBA
Located in Ferndown, GB
microscope and we date this around the late 18th century Title: Rare oil piece of a Colonial Harbour Scene
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Rare Alaskan Artist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 24H x 30L. Signed.
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Rare Japanese Abstract Expressionist Signed Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Japanese abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 36L x 46H.
Category

1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Rare Japanese Abstract Expressionist Signed Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Japanese abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 36L x 46H.
Category

1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wisdom of King Solomon Rare Biblical Hungarian Judaica Oil Painting
By Anton Peczely
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Sunlit Forest Interior Rare Original Oil Painting
By Richard Kruger
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting . Oil on canvas, circa 1910. Signed
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
By Lela Axline
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
By Lela Axline
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very
Category

1920s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Israeli Modernist Oil Painting Exhibited 1951 Tel Aviv Museum
By Anatol Gurevitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Gurevich Anatole Anatol Gurevitch Anatol Gurewitsch (1916-2005) Per the hebrew label on the back, this was exhibited in 1951. I believe at the Tel Aviv museum of art (as per the Isra...
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Blessing of the Tzadik (Rebbe) Rare Hungarian Judaica Oil Painting
By Anton Peczely
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Tree Study Signed Rare Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting by Edna Thurber (1887 - 1981). Oil on canvas
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Jewish Yemenite Family Oil Painting Israeli Judaica Itamar Siani
By Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
a ten-meter long oil painting depicting the immigration of the Yemenite Jews, which he worked on for
Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Family Interior Scene (The Shadchan) Rare Judaica Oil Painting
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
The Matchmaker (The Shadchan) A rare Judaic Wedding Marriage Broker Scene. Albert Abramovitz
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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