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Artist: Unknown
“Bavarian Flower Girls”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a vibrant portrait of a pair of Bavarian flower girls in traditional dress. The painting is unlined and has recently been cleaned. Circa 1875. The pain...
Category
1870s Academic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Philip Jacob - 1982 Oil, Sant' Andrea della Valle from Capitol
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming view of the dome of Sant' Andrea della Valle. The atmospheric scene shows the Roman rooftops from a terrace. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a white painted wooden...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Still Life, White Grapefruit with Hyacinth Plant
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive still life depicting a flowering hyacinth next to a bowl of fruit and freshly cut white grapefruit. Unsigned. Presented in a striking white frame. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Oil - View of Maldon on the River Blackwater
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil study of Maldon, a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex. The artist captures the scene in a relaxed impressionist style using gestural brushwork to capture the ca...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Davenport Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful rustic seascape of calm waves along the rocky coast in Davenport by California artist Esposito (American, 20th Century). Signed "Esposito '59" lower right. Presented in rus...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Vintage American Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oklahoma Lake Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Image size 24L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1947 American Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very well painted 1947 winter landscape by E.G. Seifert. I cannot find any information on this obviously talented artist. It is an oil on board measuring 20 inches wide by 16 high. T...
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk Art 1876 Oil - Girl in the Woods
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study of a young girl in a forest setting. Unsigned. Well presented in a swept gilt frame with pierced details. Provenance: Smith McTaggart, Highcross Private Collecti...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Oversized Under Water Coral Seascape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5076 Underwater coral view
Rapped canvas no frame required
Category
1960s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century Oil - Out of Place
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On canvas.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Oil Painting on Canvas of a Child with a Bird and a Dog
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming small 19th Century oil painting on canvas of a girl in a dress in an interior scene with a parrot and a dog executed in a distinctive early American school of portraiture. R...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scandinavian Family Portrait, Artist 18th Century, Scandinavian School
Located in Knokke, BE
Scandinavian Family Portrait
Artist 18th century
18th Century
Scandinavian School
Signature: Not signed
Medium: Miniature
Dimensions: Image size ...
Category
18th Century Medieval Unknown Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Georges Pacouil (1903-1996) - 1920 Oil, The Stables
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. On canvas.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century, English provincial school, 'Travellers at the inn
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
English Provincial School, early 19th Century
Travellers at an inn
Oil on canvas
17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Category
19th Century English School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt, Oil on canvas, Italian school circa 1680
Located in Paris, FR
The Flight into Egypt, an episode of childhood of Christ in the New Testament, representing Joseph, Mary and Jesus on a donkey, fleeing from Palestine to Egypt, at the behest of the ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Homage to Woman with Book by Picasso, Cubist Giclee & Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Homage to Woman with Book by Picasso, Medium: Giclee and Acrylic on Canvas, Size: 24.5 x 20.25 in. (62.23 x 51.44 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Giclée
Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paul English "Chicken with Chicks" Original Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paul English "Chicken with Chicks" Original Oil Painting
Contemporary oil painting by listed English artist Paul English (contemporary)
Original oil on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela Valenciana (XVIII), tras Juan de Juanes - Inmaculada Concepción
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
El estado de conservación de puede ver, es bastante bueno, solo aconsejaría una limpieza ya que está un poco sucia, pero por lo demas, muy aceptable
Se presen...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edwina W. Lara (fl.1850-1882) - Framed Oil, Fisherfolk at the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric seascape captures the bustling activity of fisherfolk on a beach, with sailboats anchored on the shore. Well presented in a charming wooden frame. Signed to the lowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1852 oval Portrait of Marie Potonie (Sievers), Oil Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Ornate, decorative oil painting.
Illustration of Marie Potonie (born Sievers).
Marie was the daughter of the royal Prussian court painter Johannes Sievers.
Extremely fine painting....
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Oil - Still Life of Chrysanthemums
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and colourful oil still life of Chrysanthemums, bunched together in a short cylindrical vase. The artist has painted each flower head in the same impressionistic style with ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blossom"
Located in Clinton Township, MI
This monotype of a beautiful flower has colors of melon and light purple/mauve that are not visible to the camera. It is by an artist named Susan--her last name begins with an "S" b...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
J. C. Morley - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, Country Cottage Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
Indistinctly signed to the lower right. Presented in a bold gilt-effect frame with high relief mouldings. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful.
Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim...
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Unknown Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1930 Americana Still Life by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery American Artist
Untitled, 1930
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 34 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1930s American Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, Early American Portraiture, American Folk Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s
Oil on Panel
24" x 19.5"
Housed in a 3" Carved Frame
Overall Size: 29" x 25 1/4"
In excellent condition. Ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique American School Show Dog Portrait Framed 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 9L x 9H.
Category
1870s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paul Anton Kaulbach (1864 Hanover - 1930 Berlin) Male Nude
Located in Greding, DE
Depiction of a male nude in diffuse architectural scenery. Signed lower right (Paul) Anton Kaulbach (1864 Hannover - 1930 Berlin).
Oil on canvas, in gold-patinated frame. Image size:...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Painting The Judgement of Paris 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The large painting depicts the famous mythological episode of the Judgement of Paris, the event that helped trigger the Trojan War.
Paris, a Trojan prince, was called ...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style 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
Vintage American New York School Minimalist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the vibrant world of mid-20th-century American art with this remarkable Vintage New York School Minimalist Abstract framed oil painting, dating back to the pivotal year of ...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. No signature found.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Cityscape Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - City Stroll
Located in Bristol, GB
CITY STROLL
Size: 44 x 66 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A very pleasant modernist oil street scene composition, painted by the established Swedish artist Stig Wernheden (1921-1...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse Stables in the Valley - Farm Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic farm landscape by unknown artist F. Wright (20th Century). A large animal barn is nestled among lush trees, in a large valley. In the distance, a tree-covered hillside wraps ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstracted Pixels
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant abstract composition by an unknown artist. Presented in a wood slat frame with aluminum accents. Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Northwest Rugged Coast Landscape Oil Painting by Chas R. Hall c.1924
Located in San Francisco, CA
Northwest Rugged Coast Landscape Oil Painting by Chas R. Hall c.1924
Fantastic original oil painting of a rugged coastal landscape, possibly Oregon or Washington state coast.
Origi...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Peter Collens - 1996 Oil, Patching Pond, Clapham
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of Patching Pond in Clapham, London on a sunny day. Signed to the lower left. Titled and dated '21st September 1966' to the reverse. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting by Alton S. Tobey (1914 - 2005). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 48H by 36L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greek School 1955 Oil - Crocheting
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and attractive mid Century Greek School portrait, showing a young woman in a pretty blue patterned dress and yellow shirt, deeply engrossed in her work of crocheting a lace doily...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1820 British Artist Finch Antique O/C painting Portrait of E. Baroness Bateman
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This exquisite antique English School oil painting captures the poised elegance of a young woman from the early 19th century, dressed in a richly hued burgundy gown adorned with a fi...
Category
1820s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Framed American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 14H by 20L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Korean Buddhist Guardian Mural Taenghwa Painting, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Evolving from the Korean tradition of tomb mural painting came the Buddhist practice of “taenghwa,” or hanging-painting, a form of religious painting that included hanging scrolls, framed paintings and wall murals. Influenced by Chinese and Central Asian Buddhist art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint, Pigment
Framed 20th Century Oil - Thames Barge in Full Sail
Located in Corsham, GB
Indistinctly signed to the lower right. Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with a decorative running motif. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Scene
Located in Columbia, MO
Artist Unknown
Venice
Oil on canvas
12 x 9.5 inches, 20.5 x 18.5 (framed)
Category
20th Century Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Lucky Escape, 19th Century by Edward William Martin (19th Century British)
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Lucky Escape, 19th Century
by Edward William Martin (19th Century British)
Large 19th Century English portrait of a Duck flushed out of the reeds by a fox, oil on canvas by Edwar...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Realist Western Prairie Farm Landscape Painting with Barn and Silos
Located in Austin, TX
Signature "Hogan"
24" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
Framed Size: 31.5" x 43.25"
This landscape painting depicts a nostalgic Great Depression era farm scene of a barn and silos on a prairie.
Category
20th Century American Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Mountains, Vintage 1970s Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue Mountains, Vintage 1970s Desert Landscape
Expansive landscape of a monumental mountain range in blue and purple tones in desert scenery by an unknown artist (American, 20th Ce...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Abstract Landscape Arabic Mixed Media Colorful Collage Painting Arab Calligraphy
Located in Surfside, FL
Large mixed media on canvas composed of torn piece of burlap on canvas painted with a landscape scene of a city street, abstract shapes and shades and finished with glittered Arabic ...
Category
1990s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Upstate New York Country Home by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled (Upstate Country Home), c. 1990
Oil on canvas
12 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 17 1/2 x 29 x 1 1/2 in.
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist: 'By the Beach watching Fishermen' oil circa 1950's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine Impressionist oil, ' Young Friends by the Beach Watching Fishermen' circa 1950's.
oil on canvas 43cm x 53cm
Good quality gallery frame 52cmx62cm
...
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sand Dune - Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Energetic abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Presented in an ornate frame with green accents. Unsigned. Image 24" x 30:.
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Will Nickless (1902-1977) - Mid 20th Century Oil, A Crowded Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating British oil by Will Nickless (1902-1977), depicting a crowded beach in the height of summer season. Families and dogs can be seen pitched on the sand, enjoying the best...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Victor Rigal, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, dated 1929 Monogrammed LAC
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Victor Rigal, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, dated 1929
Monogrammed LAC
Large 1929 Motorsport racing portrait of team Alfa Romeo driver identified as Victor Rigal, oil on can...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s "Shapes with Figure" Mid Century Cubist Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper
Shapes with Figure
c. 1950's
Gouache on paper
15" x 18", Unframed
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid-Century Interior Scene with Red Table and Green Vase
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely mid-century interior of a red table, green vase, and other objects by an unknown American artist, c.1940. This harmonious interior scene is rendered in beautiful realistic det...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Painting on Canvas of Cats in a Jungle
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of stylized big cats in a lush jungle setting with fruit trees, palm trees, and assorted tropical flora. Signed by noted artist M. Paul and present...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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