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Artist: Unknown
Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
So American, this sculptor. Both a right brain and left-brain kind of guy. Working in the mid to late 19th century, John Rogers was innovative, imaginative, and stylistically a reali...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Baroque Italian painter - 17/18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th-18th century) - Franciscan pilgrim friar sitting writing (preparatory sketch).
14 x 16.5 cm without frame, 19 x 21.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on pa...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$965 Sale Price
33% Off
Italian School Late 19th Century Oil - La Fileuse
Located in Corsham, GB
A young woman holds a distaff, a traditional spinning tool. Well presented in a dark wooden frame. Unsigned. On panel.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Still Life 1940s Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernt wood molding. Excellent cond...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's French Portrait Hunched Old Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 11 x 10 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ideal for man...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Tennessee, 9/12/86
Oil on canvas
34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in.
Titled and inscribed upper left
Category
1980s Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sedona Red Bluffs and Seguaro Cactus Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and bright mid-century abstracted Sedona desert landscape of red bluffs and Seguaro cactus by unknown artist, 1957. Signed lower left illegibly and dated "June 1957" on vers...
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Giltwood Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Religious Painting Venetian School 18th Sketch Martyrdom Saint Cyprien Flavien
Located in PARIS, FR
Venetian School
18th century
The Martyrdom of Saint Cyprian and Flavian of Carthage? (Sketch)
Oil on canvas
30 x 23 cm (39 x 32 cm with frame)
Trace of a signature in the lower right...
Category
18th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1854 Oil - Still Life with Lemon and Glass
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming 19th century still life painting features an elegant arrangement of objects on a table, including a glass of wine, a halved lemon, ornate vessels, and decorative items ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1870's Antique Italian Hunting Scene trompe l’oeil Oil Painting Birds Game Gold
Located in Buffalo, NY
This striking 19th-century painting signed "A. Malevolti 1877 Florence" is a fine example of the trompe l’oeil tradition, in which artists skillfully render imagery that "tricks the ...
Category
1870s Photorealist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed . Measuring: 14 by 12 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone. In excellent original...
Category
1910s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Super Realist Trompe L'Oeil Framed Signed Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American super realist trompe l'oeil still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 14H by 10L.
Category
1890s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Original Oil Cascade of Peaches Botanical Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
19th Century Original Oil Cascade of Peaches on Branch Still Life
Elegant still life of peaches on the branch, painted in a restrained palette of soft greens and warm ochres by unkn...
Category
1880s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Antique English Panoramic Sunset Fall River Classical Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and...
Category
1890s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original oil painting on board, European Cityscape, Unsigned, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up For Sale is an Original Oil Painting On board, depicting an urban scene, capturing the everyday life of a town or city's older quarter. The artist has chosen a loose, expressive s...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birth of a Star in Daylight
Located in San Francisco, CA
Someone had Coltrane on the HiFi as they channeled Jackson Pollock. There’s a dark Gauloise going—a habit picked up in those student years in Paris—with smoke emitting from the chrom...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rene Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, Muted Green Shades
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Green and Ochre Landscape (Provence)
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 6.5 x 8.75 inches
Provenance: all the paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$327 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Surreal Interior Scene Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 30 by 35 inches overall and 25 by 30 painting alone.In excellent original condition. Handsomely fram...
Category
1930s Surrealist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple
Located in Soquel, CA
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas
Oil painting depicting a river flowing through a grove of trees. Vibrant green trees surround the river, hues of deep greens make up the trees to the l...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Winter River Snow Covered Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Self-portrait of the painter with beret and brush in hand, 1930s
Located in Firenze, IT
Self-portrait of the painter with beret and brush in hand, 1930s
Period: Circa 1930s
Italian school.
Technique: Oil on wooden panel
Frame: Painted wooden frame, coeval
Dimensions:
...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
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
1950s Portrait of Young Woman with Pearl Necklace, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6129 Portrait of a young woman with pearl ncklace
Set in a gilt wood frame
Image size 13.5x17.5"
Category
1950s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Deep Blue Figures, Large French Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Deep Blue Figures, French Expressionist Original Oil Painting
French school, late 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 39 x 51 inches
A deep and inky blue lar...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
Naive Late 19th Century Oil - The Gatehouse
Located in Corsham, GB
Original late 19th century, oil on canvas. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas laid down on board. Signed on verso. Measuring: 14 by 15 inches overall and 12 x 12 inches painting alone. Framed in a an antiq...
Category
20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas
Oil painting of a desert landscape by an unknown California artist (American, 20th C). California high desert with vibrant gree...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Oil - The League
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Salami, Bread, Biscuits and Glass Bottles-Oil Paint-17th century
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding still life Salami, Bread, Biscuits Glass and Glass Bottles, realized with the technique of Oil on Canvas and surrounded by a modern wooden frame.
With its soft tones and...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Monumental NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. No signature found.
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Incredible Realist Nude Woman Masquerade Framed Interior Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American realist nude woman interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 32 by 26 inches overall. Handsomely ...
Category
1990s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Boats
French School, 20th century
oil on board, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 20 x 24.5 inches
board: 17 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,537 Sale Price
20% Off
Arnoux Lobe - Framed Haitian School 20th Century Oil, Crop Rotation
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful miniature landscape by Haitian Artist Arnoux Lobe, showing figures tending to crops across an untilled patch of land. Signed and dated to the lower left. The oil has been...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist mi-century modern painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful mid-century Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches; 16.5 x 20.5 inches in simple vintage wood strip frame original to the piece. Signed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
Andre-Leon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Mid 20th Century Oil, An Abundant Table
Located in Corsham, GB
An energetic still life by artist Andre-Leon Vivrel (1886-1976), depicting an abundant table of fruit, glassware, and ceramics set against a simple chequered tablecloth and decorativ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century Oil - Mary Magdalene
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 18th century oil depicting a pious Mary Magdalene. The artist portrays the saint with long, flowing blonde hair and penitent tears in her eyes. A skull at her hands remind...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animated Farm and Windmill Scenery
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
51 x 73 x 5 cm
Category
18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist Paris street scene signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood impression...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Follower of David Teniers (1610-1690) - 20th Century Oil, Tavern Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished tavern scene in the Flemish style, depicting three men smoking and drinking in a lively interior. The painting embodies the essence of Golden Age genre painting and i...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch florals and vase by Georgian window in evening, 19th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Floral painting in the Renaissance Dutch style, oil on canvas, likely dating to the 1800s.. A riot of color, flowers are illuminated in the dark room, framed by an arch and a paned g...
Category
19th Century Dutch School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,183 Sale Price
30% Off
Pacific Northwest Landscape of Lake Louise in Banff National Park
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping Pacific Northwest landscape of a beautiful Oregon lake, snow-capped mountains and redwoods by an unknown artist (American, 20th C...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Fauvist French School 1927 Oil - The Fruit Bowl
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant still life painting exemplifies the bold characteristics of early Fauvism with its expressive use of colour and loose, energetic brushwork. The composition depicts a ric...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Southern Swamp Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American oil painting. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 20 inches overall and 12 by 16 inches image alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,110 Sale Price
20% Off
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler
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
Antique European Original Oil Painting on Canvas, Summer Forest Landscape Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This atmospheric antique landscape oil painting depicts a tranquil woodland river scene, where tall trees frame calm reflective water and soft evening light filters through dense fol...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Painting American Black Woman Dancer Ballet Modern Impressionist Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
The artist’s painterly approach emphasizes mood and movement rather than strict realism. Loose, confident strokes articulate the dancer’s posture, the gentle tension in her legs, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Exhibited Framed Beach Scene PAFA Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Exhibition label verso. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 15 by 18 inches overall. Handsomel...
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique European Paris School Impressionist Cityscape Framed Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 33 inches overall and 22.5 by 27.25 painting alone
Category
1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of a Male nude, circa 1800 France Empire Oil on canvas
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
French artist, circa 1800
Study of a male nude
Oil on canvas
Size 24 x 49 cm
Frame 34 x 59 cm
Category
Early 1800s French School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of an elegant
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
39 x 33 x 5 cm
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,893
Late 19th Century Oil - Flemish Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming interior scene with a peasant woman in an interior. The woman wears a cap and apron as she sits by the stove. Signed illegibly to the lower right. Presented in gilt frame ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Country Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A serene rural scene depicting a winding river reflecting the clouded blue sky and bare trees along its bank. The composition skilfully balances the horizontal expanse of fields and ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
French abstract in tones of blues, black and purple, 1980s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival pla...
Category
1980s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$210
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