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"In the Andalusian Desert" Oil Painting

"In the Andalusian Desert" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles and beautiful

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tipping the Scales, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Tipping the Scales, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Amy Bernays

Located in Yardley, PA

a little tipping the scales I think. The instincts of little boys and politicians alike :: Painting

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)
The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)

The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)

By Darius Steward

Located in Fairlawn, OH

think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Welcome to the Jungle - Contemporary Photography - Orangutan

Welcome to the Jungle - Contemporary Photography - Orangutan

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

fact, totally a result of good fortune: we just find it affirming to think otherwise. I took this

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Fall (B&W) by David Yarrow - train

The Fall (B&W) by David Yarrow - train

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

window. The wide range of colors in the frame elevates the photograph and I think it’s as powerful as

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The 'Brokkr' Forged Steel Martini Table - Heavy texture
The 'Brokkr' Forged Steel Martini Table - Heavy texture

The 'Brokkr' Forged Steel Martini Table - Heavy texture

Located in Malton, GB

think gives the table an extra artistry. The overall table is heavy and will not fall over without a

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Under Water (The Last Picture Show)

Under Water (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

1990s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls X (The Last Picture Show)

Three Girls X (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VII (The Last Picture Show)

Three Girls VII (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VIII (The Last Picture Show)

Three Girls VIII (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls IX (The Last Picture Show)

Three Girls IX (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show)

Three Girls VI (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

WOMEN OF THE IDF Large color Photograph LITAL
WOMEN OF THE IDF Large color Photograph LITAL

WOMEN OF THE IDF Large color Photograph LITAL

By Ashkan Sahihi

Located in Surfside, FL

the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort

Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Masonite

The Secret Garden  (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
The Secret Garden  (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)

The Secret Garden (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)

By G. Campbell Lyman

Located in New Orleans, LA

, I think it's a time for art to lift us above it. These paintings are created in six to eight stages

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic

Strange Math (The Princess and her Lover)

Strange Math (The Princess and her Lover)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

think that the 150,000 dollars I am going to get in 25 minutes from the man I only know as phone number

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924

The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924

By Charles Picart le Doux

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

gallery and participated with Jules Romains and their friends in the election of the "prince of thinkers

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Mother", Figurative, Woodcut, Hand Dyed Paper
"The Mother", Figurative, Woodcut, Hand Dyed Paper

"The Mother", Figurative, Woodcut, Hand Dyed Paper

Located in Philadelphia, PA

handle that turns the heavy gears and think of the other hands that made the patina. By working

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Dye, Ink, Woodcut

Pliny, Gaius Secundus:  HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Pliny, Gaius Secundus:  HISTORIE OF THE WORLD

Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD

Located in Middletown, NY

compiler rather than an original thinker, and the importance of this book depends more on his exhaustive

Category

Antique Early 17th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

The White Elephant Saloon, Texas by David Yarrow
The White Elephant Saloon, Texas by David Yarrow

The White Elephant Saloon, Texas by David Yarrow

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

qualification rules, and we need some stronger filters. For a start, we think that the saloon must have hard

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The River Styx, Painting, Acrylic on Other
The River Styx, Painting, Acrylic on Other

The River Styx, Painting, Acrylic on Other

By Amy Bernays

Located in Yardley, PA

pictures about war and weapons, I don't know if the politicians think about it either. It is my mothering

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled - Renegade (The Last Stand) - analog, vintage print

Untitled - Renegade (The Last Stand) - analog, vintage print

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

, to relive and reinterpret, over and over again, the memories we think define us. Schneider’s images

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s
Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s

Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s

Located in PARIS, FR

: "I think it is difficult to be more in love with his art than him and more demanding. How many

Category

Vintage 1980s French Paintings

Materials

Paint

If this IS the world at all

If this IS the world at all

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Large Cast Iron Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Large Cast Iron Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

Large Cast Iron Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

By Walter MacFarlane & Co

Located in London, GB

who evil thinks’), symbolising the Order of the Garter. To the right of the shield stands a gold

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Late Victorian Architectural Elements

Materials

Iron

Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting
Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting

Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

complexity in the work and demonstrating the artist’s breadth of skills. “I think in the future we will be

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"At Sunrise in the Mountains" Oil Painting

"At Sunrise in the Mountains" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

. Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Cortijo in the Sierra Alhamilla" Oil Painting

"Cortijo in the Sierra Alhamilla" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

of man-made problems. Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Original Painting "The Doolins" by Ron Crooks
Original Painting "The Doolins" by Ron Crooks

Original Painting "The Doolins" by Ron Crooks

By Ron Crooks

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

. "I picked Western subjects because they let the artist use landscape, people, storytelling…I think

Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

WOMEN OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES Large Photo NETA
WOMEN OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES Large Photo NETA

WOMEN OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES Large Photo NETA

By Ashkan Sahihi

Located in Surfside, FL

the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort

Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Masonite

Large Color Photograph "Women of the IDF" Ashkan Sahihi
Large Color Photograph "Women of the IDF" Ashkan Sahihi

Large Color Photograph "Women of the IDF" Ashkan Sahihi

By Ashkan Sahihi

Located in Surfside, FL

the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort

Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Laminate, Masonite

The Down Crown Crew. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
The Down Crown Crew. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting

The Down Crown Crew. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

creativity. Think the Elgin Marbles in a 21st century mega city environment. Oil and acrylic on canvas

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Connaught Bar Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations
The Connaught Bar Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations

The Connaught Bar Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations

Located in New York, NY

‘When I think about the Connaught Bar, I return again and again to the hospitality, the methodology

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

"Lost on the Range", Portrait Art Painting, 2020
"Lost on the Range", Portrait Art Painting, 2020

"Lost on the Range", Portrait Art Painting, 2020

By Addison Jones

Located in Delaware , OH

to make it feel as natural as possible. When I am shooting, I don’t really think about what the art

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XXXIX'
3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XXXIX'

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XXXIX'

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

to be an extremely ugly society.” “Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Portrait of Woman: 'The Wanders I'
3D Portrait of Woman: 'The Wanders I'

3D Portrait of Woman: 'The Wanders I'

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

to be an extremely ugly society.” “Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XIII'
3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XIII'

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XIII'

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

to be an extremely ugly society.” “Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XVII'
3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XVII'

3D Painting of Wolf: 'The Hunter XVII'

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

to be an extremely ugly society.” “Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    The Thinker statue is supposed to be Dante Alighieri. Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, he was a poet and philosopher. Today, he is best known as the author of The Divine Comedy. Through his statue of Dante, Auguste Rodin intended to portray the writer gazing down into the circles of Hell as part of a larger work called The Gates of Hell. Find a diverse assortment of Auguste Rodin art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The "real" or original Rodin Thinker is outside the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. There are more than 25 additional castings of the sculpture located around the world. In the U.S., you can see casts of The Thinker at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky; the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York; the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California; and the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Auguste Rodin art.