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Red Heads #2 - 24"x24", White, Black, Red, Floral Landscape, Christmas Gift
Red Heads #2 - 24"x24", White, Black, Red, Floral Landscape, Christmas Gift

Red Heads #2 - 24"x24", White, Black, Red, Floral Landscape, Christmas Gift

By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul

Located in Mississauga, Ontario

RED HEADS #2 - This floral landscape places emphasis on the arrangement of elements creating a simple yet visually engaging painting. Textile collage and lush brush strokes create an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Red Heads #1, 24"x24" Floral Landscape, Black, White, Red, Beige, Christmas Gift
Red Heads #1, 24"x24" Floral Landscape, Black, White, Red, Beige, Christmas Gift

Red Heads #1, 24"x24" Floral Landscape, Black, White, Red, Beige, Christmas Gift

By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul

Located in Mississauga, Ontario

RED HEADS #1 - This floral landscape places emphasis on the arrangement of elements creating a simple yet visually engaging painting. Textile collage and lush brush strokes create an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961
Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961

Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961

By Henri-André Martin

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

In the following years, his painting became simpler, more synthetic, such as these landscapes with tortured almond trees, black and gnarled olive trees, plane trees standing out agai...

Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henri-André Martin Road in Eygalieres, Alpilles, Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1999
Henri-André Martin Road in Eygalieres, Alpilles, Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1999

Henri-André Martin Road in Eygalieres, Alpilles, Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1999

By Henri-André Martin

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

In the following years, his painting became simpler, more synthetic, such as these landscapes with tortured almond trees, black and gnarled olive trees, plane trees standing out agai...

Category

1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Tempera on Board by Modern Indian Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"

Untitled, Tempera on Board by Modern Indian Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"

By Lalu Prasad Shaw

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

A particularly notable aspect of Shaw's paintings is their simple yet sophisticated look. One notices a seamless synthesis of different stylistic elements to achieve a phenomenal eff...

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Board

French Expressionist Landscape, The Abri at L'Olivette, Cap d'Antibes
French Expressionist Landscape, The Abri at L'Olivette, Cap d'Antibes

French Expressionist Landscape, The Abri at L'Olivette, Cap d'Antibes

Located in Cotignac, FR

The group scenes denote an affection for the human race, the landscapes express the telluric powers, her motherhood is steeped in the sweetness of the emotional bond. Germain Bonel l...

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Telengana Pandit, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Thota Vaikuntam "In Stock"

Telengana Pandit, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Thota Vaikuntam "In Stock"

By Thota Vaikuntam

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

He uses the brightest of reds and yellows. The simple women become larger than life as they fill the small format of his paintings draped in bright Sircilla saris.

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Immaculate Sigh of Stars

Immaculate Sigh of Stars

By Adam Shaw

Located in Napa, CA

Shaw’s large paintings bring to life intensely-colored abstract shapes by layering his paintings with words, phrases, graphs, and numeric equations, while using a myriad of technique...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hypnotized
Hypnotized

Hypnotized

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Words used to describe the piece: Modern minimal abstract Abstract flowing, waves black white, ocean, seascape Skyline, modern, sophisticated, soft abstract, sophisticated colors, bl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Human touch IX. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 45x45 cm
Human touch IX. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 45x45 cm

Human touch IX. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 45x45 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Human touch X. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Human touch X. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 25x25 cm

Human touch X. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 25x25 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Human touch XII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
Human touch XII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm

Human touch XII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Human touch XIV. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
Human touch XIV. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm

Human touch XIV. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Human touch XI. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm
Human touch XI. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm

Human touch XI. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Human touch XIII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm
Human touch XIII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm

Human touch XIII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Human touch XVII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 30x40 cm
Human touch XVII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 30x40 cm

Human touch XVII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 30x40 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Human touch XV. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 20x30 cm
Human touch XV. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 20x30 cm

Human touch XV. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 20x30 cm

By Irina Spakova

Located in Riga, LV

Enchanting humans, their body language and the body mind, I keep reinvestigate them as spontaneous, romantic and powerful energy flows and organisms rather than predictable algorithm...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mira on Pink Dress
Mira on Pink Dress

Mira on Pink Dress

By Theophilus Madaki

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

The composition of the painting is simple yet effective, with the focus on the central figure of Mira.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Sea Birds in Surf
Sea Birds in Surf

Sea Birds in Surf

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Aegean Nymph and The Liquid Moon
Aegean Nymph and The Liquid Moon

Aegean Nymph and The Liquid Moon

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 42 x 32 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acrylic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Antalya
Antalya

Antalya

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 25.5 x 19.5 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Genesis
Genesis

Genesis

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 25.5 x 37.5 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Enchantment
Enchantment

Enchantment

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 38 x 38 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acrylic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Infinite Fractals
Infinite Fractals

Infinite Fractals

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 38 x 32 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acrylic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Odyssey
Odyssey

Odyssey

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 31.5 x 41.5 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade ac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Secret Garden
Secret Garden

Secret Garden

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 31.5 x 19.5 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Floating Away
Floating Away

Floating Away

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Details: - Natural oak floating frame included. 42 x 32 x 2 inches (framed) - This is a hand painted, original painting - Created in North Carolina, USA - Professional grade acrylic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Deux Waterbird (Diptych)
Deux Waterbird (Diptych)

Deux Waterbird (Diptych)

By Novi Lim

Located in Boston, MA

Words used to describe the piece: Modern minimal abstract Abstract flowing, waves black white, ocean, seascape Skyline, modern, sophisticated, soft abstract, sophisticated colors, bl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Clymer's tendency was to depict permanence and impermanence in nature, painting simple, colorful forms to create vistas in sea and sky, or mass in mountains and buildings.

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Untitled Portrait
Untitled Portrait

Untitled Portrait

Located in San Francisco, CA

It is in very good condition, mounted to a matboard backing and framed in a simple metal frame. The painting is signed in the upper right, “Ruby W.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The New Baby by Eugenio Zampighi
The New Baby by Eugenio Zampighi

The New Baby by Eugenio Zampighi

By Eugenio Zampighi

Located in New York, NY

Zampighi proceeded to devote his career to painting simple Italian domestic life, centring on the figures he saw around him and usually depicted in jovial company, similar to the Spa...

Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Soir de Novembre, Dordrecht, " Eugene Vail, Dutch Landscape with Boats, Cloudy
"Soir de Novembre, Dordrecht, " Eugene Vail, Dutch Landscape with Boats, Cloudy

"Soir de Novembre, Dordrecht, " Eugene Vail, Dutch Landscape with Boats, Cloudy

By Eugène Lawrence Vail

Located in New York, NY

Also there was Voix de la mer (Voices of the Sea), which we identify as the painting that appears in an interior view of the American section, just to the right of a doorway (fig. 20...

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Baby’s Bath
The Baby’s Bath

The Baby’s Bath

By Eugenio Zampighi

Located in New York, NY

Zampighi proceeded to devote his career to painting simple Italian domestic life, centring on the figures he saw around him and usually depicted in jovial company, similar to the Spa...

Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiny Circus
Tiny Circus

Tiny Circus

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paint, Thread

Clutches

Clutches

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Paint, Thread

Overseer

Overseer

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil, Panel

Chases Dirt

Chases Dirt

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

Krissy

Krissy

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fabric, Thread

Ralphy

Ralphy

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fabric, Thread

Maybelle

Maybelle

By Gina Phillips

Located in New Orleans, LA

She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then finishes the piece by appliquéing fabric and thread on top.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fabric, Thread

Portrait Of Caligula Emperor, after Titian's "Cesari serie", Italy, 17th Century
Portrait Of Caligula Emperor, after Titian's "Cesari serie", Italy, 17th Century

Portrait Of Caligula Emperor, after Titian's "Cesari serie", Italy, 17th Century

Located in MARSEILLE, FR

The restrained palette, dark background, and richly detailed armor lend the portrait a powerful presence, while the profile format recalls both ancient Roman coinage and the great dy...

Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Paint

English Victorian Landscape of Trees with Figures
English Victorian Landscape of Trees with Figures

English Victorian Landscape of Trees with Figures

Located in Queens, NY

English Victorian simple gilt framed oil landscape painting with 3 figures in background.

Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903
Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903

Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903

Located in Genève, GE

Flowing ribbons and vertical elements introduce movement, counterbalancing the solidity and gravitas of the composition. More than a simple still life, the painting conveys themes of...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"On the Prowl" Edward George Armfield, Mid-19th Century
"On the Prowl" Edward George Armfield, Mid-19th Century

"On the Prowl" Edward George Armfield, Mid-19th Century

By Edward Armfield

Located in Solebury, PA

While he never attained the immediate renown of some contemporaries, Armfield’s meticulous depictions of terriers—from the spirited Dandie Dinmont to the elegant Fox Terrier—provide ...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Impressionist still life with Bread, Cheese and wine on a dinner table interior
Impressionist still life with Bread, Cheese and wine on a dinner table interior

Impressionist still life with Bread, Cheese and wine on a dinner table interior

By George Weissbort

Located in Woodbury, CT

Weissbort’s work reflects a reverence for everyday objects, elevating them through his precise brushwork and rich tonal variations. The painting invites viewers to appreciate the qui...

Category

1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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