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Artist: Unknown
Return from hunting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
86 x 74 x 3 cm
Category
19th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,049
Pastoral scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,383
Folk Art Early 20th Century Oil - Large Black Pig
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming folk art painting depicts a prize Large Black lying comfortably in a freshly bedded sty. The oil has been well presented in a handsome gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On p...
Category
20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Portrait Brunette Man Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Auguste Groh - 1871 Oil, Tavern Smoker
Located in Corsham, GB
This genre painting captures a moment of leisure in a tavern interior, depicting a man seated casually at a table with a pipe and drink. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presente...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Oil - Painting the Animals
Located in Corsham, GB
An abstract scene depicting a figure captured in bold primary colours. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame. On board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococò Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting - Festival party
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with ruins and characters.
97 x 138 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed).
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good...
Category
Mid-17th Century Rococo Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,150 Sale Price
25% Off
After Thomas Brooks (1818-1892) - 19th Century School Oil, Dawn of Love
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine study of the original 1846 painting by Thomas Brooks titled 'Dawn of Love'. The original is currently part of the Victoria & Albert collection. The...
Category
19th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$653 Sale Price
20% Off
Pigging Out at the Diner, Surreal Anthropomorphic Pig Satirical Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
A satirical, surreal depiction of a pig at a lunch counter by an unknown artist (20th Century). This scene, full of symbols and satire, portrays the anth...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting, Three Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Spanish school landscape with river oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on canvas glued to board.
Oil measures 25x40 cm.
Frameless.
Illegible signature.
Category
1920s Barbizon School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Canvas
20th Century French Modernist Biro Drawning Of Woman Playing The Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
FABULOUS Early 20th Century British School Erotic Bacchanalian Scene
Located in Exton, PA
Stunning and alluring painting showing Sampson succumbing to the wiles of the sensual temptress Delilah. Done in a manner that is reminiscent of the murals of the WPA, the art deco p...
Category
1920s Art Deco Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,640 Sale Price
54% Off
1880s Figurative Sackett's Calvary Charge of the 9th New York Volunteers
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century figurative painting of the battle of Trevilians Station and of the wounding of Colonel Sackett June 11, 1864. Oil on canvas in giltwood frame. Signed or notated ind...
Category
1880s American Realist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,850 Sale Price
30% Off
How - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Fishing Boats on the River
Located in Corsham, GB
Riverscape in oil. Well-presented in an ornate foliate gilt frame. Signed to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
1960's French Portrait Wacky Smoker Caricature of Young Man with Cigarette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches
(frame not included in purchase)
Superbly decorative 1960's Fre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
June Bevan (b.1927) - 20th Century Oil, The Inner Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. Inscribed with title verso. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$241 Sale Price
20% Off
Christian Andreas Schleisner (1810-1882) - Oil, A Place to Rest
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil study depicting a young boy sleeping under a large leaf. The artist captures the soft summer scene in exceptional detail, creating a peaceful, accomplished composition. Si...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$984 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Bulls at river
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (19th century) - Bulls at the stream.
35 x 54 cm without frame, 44.5 x 62.5 cm with frame.
Oil on panel, in a gilded wooden frame (not ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$715 Sale Price
60% Off
1960's French Portrait Bald Green Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 13 x 9.5 inches
Overall Painting: 25.5 x 19.75 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique Tibetan School Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous antique original Tibetan school painting. Painting is either oil and or gouache. It measures 32 inches wide by 17 inches high. The frame is 33 1/2“ x 18 1/2“.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
SIGNED VINTAGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING BY WOODLAND STREAM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1970's, indistinctly signed lower corner.
Title: Playing by the Woodland Stream.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size: canvas: 20 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil - Annunciation
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly unique piece, this large, early 20th Century fresco style oil has exquisite naive charm. The scene shows the Annunciation with Angel Gabriel, bringing a martyrs palm to Mary ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
1960's French Portrait Wise Man In Front Of French Flag Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ideal for ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Young Arab Soldier with Dog - Oil on Board Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young Arab Soldier with Dog is an original modern artwork realized by a French painter in the first years of the XX Century.
Original Oil painti...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Preaching of St. John the Baptist, Workshop of Fans Francken II, 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
The sermon of the Baptist is set in a large open space, with rich vegetation and wooded glimpses, and on the back, in the distance, you can see the buildings of a city.
The scene see...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Once Upon a Time" Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid-century naive painting of small figures and chickens in a rural landscape by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed with the monogram "I. M. H." on lower lef...
Category
1960s Folk Art Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$372 Sale Price
20% Off
Myth of Ganymede riding astride Zeus as an eagle oil on canvas
Located in Hudson, NY
Ganymede was a Trojan prince in Greek mythology, known for his compelling beauty. Because of his alluring good looks, Ganymede was abducted by Zeus to serve as cup-bearer in Olympus....
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
R. E. Deschryver - 20th Century Oil, The Strike
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking scene depicting workers who appeared to have downed tools, leaving an industrial site. The artist captures the scene in rich, earthy tones and an impressionist style. Sign...
Category
20th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch school 18th or 19th century The Scribe
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic oil on panel possibly Dutch school. Looks to be at least 19 century possibly earlier. The scene looks like a very important gentleman or possibly royalty with a scribe taki...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Portrait Female Detectives, Capes & Hats - Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Image : 19.5 x 25.5 inches
Superbly decorative 196...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Jesus and the Samaritan
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus is traveling...
Category
1680s Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,720 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Gold Country - Pioneer Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gold Country, a rustic figurative landscape of early California pioneers by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Excellent workmanship and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Cardboard
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
"Le Pattiwork" Stylish Woman, Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Pattiwork" Stylish Woman, Portrait
By French artist, N.Dosser, 20th Century
Signed by the artist on lower right hand corner, also titled "Le Pattiwiork" and signed verso.
Oil pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
HUGH OIL PAINTING Tintern Abbey Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGH OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece of Winds
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL
19th Century Gold Frame
Description
Late 19th century Piece
“Good Condi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro. Pittore lombardo (Giuseppe Meda?) 1560-1570
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. La grande scena racconta la Deposizione di Cristo dalla Croce, condensando due momenti della narrazione: il Compianto della Madonna sul corpo del Cristo e la deposizion...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Religious Subject Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the seventeenth century. Entirely in the foreground, this scene of a group of sacred figures, which presents the faces of Mary and the Chil...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Grand Tour Style Signed Landscape
Located in Roma, IT
Important watercolor painting representing a beautiful view of Rome with the Tiber, Castel Sant'Angelo and the dome of St. Peter's in the background.
A typical work in the vein of th...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
1975 Modernist Vintage Original Figurative Oil Painting - What the Mirror Saw
Located in Bristol, GB
WHAT THE MIRROR SAW
Size: 53 x 52.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A quietly arresting figurative painting that captures a fleeting, introspective moment seen through a reflecti...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Master 17th Century Male Nude Zeus and Ganymede
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite 19th Century Old Master Oil painting depicts Zeus enshrouded and Ganymede, the most beautiful of mortals and a her...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th CENTURY EUROPEAN OIL ON WOOD PANEL - BUSY MERCHANT SHIPPING SUNSET SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Sunset'
Continental School, late 19th Century
signed lower left corner
oil painting on wood panel, unframed
painting: 21.5cm x 29.5 cm
Painted with fascinating details which one c...
Category
19th Century Victorian Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oval Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oval Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknown in the mid-20th centry.
Oil on canvas mounted on board.
37 x 49 cm ; 53 x 65 cm with frame.
Good conditions!
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Painting The Preaching of St. John the Baptist, 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. North Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries.
The large scene is filled with figures in ancient Eastern garb, set in a northern, richly vegetated landscape with mou...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting of A Nude Blonde With Warm Pastel Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century French Modernist Monochrome Sketch Of Female String Musician
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Chinese woman portrait with two fennec foxes
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French School, circa 1950
Portrait of a Chinese Woman with Two Fennec Foxes
Oil on cardboard
H. 60 cm; W. 50 cm
Circa 1950
This painting depicts a young woman with a calm face and t...
Category
1950s French School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century Figurative -- Adventures - Duleich
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative of romantic adventures by Duleich (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Duleich '59" lower left. Image size, 30.25"H x 24"W. Framed si...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,260 Sale Price
20% Off
Embroidered Silk Folk Art Depicting Black Child, Red Riding Hood 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century silk embroidered art work. Depicting children and fairy tales. It is very rare for works from this time period to depict a black...
Category
18th Century Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Silk
Sunrise Landscape with Boats - Oil Painting Russian School - 1861
Located in Roma, IT
Sunrise Landscape with Boats is an original painting probably realized by an artist of the Russian School in 1861.
Mixed colored oil painting on can...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ecole Italienne (XIX) - Scène biblique
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual
Buen estado de conservación el de la pintura
Medidas obra: 60 cm de altura x 40 cm de an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Hungarian Judaica Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel Pre War Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
14.25 X 12.5 with frame. 8.75 X 7.25 without frame
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Figure With Cello
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed verso
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edg...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Alpine Landscape with Fishing in Rapids and Watermill 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Depicts a sunny summer day in the Alps with figures of fishermen and working lumberjacks processing logs with a water-powered sawmill located on the bank of a turbulent mountain rive...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding 19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village, mountains and hills.
A very interesting and somewhat unique oil on slate depicting an English ship at anchor in what looks like an Italian or Mediterranean coastline.
The piece has influences from John Thomas Serres...
Category
1840s Victorian Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Slate
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
French Impressionist Landscape, Original signed Oil Painting, Nature, Land
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Small oil painting of a landscape in the French countryside, in excellent condition.
The work presents a bucolic landscape of striking visual richness. A winding path cut...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Flemish Master - 17th century landscape painting - Sermon of St. John
Located in Varmo, IT
Flemish master active in Italy (17th century) - St. John the Baptist Sermon in a Landscape.
58 x 73.5 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, unframed (not signed).
Condition report: Line...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,958 Sale Price
37% Off
Mythological Painting begining 19th oval Bacchus Apollon children
Located in PARIS, FR
Italian school from the beginning of the 19th century ?
Oil on canvas (2) 99 x 65 cm (103 x 78 cm with the frame)
Old frames with gadroons and palmette decoration
Very good condition...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,336 Sale Price
20% Off
French Fashion Sketch - Red Wrap Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Bold French gouache fashion sketch of a flowing wrap dress in deep red with floral detailing. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bor...
Category
1980s Unknown Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
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