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Artist: Unknown
River Landscape with Boat and two Figures - Oil Paint - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
River Landscape with Boat and two Figures, realized by an artist active in italy in the mid-17th Century. In very good condition, it includes a gilded coeval wooden frame.
Category

Late 17th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

N. Firth - Framed c.1900 Oil, Fruit in a Wicker Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
Still life in oil. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower right and dated, 1900. On Canvas on stretchers.
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pacific Grove - Coastal Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Grove - Coastal Seascape in Oil on Canvas Serene coastal seascape by an unknown California artist (20th Century). This impressionistic coastal landscape captures the rugged ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Ship and Boats" Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Emile Gruppe
Located in New York, NY
A powerful scene of a harbor depicting several colorful sailing boats with rich color tones and bold brushwork. An oil on canvas impressionist painting with much attention to detail....
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century New York Cityscape W/ Figures & Flags by Sebastian
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century New York Cityscape W/ Figures & Flags by Sebastian Oil on canvas Dimensions 20" wide x 24" high The frame measures 22.75" wide x 26.75" high Signed in the lower left...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rococò Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - The Street Show
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Street theater. 74.5 x 62.5 cm without frame, 86 x 73.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame. Condition report:...
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1996 Modernist Swedish Coastal Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Tranquillity
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL TRANQUILLITY Size: 46 X 63 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas This serene composition that captures the essence of a quiet coastal village, executed in oil onto canvas and d...
Category

1990s Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mexican Market Scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Mid-century painting depicts what is probably a Mexican of Latin American market scene. Oil on canvas glued down to panel measuring 9.75 x 15.25 inches; 11 x 16.5 inches fr...
Category

1970s Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gert Stegeman (1858-1940) - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, Stooks of Wheat
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric oil painting by Gert Stegeman (1858-1940) depicting the golden hues of a harvested wheat field, with neatly arranged stooks dominating the foreground. The composition ...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hudson River School Style Painting, Signed Brundell
Located in New York, NY
G. Brundell Untitled, c. Early 20th Century Oil on canvas Sight: 10 x 18 in. Framed: 19 7/8 x 27 7/8 x 2 in. Signed lower left
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Early 20th Century Hudson River School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting of a coastal seascape. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed illegibly. Framed. Image size, 18L x 12H.
Category

1890s Hudson River School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Olja Ivanjicki "Florence or Hell of l'Inconnue De La Seine" Oil Painting c.1965
Located in San Francisco, CA
Olja Ivanjicki "Florence or Hell of l'Inconnue De La Seine" original oil circa 1965 Original oil on board. Dimensions 26" wide x 42" high. The frame measures 30" wide x 46" high. Signed and dated at the upper border. She has auction results over $9,000 which was earlier in 2021. Olga Ivanjicki, the daughter of Russian emigrants was born in Pancevo, Danube Banovina. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, graduated in 1957, and in the same year she was the only woman among the founders of MEDIALA Belgrade, an art group of painters, writers and architects such as Leonid Šejka, Vladimir Velickovic, Ljubomir Popovic, Miodrag Ðuric. In 1962, she received a scholarship of the Ford Foundation to pursue her art studies in the United States, and in 1978 she was a selected artist of the Fulbright program Artist in Residence at the Rhode Island School of Design. She had over ninety individual exhibitions and participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions. Ivanjicki’s painting was influenced by Symbolism, Surrealism, Pop art and Fantastic art. In the course of her career, the artist received the Vuk Lifetime Achievement Award (Vukova nagrada, 1988), the Seventh of July Award (Sedmojulska nagrada, 1988) and the Karic Award. L'Inconnue de la Seine (English: The Unknown Woman of the...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Summer Impressionist Gold Giltwood Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edward de Looz-Block - Late 19th Century Oil, Leeboard Barges
Located in Corsham, GB
An original landscape painting by the Dutch artist Edward de Looz-Block. Leeboard barges on a broad river, probably the Schelde. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a decora...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Religious Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Saint Monica
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Saint Monica in prayer. 56 x 32 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Good state of conservation of the pictorial s...
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Exquisite India Miniature Persian European Illustration Erotic Signed 1921
Located in Norfolk, GB
Couple at play Watercolour on paper laid to board 21cm x 14cm Mounted 39cm x 29cm 1921 Signed with Monogram Bottom right This is an exquisitely executed watercolour painting that ...
Category

1920s Other Art Style Unknown Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Landscape of a village with a view of steeples - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Dated, signed Signature unknown Work on wood Gray wooden frame with golden patina 82 x 997 x 6 cm
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Fauvist School
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful oil on canvas in the style of the Fauvist School. Painting measures 36 inches wide by 24 high. Hand carved frame measures 38 1/2 by 26 1/2.
Category

Mid-20th Century Fauvist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter Scene (Framed Antique Landscape Oil Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Every now and then, even we dealers get fooled. This painting was sold to me as by George Gardner Symons. It bears his signature. At some point, the FBI (yes!) showed up at my door t...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Framed Modernist Romantic Leaves Falling Waterfall Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

1950s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Erwin Steinhauser (1939-2023) - 20th Century Acrylic, Flower Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

For Restoration Late 19th Century Oil - Country Cottage with Figures
Located in Corsham, GB
Sell for restoration- this charming 19th century oil by W. Yates. The scene depicts a calming rural landscape with farmer's cottage nestled amongst hedgerows. Several figures walk th...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait of a Lady" - 19th-Century French Framed Antique Woman Oil Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Market Scene - French Impressionist art 1914 watercolour painting indis signed
Located in London, GB
This charming French Impressionist watercolour painting was painted in 1914 and is indistinctly signed. The composition is a market scene with various stalls under trees. The colouring is lovely and it is housed in a superb, gilded oak frame...
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1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Hector Chavepeyer (1891-1967) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Portrait of A Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical portrait features a woman elegantly draped in a dark, patterned shawl against a cool, muted background. The subject's pose is dignified and contemplative, with the com...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly lower left. Image size, 36L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Gouache

Excuela española (XVIII) - Escena bíblica - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura El estado de la obra se puede ver, presenta varias faltas de pintura y precisar...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

J. F. Hughes - 1863 Oil, Carrying Wheat near Ascot
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral scene captures the rhythms of rural life, depicting a horse-drawn hay wagon traversing a golden field under dramatic cloudy skies. Signed and dated to the lower right....
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Cloud Study Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 48L x 36H. Unframed.
Category

1940s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Holy Fire, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique abstract expressionist pastel drawing by an unknown artist. Depicting a mans face as the focal point with what appears to be chu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Cardboard

Vintage oil painting on canvas by Anna, Farm Landscape, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original vintage oil painting on canvas depicting a rural landscape. In the foreground, a rustic watermill sits beside a flowing stream, complete with a turning water whee...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Oil - The City Gates
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming European street scene depicting a city gate with figures passing through. Unsigned. Presented in an ornate gilt frame with beautiful foliate details On paper.
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vittorio Muscariello - 20th Century Oil, Paris on the Seine
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric cityscape captures the bustling life along a Parisian riverbank, with a stone bridge arching gracefully over the Seine. The artist's loose brushwork and muted palett...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Geometric Landscape Oil Painting -Cityscape in Motion
Located in Bristol, GB
CITYSCAPE IN MOTION Size: 43 x 84 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A striking mid century cityscape that wonderfully captures the dynamic energy and structured beauty of a city, p...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas. cm 60.5 x 2 x 50 Nice Oil painting (Italian School of XIX century) with a rapid sign and intense colors backgrpound. Some color cracking on left margin and top edge, ...
Category

18th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wonderful Mid-20th Century Still life, Colorful Flowers, MUST SEE, Unknown
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Now available, and ready to be hung and enjoyed! Unknown Artist Signed: Clayton ? (Lower, Right) " Still Life ", circa mid 20th Century? Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" Housed in a 3...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fishing Village at Sunset by Ramos Philippines
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant coastal village scene by Ramoz (Ramos) (20th Century). The setting sun casts an orange glow across a coastal village. Two people carry baskets on their heads as they unload a...
Category

1960s English School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Signed Coastal Seascape Wide Gold Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone.
Category

1930s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930 French Portrait on Wood signed Marie Yvonne
Located in New York, NY
Marie Yvonne Picard-Pangalos [French Title Illegible], 1930 Oil on wood panel 25 1/2 x 19 in. Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left Exhibition label verso According to the 1999 "...
Category

1930s French School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

At The Waters Edge - Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
At The Waters Edge - Original Oil on Canvas Original landscape oil painting of a calm waters edge, surrounded by vibrant trees in bloom. A few colorful trees of green and orange can...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Poppies Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor illustration for a series of commercial seed packets. Printed by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, NY, circa 1935. Some staining...
Category

1930s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fall Beauty - Charcoal drawing by Terry Futvoye
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Charcoal drawings add warmth to an artwork and this is a nice one by Terry Futvoye. It has a few minor imperfections but still looks nice in the frame. Reframing is an option if t...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

1957 Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Terracotta Rhythms
Located in Bristol, GB
TERRACOTTA RHYTHMS Size: 55 x 78 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A striking mid-century abstract composition characterised by geometric shapes and dynamic forms, executed in oil...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edward Roworth (1880-1964) - 1949 Oil, Snow on the Hex River Mountains
Located in Corsham, GB
This landscape painting captures the serene beauty of the Hex River Mountains in South Africa. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in an ornate gilt frame with swept deta...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Unusual MID 20th CENTURY English Oil Painting - Exeter High Street On A Wet Day
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Unsigned Mid 20th Century (circa 1950/60) English School Title: "Expansive Birds Eye View Of Exeter Devon High Street" Medium: oil on board Size: 130cm x 70cm inc frame Com...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Virgin Mary, oil on panel - style of LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Virgin Mary, oil on panel Italian School Large antique Italian School depiction of the Virgin Mary, oil on panel. Excellent quality and condition study of the Virgin facing lef...
Category

18th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century Oil - Portrait of An English Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished portrait depicting an English gentleman in his finery. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt frame with lambs tongue running pattern and ornate acanthus detailing to the...
Category

19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Paris School Nude Female Bathers Double Sided Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist nude woman portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed 19th Century Oil - Town Street Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th-century oil depicting a quaint town on a sunny day. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with delicate laurel branch and acanthus running patterns. On panel.
Category

19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Warrior Figures Conversating in Capriccio Landscape 17-18 Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
In the foreground, we see two conquistadors and three natives accompanying them landing on the shore, presumably on a reconnaissance mission in an unfamiliar bay. Perhaps they are in...
Category

1690s Baroque Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

'Banks of Solitude' French School (1926)
Located in London, GB
Immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of "Banks of Solitude," a charming oil painting on board from 1926. Though the artist is unknown, this exquisite piece captures the essence of...
Category

1920s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Erotic Scene - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the second half of XIX century by an anonymous Japanese artist of XIX century, From a collection of twelve Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", mounted under a yellow cardboard Passepartout, cm 37 x 26.8, this modern artwork of little dimensions, but of extraordinary quality represents an erotic scene between two young Japanese lovers portrayed in their intimate situation and with their sophisticated traditional costumes and hairstyle. Without ever being vulgar or too explicit but with extreme elegance, our ancient Japanese artwork...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Floral Still Life Oil Painting 21st Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Floral Still Life Oil Painting 21st Century Gorgeous painting by a mystery artist. No visible signature Original oil on c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th C Italian Classical Grand Tour Ancient City Old Ruins & Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: The Italian City Artist/ School: English/ Italian School, late 18th century; a Grand Tour work. Medium: pencil drawing. Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches Provenance: from a priva...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) The Prophecy of Simeon Large Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian Title: The Prophecy of Simeon Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Painting: 21.5 ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

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