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Artist: Unknown
19th Century Oil - La Rue Saint Rouen
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed illegibly and inscribed with location. Monograph to the reverse on the canvas with initials V. M. G. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. On canvas.
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19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Monday Morning" Vintage American Modernist Screaming Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and e...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Street of the Old Quarter British School signed Cade oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Sheet** **Title:** "Street of the Old Quarter" **Author:** British School, 19th Century **Date:** 1892 **Technique:** Oil on canvas **Dimensions:** 14.17 x 10.63 inc...
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1890s American Realist Unknown Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Framed New England Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American impressionist coastal landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image size, 13 by 16 inches.
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1930s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper. All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...
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1950s Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Copper

French Realist Painting Interior scene Woman on a sofa Nap 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the second half of the 19th century The nap Oil on wood panel 23 x 20 cm (24.5 x 22 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower right “68 / Fauvel?” Giltwood stick Goo...
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1860s Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine Mid 19th Century Oil - Boy in Thought
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century oil depicting a young boy with a school book in hand, deep in thought. The artist has rendered the boy in impressive detail as he stands out illuminated against a...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed Modernist New York City Street Scene Washington Square Park View Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Contemporary American modernist Washington Square Park street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and en...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique Painting Plethora of Ripe Raspberries in Fruit Basket signed Bohner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original frame to the painting. Dramatic highlights and shadows.
Category

Late 19th Century Realist 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

Resurrection of Christ. Study of the Master of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1550.
Located in Firenze, IT
Resurrection of Christ Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son / Jan Mandyn (1500-1560) Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm (without frame), 81 x 63 cm (with frame) The work was exa...
Category

16th Century Mannerist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Board

"Testing the Water" American Modernist Interior Scene Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible and rare early American modernist interior scene still life. So finely painted and a very rare and provocative subject for its time. Signed lower left. Handsomely fram...
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Antique 19th Century American School Nautical Steamship Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school 19th century seascape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1870. Signed illegbily. Image size 25L x 14H. Housed i...
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1870s Realist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1965 Mid-Century Modern Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Twilight Fjordscape
Located in Bristol, GB
TWILIGHT FJORDSCAPE Size: 58 x 68.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A moody and atmospheric mid-century landscape painting that captures the rugged beauty of a mountainous fjord s...
Category

1960s Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Karel Van Lerberghe (1889-1953) - 1940 Oil, Landscape with Houses & Trees
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine study by Van Lerberghe depicting a serene landscape with distant hills under a cloudy sky. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame. Inscribed to the reverse with the title and d...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large French contemporary abstract expressionist colour field acrylic on canvas. This dynamic abstract artwork captivates with its striking blend of bold colors and energetic brus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century California Mission Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape of a historic California mission, highlighting its iconic architectural details such as a columned arches, white was...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Cardboard

Vintage Impressionist Portrait Painting Nicely Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris Art on a Spring Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris street scene by a French street artist signed lower right. Label on verso "Angelo Ponza" Art Gallery Naples, Italy. Image, 16"H x 20"W Frame, 20"H x 24"W
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1970s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Home Office Interior
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming interior scene by a unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Slanting light enters the room from the viewer's left, illuminating part of the large desk at the center of the ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Young Oriental Woman Looking at the Mirror-Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A young woman is an original modern artwork realized in Late 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. The artwork depicts a young woman with veil and mirror. Unreadible signatur...
Category

19th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady in a night cap
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skillfully painted ink on paper silhouette, unusually with the sitter appearing to be dress in her nightcap. Very Dickensian! English School, 19th Century Portrait of a lady ...
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Mid-19th Century English School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1970's Mid Century Pink Blue White
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on artist board. This wonderful work combines delicate shades of pink and blue and comes house in a contemporary natural...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category

1940s Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Large 1970s Modern Sailing in Sunshine, Colorful Vintage, Abstract
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
" Sailing in Sunshine ", circa 1970s Oil on Canvas 50" x 40" Housed in a Slat-wood frame Overall Size: 50 1/2" x 40 3/4" Appears to be in very good condition. We are looking f...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

Architectural whimsy with Roman ruins, column and ancient arches.
Located in Firenze, IT
Architectural whimsy with Roman ruins, column and ancient arches. Year 1718. Oil on Canvas. Original canvas. Roman school of the early 18th century. The painting is part of the seri...
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Early 18th Century Italian School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape With Hunters By A Lake. 18th Century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Landscape with hunters by a lake. 18th century. Oil painting on canvas, from the French or Northern Italian school, Louis XV period. Probably part of the door decoration in an interi...
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18th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Red Poppies and Grapes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a circa 1920’s still life of red poppies and purple grapes. Oil on artist canvas board . Signed lower right but artis...
Category

1920s Academic Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Flower Still Life Framed Interior View Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school impressionist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 23 by 27 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition....
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1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L. Excellent ready to hang condition. Impressive colors and compo...
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

Terrace on the Sea - Oil Painting on Panel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Terrace on the Sea is an original painting realized in the 19th century by an anonymous artist. The artwork is a colored oil panting on panel. Signed on the ...
Category

19th Century Modern Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 10L.
Category

1950s Cubist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

M. Wolstenholme - 1925 Oil, Standing Male Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
This painting depicts a figure study of a male nude, standing in a classical contrapposto pose with one hand resting on a wooden table or stand. The artist has skilfully rendered the...
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Virgen con niño
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada El estado de conservación de la obra se puede ver, presenta varios repintes y restauraciones Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 50 cm. de altu...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

V. Reedy - 20th Century Oil, Flock At The Water's Edge
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame. On canvas.
Category

20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

1894 Oil - The Letter
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with a monogram and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate strapwork and laurel and berry running pattern. On canvas.
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist painting. Signed on the back. Framed. Great color and movement.
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Signed Original Oil Painting on Canvas Seascape, Sailing Ship, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting features a grand tall ship navigating through a turbulent sea, with its sails fully unfurled, capturing the wind as it cuts through the choppy waters. The ship is paint...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive depiction of Christ being aided by Simon of Cyrene by an unknown artist, Italiante School style of 17th-century Northern European painters principally Dutch, c.1700s-1800s. This piece is composed of oil on linen, laid down on fiberboard. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 42"H x 33"W. Italianate painters, group of 17th-century northern European painters, principally Dutch, who traveled in Italy and, consciously adopting the style of landscape painting that they found there, incorporated Italian models and motifs into their own works. Chief among the Italianates were Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Andries and Jan Both, Nicolaes Berchem, and Jan Asselijn...
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18th Century Romantic Unknown Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Fiberboard

Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category

1950s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Street Urchin
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a distressed dark green frame. Unsigned. On panel.
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19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Romantic Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, Signed G. Holman, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original vintage oil painting on panel presents a peaceful romantic landscape in the tradition of 19th-century pastoral scenes. A lone tree stands bare against a glowing amber s...
Category

1960s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Noble 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Portrait of a nobleman, proud with his hand resting on the 'hilt of his sword and dressed in an ermine-edged cloak. On the upper right appears the coat of arms of his ...
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17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna
Located in Holywell, GB
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting Luna An intriguing painting displaying imaginative symbolism and referencing the Pre-Raphaelite movement. T...
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Late 19th Century Symbolist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Signed Impressionist Fishing Harbor Beach Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 22H by 18L.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French painting portrait Bearded italian man oil canvas Second half 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the second half of the 18th century Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (57 x 49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful frame in gilded wood from the Louix XVI period with decoratio...
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Late 18th Century French School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Category

1960s Cubist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rococò Italian painter - 18th/19th century figure painting - Nude female
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th-19th century) - Female nude. 44 x 54 cm without frame, 54 x 64 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas mounted on a panel, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Category

Late 18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Saint John Nepomuk
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Saint John Nepomuk 65 x 50 cm without frame, 78 x 64 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (not signed). Conditi...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Impressionist Landscape"Working in the Fields" by Di Martino 1945
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3910B Antique oil landscape people working in a beau colic field . Set in a 19th C gilt frame Image size 16x20"
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1940s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
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Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Rare American Hudson River School Original Frame Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A stunning 19th-century Hudson River School landscape painting, beautifully framed in an exquisite period giltwood molding.
Category

1890s Hudson River School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Cubist Signed Rare Early Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed.
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1950s Cubist Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting - Shepherds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with shepherds at rest. 44 x 61 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed). Condition report: Lined canvas. Good con...
Category

Early 18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

James McIntyre (fl.1867-c.1898) - Late 19th Century Oil, The Watermill
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric landscape painting captures a rural countryside scene with a balanced composition of earth and sky. The artist skilfully contrasts the dark, dense foliage and struct...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Impressionist Ballerina Shoes Oil on Canvas
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5003 Impressionist oil painting of a pair of ballerina's shoes unframed signed Robert Yarmola
Category

1980s Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-17th-Century Neapolitan School, Saint Jerome In Penitence
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable mid-17th-century oil painting, which probably originated in the Naples region of Italy, depicts Saint Jerome in penitence with a skull and sleeping lion. It’s reminis...
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1640s Italian School Unknown Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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