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Artist: Unknown
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...
Category
1950s Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Copper
$4,517 Sale Price
35% Off
Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Pear Still Life Framed Original Fine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist still life oil painting. Housed in a great antique giltwood frame. Oil on board.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
"Swan In the Mist" Pale Blue OilPastel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5159 Vintage American modernist oil pastel by Ruth Hammond
Framed
Image size 21.5x13"
Category
1980s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid-19thC Austrian School Portrait Of A Lady In Spanish Attire, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This exquisite mid-19th-century bust-length Austrian portrait depicts a young lady wearing a red gown together with a black lace veil, ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 46 by 58 inches overall, and 45 by 57 painting alone.. In excellent original condition...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Escuela española (XVII) - Óleo sobre tabla - San Domingo Guzmán
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra es de autor anónimo.
El retablo va muy bien enmarcado con un marco neogótico del siglo xix en madera estofada y policromada.
Medidas del retablo: 88 cm. altura x 56 cm. anc...
Category
17th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,903 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Woman in Garden of Luxembourg Paris Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
This charming oil on canvas, measuring 21 x 18 inches, depicts an elegantly dressed woman strolling through a manicured park beneath a distinctive willow tree. In the distance, a mar...
Category
1890s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Late 19th Century Oil - Girl Beside a Water Fountain
Located in Corsham, GB
Initialled 'R.M.' lower left. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American School Modernist Figural Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 23 by 29 inches overall. Handsomely framed in white wood mol...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Landscape Giltwood Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Cubist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$980 Sale Price
20% 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
1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Black Floor
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" Unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
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
Antique Old Florida Southern School Beach Lighthouse Framed Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist southern oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Label from a Florida frame shop verso.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Memory of a Landscape
Located in Bristol, GB
MEMORY OF A LANDSCAPE
Size: 41 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A bold and abstract mid-century composition, painted in oil onto board.
This painting is composed of large, so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 32 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30.5H by 21.5L.
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animalier British painter - 19th century dog painting - Mouse hunting
Located in Varmo, IT
British Painter (dated 1899) - Dogs chasing a mouse.
51 x 76.5 cm without frame, 68 x 93.5 cm with frame.
Old painting, oil on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame.
- Work signed and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,814 Sale Price
25% Off
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,149
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
Orientalist Venetian painting - 18th century figure painting - Turkish scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Turkish nobles with parrot and musician.
43.5 x 63.5 cm without frame, 50 x 70 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,419 Sale Price
55% Off
Vintage Art Deco Formula Two Grand Prix Car Racing Modernist MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very rare and well painted Formula Two racing painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Nicely framed.
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Autumn Chrysanthemums in Vase Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century still life oil painting of Chrysanthemums in vase. Against a yellow background, white, orange, and yellow chrysanthemums sit in a red vase. The arrangement is r...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a whitewood molding. Excellent condition, ready to...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American School Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
American School Still Life Painting 'Study of Citrus Fruits'
Located in San Rafael, CA
American School (20th c.)
Still Life Study of Citrus Fruits
Oil on canvas
Unframed
18in H x 24in W
This charming still-life study of lemons, oranges and other citrus exhibits wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riva - Spanish School 1940 Oil, Spanish Street in Summer
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed 'Riva' and dated 1940 in the lower left corner. Presented in a wooden frame with a gilt inner window. On board.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Impressionist Capri Seascape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Handsomely framed in wide giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Surrealist Still Life with a Guitar
Located in San Francisco, CA
When you enter visually into the sumptuous scene captured in this painting, the unknown artist is playing with you. They are teasing you to slightly suspend your careful awareness of...
Category
1940s Surrealist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 1800s Naturalist Country Scene in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Rich and detailed country landscape by an unknown artist (19th Century). A grove of large oak trees is carefully rendered on the right side of the composition. In the center, there a...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A Stone and Wood House in 19th-century Mamaroneck, New York
Located in San Francisco, CA
The painting may not illustrate your story, but it is universal—that desire to honor one’s forerunners and reflect on their daily lives. Consider the many opportunities, comforts and...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Italian School, 18th century
Depicted are the Madonna and Child Jesus, the virgin Mary is holding the Child Jesus lovingly in her arms. The child, lying on a bundle of cloth and with...
Category
18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Indian Miniature Portrait Maharaja Bhim Singh of Jodhpur 18th cent
Located in Greenwich, CT
Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Singh of Jodhpur , late 18th century
Gouache, opaque watercolor , gold on paper
Dimensions : 12 x 8 ½ in. ( 18 x 14 in. w. frame)
This finely rendered pa...
Category
Late 18th Century Rajput Unknown Paintings
Materials
Gold
Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th-20th century) - Still life with vase of flowers.
83 x 62 cm without frame, 96.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame (not sig...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,451 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing, Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
Pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed
Paper size: 25 x 19 inches
Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Monogrammed American Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful oil still life of a vase of assorted flowers, with two roses on the table. Unframed. Unsigned. Image, 16"H x 20"L.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Junk Reverse Oil Painting on Glass 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3537 Reverse oil painting on glass with gilt detailing.
Set in a gilt wood frame
Image size 9.5x7.5"
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Nicely Framed Terrier Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed in monogram. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a vintage molding. Excellent c...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Finely painted with wonderful color palette.
Category
1970s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Original Oil Painting on Canvas Still Life, Framed, Signed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a vintage original oil painting on canvas depicting Still Life Composition with fruits, yellow bottle and kettle.
Overall and impressive-looking medium size paintin...
Category
20th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Original Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist painting of kids in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame....
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Biedermeier Period Early 19th Century Oil - Innkeeper Ludwig Brandt
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Biedermeier period portrait depicting the innkeeper Ludwig Brandt. One finds oneself captivated by the sitter's gripping gaze, whilst the decorative waistcoat and gold p...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Confidences - Painting After Pierre Auguste Renoir. - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Confidences is an modern artwork realized by a mid-20th century Artist after Pierre Auguste Renoir.
Mixed colore oil painting.
Includes frame: 70 x 7 x 57 cm
The artwork is from o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century after Franciabigio (1482-1525)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century
after Franciabigio (1482-1525)
Large 17th/18th Century Italian renaissance portrait of a Florentine Man, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and c...
Category
18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Boy - Scottish art 19th Century oil painting male portrait ginger hair
Located in Hagley, England
A fine Scottish portrait oil painting of a sweet young boy with bright blue eyes. This quality portrait dates to circa 1900 and is housed in a fine Watts frame. A beautiful painting....
Category
19th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 18th century landscape painter - Sheperds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Arcadian landscape with flock and shepherds.
56 x 70 cm without frame, 63.5 x 79 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame (...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,209 Sale Price
64% Off
British Provincial School Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Boy with a Hoop
Located in Corsham, GB
A young boy holds a hoop and stick, a popular Victorian toy. He stands against a hazy autumnal backdrop. Presented in an ornate frame. Unsigned. Acquired as a pair, the companion pie...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jan Steen (1626-1679) Seguidor - Óleo sobre tela - El violinista y la aldeana
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco de la época de la obra en madera policromada (el marco presenta faltas)
Medidas obra: 84 x 65 cm.
Medidas...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Abstract Expressionist Framed Modernist MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 31 inches overall, and 18 by 26 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Nicely fram...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UNIDENTIFIED
"ABSTRACT FIGURE"
OIL ON CANVAS, UNSIGNED
AMERICAN, C.1960S
27.5 X 35 INCHES
Fine Condition
Category
1860s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$950 Sale Price
51% Off
Geometric Beach Scene, Colorful Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown and unsigned painting of a bright beach scene with bold colors and 1980's inspired shapes.
Image Size: 47.5 x 35.5 inches
Frame Size: 50 x 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco 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
A Summer's Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
In this abstract landscape, artist Geneva Cross conveys the mood of a dreamlike summer evening that might be remembered by any of us in its universality. Blending the basic elements ...
Category
1970s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A soft mid-century study depicting a mother and her child by the artist Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974). Marked with the artist's studio stamp to the lower left. An additional arch...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
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