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Art For Sale
Blue Depths- abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful acrylic on canvas by Eran Shmueli will bring color to any room it will be placed in.
Eran Shmueli is an artist whose life and work are deeply intertwined with creativ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands.
'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909).
The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by th...
Category
1870s English School Art
Materials
Oil
$33,512 Sale Price
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Vigilance, Loyalty & Devotion - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Beauty & Dogs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vigilance, Loyalty, and Devotion’ by Arthur Wardle R.B.C. R.I. (1864-1949).
The painting – which depicts a young beauty surrounded by poppies and her three faithful canine companio...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Awakening - Important Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Awakening’ by Herbert James Draper (1864-1920).
This monumental masterpeice oil painting – which depicts two wood nymphs rising to meet the morning sun – is signed by the artist an...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
$82,803 Sale Price
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19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
Vale of the Conwy, Snowdonia - 19th Century Oil Painting Wales Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil
$11,133 Sale Price
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Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773)
Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15)
Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset
Year: 1861-1870...
Category
1860s Victorian Art
Materials
Engraving
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting King Arthur's Queen Guinevere Camelot
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English medieval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lov...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Art
Materials
Oil
Ellsworth Kelly: Ferus Gallery (Gate) Poster /// Abstract Geometric Minimalism
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Title: "Ellsworth Kelly: Ferus Gallery (Gate)"
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on cream wove paper
Lim...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman) Poster (Signed)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005)
Title: "The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman)"
*Signed by Scholder in purple marker lower right
Circa:...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$700 Sale Price
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House-Cat-Mouse /// Contemporary Landscape Spooky Girl Countryside Moon Farm Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "House-Cat-Mouse"
Series: Americana
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2021
Medium: O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Unité, Planche 10 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Nude Animal
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 10" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Woman in Flight /// Contemporary Fantasy Female Figurative Pastel Painting Lady
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Frank Rakoncay (American, 1936-1998)
Title: "Woman in Flight"
*Signed by Rakoncay in pencil lower left. It is also signed again lower right
Circa: 1980
Medium: Original Oil P...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
(1863-1936) English Impressionist signed Oil painting NEW FOREST HAMPSHIRE
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frederick Golden Short (1863-1936) British
TITLE: "New Forest Landscape Hampshire"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 43cm x 46cm inc frame
CONDITION: very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before you came- 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-937.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
It's Good Business! /// Contemporary Street Art Text War Political Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "It's Good Business!"
Series: Statement
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2023
Mediu...
Category
2010s Street Art Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-)
Title: "Westhampton"
Portfolio: The Hamptons
*Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right
Year: 1987
Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper
Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs)
Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY
Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY
Sheet size: 21" x 23"
Image size: 16" x 18.13"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition
Notes:
Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso.
Biography:
Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Warm and Cool Corals Diptych, Earthy Abstract Coral Reef, Pastel Strokes, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
“Warm and Cool Corals” is a vibrant diptych that explores the rich contrast and harmony between warm and cool color palettes, evoking the natural rhythm and beauty of coral reefs. On...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive
1967
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
I remember the sweetness of life - Dreamy soft atmospheric waterfall painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A moment in time and nature, "I remember the sweetness of life" is the latest in my water series, and exploration of dawn in the wild, the sweetness of the light and foamy water as i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
"Impressionistic Floral Still Life" Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depictions of a European view of the beach with a floral still life at the center. The rich color tones of French yellow, luscious pink, rouge, veredian green and pops of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting In Orange, Yellows and Green, "Untitled" 2024
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This abstract painting is part of a series in which I explore the chromatic relationships between colors and tones, inspired by the art and aesthetics of pre-Columbian cultures. In a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Abstract - Figurative Oil On Canvas. "Study Blue"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas combines abstract shapes and representational elements. It features a palette of blue, green, red, and yellow tones that intertwine in a mosaic of fragments ov...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
ITALIAN LANDSCAPES A Pair EARLY 20TH CENTURY Antique Oil Paintings SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Early 20th Century Italian School
TITLE: "Anticoli" & "Arsoli"
MEDIUM: oil on panel (both)
SIGNED: both lower left
SIZE: 30cm x 25cm inc frame (a matched pair)
CONDITION: ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Cold foggy Winter Morning monochrome limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art winter landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Moonrise by Richard Perry - Abstract sculpture, Bardiglio, colourful, paint, wax
Located in Paris, FR
Moonrise is a unique ink, paint and wax on marble Bardiglio sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 15 × 17.5 × 18 cm (5.9 × 6.9 × 7.1 in).
The sculpture is s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
Huge Victorian Signed Scottish Loch Majestic Mountains Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Majestic Scottish Highlands
by James M. Robert Greenlees (British, 1820-1894)
signed oil on board, framed
dated 1885
framed: 31 x 43 inches
board: 23.5 x 36 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
1880s Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition 5/7.
archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-505.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
'Seven Actors in a Dragon Boat' — Edo period Kamigata Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Munehiro Hasegawa, 'Seven Kabuki Actors in a Dragon Boat,' woodblock print, c. 1850, Osaka-e, Kamigata-e. Signed 'Munehiro' in the block, upper left. A fine impression with fresh co...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Art
Materials
Woodcut
Flocked - Modern Colorful Abstract Bird Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Flocked" is a striking example of contemporary folk art infused with symbolic surrealism and handcrafted textile aesthetics. This original acrylic and gouache pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
60x40 "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Archival Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival luster paper.
These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced.
Edition of 150.
*This print can be hung vertic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
$604 Sale Price
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The Dachshund Dog Vintage English Original Oil Painting Signed c. 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dachshund Dog
English artist, circa 1970's
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 23 inches
canvas: 16 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge Victorian Sporting Art Oil Painting Spaniels Chasing Pheasant in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flushing the Pheasant!
by J. Langlois, British 19th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 53 inches
canvas: 30 x 50 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Scottish Highlands Sunset over the River Glen Valley Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed (with pseudonym)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 36 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallström’s Masterful Vision of a Northern Evening
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sunset Over Northern Waters is an oil on canvas painting by Swedish artist Carl Hallström (1850–1929). It depicts a serene Nordic sunset in which a glowing red sun hovers low over st...
Category
1910s Romantic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French 1800's Neo Classical Portrait of Dapper Distinguished Gent Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, early 1800's period, unsigned
Neo-Classical period
circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 50.5 x 36 in...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Liminality -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Love, Healing
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"I stood in the liminality of love, no longer believing it was enough, not yet ready to stop feeling it. Somewhere between the ache and the awakening, I learned that love alone could...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Time Zone 7 - Modern Resin Minimalist Earth Tone Geometric Abstraction Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Eventide by Richard K Blades. Oil painting of the sea at sunset after a storm.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Richard K Blades is an expressive landscape painter working in the English Romantic tradition. He follows in a long line of artists such as Turner, Constable, Seago, Daubigney and C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Chasing the Light" 36x48 Black and White Photography of Wild Horses, Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Unsigned print.
Printed on lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eternal Sunsets Mini: Twilight Ocean - Meditative Radiant Blue Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lake View Thru the Birch Trees Oil Landscape 1972
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3075a Birch Tree Abstract Landscape, oil on canvas displayed in a gilt wood frame, signed by Bozrewsky lower right.Image size 19.24 H x 15 W
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Oil
Fine English Sporting Art Oil Painting Hunting Hound in Country House Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Foxhound
Andrew Alexander ( Contemporary British)
signed and dated 1985
oil on board, framed
framed: 30 x 35 inches
board: 24 x 29 inches
Provenance: private collec...
Category
1980s English School Art
Materials
Oil
Moonlight, Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Coastal, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Title: Moonlight
Size: 25.5" x 35" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition 1/5 or 2/5,
150x128cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Landscape 148 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork signed at the bottom left.
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictio...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Blue Coral Forest, Coral Reef, Illustration Style Painting, Organic Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Coral Forest is a vibrant diptych that captures the rich diversity and texture of underwater coral life. The artist uses confident lines and bold, layered colors—reds, blues, ye...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
French School Impressionist Landscape Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed J Moreau, probably Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) ⏪
Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) was a French painter renowned for his evocative landscape...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$525 Sale Price
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Entrapped 7 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, yellow & white, organic
Located in Paris, FR
Entrapped 7 is a unique paper porcelain sculpture by contemporary artist Simcha Even-Chen, dimensions are 30 × 30 × 24 cm (11.8 × 11.8 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage American City Scape "Couple Viewing Birds in the Central Park"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5029 Impressionist painting city scape
Framed.Image size 12x16"
Signed L.M.O'Connell
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Oil
Antique portrait oil painting of two sisters French child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A truly beautiful oil portrait painting on canvas of two sisters. This wonderful old painting is breathtakingly beautiful! The sisters look straight into the eye of the artist, the...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Interior View Room Setting 1975
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5037 Blue shutters French vintage modernist interior view from the window.
Artist is a follower of Matisse's style
Image size 9.75x7.75"
Signed Jean deLuca 75
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Oil
Music Angel - Stone lithograph - Catalog Raisonne : Mourlot #CS25
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Music Angel (L'Ange de la Musique), 1966
Stone lithograph
Engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervion of Marc Chagall in Atelier Mourlot
Printed signature in the pl...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
"BRAT" Layered Hand-Cut Paper with Glitter Effect by Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"BRAT" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Antique French Symbolist Oil Painting Christ in Garden of Gethsemane & Disciples
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
French Symbolist artist
late 19th Century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: a few ...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique dog painting 19th Century French portrait oil painting of two dogs
Located in AIGNAN, FR
19th Century Antique oil painting of two dogs, a Bichon & Yorkie, I think!! Cute dog painting and unusual because there are two dogs, one looks bored with the whole process and the...
Category
1880s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Awake - Impasto Inspired Colorful Thick Paint Abstract Textural Layered Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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