Ernesto Fontana Paintings

This captivating oil portrait from the late 18th to early 19th century depicts a mysterious charming young woman, painted by an unknown but clearly professional master, presumably Fr...

Oil painting on Canvas, a reclining odalisque Nude 20Th Additional Info: Title: reclining odalisque nude Medium: original oil on canvas Signature: Signed lower right Provenance: pr...

Additional information: Title: Coastal scene - Nightfall on the North Sea Medium: oil on canvas Signature: signed lower right Provenance: Private collection Brussels Canvas dimensio...

"Le Rouge Cloitre sous la neige" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c. Wonderfull oil on canvas by Louis Clesse , Belgian School (1889 -1961 ). Clesse was a Belgian figurat...

"Wintertime forest landscape" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c. Wonderfull oil on canvas by Louis Clesse , Belgian School (1889 -1961 ). Clesse was a Belgian figurative...

André van Beek was born in 1947 to a Dutch father and a French mother. The latter was a music teacher. Self-taught, with a post-impressionist tendency, André van Beek is an artist wh...

“The Luminous Moment #1 Blue and Orange” is an original oil on canvas from a new series that explores the connection between human and animal forms through the interplay of two compl...

This work is a unique piece. It is a gilded oil painting on linen canvas with 22 carat gold leaf. CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. They have been pa...

This accomplished portrait captures a distinguished young gentleman at the twilight of the Napoleonic era. His penetrating gaze and confident bearing betray not only his aristocratic...

Title: Portrait of Democritus Médium: oil on canvas laid on wooden panel Signature: signed under right Provenance: private collection France Dimensions canvas: 49 cm x 49 cm Dimensio...

Charlotte Elizabeth has been working with paint professionally for over fifteen years. Elizabeth’s training in theatre design preceded a busy career as a Theatrical Scenic Artist in London’s West End...

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the layers of meaning inherent in making and viewing art. Artist Statement: Though we don’t generally think about it, thirteenth-century religious art actually reflects medieval European perceptions of events that occurred in the ancient Middle East. In the Divine Beauty project I filter sacred iconography through the secular lens of today’s societal perceptions by placing found commercial fashion imagery (from magazines and other sources) in the context of painted religious narratives, producing a clash of ideas that throw both sources into question. Like many Western New Yorkers, I was raised Catholic. I attended a Catholic elementary school, went to church every day. While the indoctrination didn’t last beyond childhood, it did instill a lifelong affinity for the visual traditions of sacred art. But, as the recent economic meltdown has made apparent, conspicuous global consumption has replaced western religion today as the favored path to personal fulfillment. Fashion models serve as the new icons...