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Rare Judaica Rabbi Painting
By Abraham Straski
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Religious
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions unframed: 24 x 20, Framed 31.5 X 27.75
Abraham Straski (1903 – 1987) was a Polish bor...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Judaica Rabbi Painting
By Abraham Straski
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Religious
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: 24 x 20
Abraham Straski (1903 – 1987) was a Polish born painter who moved to the Un...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
A Rare Beauty, Expressionist Art, Abstract Paintings, Original Painting
By Sophie Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
An original oil painting on canvas, un-framed, measuring 80 x 80 cm. This work is unframed.
Inspired by the spring blossom and lighter evenings.
Sophie Berger original painting f...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 31.5 in. W 31.5 in. D 1.19 in.
Akko - Israel, Rare Early Modernist Impasto Painting
By Ruth Thomas
Located in Surfside, FL
Early modernist Israeli Judaica painting, by British mid-century artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rare Abstract Judaica Hebrew Calligraphy Modernist Painting
By William Proweller
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstracted colorful painting of the first verse of the Shema Prayer. (VeAhavta... and you shall love...)
William Proweller is an associate professor of art history at S.U.N.Y., Fred...
Category
20th Century Conceptual Abstract Paintings
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
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/Frame: 20 1/4" x 24 1/4"
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rare Israeli Modernist Figurative Abstract Gouache Painting
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Mixed Media, Watercolor and Gouache
Bergner, Yosl (Vladimir Jossif) (b Vienna, 13 Oct 1920). surrealist, surrealism. belongs to the generation of people uprooted from childhood lan...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Antique Rare Tibetan Thankga Buddhist Altar Scroll', Unknown, Tempera Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 41" x 39" antique tempera on paper painting is a Tibetan Thank Buddhist Altar Scroll depicting a Buddhist deity surrounded by numerous figures in worship. The scroll was painted...
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York ...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Rare American Large Important Artist Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage american abstract painting by Barbara Morse. Oil on canvas, circa 1968. Signed on verso. Image size 60L x 65H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 66 in. W 61 in. D 2 in.
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
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 exceedingly rare.
Polczer was an Hungarian artist, his foundations of painting were taught...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 15"L x 19"H.
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 25 in. W 21 in. D 2 in.
Modernist American Landscape Painting 1950 Mountain Shadow Rare Framed Tranquil
By Francis Kelly
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful modernist landscape painting.
Francis Kelly was born in 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his early education in Chicago and California. He served in the United Sta...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 depicts an Orientalist Arab Sheik in traditional Headwear.
YITSKHOK LIKHTENSHTEYN ...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Oil Pastel
Mothers Blessing, Shabbat Candles 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 exceedingly rare.
Péczely Antal Anton 1891 - 1963
Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Oil Painting Portrait Young Woman Necklace Period Frame Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American portrait of a young woman in a stunning period frame, likely original to the piece.
Unsigned but beautifully painted this is a wonderful treasu...
Category
1890s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American "After Glow" Tonalist Sunset Landscape Signed Rare Oil Painting
By Marcus Waterman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American landscape oil painting by Marcus A (Mark) Waterman (1834 - 1914). Oil on canvas, circa 1880. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 14"L x 12"H.
Category
1880s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Judaica Rabbi Oil Painting (JEWISH MAN HOLDING A CANE AND BOOKS)
By Samuel Heller
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Portrait
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 20" x 16" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 24" x 19 1/2"
Portrait of a Hasidic man in full traditional garb holdin...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Female Modernist Abstract Geometric Wisconsin Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist geometric abstract oil painting by Evelyn Zeitler (1921 - 2001). Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evelyn ZeitlerAntique American Female Modernist Abstract Geometric Wisconsin Rare Oil Painting, 1940
H 17 in. W 13 in. D 2 in.
1951 Landscape Oil Painting Rare Untitled Russian Soviet Era Framed
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
“The signature is hard to read ; however , this piece spoke to me and I had to have it as it reminded me of the street in my village where I grew up . The front shows 1951 . The sket...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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 - 1951). Oil on board, circa 1900. Signed faintly lower right. Displayed in a period ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Tropical Beach Seascape Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist tropical seascape oil painting by Herman C. Thiem (Born 1870). Oil on board, circa 1900. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 9"L x ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 16"L x 24"H.
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 22 in. D 2 in.
Hanoucca World War II Era Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art, A World War II era, German or French Judaic painting. A family lighting the menorah the eighth day of the holiday. Bears remnants of old gothis German print on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare French, Paris 1935 Judaica Oil Painting Rabbis Studying S. Fleischman
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artis...
Category
Mid-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. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 16"L x 20"H.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Richard KrugerAntique American Impressionist Sunlit Forest Interior Rare Original Oil Painting, 1910
H 25 in. W 21 in. D 2 in.
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, circa 1915. Signed. Displayed in a period impressionist frame. Image size, 30"L x 25...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 29 in. W 34 in. D 2 in.
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
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 (1879-1963), born in Riga, Latvia, on January 24, 1879. He studied art at the Imperial ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting Blue red Yellow Vibrant Framed rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on board by contemporary painter and sculptor Jason Barr. Originally from the UK Barr resides in Brooklyn, NY where he maintains a small studio. With a practice...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Rare Modernist Oil Painting Line Drawing Nude Man Louis Stettner
By Louis Stettner
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed and Dated Modern Line Drawing Oil Painting of Nude Man.
Louis Stettner (November 7, 1922 – October 13, 2016) was an American photographer of the 20th century whose work inclu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Hungarian BAR MITZVAH boy at Torah with Rabbi 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 exceedingly rare.
Péczely Antal Anton 1891 - 1963
Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist 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 exceedingly rare.
Péczely Antal Anton 1891 - 1963
Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 exceedingly rare.
Péczely Antal Anton 1891 - 1963
Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 28.5 in. W 35.5 in.
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 1976. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19"L x 15"H.
Category
1960s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 17 in. W 22 in. D 2 in.
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) . Oil on canvas, circa 1912. Signed and titled on verso. Image size, 18L x 14H. H...
Category
1910s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Interior Scene Animals Figures Rare Cityscape Oil Painting 1963
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic MidCentury interior scene painted in 1963 and signed illegibly.
This work comes in a contemporary wood frame.
Category
1960s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School WPA Modernist Surreal Large Interior Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal interior scene painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed on stretcher verso. Image size 46L x 36H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1930s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 43 in. W 56 in. D 2 in.
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. Signed. Image size, 16L x 14H. Housed in a modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20 in. W 22 in. D 2 in.
Original Charles McGill Painting Black Gold African American Artist Imposto Rare
By Charles McGill
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by African American contemporary artist Charles McGill called "Towering Vacancy" which was created in 1987.
The provenance of this work comes from...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rare Russian Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Pogrom Refugees Signed in Cyrillic
Located in Surfside, FL
In the tradition of the Jewish European artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Moritz Oppenheim, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Jakob Steinhardt, Jehudo Epstein, Stanisl...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 11.5 in. W 16.25 in.
Rare Unique Oil Painting Silkscreen of Fabio Pop Art 80s Icon
By Steve Kaufman
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare one of a kind Pop Art portrait painting of 80s and 90s pop icon Fabio done in silkscreen enamel oil on canvas. this is not numbered and is believed to be unique.
Steven Alan Ka...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Rare Judaica Jerusalem Shuk Market Scene Oil Painting. Famous Kabbalist Artist
By Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon
Located in Surfside, FL
19 X 27 inches without frame
Oil painting by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon.
Oil on canvas, signed: Patilon.
A scene in the old Shuk (Souq) Market in Jerusalem, Machne Yehu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi in Synagogue Oil Painting Signed Mora
Located in Surfside, FL
a mid century Judaica painting of a Rabbi wearing a Tallit prayer shawl. In the Modernist manner of Maurice Kish, Tully filmus or William Gropper. It is signed Mora.
Category
20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Oil Painting Rabbi with Angels Shabbat Scene
By Anatol Gurevitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Gurevich Anatol, Anatol Gurevitch Anatol Gurewitsch (1916-2005)
in a manner reminiscent of Saul Raskin, Tully Filmus and William gropper this is a modern take on a classic judaic su...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York ...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modern Abstract Female Portrait Rare Colorful Layered Oil Painting Framed Yellow
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting depicting a woman's face utilizing several areas of vivid color against a darkened and layered background.
This work comes in a con...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative 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 BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century in a Gold Frame
Description. Stunning painting of birds /Co...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin.
Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter.
Hugo Sch...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Paper, Gouache, Pastel
Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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
Rare 1950s New York Modernist Judaica Rabbi Oil Painting signed A. Einstein
By A. Einstein
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Mid Century Judaic figure of a Jewish rabbi at prayer. signed A. Einstein.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in. W 22.75 in.
Rare Hungarian Judaica Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel Pre War Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
14.25 X 12.5 with frame. 8.75 X 7.25 without frame
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Oil Painting Still Life Flora Rare 19th Century New York Jersey
Located in Buffalo, NY
A stunning antique American still life painting from the recently acquired estate of New York/New Jersey artist Sallie Van Horn.
Van Horn taught painting and drawing to high school ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Rare)
By Sandra Chevrier
Located in Dallas, TX
One Of Her Very Earliest Works And A Rare Example In Black And White
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1910's Art Deco Erte Gouache Painting Original Hand Signed Rare French Costume
By Erté
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)
.
This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right.
The piece is 20 by 18 fram...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Rare, 20th Century painting by Robert Colquhoun from his 'transition' period
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962)
The three graces
Oil on board
Signed ‘Colquhoun’ (lower right)
Executed circa 1942 / 43
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
This work has been exp...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 10 in. W 14 in. D 1 in.
The bamboos' rare bird -Timothy Archer, 21st Century painting, Figurative art
By Timothy Archer
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
H 47.25 in. W 31.5 in. D 1.97 in.
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