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Artist: Unknown
Antique American Impressionist Gilt Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed.
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash on paper 11.5 x 11.5 cm, diameter of the main scene : 10,5 cm in a modern frame under glass : 33.5 x 33.5 cm This drawing by a particularly talented 18th-century artist - as yet unidentified - is notable for its mastery of pen and wash...
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1760s Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Ink

Lady with Pearl Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5111 Lady with pearl necklace by Lynn Lemay Custom wood frame Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category

1990s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Ludwig Correggio (1846-1930) - Early 20th Century Oil, An Edwardian Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking and finely executed portrait of a lady in elegant Edwardian attire, complete with a delicate lace blouse and an ornate brooch. The artist’s soft brushwork and subtle handl...
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

For Restoration - English School 19th Century Oil, Cottage of the Waterfront
Located in Corsham, GB
A quaint 19th century landscape with a cottage and lake. Well presented in an ornate gilt effect frame. Unsigned. On panel.
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

”View of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre”
Located in Southampton, NY
Miniature oil on board original painting of a view of Sacre Coeur from the street in Montmartre, Paris. France. Circa 1975. Signed illegibly lower left. Condition is excellent. O...
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Primitive Portrait of George Washington with Sword
Located in San Francisco, CA
This primitively rendered but admiring tribute to George Washington has a distinguished artistic lineage. The painter was undoubtedly in the presence of a much admired print engraved...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Unknown Art

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Canvas, Oil

Pair Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Meiji Period Cabinets 漆器 蒔絵 塗物 漆塗
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of Meiji period, late 19th Century Lacquerware (漆器, shikki) miniature cabinets on stands. The decorative panels are of very fine quality. The cabinets are a 'true pair' that i...
Category

Late 19th Century Edo Unknown Art

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

W. S. S. - 19th Century Watercolour, Farm by the Stream
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with a monogram W. W. S. to the lower left. Well presented in a decorative gilt frame and wash line mount. On paper.
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa Sept. 1947. Ella Fit...
Category

1940s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Flower Garden Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower garden landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1910s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Boat scene”
Located in Warren, NJ
Unknown Artist “Boat Scene” oil painting on canvas highly decorative. In good condition measures 39x35
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

A.B. Scott - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Bunnies Under the Oak Tree
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th-century oil study depicting a lush green countryside scene. In the foreground, two bunnies can be seen resting under the shade of an oak tree. Well presented i...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Original James Dean Rebel Without a Cause vintage Swiss movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original James Dean, Rebel without a Cause vintage Swiss movie poster. Linen backed ready to frame. Grade A excellent condition. Size: 50" tall by 36" wide. Own a piece of mo...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Offset

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1950s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Architectural Rare Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Modern
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 12L x 7H.
Category

1940s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Baroque Italian painter - 18th century landscape painter - Sheperds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Arcadian landscape with flock and shepherds. 56 x 70 cm without frame, 63.5 x 79 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame (...
Category

Early 18th Century Rococo Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Large Neutral Tone Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed Contemporary Acrylic - Poppies on the Continent
Located in Corsham, GB
An idyllic view across red poppy fields with hill ranges in the distance. Well-presented in a solid oak frame with a crisp white mount. Unsigned. On board.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Antique Italian Coastal Mediterranean Seascape Framed Summer Panoramic Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Italian seascape painting. Oil on board. Nicely framed. Signed.
Category

1910s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category

1950s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

W. Thomas - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, Autumnal Landscape with Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine English School landscape. Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with swept rails and elaborate corner mouldings. Signed to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Antique German Female Portrait oil Painting 1891
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5055 Antique German female oil portrait in a period frame on board Signed T.H.Fischem Berlin 91 Image size 19.5x16.5"
Category

1890s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Noble 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Portrait of a nobleman, proud with his hand resting on the 'hilt of his sword and dressed in an ermine-edged cloak. On the upper right appears the coat of arms of his ...
Category

17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Original Ingen Rast, Ingen Ro No Rest No Peace Hobbs in a Hurry Silent movie
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Ingen Rast, Ingen Ro, a Swedish vintage silent movie poster from 1920. Translated, it means No Rest, No Peace. However, the American titl...
Category

1920s Art Deco Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph

1880s Figurative Sackett's Calvary Charge of the 9th New York Volunteers
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century figurative painting of the battle of Trevilians Station and of the wounding of Colonel Sackett June 11, 1864. Oil on canvas in giltwood frame. Signed or notated ind...
Category

1880s American Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Original political poster - Fight to live - IRA - Irish Republican Army
Located in PARIS, FR
From the 1960s onwards, Northern Ireland experienced a period of unparalleled violence and political unrest. Several paramilitary organizations took up arms to fight against the British presence on their soil. This was the beginning of the IRA (Irish Republican...
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Hudson River School Seascape at Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous Hudson River School landscape of sunset over water with red buoy in foreground and sailing ships in background in the style of Alfred Thompson Briche...
Category

1880s Hudson River School Unknown Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Large Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture Venus Italica mid-19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Venus Italica, imposing sculpture in white Carrara marble, mid-nineteenth-century Roman atelier. Antonio Canova made several sculptures depicting Venus. The first was made as compen...
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian School Unknown Art

Materials

Marble

Dog Portrait: The Red Terrier, circa 1910
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Red Terrier Possibly Dutch School Oil on wood panel, circa 1900-1910. Initialed lower left 7 1/2 x 7 (12 x 11 1/2 frame) inches A charming and thoughtfully rendered depiction of a t...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique American Mid Century Modern Cubist Abstract Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 30L x 24H. Housed in a period frame.
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th Century Old Master Drawing Old master drawing with figure and putti Housed in a handsome contemporary wooden frame Drawing dimensions 4...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Graphite

Resurrection of Christ. Study of the Master of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1550.
Located in Firenze, IT
Resurrection of Christ Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son / Jan Mandyn (1500-1560) Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm (without frame), 81 x 63 cm (with frame) The work was exa...
Category

16th Century Mannerist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Board

Yellowstone Park - Upper Geyser Basin - Vintage Photo 1893
Located in Roma, IT
U. St. Yellowstone Park - Upper Geyser Basin - 23 September 1893 - is an original vintage b/w photo realized as part of a journey to Asia performed by...
Category

1890s Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Modern French Patisserie Wedding Cake on Wood Panel Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5028 French Patisserie wood panel with a wedding cake Signed on verso
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century California Foothills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful California landscape of foothills with stream, Birch and Oak trees. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 12"H x 18"W.
Category

1930s American Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Rose Aqua Color Forms
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5104 Color Forms signed lower right Custom wood frame
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Wood, Watercolor, Gouache

Huge 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Elegant Court Figures Musical Soiree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's. Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches Provenanc...
Category

Early 18th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man on Horseback Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#9-031 Man on horseback , 1930's figurative sculpture,finely detailed metal casting .
Category

1930s Unknown Art

Materials

Metal

William Harisch (1914-1967) - 1951 Oil, Bavarian Pipe Smoker
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study depicting a man in traditional Bavarian dress smoking a pipe. The elderly gentleman wears a colourful jacket over his lederhosen and a charismatic smile. Si...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

1903 Oil - Gun Horse of the Boer War
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with initials H. H. Dated 12th December 1903. On canvas.
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category

1960s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Singer by Candlelight (Dutch School Old Master Genre Scene)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Dutch School painting dating from 17th century. Oil on wood panel measuring 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 inches. Unsigned. No inpainting or conservation. Depicted is a scene with a beautiful young woman singing...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L'Oeil Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Indulge in a journey to the vibrant and nostalgic era of the 1970s with our vintage original oil painting—a mesmerizing modernist beach interior scene, capturing the essence of sandy...
Category

1970s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique oil painting on canvas, Landscape, Cows, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a serene and tranquil scene - the cows gathered around a watering hole with some of them drinking or cooling off in the ...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Japan – Samurai - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (258 x 198 mm), numbered B 1161 and captioned in negative at lower right; very light cockling, brightly col...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

An Officer of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards with his charger, a troupe of dragoon
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
English School, circa 1835 An Officer of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards with his charger, a troupe of dragoon guards beyond Oil on canvas Canvas size - 25 x 30 in Framed size - 28 1/2 x...
Category

19th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Sophia Loren Holding a Flower
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren holding a flower in Karlsruhe, Germany circa 1961. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - Numbered C...
Category

1950s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco ca. 1920. Portrait Of Lady With Bob Cut, Purple Dress And Fur Collar
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait Of A Young Lady From The 1920s With Bob Cut And Fur Collar Oil on canvas. Early 20th frame in wood. This portrait reveals very stylish image of a young woman from the 1920s...
Category

1920s Art Deco Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sculpture Figurative White Marble Portrait of a Sylenus Classical Greek 19th
Located in Roma, IT
A portrait of a Silenus, ( also know as satyr) carved in white marble probably in central Italy in the 19th Century. The head despite a man with long hears in equine style with also ...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Marble

Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Framed Oil, Paysage alpestre en été
Located in Corsham, GB
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974), Oil on board. Alpine landscape in summer (Combloux). Signed lower right. Presented in an elegant gilt frame with floral and acanthus ornamentation at the corners...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

1940s Philippino Masterpiece
Located in San Francisco, CA
I believe this powerful painting is by the very talented Philippines artist Virgilio Daclan. He was born in 1920 in Cebu city. He studied art in 1951 a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Toledo Spain Nicely Framed Impressionist Antique Cityscape Street Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Spanish impressionist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf wood molding. Excellent co...
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American School Signed Impressionist Fishing Harbor Beach Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 22H by 18L.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Samuel Standice Boden (1826-1896) - 1872 Watercolour, Fishing From the Bank
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated in the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage Post Impressionist American School Modernist Cow Grazing Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage post impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait Of A Lady Wearing a Cougar Skin Mask, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady Wearing a Cougar Skin Mask, 19th Century English School circa 1850 Large 19th Century English School Portrait Of A Lady wearing a cougar skin mask, oil on canvas...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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