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Artist: Unknown
Echoes of the Atelier XVI
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XVI, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Echoes of the Atelier X
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph A female shopper pauses in front of a boutique greengrocer's while her pet cheetah looks away, perhaps he has spo...
Category

20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"Reclining Nude" Realist Interior Nude Female Figure Laying on Bed Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-century exceptional oil painting depicting a nude figure reclining on a bed with white drapery, set against a dark background. This intimate figurative scene portrays a female...
Category

19th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Mother with Baby - Portrait Study, 19th Century Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lively and affectionate oil study on wood panel by a female artist depicting a mother sitting in a Louis XV armchair with her infant in her lap. She is dressed in a green long skir...
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Contempory American Impressionist Landscape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist flower garden landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 10 by 12 inches overall, and 6 by 8 painting alone.. In excellent original cond...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph A couple relaxes and laughs on a spacious sofa on the terrace of a villa. The party is still in full swin...
Category

20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vedutist Italian painter - late 18th century landscape painting - Isola Bella
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (late 18th century) - View of Isola Bella. 50 x 61.5 cm unframed, 64 x 77 cm framed. Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed). Condition rep...
Category

Late 18th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Located in Brighton, GB
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the ic...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Oil Painting – Whimsical Musicians Trio – Signed, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This charming original oil painting on canvas depicts a delightful trio of childlike musicians, signed by the artist (probably S. Grant) in the lower right. The composition captures ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and at...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Scandinavian Female Figurative Oil Painting of A Bather
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4032 Scandinavian painting of a female bather on cut out wood applied to a painted backround Set in a wood frame image size 8.5x10.5"
Category

1920s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Pointillist Landscape Giltwood Framed Fauvist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 14 by 18 inches overall, and 10 by 14 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Set of Six Fine Antique British Hand Coloured Botanical Prints, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Hand Coloured Botanical Prints/Lithographs and Engravings Published by G. Ridgway, S. Curtis, W. Baxter and W. Fitch Early Mid 19th Century Size: image: 8.5 x 5.5 inches P...
Category

Early 19th Century Art Deco Unknown Art

Materials

Color

Vintage Oil Painting Clipper Ship American Flag Nautical Maritime Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original vintage oil painting on canvas features a majestic three-masted clipper ship with full sails and an American flag, entering a fortified harbor. A smaller sailboat glides nearby toward a stone tower and castle-like structure, enhancing the coastal narrative of this nautical seascape. The sky is detailed with soft maritime light, and the ocean’s textured waves are rendered in striking blue and green tones. The painting is signed in the lower left corner, though the signature is illegible, and is likely the work of a mid-20th-century European or American maritime artist. It is mounted in a richly detailed gilded antique-style frame, adding elegance and presence to any room. This seascape is ideal for collectors of marine art, vintage coastal paintings...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Echoes of the Atelier IV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier IV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Copy of "Wall Street - The Noon Hour" by Felicie Waldo Howell created in 1925
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful copy by an unknown artist, of the original painting "Wall Street - The Noon Hour" originally created in 1925 by the great American artist Felicie Waldo Howell (1897-1968)...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Rene Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, the Orchestra
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932) Title: The Orchestra Medium: oil painting on canvas Size: painting: 7 x 5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 17 by 21 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category

1990s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 20th Century English EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT Fine Oil Painting HORSE RACING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Indistinctly Signed Late 20th Century English School TITLE: "Portrait Of A Racehorse" SIGNED: lower right with initials JH or JM MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 83cm x 58cm inc...
Category

Late 20th Century English School Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy (Man)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy Gentleman, 2003. Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Echoes of the Atelier VII
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier VII, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century Porphyry marble & gilt bronze 20 x 4.25 x 4.25 inches Porphyry is an igneous rock, not marble, known for its...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Located in Beachwood, OH
Italian, Late 19th Century Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches Pedes...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Marble

Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Paysage du Sud
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressionistic landscape rendered in a vibrant array of soothing green, blue, and terracotta tones. Presented in a carved gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On board.
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Blue Sky Stormy Seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size: 11 x 15.25 inches Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Early 20th Century Modern Bronze Scorpion Fish on Marble Base
Located in Beachwood, OH
Modern Scorpion Fish, Early 20th Century Bronze on marble base 23 x 22 x 10 inches
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century Bronze on marble base Musée du Louvre signed on base 15 x 12 x 8 inches Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series III', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Fl...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Maurice Mazeilie- French Impressionist Signed Watercolour - Figures at the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Watercolour Beach Scene" signed by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 9.5 x 12.5 inches A delightful original oil painting b...
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Lady with Pearl Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5111 Lady with pearl necklace by Lynn Lemay Custom wood frame Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category

1990s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting Set in a white frame
Category

1930s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

City Graffiti Art Colorful Oil Painting #1 by S. Mooney
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4090 An abstract graffiti art, oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman Framed Image size 24x36"
Category

1930s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Green & Blue Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board Size: 16 x 15.5 inches Condition: very good and r...
Category

1950s Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 48 by 56 inches overall, and 46 by 54 painting alone. In excellent origina...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Giltwood Framed Ocean Wave Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 14 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsom...
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

An Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century Terracotta 17 x 14.5 inches A calyx krater is a type of ancient Greek pottery, specifically a type of krater (a bowl...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Terracotta

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Blue & Green Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 10 x 8 inches condition: very good and ready to be ...
Category

1950s Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Naturescape Lake View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 30 inches overall, and 22 by 25 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Classical Bird Color Print After John James Audubon, Louisiana Heron
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper Condition: very good Provenance: from...
Category

20th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Acrylic

Antique American Impressionist Nude Woman Portrait Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist nude portrait and landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 22 inches overall, and 14 by 18 painting alone.. In excellent origina...
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Woman with Cigarette and Black Stockings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic hand painted oil after famous artist Marcel René von Herrfeldt (1889-1965).. This was painted by my restorer when we had the original, this frame was on the original paint...
Category

Early 2000s Art Deco Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady with Lace Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts an elderly woman dressed in traditional 19th-century attire, wearing a white lace bonnet and dark clothing against a somber black background. The composi...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

The Three Skunks of WWII, Carved Wooden Figures of Hitler, Mussolini & Tojo
Located in Beachwood, OH
Three Skunks of WWII c. 1940s Carved and painted wood Unsigned 8 x 10 in. h. each These skunks are depicted as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo. Condition: There ...
Category

1940s Unknown Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre, SG XVIII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII. San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña. Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica. Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm. Medidas del marc...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

1854 Oil - Still Life with Lemon and Glass
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming 19th century still life painting features an elegant arrangement of objects on a table, including a glass of wine, a halved lemon, ornate vessels, and decorative items ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Hudson River School Coastal Sunset Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American sunset seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 15 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 15 painting alone.. In excellent original cond...
Category

1870s Hudson River School Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Male Portrait, 1810–1820, Young Man with High Collar and Black Cravat
Located in Firenze, IT
Male portrait, 1810–1820, dark-haired young man with high collar and black cravat Oil on canvas, 50 × 61 cm; with frame 62 × 72 cm French/spanish school. Early 19th-century portra...
Category

1810s Unknown Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Woman portrait post-impressionist French female original oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage woman portrait oil painting female portrait lady portrait original oil painting vintage moody impressionist portrait oil painting on canvas. Vintage oil impressionist portra...
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Impressive American Abstract Expressionist Modern Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and titled verso, "Bertoia Chair". Handsomely framed in a period molding. Excellent ...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Gouache and Watercolor Figurative Landscape by the Sea
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3942 Antique gouache and watercolor on paper set in a period 19th century frame Image size 10x5.5"
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

French School Early 19th Century Oil - Le Chatelaine
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts a woman from the early 19th century, rendered with careful attention to period dress, including her dark hair styled in a fashionable updo and a brown dr...
Category

Early 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

European School Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Noblewoman
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait features a striking contrast between the subject's vibrant red dress and the dark background, drawing the viewer's eye to the centre of the composition. Her unique hand...
Category

Early 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Cubic Modern American Figural Painting by Sarno
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3418 Abstract oil on board. Set in a silvered wood frame Signed Sarno Image size 24x19"
Category

1970s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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