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A Western Mountain Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Snow-topped jagged peaks reflected in a mountain lake come together in this ethereal landscape painting by noted American artist Courtney Luther Miles (1887-1975). Self-taught and ac...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pheasants Aloft at Dawn
Located in San Francisco, CA
At dawn on a beautiful morning, two pheasants take flight out of their roosting cover. Were they flushed out by sudden noise, or are they simply heading out to their feeding areas? T...
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1970s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Sunlit European Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a post-World War II European cityscape. This scene, defined by French-influenced architecture, expresses a bright optimism that the worst is finally over. Here are people going about their daily lives in peace. The very ordinariness of this activity is beautiful. Spanish-born artist Jose Luis...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
So American, this sculptor. Both a right brain and left-brain kind of guy. Working in the mid to late 19th century, John Rogers was innovative, imaginative, and stylistically a reali...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“The Wild Boar”
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been a longtime college football follower of the SEC, or the Southeastern Conference, you may have heard of this 1964 game in Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 29, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in crimson and white played the University of Mississippi’s Ole Miss Rebels in The Bluebonnet Bowl, and handily won the contest 82-48 by racking up 52 points in the first half. As imagined here by American Surrealist Jean Jones Jackson...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dreaming of a Vineyard
Located in San Francisco, CA
How delightful to be a wine connoisseur! All those flavors emanating from the terroir through the grapes graced by the year’s sunshine (or rain). Then it’s building complexity with a...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840 Outstanding oil portrait of a young family revealing a painting of the matriarch of the family, possibly a mourning portrait. Original o...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Preening Goose
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist Kobler depicts this goose actively working on its plumage, cleaning and aligning its feathers. The bird’s partially raised wing may be part of a drying process after bathi...
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1970s American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

“The Newspaper Boy”
Located in San Francisco, CA
The classic hard luck, independent kid, maybe 8 or 10 years old here, selling the day’s papers out on the grubby streets of early 1900s New York City. He’s paused in a quiet spot, ap...
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Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rendered with the casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject in this work is instead a young man. The artist's sign...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Casually Distracted"
Located in San Francisco, CA
American artist Paul Krapf (1927-2019) had lived in Montana for a decade when he painted this coyote standing in the snow. He worked from the home studio that he and his wife built o...
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1990s American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Steeplechase Pileup, by G. Billard
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tangle of legs, grass flying, hooves raining down from the 1,100-pound thoroughbreds straining at their maximum after charging the hedge at some 30 miles per hour. For the fallen r...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

“Raising the Flag” by R. Kamal
Located in San Francisco, CA
You won’t find many wooden one-room schoolhouses these days—more likely utilitarian blocks of concrete and glass, fluorescents above, linoleum below, to do the job. The early schoolh...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Water View from the Terrace
By Thomas Creswick
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a jewel of an artwork, a watercolor done with the delicacy of exquisite enamel work. The scene is set on a colonnaded terrace with a commanding view of a mountain lake or...
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19th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Board

“Money Lenders” after Flemish Painter Quentin Matsys (1466-1530)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Well-fed, well-dressed, and well satisfied, counting and accounting for the money. The unknown painter--although the name Quentin Matsys was scratched into the verso of this work pro...
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19th Century Northern Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

A Sheepfold
Located in San Francisco, CA
How often do 9 or 10-year-olds so connect with something that they know immediately it will be their lifelong calling? Belgian-born artist Jules G. Bahieu (1860-1895) started his tra...
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1870s Barbizon School Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Power Grab in Primary Colors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Locked in an embrace, two of the three primary colors set against a yellow background might represent the contentment of enduring intimacy, or the grip technology has on all of us, o...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Abstraction in the Primary Colors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modest in life—the artist signed quite discreetly with the initials GAC—but bold on the canvas. This abstract is easy to embrace, depending only on primary colors. (Remember those th...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Pointillist View of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist had a lot to say. Why else spend the intense focus and time on rendering such a luminous work brought to completion literally point by point in tiny dots? Ask yourself: Ar...
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Late 20th Century Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Frenchman and His Cow"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This cow knows her power; her man’s shirt is color-coordinated to her bridle. It would be hard to imagine any cocky tech bro prouder of his new Verde Mantis (Green) Lambo than this dewy-eyed farmer with his most productive bovine, hopefully the source of a divine cheese. Done in the classic palette of Provence, and abundant with the area’s renowned grape clusters, sunflowers and pears, it comes with a promise to transport you to that land of eternal sunshine (well, except for the Mistral season). The creator, Suzanne Etienne...
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1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Cherub with a Future Prime Minister Inside
Located in San Francisco, CA
The biggest surprise for new parents is how much their child’s personality is already baked-in at birth. Croatian painter Vilko Šeferov responded to this toddler’s innate intensity i...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-portrait after Van Gogh, by Henrico (Richio) Galvez
Located in San Francisco, CA
Given Vincent Van Gogh’s mental state when he painted his September 1889 self-portrait, possibly his last, it would be risky business by another artist to produce his own self-portra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Soulful Modernist Portrait
By Boris Deutsch
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Abstract of Waves
Located in San Francisco, CA
For creative people living in the Bay Area, water vistas offer daily inspiration. Abstract artist Keith Race focused here on the steady, choppy surface of waves throwing off spray. W...
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

It's Five O'clock Somewhere, by Donald Daugherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
The scene flows with a mix of people out and very much milling about against a backdrop of high rises half hidden in mist. There’s the dandy sporting a red fedora, a white-helmeted b...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Warning
Located in San Francisco, CA
Copenhagen-born American artist Soren Edsberg (1945-2021) combined abstraction with impressionism in this vision of Armageddon. The son of a Danish painter, Edsberg converted in 1961...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Unmasked Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
No longer mysterious, she’s a beautiful friend, perhaps a lover, (thank heavens she’s happy to see you) and welcoming you to the party. She belongs on your wall for those days when y...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

After Vincent Van Gogh’s “Dr. Gachet” by Henrico (Richio) Galvez
Located in San Francisco, CA
The inspiration for this work was Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet.” Both versions of the original perceptively convey the sitter’s sense of utter frustration, perhaps at h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diego Valasquez Self-portrait after Velasquez
Located in San Francisco, CA
Diego Velasquez Self-portrait after Velasquez. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 32.2,5 x 41 unframed, 35.75 x 44.5 framed. Late 19th century. Unsigned artwork.
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Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Encaustic

“Two Puppies” in the Style of Thomas Dalton Beaumont
Located in San Francisco, CA
If ever there was a heart-tugger—assuming you’re a dog person if you’re reading these details—the duo in this picture hits the mark. The unknown artist, inspired by noted painter of ...
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Early 20th Century English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

“The Showman” after Abraham Le Blond
Located in San Francisco, CA
This itinerant showman, with his drum and what appears to be a peep show, met a real need. What’s offered definitely engages the man in the group, but the woman pawing at his shoulde...
Category

19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

DabsMyla Pop Art
By DABSMYLA
Located in San Francisco, CA
DabsMyla is the fabulous artistic duo of husband Dabs and his wife Myla. This incredibly talented pair is known for their pop art graffiti style paintings. They were originally from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Louis SCHANKER “Jai Alai”
By Louis Schanker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis Schanker : 1903-1981. Well, listed American abstract artist. He was well exhibited and is in the permanent collections of many important museums. This fabulous piece is a color...
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Victor Salmones Father and Son
By Victor Salmones
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victor Salmones. 1937-1989. Very well listed sculptor who lived in worked in Mexico. He said Auction results as high as $23,500. This powerful work measures 10 inches high by 6 inche...
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1960s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Style of Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very powerful, large abstract painting by a very talented artist. It is in the style of a Robert Motherwell or Franz. Kline. The painting measures 25 inches high by 21 inches wide. T...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Women in an Enchanted Mist
Located in San Francisco, CA
Through the Technicolor mist, two Asian ladies pass by. There’s a pensive one with a baby on her back. She carries an empty basket. The other is slightly smiling, completely absorbed...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Summer Bouquet in a Green Vase
By Irene Stry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Somewhere there is a room filled with polished mahogany and yards of immaculate warm white linen slipcovering the furnishings and framing the windows. The French doors open wide to f...
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1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Afterglow” A Mixed-Media Composition
By Anne Youkeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
It’s hard to restrain oneself from wanting to examine this piece up close, never mind the yearning to touch it, to experience its delicate three-dimensionality. Fortunately for the w...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Paper

On Stearns Landing, Kezar Pond, Lowell, Maine
Located in San Francisco, CA
It seems that Stearns Landing on Kezar Pond in Lowell (today Fryeburg), Maine has passed into history. But how lovely it was on that silvery overcast day in 1907 when the little Arka...
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Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Scenic Snowy Winterscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is for your personal cozy spot in the Aspen house. Fire in the fireplace below where it will hang. A fringed, warm white cashmere throw on your down-stuffed chaise lounge, as so...
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Abstract of "Forces"
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist of this piece, William "Bill" Stephens Shields Jr. (1925-2010), was born in San Francisco and following the death of his father in 1931, the then-4 year-old grew up in Tex...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A View of Stockholm, Sweden in 1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed by Signar, this work offers a peaceful springtime view of Stockholm’s central waterfront from a small hillside lane. The vista includes the distinctive dark metal spire of Rid...
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Wide Open Spaces
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been dreaming of owning a piece of Wyoming or Montana, this wide-horizons painting deserves a spot over your stone fireplace. Photographic in its crisp detail, the artist c...
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1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Primitive Portrait of George Washington with Sword
Located in San Francisco, CA
This primitively rendered but admiring tribute to George Washington has a distinguished artistic lineage. The painter was undoubtedly in the presence of a much admired print engraved...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Lady with a Red Parasol
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sheltering under a red parasol from sunny afternoon skies while passing through this lovely waterfront park, a woman could easily find renewal. She strolls along the Mediterranean sh...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th-c. French Fishing Boats off Calais
Located in San Francisco, CA
Some painting subjects must be captured from life in their own time to connect with the viewer. Men engaged in fishing for their livelihood is one of them. In this intimate canvas, t...
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19th Century Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Surreal “Due Appetti” by Ferruccio Rosini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ready for some self-reflection? Intriguing hints about this striking painting’s origin, handwritten on the reverse, could get you started. “Due Appetiti” di Vita suggests that two ap...
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Cubist "Nob Hill" Becomes San Francisco's "Oz"
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s elegant Nob Hill caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the artist has rendered the famously e...
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco's Broadway Tunnel
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s Broadway Tunnel caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the street glistens under rainy wintery...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Picasso Painter with Nude Female Models, Drypoint on Wove
By Pablo Picasso
Located in San Francisco, CA
Nudes were a consistent subject throughout the world-famous artist's long career. One of the earliest examples, done in 1895 when Picasso was 15, appears in the opening pages of the ...
Category

1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Drypoint

Portrait of a Classic 19th-Century Beauty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Everything about this portrait denotes an aristocratic sitter. Enrobed in an off-white silken gown, the young lady is adorned by a string of pearls extending beyond her waist. Since ...
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19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s been a lot of gray and stainless steel in decorating in recent years. For someone tentatively thinking of introducing some fresh excitement into their minimalist maison, cons...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The New Yorker Magazine Cover Art of The Metropolitan Museum
By Charles E. Martin
Located in San Francisco, CA
This especially rare original watercolor painting by American artist Charles E. Martin (1910-1995), depicting The Metropolitan Museum of Art in winter, appeared as the cover art for ...
Category

1960s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Magnificent, Tragic Clipper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Here we have an intricately detailed mystery ship captured under full sail, flying an American flag, in unknown but well-painted seas. Noted on the verso, actually inked on the aged ...
Category

Early 1900s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Carlo Maratti “Mary Virgin Assumed”
By Carlo Maratti
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carlo Maratti: 1625-1713. Very well listed 17 century Italian master. He has had Auction results over $1 million for a painting and over $4000 for an etching. He often printed etchin...
Category

17th Century Italian School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Luigi Lucioni Vermont Barn
By Luigi Lucioni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Luigi Lucioni: 1900-1988. Very well listed American Painter and etcher. He has Auction results as high as $4600 for an etching. This adding is most likely a barn in Vermont.. It meas...
Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

A Peaceful Country Lane
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s a gentle hand in Emanuel Matthews’ landscapes, exhibiting here and in other pieces a fondness for a more bucolic, genteel and barely industrialized America. Although painted ...
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

James Coignard Carborundum “Terre Des Autres”
By James Coignard
Located in San Francisco, CA
James Coignard: 1925-2008. Well, listed French artist with Carborundum print auction results over $3000 for a single print. He is best known for his print in the Carborundum techniqu...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

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