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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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
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...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,450
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 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...
Category
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.
Category
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 ...
Category
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$7,800
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,250
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...
Category
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...
Category
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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
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 ...
Category
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...
Category
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
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 ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,650
19th Century Tonalist Sheep Herder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming little 19th century oil on board. I am not sure if it’s European or American. The painting measures 12 inches wide by 6 inches high. The frame is 3/4 of an inch around. Pain...
Category
19th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carmel's Romantic Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Without a doubt California's charming coastal village of Carmel compels one to romance. But this location, the 1797 Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo, with its lovely, foun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Little Lost Lamb
Located in San Francisco, CA
Legendary Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn once said about making motion pictures, “If you want to send a message, use Western Union.” However, it’s likely that artist M.A. Calvin c...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,650
"Mending the Sails"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beginning nearly 8,000 years ago, when humans first harnessed the winds with sails, they’ve been mending them. Even longer for fishing nets. We may have glanced at such activity when...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a British Officer on the Eve of WW1
Located in San Francisco, CA
In life, so much is a matter of timing. German and English portraitist Fritz von Kamptz signed and dated this picture in 1915 at age 49 when he was at the height of his powers. Havin...
Category
1910s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clipper Ship “Balclutha”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unlike the typical lost subject of a historic marine painting, this ship is cared for to this day by the San Francisco Maritime Museum. And it floats there secure in the dignity of h...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of 19 century oil on porcelain portraits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of fabulous 19 century oil on porcelain portraits. These finally detailed paintings are most likely, a husband and wife. The male portrait could possibly be Napoleon the second....
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Crusader Wall"
By Marjorie Cathcart
Located in San Francisco, CA
By naming her work “Crusader Wall,” Berkeley, California painter Marjorie Cathcart (1918-2014) was sharing the location of her inspiration with posterity. However, there are at least...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“In the Beginning”
By Lester Russon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Some say that life on earth may have first bubbled up from hot spots on the ocean floor, the Primordial Soup. Based on its title, “In the Beginning,” it’s likely that American artist...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pulsating Energy in the Abstract
Located in San Francisco, CA
The beauty of an abstract painting is that you can read into it whatever you imagine. For a work that is wall-to-wall taupe, this one has surprising vibrancy. Perhaps Giovenetti, the...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Passage in the Levant
Located in San Francisco, CA
A flight of fancy, this work is a bit of a surprise for a 20th-century California painter. With its colorful dhows topped by lateen sails and attended by turbaned sailors, the artist Anthony Muscat...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunburst over the Mesas
Located in San Francisco, CA
In late spring, the high desert floor is still covered with grass and flowering yuccas. Against this colorful backdrop, the artist has captured a burst of sunlight breaking through t...
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunshine on the Waterfront
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
We’ve all seen the practical, plain and dreary structures of a fishing village somewhere at water’s edge. And we recognize the mindset: in lean circumstances something is good enough...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
“Woodland Study”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Remarkably, this painting tells its own story on the verso. To save your eyesight, here's what it reveals: James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) Landscape, animal, and portrait painter.
A ...
Category
1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
The Sacrifice
Located in San Francisco, CA
Given the subject of this painting, you won't be surprised to learn that actor and artist Vincent Price was a patron of Noel Rockmore (1928-1995), this work's American artist. Additi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,250
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflections of Trees at Dusk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Much about this late 19th-century painting remains a mystery, including the name of the artist who only left their identity in a single-letter monogram. But the work's moody embrace ...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Elderly Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a timeless expression of social realism, in the style of the late American artist Ben Shahn. You sense the couple has shared a lifetime. Still standing close together, th...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
A Boy and His Rooster
Located in San Francisco, CA
The boy with a grown man’s expression. The dignified rooster, unfazed by his situation. This may have been painted from a 19th-century photograph, given the sepia tones of this paint...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Serene Cubist Industrial Site
Located in San Francisco, CA
Only an artist (or a stockholder) could see the beauty in a cobbled-together industrial complex. Rendered by artist N. Robins in muted golds and greens, a typical hodgepodge of struc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Timeless Beauty of California’s Redwoods
Located in San Francisco, CA
One feels very small yet peaceful strolling among Sequoia Sempervirens, California’s oldest living residents. And if that’s not enough to make a human feel insignificant, these coast...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Timeless Allure of the “Javanese Dancer”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unsurprisingly, she was much admired when exhibited by artist Luis Cutron at the noted Laguna Beach Art Association, today’s Laguna Art Museum in coastal Southern California. Exotic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The First Lovers, an Art Nouveau "Adam and Eve"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Working in the Art Nouveau period style of Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, artist Irina V. Karkabi has given form in this painting to the unimaginable, the moments whereby B...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jockeys at the Rail
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waves Crashing on the Rocks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Here’s a recipe for an instant coastal escape. It’s all there in this painting, the exploding spray of seawater straight up into the salty air above the boulders, the endless variety...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Eye-Tricking Abstract
Located in San Francisco, CA
It's an abstract from the 1940s-1950s, but one with a brilliant trompe l’oeil effect. The artist’s intense focus for accuracy in color placement achieves three-dimensionality as if t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,200
Late 19th-Century Calming Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 19th-century (or early 20th) painting can have a deeply calming effect on the viewer. Based on the framing label, which points to a supplier located at the time in The Hagu...
Category
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th-Century Portrait of A Woman in A Lace Bonnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
The label on the back has faded with time, but it appears to read “His Great Grandmother’s Portrait presented to George Michael Beauridge on his 18th birthday by his Aunt (?) July 10...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
