Quintessential Things Paintings

Pearl A Van Sciver: 1895-1966. Well listed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artist. She has had Auction results over $3900 She exhibited at the national Academy of design, Pafa and the Cor...

Manning de Villenueve Lee:1894-1980. Well listed American painter and illustrator with Auction records up to $22,500. This spectacular painting is one of our favorites. Probably pain...

Really powerful, mid-century, modern portrait of a woman. It was painted by Douglas Staten who was a black artist from Indiana. There is not a lot of biographical information on him,...

William Crothers Fitler: 1857-1915. Well listed American painter with auction results over $8600. He studied at PAFA and was widely exhibited in the late 19th century and early 20th...

Peter Max was born in 1937 and unfortunately just passed away in September 2026He is a very well listed and well collected American artist. He has been very prolific in his career, b...

Saul Raskin: 1878-1966. Well, listed Russian American artist who has auction results as high as $8750. He’s most famous for painting biblical scenes such as this beautiful piece. I’v...

Edgar Franklin Wittmack: 1894-1956. Well, listed American illustrator who did the covers of numerous magazines. He has had Auction results over $5400 but sells for much more in speci...

This artwork is an original late 19th-century oil portrait depicting a woman in formal period attire. MYSTERY: Of special interest, the subject shares a striking, uncanny resemblan...

This vibrant work is an original mid-career abstract painting by the California Abstract Expressionist Albert E. Smith (1929–2008). Smith was a highly regarded West Coast artist know...

On offer is an intriguing monochromatic figurative watercolor rendered in sepia tones with white gouache accents. It features a reclining male nude figure resting across minimalist, ...

Mystery early 20th century oil on board. This impressionist gem of a landscape is extremely well painted with the broken brushstroke technique. The painting is lower center right but...

Andre Gisson: 1921-2003. Very well listed American artist with auction records over $13,750 and much higher in galleries. This is by far the finest example of his work that I have ev...

This vibrant landscape is a plein air drawing executed primarily in oil pastels with colored pencils on paper or board. The composition depicts a waterfront view of San Francisco's h...

This captivating work is a minimalist, impressionistic seascape titled “Pacific Sunset,” executed in pastels by contemporary West Coast artist S.K. Farnsworth. In this bold, geometri...

On offer is "Spring Morning, Lake Merritt," a masterfully executed, site-specific landscape by Bay Area artist S.K. Farnsworth, completed on March 23, 2008. The location is a large t...

On offer is a colorful landscape that captures an iconic Bay Area landmark, namely the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. SUBJECT & TIMING: The focal point...

On offer is an exceptional piece of early-to-mid 20th-century American Modernism by Miki McCrossen Hayakawa (1899–1953). The composition perfectly reflects the avant-garde themes cir...

Olja Ivanjicki "Florence or Hell of l'Inconnue De La Seine" original oil circa 1965 Original oil on board. Dimensions 26" wide x 42" high. The frame m...

On offer is a striking mid-century theatrical surrealist work by the Chilean artist Fabio Lemus, who was active during the mid-20th century. STYLE: Lemus was noted for his whimsical...

On offer is a painting by noted American wildlife and landscape painter Ted Blaylock of a magnificent bull elk walking along a shallow, rocky stream bed at the foot of an imposing mo...

This vibrant and dense artwork is a mid-century American expressionist painting steeped in industrial narrative, provenance, and historical context. The painting portrays a crowded, ...

This beautiful 1892 piece is an original Victorian-era oil painting by the renowned British still life artist Oliver Clare (1853–1927). ARTWORK: The piece is a classic fruit still li...

This beautiful 1889 piece is an original Victorian-era oil painting by the renowned British still life artist Oliver Clare (1853–1927). ARTWORK: The piece is a classic fruit still l...

Lazzaro Donati: 1926-1977. Well, listed Italian artist who is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters. This fabulous nude painting measures 27 1/2 inches high by...

Charles Allen Winter: 1869-1942. Very well listed American artist with Auction results over $114,000. He mostly painted in the Gloucester Massachusetts and St. Louis Missouri area. T...

Margaret Rice was born in Canada in 1901. She has had Auction results as high as $2250. This charming oil on canvas measures 24 inches wide by 20 inches high. The hand carved origina...

Carlos Oviedo is a contemporary Mexican artist who was born in 1970. He studied and worked amongst other master contemporary American artists. he is represented in numerous private c...

On offer is an original fine art oil painting on canvas by André Gisson a highly collected 20th-century American Impressionist painter. The work depicting two young girls sitting in ...

On offer is a late 20th-century portrait of an American man who spends much of his time outdoors. Yet the approach to this piece was inspired by the Dutch Old Masters. THE ARTIST: D...

This striking oil painting is a classic studio composition by the renowned American painter and illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1872–1952). It features a full-length female nude...

On offer is an original oil painting titled "Borregos Pastando" or Grazing Sheep, by the listed Mexican artist Austreberto Morales Ramírez. The artwork captures a tranquil pastoral s...

Claude Curry Bohm: 1894-1971. Well, listed American artist with Auction results over $32,000. He was a very important Chicago artist who is mostly known for his Indiana landscapes an...

This 1989 painting titled "Java Rice Birds" is a quintessential example of contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem's celebrated Neo-Expressionist avian series. The subject matter st...

On offer is a wonderful, highly textured early 20th-century industrial landscape by California painter Homer F. Levinson (1894–1975). The scene presents a striking contrast between t...

This oil-on-board painting by Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007) captures a casual neighborhood sports game, a theme that defines his early 1930s career. Crite was a prominent African Ame...

On offer is an abstract mid-century oil painting titled “Mystic Fires.” It was created in 1973 by an artist signing as Swift. COMPOSITION: The artwork is a vertical composition char...

This original 1872 oil-on-canvas landscape is a textbook example of French pastoral realism by the highly celebrated Barbizon-tradition animalier, Émile van Marcke de Lummen (1827–18...

This beautiful panoramic artwork is an early 20th-century British landscape painting done in the tradition of the late Victorian or early Edwardian era. The painting is signed J. Bon...

On offer is an original regionalist landscape by the listed Kansas impressionist artist Maude Josephine Mitchell (1875–1957). The artwork depicts a serene, pastoral view of the Kansa...

On offer is a 1983 painting by the Indonesian artist Kartika. The painting blends her Southeast Asian roots with East Asian imagery. It features traditional Indonesian or Balinese sp...

On offer is a mid-century modern, Expressionist floral still life painted in oil on canvas board, signed MacKay and dated '64. The painting belongs to the Expressionist/Modernist sti...

Francisco Toledo Original Watercolor Painting c.1959 Fine original abstract watercolor Watercolor on paper dimensions 8" wide x 4.25" high The vintage frame...

On offer is an abstract village landscape by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Gino F. Hollander (1924–2015). It showcases the signature mid-century modernist style that mad...

This stunning Mid-Century work is an original oil landscape titled "Half Dome" by the listed Belgian-American artist Robert L. Elsocht (1908–1999). Born in Belgium, Elsocht immigrate...

On offer is a vivid portrait of an unknown woman. However, her styling tells us much about her social standing. The dark, high-collared pleated dress topped with a black velvet colla...

Diana Maxwell Armfield was a British artist who was born in 1920. She is well listed with Auction results as high as $12,900. She is most notable for her beautiful still lifes of flo...

On offer is a vibrant work of contemporary outsider folk art celebrating the seminal 1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore punk movement. The artwork juxtaposes classical 19th-century mili...

This twentieth-century oil on canvas painting depicts a traditional Dutch country genre scene complete with a quiet waterway, cottage, and windmill against a pale sky. A young girl s...

Vintage Oil Painting "Barn in the Distance" c.1970s. Original painting of a summer sunset and a barn in the distance. A summer haze hangs over the air. The subtle layers of land len...

This mid-20th-century American Western painting depicts a young cowboy on a white bench, adjusting his spur strap. He wears typical Western a...

This original 19th-century European genre painting depicts an intimate, domestic scene of two children. The painting captures a playful moment of hide-and-seek or a lighthearted conf...

This is a traditional mid-20th-century impressionist landscape painting, heavily inspired by the late 19th-century Dutch School. The artwork depicts a tranquil wetland scene featurin...

First of all, it’s not from Renaissance Italy, and certainly not by Leonardo. The artist is likely Cehaku Okamoto (Japanese/American, 20th Century). And this painting should be title...

On offer is a recreation of a famed "Romantic Realism" composition by the renowned Chinese master Chen Yifei (1946–2005). The striking piece replicates one work in Chen Yifei's renow...

On offer is an idyllic, tropical waterside landscape featuring a traditional thatched-roof hut tucked beneath an expansive, dense banyan tree. The unknown artist utilized a rapid, co...

This work is a strong example of Abstract Expressionism in the drip or gesture painting style. It uses layered, all-over compositions with dripped and poured paint forming overlappin...

This painting, identified verso as “Composition #11,” exemplifies David Ladin’s mid-century figural style, an exploration of a blend of modern abstraction and classical figure drawin...

Spectacular impressionist scene most likely early 20th century. This is most likely painted by a French impressionist, but could be American as well. It looks to be a popular subject...

Aileen Rose Dent: 1890-1978. Well listed Australian female artist with Auction results over $4200. She was known for portraits and landscapes or seascapes. Out of all the examples o...

Robert Arthur Goodnough: 1917-2010: Very important and well listed American abstract expressionist artist. He has had Auction results as high as $52,500 but sells for much more in galleries and privately online. This spectacular powerful abstract was most likely painted in the late 1940s as that was his style during that period. His style would change in the 1950s and then again in the 1960s. He is considered a second generation abstract expressionist after the first generation which included Pollock, Rothko and deKooning. Several art gallery owners and critics said he was allergic to self promotion and was the most underrated artist of his generation. In 1952 apparently someone twisted his arm, because he had a one man show at Tibor Nagy...