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Artist: Unknown
Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Original Landscape Oil Painting - Riverside Town
Located in Bristol, GB
RIVERSIDE TOWN Size: 42 x 61.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A serene and charming mid-century modernist riverside townscape, executed in oil onto canvas. The composition pres...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Wood Still Life with Flowers, Gilt Wood Frame, Oval with Convex
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A lush bouquet of pastel-hued flowers bursts from its vase, cascading gracefully over the edges in a stunning display of natural beauty. Delicate petals in soft pinks, blues, and cre...
Category

20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sue Anderson - Framed Contemporary Oil, Shrimpers
Located in Corsham, GB
Original work in oil. Shrimpers walking out to sea. Well-presented in a lime-washed frame. Signed to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Expressionist Mid-Century Landscape of Cyclists in Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This Expressionist Mid-Century Landscape of Cyclists in Oil on Canvas originates from France, Circa 1960. The scene features four cyclists standing beside a white fence separating a ...
Category

1960s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flowers on the Beach, Botanical Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful impressionist watercolor painting of vibrant Lewisian flowers along the waterline with mountains in the distant background. Signed and dated "H.P.C. 1/17/81" lower left. ...
Category

1980s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fauvist Marine Landscape, The Cote d'Azur
Located in Cotignac, FR
French fauvist Marine Landscape, probably the Mediterranean, mid century oil on board. The painting is signed bottom right but as yet undeciphered. Presented in a period chip carved ...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Paris Oil Painting Winter Street Scene Framed Signed Impressionist 53"x29"
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Step into the charm of historic Paris with this impressive large-format oil painting depicting a snowy street scene near the Sacré-Cœur Basilica. The romantic Parisian setting featur...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

1957 Mid Century Modern Vintage Abstract Oil Painting - Industrial Abstraction
Located in Bristol, GB
INDUSTRIAL ABSTRACTION Size: 35.5 x 70 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly composed mid century abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1957. This p...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Impressionist Still Life Vegetable Oil Painting Eggplant Celery 1934
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern impressionist still life with vegetables signed Michelle. Charming composition depicting eggplant, celery, peppers, tomatoes and more. Original period frame.
Category

1930s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Acrylic - Grey Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A dynamic nude study in vigorous, bold brush and palette knife work. The artist has signed illegibly and monogrammed to the lower right and the painting has been presented in a contemporary reeded...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Christ Crucified
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Christ Crucified" is a striking oil on copper painting by an anonymous German School artist. This bold composition presents a powerful portrayal of the crucifixion, a central theme ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Copper

By The Light Of The Lantern, 19th Century European Oreintalist School
Located in Blackwater, GB
By The Light Of The Lantern, 19th Century European Oreintalist School Large 19th Century European Orientalist portrait of a woman at night illuminated by her lantern, oil on panel....
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19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Attrib. Paul W. Ozere - Contemporary Oil, Mowing the Lawn
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary work in oil, attributed to Paul W. Ozere. Unsigned. Presented in a white painted distressed wooden frame. On board.
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil - Hazy Mountain Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressively sized, 20th Century oil landscape showing the distant peak of a snowy mountain swathed in mist. The painting is unsigned and presented in a contemporary gilt frame wi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

M. Inwood - Modern British 20th Century Oil, Fruit on a Window Ledge
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful modern still life study of a porcelain fruit bowl full to the brim with oranges, pears, apples and grapes. In the foreground a cut apple and knife sit to the right of the...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

June Bevan (b.1927) - 20th Century Oil, Sheep Auction
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a contemporary styled frame with a cotton slip. On board.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Newall - Mid 20th Century Oil, Farm Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully bold and vibrant study of a farmhouse with an orchard in the foreground. Completed with rich areas of impasto and flashes of bold colour. Signed to the lower right. On ...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady with a Hat Abstract Expressionist Heavy Impasto Figurative Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Lady with a Hat Abstract Expressionist Heavy Impasto Figurative Original Oil Abstract Expressionist painting of a close-up, expressive portrait of a woman by an unknow artist, rende...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Rare French, Paris 1935 Judaica Oil Painting Rabbis Studying S. Fleischman
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artist captures this Jewish scene with a particular sensitivity. Part of the Ecole De Paris The term "School of Paris" was used in 1925 by André Warnod (fr) to refer to the many foreign-born artists who had migrated to Paris. School of Paris artists were progressively marginalized. Beginning in 1935 art publications no longer wrote about Marc Chagall, just magazines for Jewish audiences, and by June 1940 when the Vichy government took power, School of Paris artists could no longer exhibit in Paris at all. The artists working in Paris between World War I and World War II experimented with various styles including Cubism, Orphism, Surrealism and Dada. Foreign and French artists working in Paris included Jean Arp, Joan Miró, Constantin Brâncuși, Raoul Dufy, Tsuguharu Foujita, artists from Belarus like Michel Kikoine, Pinchus Kremegne, and Jacques Lipchitz, the Polish artist Marek Szwarc and others such as Russian-born prince Alexis Arapoff. A significant subset, the Jewish artists, came to be known as the Jewish School of Paris or the School of Montparnasse. The "core members were almost all Jews, and the resentment expressed toward them by French critics in the 1930s was unquestionably fueled by anti-Semitism." One account points to the 1924 Salon des Indépendants, which decided to separate the works of French-born artists from those by immigrants; in response critic Roger Allard (fr) referred to them as the School of Paris. Jewish members of the group included Emmanuel Mané-Katz, Chaim Soutine, Adolphe Féder, Chagall, Moïse Kisling, Maxa Nordau...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American School Surreal Cloudscape Rare Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing surreal cloudscape modernist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category

1960s Surrealist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil - Child in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed in to the lower left. Presented in a part gilt decorative frame. On oil.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pastel Blue and Green Toned Impressionist Landscape of Town and Church Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel blue and green toned oil painting depicting serene town landscape with Victorian church towering over green fields and houses. Framed in white vintage antique frame...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Scale Bay Area Figurative Inspired -- The Young Trumpet Player
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Bay Area Figurative Inspired -- The Young Trumpet Player Compelling Bay Area Figurative Movement inspired painting of a young trumpet player, circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th Century art movement made up of a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who abandoned working in the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism in favor of a return to figuration in painting during the 1950s and onward into the 1960s. Spanning two decades, this art movement is often broken down into three groups, or generations: the First Generation, the Bridge Generation, and the Second Generation. Many of the "First Generation" artists in this movement were avid fans of Abstract Expressionism, and worked in that manner, until several of them abandoned non-objective painting in favor of working with the figure. Among these First Generation Bay Area Figurative School artists were: David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Rex Ashlock, Elmer Bischoff, Glenn Wessels, Wayne Thiebaud, Raimonds Staprans, and James Weeks. The "Bridge Generation" included the artists: Henrietta Berk, Nathan Oliveira, Theophilus Brown, Paul Wonner, Roland Petersen, John Hultberg, and Frank Lobdell. Many "Second Generation" artists of this movement studied under the First Generation artists, or were late starters. Among these Second Generation artists were: Bruce McGaw, Henry Villierme...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George R. Deakins (1911-1982) - Framed Oil, Village Scene with Church Steeple
Located in Corsham, GB
Original work in oil. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a beautiful solid oak frame. On board.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Desert Beach Dune Western American Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist desert beach dune oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 24"L x 16"H.
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Lady In A Grey Jacket, circa 1900 - Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady In A Grey Jacket, circa 1900 signed Lavery - circle of Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) Large 19th / early 20th century portrait of a lady...
Category

19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Sierra Mountains Double Sided Landscape - (w/ Clown verso painting)
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury impasto landscape of Sierra Mountains with stream in foregrounds snow-covered mountains in background. Signed "Lorie '65". Clown is painted on verso. Presented in carved a...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Acrylic

Chinese Qing-Dynasty Ancestor Portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Or...
Category

Late 19th Century Qing Unknown Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Paint, Pigment

Laurence Rushton (1919-1994) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Hanging out the Washing
Located in Corsham, GB
Laurence Rushton (1919-1994), original street scene in oil. Signed to the lower left. Well-presented in a contemporary silver-gilt frame with linen slip. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life with Fishes - Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Fishes is an original oil painting on wood panel realized around 1935 by an anonymous artist of the Italian school of the XIX century. A wonderful still life with a ...
Category

1930s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Original Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Horizon
Located in Bristol, GB
PASTORAL HORIZON Size: 48 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A serene and atmospheric mid-century landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas. The painting features an ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Oil - Over the Stone Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study depicting a thatched cottage on the riverside before a stone bridge. Unsigned. On canvas.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Italian Full Length Portrait Oil Painting "The English Gentleman"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5058 Full length oversized oil painting of an English Nobleman Set in a rapped canvas noframe needed Signed Robert Yarmola
Category

1980s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Roger Peronnet - French School 1964 Oil, A Helping Hand
Located in Corsham, GB
A dynamic study of a child helping an elderly gentleman in a drunken state on the street. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame with decorative carvings. O...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Schnauzer Painting
Located in New York, NY
Original Schnauzer gouache, probably Belgian, done as a design for a series of matchboxes.
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

1970s "Black & Green Street Scene" Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Artist unknown "Black & Green Street Scene" c. 1970s Acrylic paint and oil pastel on paper 29.5"x4" black wood gallery frame float mount on linen 33"x1.5"...
Category

1970s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Delphinium, Daisies and Gerber Daisies - Red Floral Bouquet Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Continental School impressionist oil on paper of a bouquet of Delphinium, Daisies and Gerbera Daisies by an unknown artist, c.1969. Illegibly signed lowe...
Category

1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Mid 20th Century Acrylic - The Villa
Located in Corsham, GB
Depicting a continental villa surrounded by trees. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a silver gilt frame with a blue painted cove. On canvas laid to board.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Beach Dunes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very well executed pastel of a beach scene with dunes in the foreground. It is signed what looks to be Pritchard. It measures 12 inches by 12 inches and is matted but not framed. Mat...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Pastel

19th Century Oil - Monk Holding a Lamp
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study of a bearded monk holding a lamp. His face is illuminated against the background making for an atmospheric scene. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame with...
Category

19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ivor Johns (1924-1993) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Industrial Docks
Located in Corsham, GB
Ivor Johns (1924-1993)- original oil painting. Signed in pencil to the lower right and dated '59. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Oil - Feeding the Cottage Kitten
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming study depicts a mother and child at a cottage door watching a kitten drink a saucer of milk. The artist has set the scene in an rural setting in high summer with a robu...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cubist Face
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant French cubist face oil pastel painting in bold colors of yellow, orange and blues, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat...
Category

1960s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Late 19th Century Cupids Forging Gold -- House of Vetti Frieze Pompeii
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful late 19th Century of two cupids forging gold drawn from a section of the 1st century CE cupids frieze from the triclinium or dining room from the House of the Vetti in Pomp...
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Unknown Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Antique American Impressionist Coastal Lighthouse View Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist coastal view with a lighthouse. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Black, Brown and Orange Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking mid century modern abstract with black, brown and orange by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kimball" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 36"W.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tranquil Seascape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3511 Acrylic on artist board Set in a wood frame Image size 10x12.5"
Category

1990s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tranquil Seascape
Tranquil Seascape
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“Still life with Cantaloupe”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful still life painting of a slice of cantaloupe melon by an unknown artist. Signed lower right, d’0lajos. Circa 1980. Oil on board. Condition good. Overall in art nouveau st...
Category

1980s Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1960's French Portrait Auburn Haired Sulking Women in Swimsuit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Inscribed verso stamped to the reverse Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches Superbly decorative 196...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Mikhail Germachev Russian Artist Winter Snow Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Titled "Winter Reflections," this is an excellent oil painting by Russian artist Mikhail Germachev also known as Michael or Michel Guermacheff. (1867...
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paint

Shapes Falling, Oil on Canvas Painting by John Eaves, 1968
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Shapes Falling, Oil on Canvas Painting by John Eaves, 1968 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5 cm 16 x 12 in Signed, titled and dated
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20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Portrait of a Spanish Woman, dressed as a maja, Spain, circa 1890–1910
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Portrait of a Spanish Woman, dressed as a maja Spain, circa 1890–1910 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Provenance Private collection, France Note This refined portrait of a Spanish woman ...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century pulp art portrait of a somber clown with a yellow shirt, red hair and a red nose, holding a scepter in a dramatized space with a candle and green ...
Category

1960s Outsider Art Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Mid Century Slovakian Village by the Lake
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful impressionist oil painting of a small Slovakian lakeside village with vibrant green mountains and red-roofed homes in the foreground. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 30"H x 24"L.
Category

1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

J. M. Preston - 1965 Oil, Commuters
Located in Corsham, GB
A dynamic abstract depiction of a busy road lined with streetlights. Cars full of commuters drive towards the distance in a haze of headlights and tarmac. Signed and dated to the low...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait after Franz Josef Winter, Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop Cologne
Located in Greven, DE
Clemens August Ferdinand Maria Hyazinth, Duke of Bavaria (* August 16, 1700 in Brussels; † February 6, 1761 in Koblenz) was as Clemens August I from 1723 to 1761 Archbishop of Cologne and thus at the same time Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, sovereign of the associated archdiocese as well as the tributary lands of Recklinghausen and Westphalia. In addition, he was Legatus natus of the Holy Apostolic See in Rome and Archchancellor of Imperial Italy. Furthermore, he combined the offices of Grand Master of the Teutonic Order...
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18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Orange and Blue Kinetics Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic and colorful abstract with kinetic quality by unknown artist, c.2000. Unsigned. Displayed in a painted wood frame. Image, 24"H x 36"W.
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henry Stanier British Born Artist, Beautiful Orientalist Painting, 1859
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Orientalist oil on board by Henry Stanier (1831-1894) in the ornate original frame. Titled “The Narghuileh” and dated 1859. Signed on the verso Stanier and initialed H.S. Titled on ...
Category

1850s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

French School 20th Century Oil - A Hard Winter
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study depicting a child and man warming up by a brazier on a snowy winter's day. The artist captures the scene in an impressionist style, using an impasto technique to add...
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

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