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Artist: Unknown
Frank Sternberg - Barbizon School 1880 Oil, The Young Tatterdemalion
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative painting depicts a solitary young boy in tattered clothing traversing a snow-covered rural path, framed by a wooden fence and distant trees against a muted winter sky....
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Italian Geometric Cubic " Shades of Gray" By Martino 1970's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3478 Cubic circles in shades of gray
Set in a vintage gilt and black wood frame
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ewart Oakeshott (1916-2002) - 1977 Oil, Liverpool Docks
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting Liverpool docks on a misty day. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a maple frame with a gilt slip. On canvas.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life - Gladiolus Bouquet
Located in Houston, TX
Bold and vivid acrylic painting of a bouquet of fresh gladiolus flowers by Graf, 1977.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold...
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Floral Still Life
Located in Storrs, CT
Oil painting measures 12 x 9; frame dimensions measure 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 3. Housed in an elegant gold-tone frame with decorative edges. Illegible signature, lower right.
Category
20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$750 Sale Price
40% Off
Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Category
1940s Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$758 Sale Price
30% Off
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
$587 Sale Price
30% Off
Japanese Pagoda Woodblock Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3722 Japanese Woodblock on paper set in a vintage wood frame
Image size 9x10.5"
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Ink
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Sunset Cloudscape Gold Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract sunset oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 34H by 30L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Geese on the River bank
Located in Corsham, GB
This serene oil painting captures a group of white geese gathered at the edge of a tranquil pond. The artist's use of soft, impressionistic brushwork creates a harmonious blend of wa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brook by the Church (Antique Oil on Panel, signed "M. Allen", Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful Barbizon-style (though likely not French) landscape of a stream through the woods in the evening, with a church in the distance. It is signed "M. Allen." It is an evening...
Category
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
E.B. Griffin - Framed 1889 Oil, Study of an Elderly Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A compelling late 19th century oil portrait of an elderly gentleman by the artist E.B. Griffin, whose work is held by the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent. Through skilled brushwork and int...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre, SG XVIII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII.
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña.
Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica.
Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm.
Medidas del marc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Old Master Tempera on Panel Painting "Jesus Road to Emmaus"
Located in Portland, OR
An important 18th century Italian Old Master tempera on copper panel Baroque painting, "The Road to Emmaus", circa 1700.
The painting represents the early resurrection biblical story...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Copper
Vintage Cubist Abstract Signed Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage cubist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 34 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely fram...
Category
1970s Cubist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Located in Soquel, CA
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.)
I...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
FINE 19thC BOTANNICAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING - NE PLUS MEURIS - DATED 1863, KENT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, dated 1863
Title: botannical study 'Ne Plus Meuris'
Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink inscription below
Size: image: 9.5...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Unknown Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$262 Sale Price
30% Off
17-18 century, Original Antique Oil Painting in canvas, Genre Scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a compelling and atmospheric original antique oil painting on canvas, depicting a poignant genre scene. A gentleman dressed in formal black robes—likely a figure of au...
Category
Mid-18th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
{La Primavera in Italia} Springtime in Italy
Located in Storrs, CT
A colorful burst of spring set in the hills of an Italian town. Oil on canvas board measures 12 x 16; frame dimensions are 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/2. Housed in a decorative silver-colo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
Cuzco School - A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish, 1800s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anonymous, Cuzco School
A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish
oil on canvas
1800s
canvas dimensions 22.24 x 15.74 inches (56.5 x 40 cm)
frame ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,676 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Signed Spanish Flamenco Dancer Framed Elegant Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Flamenco dancer portrait. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 27 inches painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold g...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Height 59 cm x Width 58 cm
Frame: Painted wooden frame
The portrait...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Unknown Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Impressionist Provence France Country Landscape Oil PaintingCirca 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3624 Oil on board of a circa 1920" French landscape depicting workers gathering the harvest.
Set in a wood frame
Category
1920s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco presenta algún leve descolche)
El es...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reflections of Trees at Dusk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Much about this late 19th-century painting remains a mystery, including the name of the artist who only left their identity in a single-letter monogram. But the work's moody embrace ...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nicely Framed American Impressionist Tropical Beach Scene Gold Giltwood Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 11H by 14L.
Category
1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golf players oil on canvas painting terramar sitges spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 54x81 cm.
Frameless
Category
1970s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$682 Sale Price
28% Off
Burkert - German School Mid 20th Century Oil, Evenings at the Tavern
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished tavern scene captures four men round a table, with clay pipe, tankard of ale, bread and berries. Signed 'Burkert' to the lower right. Well presented in a large gilt...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Russian Artist or Dignitary
Located in Stockholm, SE
This 19th-century oil on canvas portrait depicts a distinguished male figure—probably Russian and possibly an artist or a dignitary—with a striking resemblance to the renowned Russia...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape, Paris, unsigned, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This vibrant impressionist-style cityscape captures a bustling Parisian street scene, likely from the late 19th or early 20th century. Tall, historic buildings with warmly glowing sh...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Flower Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
Texture from the Masonite board and loose brushwork capture this vibrant cottage garden full of flowers in bloom. Colourful perennials fill the foreground, framing a glimpse of rural buildings beyond the garden gate. The oil bears the signature 'C. Ginner' to the lower left. However, we do not believe the oil has been painted by Charles Ginner...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTOINE FELIX BOISSELIER (19TH CENTURY) FRENCH CLASSICAL FIGURES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Attributed to Antoine Felix Boisselier (19th Century) French
'Classical figures in a bed chamber
Medium: oil on canvas, with inscription verso
Size of pain...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Colorful Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 36H by 28L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Excuela española (XVIII) - Virgen con niño - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual
El estado de la obra es aceptable, solo comentar que la ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la pintura (el marco presenta alguna leve falta)
Medidas de la obra: 59 cm. de altura x 48 cm. de an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Framed Modernist Abstract Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
W. Williamson - Framed 19th Century Oil, Rural Landscape with Figures Fishing
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished 19th-century rural landscape depicting two figures fishing in a quiet river with a country cottage smoking away in the background. Well presented in a gilt-effect fra...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a European Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical portrait depicts an affluent gentleman in formal 19th-century attire. The subject is depicted against a muted background, with the artist skilfully capturing the textu...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
37 x 45 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,037
19th Century German School, Gentleman with Top Hat, 1839
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century German School
Br: Venus aus Chemnitz 50 Jahre alt 58 24/5 39, 1839
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
25.5 x 20 inches
30.5 x 24.75 inches, framed
The gentleman is Johann ...
Category
1830s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique still life hunter dog and game still life of hunter trophies
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique hunter dog and dead birds trophy oil painting on wood in an antique frame afterJean-Baptiste Oudry. This is a an unusual painting of a dog wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 19 century Large Oil Painting on canvas, Female portrait, Dated 1879
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original antique 19th-century large oil painting on canvas painting depicting a portrait of a Lady in a long black dress, standing near a bright red curtain.
The painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Colorful Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 16 by 36 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unusual Interesting EARLY 20TH CENTURY French ? ABSTRACT oil paintings - A PAIR
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned Early 20th Century Continental School
TITLE: "Abstract Compositions" (a pair)
SIZE: 32cm x 23cm incl frame
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: very good
NOTES: Thes...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vitnage American Modernist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 10H by 10L.
Category
1980s Abstract Unknown Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococò French master - 18th century figure painting - Sleeping Diana
Located in Varmo, IT
French Master (18th century) - Sleeping Diana.
95 x 125 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed).
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of t...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,553 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century Modern Swedish Semi-Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Curve
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL CURVE
Size: 44 x 59 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A serene and uplifting mid-century modernist coastal landscape painting, executed in oil onto board.
The painting capt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of old woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,147
Framed 19th Century Oil - Soldier on Watch
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th-century oil painting depicting a soldier in military attire, holding a musket in the direction of a window opening. The soldier sits on a carved wood chest as he watc...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-17th-Century Flemish School, Portrait Of Cornelius Janssen
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-17th-century bust-length Flemish school portrait depicts the Dutch Catholic bishop Cornelius Janssen (1585-1638). Painted when into his later years, this intriguing historic...
Category
1630s Flemish School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
'Historic English Chapel Interior, ' by Unknown, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed and matted 16" x 19" watercolor painting by an Unknown artist depicts an historic English chapel interior. The interior of the church features the large stained glass window pane...
Category
19th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Impressionist Nicely Framed Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 40L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil painting on canvas is a traditional pastoral landscape, capturing a serene and idyllic rural scene. The composition is rich in earthy tones, with warm browns, green...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Attrib. Franz Schams (1823-1883) - Framed 19th Century Oil, The Rehearsal
Located in Corsham, GB
Attributed to Austrian genre painter Franz Schams (1823-1883). This intimate oil painting depicts a lively gathering of musicians engaged in a much-needed rehearsal. An apparently di...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of an elegant lady sitting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
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