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Artist: Unknown
G. R. Healey - c.1855 Oil, Portrait of William King
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated. Inscriber to paper verso (William King, Grandfather (Maternal) of Leonard George Wallace Blise). Presented in a gilt frame. On board.
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Important Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting, Centerpiece Bowl with Fruits
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning oil on canvas painting of a highly colorful still-life composition features a fruit bowl with fruits and grapes.
It is an extremely lively and vibrant post-cubist exec...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Framed in black: Male: 6.25x7.75, unframed 5.5x7
Framed in black: Female: 4.75x6.25, unframed 2.x2.75
Gilded frame: Female: ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Ink
The Lady - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Ink, Pencil
P. H. S. - 1989 Oil, Chrysanthemums on Yellow
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming still life study of a vase of chrysanthemums with a pipe. The artist capture the scene in an expressive style. Signed and dated to the lower right. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
French Oil Painting - The Cat's Meow
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical oil on paper painting of a tabby cat resting on a rug and backed by large abstract cat forms, circa 1940. Signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...
Category
1940s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Empire Bronze Torchere Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of gilded bronze torchere lamps with Alabaster shades on top and exquisite detailed bottom part supported by multi level round carved marble base.
Measurement: 91”height x 2...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Bronze
The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers, Modern French School
Located in London, GB
'The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers', India ink on art paper, Modern French School (early 1900s). Traveling shows often held promotional events before opening in local areas to generate enthusiasm for the spectacle. This is an intriguing depiction of the various acts on stage strutting their stuff before an audience of potential customers. On the platform, fairground wrestlers mix with clowns, dancers, a percussionist in bolero hat...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
The Gardens Of Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Empire Exhibition, 1936
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Gardens Of Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Empire Exhibition, 1936
by MONICA MACIVOR (1881-1939)
Huge 1936 South African tropical garden landscape from the Johannesbur...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - A Young Woman with Roses
Located in Corsham, GB
This finely detailed mid to late 19th Century oil depicts a fresh-faced young woman in the Baroque style, with a Classical setting. The artist portrays the woman smelling a single rose, while balancing a large floral basket on her head, within which is nestled a winged cupid or 'putti', holding an arrow. The Classical setting is typical for the 18th Century French Baroque manner, with a large stone urn...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
The Lamentation Of Christ, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Lamentation Of Christ, 17th Century
follower of CARAVAGGIO (1571-1610)
17th century Italian Old Master depiction of the Lamentation Of Christ, oil on canvas laid to panel. Exce...
Category
17th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wood Panel
Circa 1900 original french advertising poster created for Parfumerie Colgate
Located in PARIS, FR
This circa 1900 original poster, created for Parfumerie Colgate, is a striking example of early 20th-century advertising that blends artistic charm with commercial appeal. Designed in an era when product quality was a major selling point, this poster promotes Colgate's shaving soap, emphasizing its gentle formula that does not dry out the skin.
The illustration features a young woman, elegantly dressed in period attire, presenting a handful of lather. Her warm smile and inviting gesture create an engaging, human-centered approach to advertising, drawing viewers in with a sense of trust and quality. The soft color palette and simple yet effective composition reflect the Art Nouveau influence, which was dominant in commercial design during this time.
The prominent placement of the Colgate name and the detailed product boxes in the corners suggest early brand marketing strategies still recognizable today. By using both visual appeal and strong textual reinforcement, this poster exemplifies the elegant and persuasive advertising methods of the Belle Époque.
Today, this rare and beautifully designed advertisement serves as a collectible piece of Colgate’s rich history, offering a glimpse into the evolution of branding, consumer culture, and product marketing at the turn of the 20th century.
Advertising - Childhood
Grand prix Paris...
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph, Linen, Paper
Portrait of John F. Kennedy
Located in Paonia, CO
Portrait of Kennedy by Cemeli is an original lithograph, limited edition number 52 out of 150 and pencil signed by the artist. Kennedy is portrayed as a sculptured multi-colored hea...
Category
1960s Cubist Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Winter Scene Tirol Kitzbuhel, Impressionist Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter Scene
English School, circa 1960's
oil painting on board, unframed
9.75 x 12.25 inches
titled and signed to label verso
Condition report:
very good
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Woman smoking pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 74x61 cm.
Category
1950s Academic Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil
Vintage Italian Silvered Nautilus Shell By Ruzzetti & Gow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century Italian nautilus shell enhanced with silver plate overlay and presented on a silvered faux rock base. Signed Ruzzetti & Gow on the bottom.
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Metal
Grist Mill In the Snow - Early 20th Century Winter American Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming early 20th century winter landscape of a grist mill in the snow by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century), c.1900-1910. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 16"H x 20"W.
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Albert Pollitt (1856-1926) - Framed 1889 Watercolour, A View of the Countryside
Located in Corsham, GB
Albert Pollitt (1856-1926). Original late 19th century watercolour. A view through rural fields with farm buildings and livestock in the distance. Presented in an ornate gilt frame w...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
French Neoclassical Bronze Of Androcles and the Lion
Located in Rochester, NY
Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century.
The runaway slave ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Bronze
Historical Photo - Havana in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Havana is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and p...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Original "The Three Musketeers" vintage lithographic theater poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: The Three Musketeers. A British theater antique original poster. Museum linen backed. Grade A Condition: fine. ...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Signed Paris Modernist Framed Signed Melons and Wine Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive Paris school modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 36H by 29L and overall 36 by 43 inches.
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Ducklings'. Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Charming late 19th century oil on canvas of a pair of ducklings. Presented in a wooden gold frame. Unsigned. The stretcher with 'keys'.
A warm and inviting painting beautifully executed and in great detail highlighting the soft downy feathers, the shiny beaks and the eye contact...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman Figure Knelling On The Pillow
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Nude woman figure knelling on the pillow.
Signed illegibly with initials, dated '64 edition 1/3.
Bronze on marble base.
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 c...
Category
2010s Pop Art Unknown Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Antique American School Large Great Color Abstract Modernist Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Unsgned. Image size 36L x 60H.
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of the Pergamene Head, or The Dying Alexander
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite with white heightening on greenish beige wove paper, 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 (437 x 317 mm). Scattered edge wear, tears and losses around the perimeter of the drawing. Margins are wide and the image area is clean and intact. Scattered light soiling and toning, all consistent with age.
A dramatic image by a highly skilled draftsman, this works is likely a life study of the Hellenistic sculptural masterpiece of the same title, which is housed in the Uffizi's collection of ancient statues...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Unknown Art
Materials
Color Pencil, Handmade Paper, Graphite
„ALICE in WONDERLAND“ Original Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1951.
Located in Cologne, DE
Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie „ALICE in WONDERLAND“, USA 1951.
Alice with the running White Rabbit.
Keywords: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, C...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Color
Blue Eyes
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5077 Oversized portrait in rapped canvas
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler, and Flip Wilson
Located in Austin, TX
Elton John, Bette Midler, Cher, and Flip Wilson in a group portrait, 1978.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certificate of Aut...
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait Of A Grey Horse, 19th Century English School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Grey Horse, 19th Century
English School
Large 19th Century English School portrait of a grey horse in a stable, oil on canvas. Good quality and condition large scal...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Signed Flower Still Life Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 12L.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Pool - Mid Century Illustration in Watercolor and India Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
At the Pool - Mid Century Illustration in Watercolor and India Ink on Paper
Lovely watercolor of a sunny day at a public pool by an unknown artist (20th Century). People are swimmin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
British School, monogrammed/ dated lower corner
gouache painting on paper laid over card, unframed
actual painting: 22 x 15.5 inches
Superb - bold - and very co...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Unknown Art
Materials
Gouache
Winnie the Pooh And Tiger Too - Original 1974 Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Winnie the Pooh And Tiger Too - Original 1974 Lobby Card
Vintage 1974 Lobby Card:
Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up wit...
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
Barefoot In The Park - Original 1967 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
Barefoot In The Park - Original 1967 Lobby Card #1
Vintage 1967 Lobby Card:
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship desc...
Category
1960s Unknown Art
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
Antique American Impressionist Framed Good Harbor Beach Boston Area Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing early 1900s impressionist beach scene of Good Harbor Beach in Massachusetts. Very finely pained with great color and lots of detail and figures. Located on verso. Nicely f...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Basket, Wounaan Tribe Panama Darien Rainforest, gold, black, red, white
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Basket, Wounaan Tribe Panama Darien Rainforest, gold, black, red, white
Category
1990s Tribal Unknown Art
Materials
Organic Material
Venus Paolo Fiammingo Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16th Century Italian Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pauwels Franck, known as Paolo Fiammingo
(Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596)
Venus lying in a landscape
Oil on canvas 116 x 150 cm.
In antique frame 136 x 170 cm.
The work is accompanied by a critical card by Dr. Federica Spadotto
The splendid painting proposed sees portrayed, bare and stretched out on a red brocade cloth in gold sprinkled with roses, a refined and sensual Venus, in a composition with a profound symbolic value, and arriving at the perfect representation of the Renaissance woman who, like Venus, becomes an allegory love, eros, beauty and fertility.
The canvas is part of the prestigious Venetian artistic and cultural environment of the second half of the sixteenth century, whose distinctive distinctive trait can be traced back to its cosmopolitan vocation. This characteristic, as Dr. Spadotto noted in her in-depth study, belongs to the same physiology of the Venetian capital, that is, being a distinctly commercial city located in a strategic point with respect to trade. Representing one of the liveliest ports in the Mediterranean also meant witnessing the continuous passage not only of goods, but of men, ideas, suggestions from distant countries, which influenced not only the taste of their people, but above all art.
This happened thanks to the circulation of prints, as well as pictorial specimens, to which are added the stays of great foreign artists and, above all, the permanence in the capital of a non-negligible number of Dutch, Flemish and German masters.
An emblematic case in this regard comes from Pauwels Franck (Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596), better known as Paolo Fiammingo, who established himself in his native city at a young age - in 1561 a figure enrolled in the Guild of San Luca - and arrived in Venice in 1573. .
He resided in Venice from 1584 until his death, although the stylistic and formal references of some of his works have led critics to believe that in previous years he had undertaken a journey to central Italy, or to Florence and Rome, where he would have metabolized the lively cultural debate that permeated these cities and which, on the other hand, seemed completely absent in Venice.
Here Paolo will be fascinated by the sense of color and by the atmospheric component fixed on the canvas by Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - 1594), of which he becomes a collaborator, to undergo, around 1590, the suggestion of Paolo Caliari...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Butterflies, English antique natural history Lepidoptera chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marilyn Monroe Sitting on Bed
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe on a bed.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peter Z. Phillips - Framed Contemporary Oil, Paddling in the Surf
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right and dated (2024). Presented in a modern gilt-effect frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
A Year with Children 1989- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poster for Learning Through Art/ The Guggenheim Museum Children's Program. This map was created by children enrolled in Paloma Picasso's Learning Through Art Workshop.
The Learning T...
Category
1980s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Original Blame it on the Movies Betty Grable Broadway vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Blame It On The Movies!. The Reel Music of Hollywood. Theater performance of Blame it on the Movies! Acid-free archival linen-backed original; ready to frame. ...
Category
1980s American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Masters of the Sea- British Marine Watercolors 1987
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12 x 24 inches ( 30.48 x 60.96 cm )
Image Size: 7.75 x 20.25 inches ( 19.685 x 51.435 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additio...
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Tonalist Painting Sunset Figures Wheat Barbizon Framed 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An antique oil painting in its original ornate gold leaf frame.
This tonalist painting depicts figures against a dramatic sunset.
The work is signed illegibly lower left. It ap...
Category
1860s Tonalist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - The writer
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a writer.
17 x 25.5 cm, with passe-partout.
Pencil drawing on paper, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly lower left (under pas...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Unknown Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
'Audrey Funny Face' 1957 (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Funny Face'
Audrey Hepburn, dressed in a Givenchy evening gown, 1957.
(Photo: The Everett Collection)
Beautiful mint condition Open Edition Silver Gelatin Resin Print
me...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Early 19th Century French Oil Cattle being Driven through Old Village Street
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 19th century
Title: Cattle being Driven through the town.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches
Provenanc...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Young Woman Framed Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1930s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Paul Fourdrinier - 19th Century Engraving, The Ruins of Palmyra I
Located in Corsham, GB
This architectural drawing showcases the intricate details of a classical column and entablature, emphasising the ornate pediment and decorative frieze.
The original plate was made ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
After P. Fourdrinier - 19th Century Engraving, Ruins of Baalbek
Located in Corsham, GB
This architectural drawing showcases the intricate details of a classical column and entablature, focusing on the ornate pediment and frieze.
The original plate was created in 1757 ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Engraving
After Fernando Leger "Two figures, Naked on Red Bottom"
Located in San Francisco, CA
After Fernand Leger “Two Figures, Naked on Red Bottom”
Oil on canvas
Signed "Ryan"
18" W x 24" H
23.75" W x 27.75" H
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Touch Up - Black and White Photographic Print from the Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
James Garner Playing Golf on the Beach
Located in Austin, TX
Actor James Garner playing golf on a bach in Malibu, circa 1958.
James Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Gre...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mid Century Watercolour of the Wild West, Here Come The Cavalry
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pencil, chalk, watercolour and gouache painting of an American cavalry officer riding his horse across the dessert.
This artwork captures the dynamic energy of a lone c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Unknown Art
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil
S.C. Jago - 1889 Oil, Sewing in the Parlour
Located in Corsham, GB
An unusual detailed oil depicting a female figure darning socks in a country cottage. Signed and dated 1889 to the lower left. Well presented in a swept gilt effect frame. On canvas ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Lichtenstein Exhibition Poster - Leo Castelli Gallery
Located in Roma, IT
Lichtenstein Exhibition Poster is a very colorful poster realized in occasion of the artist's exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery New Yor...
Category
1970s Pop Art Unknown Art
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
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