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“Untitled”
“Untitled”

“Untitled”

Located in Warren, NJ

Larry Cabaniss, American, 1926-2007, Signed on the Reverse Oil Painting on Canvas of People Gathered in Waiting Room, Framed.

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

River Valley Landscape at Dawn
River Valley Landscape at Dawn

River Valley Landscape at Dawn

Located in Boca Raton, FL

His sophisticated handling of light and aerial perspective demonstrates the influence of French Impressionism while maintaining the strong structural composition associated with trad...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Duchess Wissing Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master English
Portrait Duchess Wissing Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master English

Portrait Duchess Wissing Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master English

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Provenance: Bears an old label on the reverse, Wanstead Collection, Essex (auction at Wanstead House, Essex, 21 June 1822, lot 326, page 121 of the catalogue ** see catalogue for det...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Sarah Bodvile, Countess of Radnor in a Russet Dress, Manor House
Portrait of Sarah Bodvile, Countess of Radnor in a Russet Dress, Manor House

Portrait of Sarah Bodvile, Countess of Radnor in a Russet Dress, Manor House

By Sir Peter Lely

Located in London, GB

This chronology is important when interpreting the physical history of the present painting. The reverse bears the historic identification “SARAH COUNTESS OF RADNOR”, while the magni...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 19th Century British Romantic New Zealand Landscape Diamond Lake Oil Canvas
Late 19th Century British Romantic New Zealand Landscape Diamond Lake Oil Canvas

Late 19th Century British Romantic New Zealand Landscape Diamond Lake Oil Canvas

Located in Stockholm, SE

As we can judge from the inscriptions on the stretcher on the reverse, the painting was commissioned from the artist by a British traveller who wanted to capture in paint a photograp...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

A Charming 1940s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Summer Night, Vermont, "English Dance"
A Charming 1940s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Summer Night, Vermont, "English Dance"

A Charming 1940s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Summer Night, Vermont, "English Dance"

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

Signed and dated "Harold Haydon, 16-II-47", lower right; signed on stretcher on reverse. Estate stamped. An exhibition label from the 1947 Art institute of Chicago's 51st Annual C...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century watercolour painting of Empress Alexandra of Russia
19th Century watercolour painting of Empress Alexandra of Russia

19th Century watercolour painting of Empress Alexandra of Russia

By Pierre Tetar van Elven

Located in London, GB

Elven' to the lower left. The reverse of the painting contains an inscription in French, which reads, 'Alexandrine Feodorowna Impératrice de Russie et sa suite pendant l'hiver de 185...

Category

19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cossacks Hunting
Cossacks Hunting

Cossacks Hunting

Located in New York, NY

Signed lower right. Multiple labels on reverse. The painting is typical of Gedlek's genre scenes, often depicting genre scenes from the life of the Cossacks, in particular the Ukrai...

Category

19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mask and Wig
Mask and Wig

Mask and Wig

By Maxfield Parrish

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Wood Panel Signature: Signed ‘Parrish’ (On the Reverse) Finished painting done as a prototype for the mural at the University of Pennsylvania LITERATURE L.S.

Category

1890s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Circa 1926 Belgian Fauvist Portrait of Malika, Morocco, Oil on Panel
Circa 1926 Belgian Fauvist Portrait of Malika, Morocco, Oil on Panel

Circa 1926 Belgian Fauvist Portrait of Malika, Morocco, Oil on Panel

By Jehan Frison

Located in Firenze, IT

Also noteworthy is an aspect of Frison’s working practice: on the reverse of several of his paintings appear rapid graphic marks, almost gestural in character, as though the artist h...

Category

20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Haze Light Ore
Haze Light Ore

Haze Light Ore

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Inspired by the changing environment each piece has been created using steel and clay along with organic materials to produce these stunning abstract landscape paintings. Each steel...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Coral Coal Ore
Coral Coal Ore

Coral Coal Ore

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Inspired by the changing environment each piece has been created using steel and clay along with organic materials to produce these stunning abstract landscape paintings. Each steel...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Almomry Ore
Almomry Ore

Almomry Ore

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore stands proud of the wall, almost float like.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Trafalgar, London
Trafalgar, London

Trafalgar, London

Located in San Francisco, CA

Condition: Very good Painting on reverse. Untitled, signed lower right, estate stamp lower right Unframed This modernist, moody watercolor by Thelma Speed Houston depicts Trafalgar...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Argus and Mercurios"
"Argus and Mercurios"

"Argus and Mercurios"

By Jan Both

Located in Edinburgh, GB

B. van Bohemen, The Hague (1930) on the reverse. The painting is not signed. Condition: Wax-lined and restored with evident craquelure.

Category

17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greenite Ore
Greenite Ore

Greenite Ore

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore stands proud of the wall, almost float like.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

French, 20th Century 'Portrait of the artist's daughter' by Yves Ganne, c.1965
French, 20th Century 'Portrait of the artist's daughter' by Yves Ganne, c.1965

French, 20th Century 'Portrait of the artist's daughter' by Yves Ganne, c.1965

By Yves Ganne

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Executed in oil on canvas and bearing the artist’s studio stamp on the reverse, the painting measures 64.8 x 81 cm and comes directly from the estate of the artist.

Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

End of the Street I
End of the Street I

End of the Street I

By Sally Kissinger Wilt

Located in San Francisco, CA

It is a vibrantly colored, boldly executed composition. The painting is titled “End of Street I” on the reverse.

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Point Erely Bay
Point Erely Bay

Point Erely Bay

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Original Artwork ~ Sugar, Coffee, Wax and Oil onto Steel Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore s...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Steel

Caribome Huel
Caribome Huel

Caribome Huel

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Original Artwork ~ Sugar, Coffee, Wax and Oil onto Steel Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore s...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Steel

Southwold Harbour Ferry Hut with Distant Shoreline and Boats Watercolour
Southwold Harbour Ferry Hut with Distant Shoreline and Boats Watercolour

Southwold Harbour Ferry Hut with Distant Shoreline and Boats Watercolour

By Anthony Herbert

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Though unsigned on the front, this work is confirmed as an original Tony Herbert by the artist’s signature on the reverse side — which also features an additional, unfinished or seco...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled Abstract Landscape
Untitled Abstract Landscape

Untitled Abstract Landscape

By Michael Gregory

Located in San Francisco, CA

It is signed and dated on the lower edge of the painting as well as on the reverse. The painting is in very good condition.

Category

1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Cloistered Baker male figure with cake cherub  with cupcake earthy tones
The Cloistered Baker male figure with cake cherub  with cupcake earthy tones

The Cloistered Baker male figure with cake cherub with cupcake earthy tones

By Stephen Basso

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Signed and dated on reverse. Oil paintings on cradled wood panel Stephen BassoStephen BassoABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic...

Category

2010s Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Cuttleslowe Oxford Landscape with Trees Meadow and Summer Sky
Cuttleslowe Oxford Landscape with Trees Meadow and Summer Sky

Cuttleslowe Oxford Landscape with Trees Meadow and Summer Sky

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Noted in pencil on the reverse as Cuttleslowe Oxford, the painting captures the quintessential charm of the English countryside, with lush green grasses, loose hedgerows, and distant...

Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Wisteria in Italy – Sunlit blossoms cascading over a tranquil Italian landscape
Wisteria in Italy – Sunlit blossoms cascading over a tranquil Italian landscape

Wisteria in Italy – Sunlit blossoms cascading over a tranquil Italian landscape

Located in Stockholm, SE

According to a handwritten label on the reverse, this painting was created from the vantage of “W.K.B.’s bungalow” in Italy—almost certainly a family residence.

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Modern French Cubist Landscape.
Modern French Cubist Landscape.

Modern French Cubist Landscape.

By G Ricard

Located in Cotignac, FR

The tree to the centre is created almost as a reverse negative image. An intriguing painting that sings with colour.

Category

Late 20th Century Analytic Cubist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Valiant Cove
Valiant Cove

Valiant Cove

By Sam Peacock

Located in Nottingham, GB

Original Artwork ~ Sugar, Coffee, Wax and Oil onto Steel Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore s...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

19th Century Scottish Family
19th Century Scottish Family

19th Century Scottish Family

Located in San Francisco, CA

The panel is marked on the reverse R Davy. The painting is housed in an incredible 19th century most likely original frame.

Category

19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Boats and Lighthouse in Erquy
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Boats and Lighthouse in Erquy

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Boats and Lighthouse in Erquy

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Titled "Erquy" on the reverse, the painting shows fishing vessels at low tide, propped on the sand with their rudders and hulls exposed—ready to return to sea.

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern School 1957 Oil - Walking Down The Street
Modern School 1957 Oil - Walking Down The Street

Modern School 1957 Oil - Walking Down The Street

Located in Corsham, GB

With a student examination label fixed to the reverse. Also included on the reverse is a second painting depicting a seated nude, possibly by the same hand.

Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th century English landscape with a figure on a pathway and stormy sky
19th century English landscape with a figure on a pathway and stormy sky

19th century English landscape with a figure on a pathway and stormy sky

By Sidney Richard Percy

Located in Woodbury, CT

This piece is signed lower right and is framed in a Vintage American Gold Leaf frame. The painting went through Christie's, London in 2009 (see label on the reverse of the painting).

Category

1850s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dorset Coastal Cliffs Seascape with Rock Formations Watercolour 1970
Dorset Coastal Cliffs Seascape with Rock Formations Watercolour 1970

Dorset Coastal Cliffs Seascape with Rock Formations Watercolour 1970

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Titled in pencil on the reverse Dorset Coast, the painting presents a craggy descent between towering sea cliffs, with the ocean stretching beyond under a pale, cloud-filtered sky.

Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

From the vegetable garden view of the Geneva countryside and the Salève
From the vegetable garden view of the Geneva countryside and the Salève

From the vegetable garden view of the Geneva countryside and the Salève

By Kurt Conrad Loew

Located in Genève, GE

A particularly appealing testimony to Loew's Swiss period, combining the intimate character of the Geneva countryside with a distinctly modern approach to landscape painting. Post-Im...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Isabelle Mulvany - 2021 Oil, Orange Under The Moon
Isabelle Mulvany - 2021 Oil, Orange Under The Moon

Isabelle Mulvany - 2021 Oil, Orange Under The Moon

By Isabelle Mulvany

Located in Corsham, GB

The artist has signed to the reverse and the painting has been presented in a fine contemporary black lacquer Dutch style frame.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Contemporary French Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas.
Large Contemporary French Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas.

Large Contemporary French Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas.

By Christian Manoury

Located in Cotignac, FR

A large scale contemporary Abstract Expressionist acrylic on canvas by French artist Christian Manoury. Signed to the reverse. A beautiful painting of contrasting light and dark, gr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Italian Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas. 'Agrandissement Cellulaire'.
Italian Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas. 'Agrandissement Cellulaire'.

Italian Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas. 'Agrandissement Cellulaire'.

Located in Cotignac, FR

The artist purposefully signs only to the reverse side of the painting so that it can be hung either portrait or landscape according to how the viewer wishes to experience it.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas. 'Les Origines du Langage'
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas. 'Les Origines du Langage'

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas. 'Les Origines du Langage'

By Albino Palamara

Located in Cotignac, FR

The artist purposefully signs only to the reverse side of the painting so that it can be hung either portrait or landscape according to how the viewer wishes to experience it.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Italian Contemporary Abstract Expressionist. 'Le Origini Linguistiche'.
Italian Contemporary Abstract Expressionist. 'Le Origini Linguistiche'.

Italian Contemporary Abstract Expressionist. 'Le Origini Linguistiche'.

Located in Cotignac, FR

The artist purposefully signs only to the reverse side of the painting so that it can be hung either portrait or landscape according to how the viewer wishes to experience it.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Original Serg Graff "Card Sharping" Fantasy Outsider Art, Surreal Poker Scene
Original Serg Graff "Card Sharping" Fantasy Outsider Art, Surreal Poker Scene

Original Serg Graff "Card Sharping" Fantasy Outsider Art, Surreal Poker Scene

By Serg Graff

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This narrative is presented separately on an intentionally aged “ancient papyrus” style document attached to the reverse of the painting, transforming the artwork into a full collect...

Category

2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas Red, Yellow by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas Red, Yellow by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"

By Shyamal Mukherjee

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Mukherjee's favourite medium is reverse oil or acrylic painting on transparent acrylic sheets, and he swears that although he may change his themes and subjects, inventing new ones f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas Red, Yellow by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas Red, Yellow by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"

By Shyamal Mukherjee

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Mukherjee's favourite medium is reverse oil or acrylic painting on transparent acrylic sheets, and he swears that although he may change his themes and subjects, inventing new ones f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bawa Biwi, Oil on Acrylic Sheet, Red, Yellow by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"

Bawa Biwi, Oil on Acrylic Sheet, Red, Yellow by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"

By Shyamal Mukherjee

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Mukherjee's favourite medium is reverse oil or acrylic painting on transparent acrylic sheets, and he swears that although he may change his themes and subjects, inventing new ones f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

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    Reverse painting is a method of glass art. The artist paints the back of a glass panel so the finished work can be seen from the opposite side. The technique is centuries old and pieces can be found in a variety of art styles. Browse a selection of reverse painted pieces on 1stDibs.
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